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Canvas of Experiences. Digital art created on canvas. October 26, 2024. Afrika Abney 


I am a dedicated and passionate professional. In the 1990s up until 1996, I was a teenager. I chose brown ochre to represent the color of my skin. White and black to represent the racism and discrimination that I began to experience in the 1990s and continued beyond the 1990s. There is darkness within the experiences of racism and discrimination. However, the contrasting colors represent the persistence of overcoming the hardships of experiencing racism and discrimination.


Selected 1992 - 1993 Experiences:


Congressional Art Competition. 1992 - 1993


ART CURATOR. New Harlem Gallery, New York City. 1992 - 1993. Installed art for some of the exhibitions held at the New Harlem Gallery.


Past 1995 - 1998 Workshops:


KUUMBA ARTS AND CRAFTS PROGRAM. D.C. Department of Recreation (Emery Recreation Center, Parkview Recreation Center, Hamilton Recreation Center and Upshur Recreation Center) from 1997 - 1998 and A - T Seban Mesut (1995- 1998). conducted a free fine arts workshop for children ages 7 — 10. Taught students ages 7 to 10 techniques of drawing, finger painting, sponge painting, abstract design, clay work, collage designing and monoprinting. Sponsored by Ms. Afrika Abney and funded by the D.C. Commission of the Arts, Arts Education Grant Program


Career Visual Art Workshop Presenter. 1996. Calvin Coolidge High School (invited by Ms. Angela Cook)

  • Led visual art workshops 

  • Engaged over 200 students in discussing the visual arts career 

  • Collaborated with school principals to tailor workshops to student needs, enhancing learning outcomes.

  • Achieved measurable improvements in student engagement and cultural understanding.


Exhibitions:

  • New Horizons Presents Tomorrow's World Art Center (Atrium Gallery, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC): "Celebrating Our Heritage Through The Arts" in 1999.

  • Evolution of Historical Symbolisms (Corcoran Gallery of Art, Hemicycle, Washington, DC): Exhibition in 1997.

  • All Senior Summer Show (Corcoran School of the Art, White Walls Gallery, Washington, DC): Exhibition from 1997 to 1996.

Education:

  • Corcoran School of the Arts

    • 1997

  • Bell Multicultural High School

    • 1993
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