Resume

Employment

• Wayne State University – Adjunct Faculty
• Detroit Public Schools
  Cass Technical High School – Art Teacher (Retired)

Education

• Cass Technical High School – diploma
• Central State University – Bachelor of Science, major – Art Education
• Wayne State University – Masters Degree Candidate, major – Educational Leadership
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Columbia College of Art at Chicago
• University of Michigan, Dearborn
• College for Creative Studies

Exhibits

• Michigan Fine Arts Competition, 43rd. Annual Exhibition, 2nd. Prize, “Offering to the Sea”, BBAC, Juror Danette Dufiho, Birmingham, Michigan, 2024
• NCA at Liberal Arts Gallery, Detroit,MI, “Standard Time Portfolio”, Detroit, MI., 2024
• Junteenth Celebration, Alkebulan Cultural Center, Invitational 3 person show, Pasadena City Hall, Pasadena, CA., 2024
• Blackbird Gallery, Farmington, MI. “Artistry and High Tea” International Exhibit, Invitational exhibit of 15 Artists, 2024
• Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, “Visions / 16 Detroit Artists” curated by Dr. Hubert Massey, 2024
• Scarab Club, Detroit, MI, Annual Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition, Juror Richard Lewis, 2024
• Southfield City Hall, Southfield, MI, Invitational Group showing of 5 artists, 2024
• Scarab Club, Detroit Michigan, Silver Medal Show – 2nd Prize, 2023
• Alkebelan Cultural Center, Pasadena, CA, City of Pasadena Art Night, “Common Ground”, a solo
  Exhibition, 2023
• Boll Family YMCA, Detroit, MI, “Unheard Voices of Brazil” solo exhibition and Stage Play featuring the art and historical information about Carole Morisseau, 2023
• Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit, MI, “Images: Real and Imagined”, Invitational exhibit featuring 5 artists, 2023
• Blackbird Gallery, Detroit, MI, “Women of a Certain Age” Invitational Exhibit of 4 artists, 2023
• The Carr Center, Detroit, MI, “The Female and the Non-Binary Gaze”, Invitational exhibit featuring 8 artists, 2023
• Fulbright 75th Anniversary International Exhibit, New York, NY and on line, 2022
• Solo exhibit, Pontiac Creative Arts Center, Pontiac, MI, 2022
• Solo Exhibit, Congressional Black Caucus, Detroit, MI, 2022
• Invitational Exhibit, Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan, Detroit, MI, 2022
• Juried Group Show, National Conference of Artists, 2022
• Invitational Exhibit, “LeRoy Foster a Retrospective”- guest artist, Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit, MI, 2022
• Michigan Fine Arts Competition, 40th Annual Exhibition, BBAC, Juror David Lusk, Birmingham Mi., (Submitted, “Baber”) 2021
• Juried Group Exhibit, Scarab Club, “Gilda Snowden Exhibit”, 2021
• Juried Group Exhibit, Scarab Club, “Souls of Black Folk”, 2021
• City of Detroit, Juried Group Show (virtual), 2021
• Juried Group Show, Detroit Artists Market, All Media Show, 2020
• Solo Exhibit, Detroit Athletic Club, 2019
• Juried Group Show, Detroit Artists Market, All Media Show, Adjudicated by Tylonn Sawyer, 2019
• Juried Group show, Scarab Club, Gold Medal Show, 2019
• Juried Exhibit, “Illuminations”, Artists of Color, Mackenzie Cultural Center, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 2019
• Juried Exhibit, “Brilliance”, National Conference of Artists, Detroit, MI, 2019
• Juried Exhibit, National Conference of Artists, Xavier University, New Orleans, LA, 2019
• Juried Show, “Stop It”, International Women’s Exhibit, Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville, NC, 2019
• Invitational Exhibit, “PerSIStence”, Collected Detroit Gallery, Detroit, MI, 2019
• Juried Exhibit, Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, Black Box Gallery, Dearborn, MI, 2019
• Juried Exhibit, “Our Town”, Community House Gallery, Birmingham, MI, 2019
• Curated Exhibit, “Women of Courage”, Detroit Association of Women’s Clubs, 2018
• Juried Show, “Designing Women”, NCA Gallery, 2018
• Invitational Exhibit, “Collected with Pride”, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, MI, 2018
• Juried Show, “Silver Medal”, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI, 2017
• Juried Group Show, “Sacred Feminine”, 333 Midland Gallery, Detroit, MI, 2017
• “Invitational Exhibit, “Evidence of Things Unseen”, Artists of Color, Mackenzie Hall, Windsor, Ontario, 2017
• Invitational Exhibit, “Now and Then: Artists Contemplate the Summer of 1967”, Detroit Artists Market, 2017
• Invitational Exhibit, “A Gathering of Voices”, Fayetteville State University, Rosenthall Gallery, Fayetteville, NC, 2017
• Invitational Exhibit, “Women”, WCCCD Northwestern Campus, 2017
• Invitational Exhibit, “Brilliance”, National Conference of Artists, 2017
• Solo Show: “Paintings & Drawings”, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI, 2016
• 4 Invitational Exhibits, National Conference of Artists, Detroit, MI, 2013-2015
• 5 Solo Exhibits, Metropolitan Detroit Area, 1998-2011
• 24 Juried Group Shows, Metropolitan Detroit Area, 2007-2012
• Invitational Exhibit, Arianna Gallery, Royal Oak, MI, 2012, 2013
• Invitational Exhibit, Affirmations Gallery, Ferndale, MI, 2011, 2012
• Curator, Arts Extended Gallery, Fall 2012 Portrait Exhibit
• Curator, Michigan State University-Detroit Center, Exhibit “Dignity”, 2011
• Two Women Show, “Perceptions”, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, MI, 2011-2012
• 2 New York, New York, Juried Group shows, 2008, 2009
• Atlanta, Georgia – 1 Juried Group Show, 2008
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 1 Juried Group Show, 2007
• Washington D.C. – 1 Juried Group Show, 2007
• Louisville, Kentucky – 1 Juried Show, 2007

Commissions and Publications

• NY.NY. W.W. Norton and Company, Book Cover, “A Little Cool”, “Norton Anthology of African American Literature” 4th Edition, Vol.2 2024
• Detroit Opera, Detroit, MI, Storybook Illustrations for the opera “Cinderella”, 2024
• Artists on the Cutting Edge, “Orishas Calendar ’23”, published 2023
• Scarab Club Arts Annual – published annually in over 13 publications 2010-2023
• Henry Ford Health, Public Art, 3D interactive installation, “COVID: A Season to Heal”, 2022
• Featured artist, Artists on the Cutting Edge Magazine, Calendar Art, 2022
• HGTV – Commissioned Mural, 2021
• University of Detroit Mercy – 3D interactive Installation, “Healing Wall Panel 5”
• Kresge Eminent Artist Panelist, 2021
• Detroit News, Work featured on cover of Entertainment Section, featured article, 2021
• Detroit Free Press, Featured article, 2021
• CW50 – TV, featured Segment, 2021
• Essay’d, short essays written about Detroit-are artists online and in print, 2018
• National Scholastic Magazine, featured in article: “Best of”, 2017
• Detroit News, featured in article by Michael Hodges, “Artists Tackle Summer of ’67 at Detroit Artists Market”, May 12, 2017
• Detroit Free Press, featured in article by Sarah Rose Sharp, “Another View of History”, April 28, 2017
• YouTube Video, “Articulators” Scarab Club—Carole Morisseau talks about her art, 2016
• Book: “Paintings & Drawings by Carole Morisseau”, 2016 (available at Amazon.com)
• The Polish Weekly, featured article, “Paintings and Drawings of Carole Morisseau”
• Comcast Television, “Detroit: Preserving a Legacy”, Interview/Featured Artist for the Month of February, broadcasted in 2012 and 2013
• B.L.A.C. Magazine, featured article “Our Best Artists Lead the Way” – issue, July 2011
• Commissioned Book Cover Art; “The Sanctuary” a novel by Ann Eskridge, 2008
• Learning Magazine, authored article: “Teaching Art for the Classroom Teacher”, 1993
• Afro American Artist, National Catalogue, 1973

Awards

• Scarab Club, Detroit, MI, “Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibit”, 2nd Prize, Sculpture “Ogun”, 2023
• Pontiac Creative Arts Award, Pontiac MI, Pontiac Arts Center, 2022
• Arab American Artists, “Outstanding African American Artist”, 2022
• Detroit Artists Market, All Media Show, Adjudicated by Dr. Hubert Massey, Awarded “Best in Show”, 2020
• Fulbright Hays Fellowship GPA, Study in Brazil, July 2018
• Kresge Foundation “Art in the Office”, artwork loan, 2018-2020
• Scarab Club – Gold Medal Exhibition, 3rd. Prize, 2015
• National Conference of Artists, Michigan, Vision and Excellence in Arts Award, 2014
• Scarab Club Gold Medal Exhibit, “Honorable Mention”, 2012
• Board of Directors – Scarab Club
• DPS Art Teacher of the Year, 2010
• Scarab Club – Gold Medal Exhibition, 2nd. Prize, 2009
• National Competition, Scholastic Publications – Moonbeam Award, Bronze Medal, 2009
• Detroit Art Teachers Award – 2nd. Prize

Presentations

• Cranbrook Academy of Art, Panelist for Discussion on LeRoy Foster – Detroit’s Michelangelo – Bloomfield Hills – 2024
• Lakeside Palette Club, Lecture and Critique/Adjudicator, St. Clair Shores, MI. – 2024
• Presenter at the 60th Annual Convention of the National Conference of Artists, New Orleans, LA, 2019
• University of Detroit/Mercy, Presentation, Detroit, MI, 2019
• Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast Club at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Presentations 2018 and 2019
• Presentations at 5 Detroit Public Schools

Professional Affiliations

• Detroit Artists Market, Board of Directors, 2020
• Hannon Foundation, Board of Directors
• Scarab Club Detroit – Board of Directors
• Detroit Art Teachers Association
• Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors
• National Conference of Artists, Michigan Chapter
• Scarab Club, Detroit