Carole Morisseau

Scarab Club – Studio 6
217 E. Farnsworth
Detroit, MI 48201
(313) 831-1250 Studio
(313) 320-8435 Cell
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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