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SERVING THE COMMUNITY
THROUGH THE ARTS
The Community Artists' Collective was founded in 1985 by Dr. Sarah Trotty, art
educator at Texas Southern University, and Michelle Barnes, Director of Barnes-
Blackman Galleries. The Collective was organized to meet the needs of African-
American artists to exhibit and market their work and to facilitate the multiple
roles of women artists as wife, educator, artist and thinking person.
19 a eca ex 501(c)(3) organization in March 1988. The
irect was org in 1989. With Ar Lena Richardson as presi-
t oard eloped a tegic plan, formalized artistic goals, and secured
an e reno n of a 5, sq. ft. building in the center of Houston's Third
Ward (between the museum and theatre districts).
U J In 1988, we began offering educational programs through existing Black Arts
organizations. Activities at or with Kuumba House and S.H.A.P.E. Community
Center helped to enrich cultural opportunities and make arts education more
accessible for inner-city youth and teens.
We offer after school programs, Saturday morning classes and specialized
workshops in art appreciation, ceramics, photography, sewing, collage and media.
These workshops are led by our artists-in-residence or other professional artists.
They have been presented at Cuney Homes, a public housing site, Texas South-
ern University, the YMCA, Ryan Middle School, The Shrine of the Black Madonna
and The Collective. We have presented advanced workshops for professional
artists by Jean Lacy (Collage Workshop), Sylvie Octaviannus (Batik Workshop)
and Michelle Parkerson (Video Documentation).
In 1987, we organized our first exhibition "Women of Color" for Security
National Bank of Shreveport, Louisiana. In 1988, we organized three exhibits.
The Ensemble Theatre in Houston hosted two exhibits and the Dishman Gallery
at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, hosted the other. Since 1990, the
Collective has organized six exhibits annually. We feature an annual membership
exhibit, a juried exhibit to provide critical review within a multi-ethnic perspec-
tive, invitational exhibits to challange African-American women to produce
bodies of work, and guest curated shows to provide theme/issues to be
addressed among artists and the community.
Z In addition to educational programs and exhibitions, we publish ASHE, a
quarterly tabloid to document African-American women artists and stimulate
O dialog and networking among African-American women artists and others
sensitive to and concerned about those unique issues.
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