ARTIST'S STATEMENT

Centered in spirituality, I create work that seeks out the connections to and lessons from my African and Native American past. By mixing symbols and meaning, by affirming the potency of the past, by honoring the holy, I extend an invitation to contemplate the significance and depth of the power within. Currently, I am working in and across the medium of painting, collage, and mixed media to find those intersections and crossroads where the spirits dwell. In so doing, I hope to further understand and establish a relationship with that that has gone before me.

BIO

Cora Marshall, born in Washington, DC, is an artist, educator, and scholar. She received her B.F.A. from Howard University; Master of Science in Education from Bank Street College of Education with Parsons School of Design; and her doctorate in art from New York University. Currently, Dr. Marshall is the Art Department's Chairperson at Central Connecticut State University. Marshall has exhibited both internationally and nationally including National Conference of Artists; Kumasi, Ghana; A.I.R. Gallery NYC; Skylight Restoration Gallery in Brooklyn; Hammonds House Gallery in Atlanta; Pittsburgh Center for the Arts; Craftery Gallery, in Hartford; the Rosenburg Gallery at NYU; and Picture That, LLC, Stamford, CT with multiple venues. Dr. Marshall’s current research interest focuses on contemporary African American artists, in particular, Black women artists (African/African-Native women artists). She has presented at numerous professional venues including the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Cornell University, Columbia University Teachers College in NY, College Art Association, Connecticut Art Education Association, and Southern Connecticut State University, in New Haven.

SELECTED SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

• Solo: Emancipated Memories: Uncovering the Hidden Faces of Slavery, Brown University, Providence, RI
• Solo: Selected Works by Cora Marshall, Hartford Hospital, Hartford CT
• Solo: Dark Matter: An Exhibition of Selected Works by Cora Marshall. Downtown Gallery, New Britain, CT
• Solo: Resonance and (Re)Call, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT
• Solo: Women in Mourning and Outrage: A day of Prayerful Protest, Hammonds House Gallery and Research Center of African American Art, Atlanta, GA
• Solo: The Power of Knowing: Identity, Memory, and Meaning, Rosenberg Gallery, NYU, New York, NY
• Solo: On the Edge, Photography Gallery, NYU, New York
• Two-Person: Another Time, Another Place. The Art of Cora Marshall and Stanwyck Cromwell. Windsor Arts Center, Windsor, CT
• Two-person: Journeys of the Spirit: A Collection of Fine Art and Photography Reflecting the American Indian Culture, Picture That LLC Stamford CT

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• International Brushstrokes: An Artistic Tapestry of World Cultures by Artists of African Descent, UBS Gallery, Stamford, CT
• Triangulation: Perspectives from Three Artists, Art in the City, New Britain, CT
• Expressions of the Spirit 5, Atrium Gallery, Department of Transportation, Newington, CT
• (an)Other Show, University Galleries, Samuel S.T. Chen Fine Arts Center, Central Connecticut State University.
• African American History Exhibition: Featured Artist. White Space Gallery, New Haven, CT
• Double Consciences: An Artistic Montage of One Body with Many Souls, Four Venues in Stamford including the Stamford Center for the Arts, CT
• Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT.
• Expressions of the Spirit 4 Atrium Gallery, Department of Transportation, Newington, CT
• A Day of Prayerful Protest: Women in Mourning and Outrage, Painting with Fire, University Galleries, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT.
• How We Got Over, Stamford Center for the Arts, Stamford CT
• Nutmeg and Spice: A Flavorful Collection of Works by Women Artists from the State of Connecticut. GE Stamford, CT March
• Then and Now, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT
• Expressions of the Spirit 3, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT
• Canton Bicentennial, Gallery on the Green, Canton CT
• From the Heart, Hospital for Special Care, New Britain, CT
• Ties That Bind: A Tapestry of Cultural Connections. Four venues: The Stamford Center for the Arts Rich Forum; Pelham Curtis Gallery – New Canaan Library; Great Hall Gallery – The Westport Library; and The Stamford Center for the Arts Palace Theater, CT
• Expressions of the Spirit #2, Atrium Gallery, Department of Transportation, Newington CT
• Expressions of the Spirit #1, Community Health Service, Hartford, CT
• Then and Now. An Exhibition by ShapeShifter Artist Group. John Slade Ely House, Amistad America. New Haven, CT
• Celebrating Freedom: From Heritage to Horizon. Three venues: The Stamford Center for the Arts Rich Forum; Cendant Mobility; and The Stamford Center for the Arts Palace Theater, CT
• Art and Jazz on the Sound. Stamford Yacht Club CT
• Art by Black Women, Greater New Haven Arts Council, CT
• Art at Up Over Jazz, Up Over Jazz, New York, NY
• RetroVision, University Council on Art Education, New York, NY
• Wish You Were Here, Too, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY

RESEARCH

A Research Design for Studio-Based Research in the Visual Arts.  (April 2010). The Teaching Artist Journal.

Runaway! Going, Going, Gone. A Painting Series by Dr. Cora Marshall. Woodson Review 2007. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History.

Talking Back and Taking Sides: Socio-Political Art of Women of Color A survey of women artists of color who address issues of race, gender, and identity.

Where’s the Art? The Studio Component in Secondary Methods Courses in Art Education. A discuss the importance of balancing theory and praxis in a middle school and high school methods courses. Techniques for the

Women Artists of Color A survey of women artists of color focusing on four themes: Keeping the Past Present; Making Art and Imaginal Worlds; Planting Roots (Cultural Kinship); Taking Sides (Socio-Political) NAEA, Chicago 2006

Deconstructing the Creative Process In this presentation, attendees learn how to bring to the surface intuitive components involved in their creative process to bridge the gap from knowing how to teaching others. NAEA, Chicago 2006

Going Going, Gone: Running from Slavery to Freedom. The runaway enslaved series and slavery in Connecticut. Stamford Center for the Arts, Palace Theatre, Stamford CT. Winter 2005

Juneteenth: Remembering to Remember. Community conversations program in celebration of the 2004 return of the Amistad to Connecticut. Stamford CT. Spring 2004

The Role of African American Artists in Contemporary Society. Stamford Center for the Arts, Stamford, CT. Spring 2004

Brown Vs. Board of Education: 50 year Anniversary. Stamford Center for the Arts, Stamford CT. Spring 2004

The Art of Women of African Descent. National Art Education Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Spring 2003.

Renewing the Spirit: Accumulated Aesthetics and Ethno-centered African American Artists. Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. January 2003 Published by University of Hawaii, First International Conferences on Arts and Humanities, HI.

Contemporary Art of African American Women. Huntington House Museum, Winsor, CT. February 2003.

More Than a Drop: The Art of African-Native Americans, National Association of Native American Studies. Consortium Conference with the National Association of African American Studies, the National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies, and the National Association of Asian Studies. Houston, TX. February 2003

Image, Imagination, and Identity: Contemporary Art of Women of Color Connecticut Art Education Association Annual Conference. West Hartford, CT. October 2002

Patterns that Connect: African American Women Artists in the 21st Century Women of African Descent: Reaching Across the Diaspora, Department of Women Studies, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT. 2001

When Red is Black: The Art of African-Native American Women Women’s Studies, Southern Connecticut State University. New Haven, CT. Fall, 2001

Sacred Circles and Imaginal Worlds: Accumulated Artistic Aesthetics and Ethnocentered African American Artists, The Arts Council of the African Studies Association, College Art Association Conference 2001, Chicago, IL. Winter 2001

Sisterhood, Art, and Community: “Where We At: Black Women Artists”, Africana Studies Department. Symposium, Visualizing Culture: The Black Arts Movement 1960s and 1970s, Cornell University, NY. Fall 2000

Contemporary African American Women Artists, Conversations Across Cultures: African and African American Art, Columbia University, Teachers College, NY. Fall 2000

Patterns that Connect: African American Women Artists in the 21st Century, Women of African Descent: Reaching Across the Diaspora, 10th Annual Women Studies Conference, Southern Connecticut State University, 2000

Publication, article: Jean-Michel Basquiat: Outsider Superstar, The International Review of African American Art. Spring 2000.

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