Marion Coleman 18985 Sandy Road, Castro Valley, CA 94546, 510-582-1464 Website: www.marioncoleman.com Email: [email protected] Education B.A., Sociology, University of California, Riverside, CA M.S., Counseling, California State University, Hayward, CA Solo and Guest Artist Exhibitions Hayward Area Historical Society, Hayward, CA, 2015 Wichita Falls Museum of Art at Midwestern University, Wichita Falls, TX, 2014 University of California, Riverside, Visitor & Alumni Center, Riverside, CA, 2014 Castro Valley Performing Arts Center, Castro Valley, CA, 2010 & 2014 International Quilt Week, Yokohama, Japan, 2012 Women’s Cancer Resource Center, Oakland, 2011 Prevention Institute, Oakland, CA 2011 ProArts Gallery & Latham Square Associates, Oakland, CA, 2004 Commissions and Collections Contra Costa Health Foundation, Martinez, CA Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Leandro, CA West Contra Costa County Health Center, San Pablo, CA Stanford University Graduate School of Business Black Alumni Association Golden Gate Library, Oakland, CA Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Ashland Youth Center, San Leandro, CA North Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley, CA Bayview Hunters Point Public Art Project, San Francisco, CA Semi Finalist, Norman Mayer (Gentilly) Library, New Orleans, LA Semi Finalist, Bayview Library, San Francisco, CA Richmond Civic Center Quilt Series, Richmond, CA Castro Valley Library, Castro Valley, CA Prevention Institute, Oakland, CA Parchester Village Community Center Public Art Project, Richmond, CA Finalist, Pavement and Wall Design, Richmond Civic Center, Richmond, CA Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center, San Leandro, CA Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 San Jose Museum of Textiles and Quilts, San Jose, CA Cummings Art Gallery, Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA West Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA Bullock Museum, Austin, TX Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens, OH Orange County Regional History Center, Orlando, FL University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO Visions Museum, San Diego, CA 2014 High Point Museum, High Point, NC International Quilt Convention, Johannesburg, South Africa Eastville Community Historical Society, Sag Harbor, NY Michigan State University Museum, East Landing, MI Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA Evolve Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2013 Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, OH Tubac Center of Art, Tubac, AZ McMinn Living Heritage Museum, Athens, TN Museum of California, Sacramento, CA Firehouse Art Center, Pleasanton, CA Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY Art in Embassies Program, Jerusalem State of California Building, San Francisco, CA 2012 International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX City of Charleston Gallery, Charleston, SC City of North Charleston Gallery, City of North Charleston, SC Firehouse Art Center, Pleasanton, CA Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI DuSable Museum, Chicago, IL 2011 Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA Aaron Davis Hall, City College of New York, NY, NY Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA 2011 Textile Biennial, Kaunas, Lithuania McMinn County Living Heritage Museum, Athens, TN Plano Art Centre, Plano, TX Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA Alta Bates Hospital Community Gallery, Berkeley, CA 2010 First Encounter Iberoamerican Textile Network, San Jose, Costa Rica McMinn County Living Heritage Museum, Athens, TN Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, OH 2009 Quilt Week Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL Oakland Community College Women’s Center, Bloomfield Hills, MI Pi Gallery, Kansas City, MO American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY ArtsChange, Richmond, CA African American Health Summit, Oakland, CA Historical Society Washington DC, Washington, DC 2008 Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY International Quilt Festival, Houston, Chicago, Long Beach, CA Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO Cradle Project, Albuquerque, NM Adobe Art Gallery, Castro Valley, CA North Charleston Arts Festival, North Charleston, SC Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA Craft and Cultural Arts Gallery at the California State Building, Oakland, CA Stoneridge Gallery, Oakland, CA National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, OH Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, MI Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, Baltimore, MD 2007 Stanford Art Spaces, Palo Alto, CA Houston International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX Alameda County Administration Building, Oakland, CA San Francisco International Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA Taky Gallery, Lappeenranta, Finland Quilters Hall of Fame, Marion, IN King Arts Complex, Columbus, OH Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL Translations Gallery, Denver, CO Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA 2006 Kimball Education Gallery, deYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA Museum of the American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, United Kingdom Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA Los Gatos Museum, Los Gatos, CA 2005 US Bank, Alameda, CA – 2005 Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, United Kingdom International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL Alta Bates Medical Center Community Gallery, Berkeley, CA Erwin Meier County Administration Building, Woodland, CA 2004 International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX European Crazy Quilt Festival, La Bourboule France Lewis & Clark Boathouse, St. Charles, MO Judicial Council Center, San Francisco, CA International Quilt Festival, Durban, South Africa 2003 American Quilters Society Quilt Expo, Nashville, TN Publications & Other Media And Still We Rise, Carolyn Mazloomi Strange Material, Leanne Prain, Conscience of the Human Spirit, McDowell & Mazloomi Earth Stories, SAQA, Exhibiting Blackness, Evolve Gallery Art in Embassies Exhibition, American Consulate General, Jerusalem Quilter’s Newsletter, Dec/Jan 2014 The Urban Shopper, Spring 2013 Costco Connections, March 2013 O, the Oprah Magazine, January 2013 Patchwork Tsushin, Japan, February 2012 Textile Forum, Journal of the European Textile Network, June 2011 Textural Rhythms Interview, KQED Public Television and www.youtube.com -- 2011 Examining Quilt Legacies, New Moon Newsletter, Alliance for California Traditional Arts – 11-2010 Journey of Hope,Quilts Inspired by President Obama by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi – 2010 500 Art Quilts, Lark Publications— 2010 Art Quilting Studio, Winter 2010 Patchwork Tsushin, Japan -- April 2009 “From Slavery to the White House, ABC7 News, San Francisco by Carolyn Tyler Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters by Patricia A. Turner (2009) Association of Black Foundation Executives Brochure 2009 University Press of Mississippi, Books for Fall-Winter 2008-2009 Artist of the Month, www.theartlist.com, September 2008 “Facing the Past”, www.smithkramer.com Artist Profile, Studio Art Quilt Associates Newsletter, Summer 2008 Quilting Arts Magazine, Summer 2008 “Sister Prez” & “Remembering Elegance”, Quilting African American Women’s History- -2008 “Facing the Past”, innovative FABRIC imagery for QUILTS – 2007 “Susan”, Creative Force -- 2007 Surface Design Newsletter -- 2007 “Sixty Years Life Jacket”, Altered Couture – 2007 “Saturday Night Rhythms” & “A Sound of Their Own” in Textural Rhythms: Quilting the Jazz Tradition, curated by Carolyn Mazloomi “Self Portrait”, Creative Quilting: The Journal Quilt Project “May 1959”, American Craft, Oct/Nov 2006 Quilting Arts Magazine, Winter 2005/2006 International Quilt Festival Weekly Calendar, 2004 Awards Alliance for California Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program—2015 Cal Humanities-Winter 2014, “Stitching Russell City Stories” collaboration with Hayward Area Historical Society Tools & Equipment Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation, Los Angeles, CA 2013 Semi-Finalist, Creative Work Fund with San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA -- 2013 “Waiting for the Freedom Train”, McMinn Living Heritage Museum, Athens, TN 2011 Semi-Finalist, Creative Work Fund Grant with Museum of African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA -- 2011 “Neighborhood Watch”, McMinn Living Heritage Museum, Athens, TN 2010 “Hold My Hand & Make My Bed”, Oakland Community College, Bloomfield Hills, MI-- 2009 Arts Leadership Award, Alameda County Board of Supervisors -- 2009 Nominee, 2008 Arts Leadership Award, Alameda County Art Commission Creative Work Fund, San Francisco, CA – 2007 “Ruby Bridges”, Quilters Hall of Fame, Marion, IN -- 2007 “Marilyn”, The Art of Living Black, Richmond Art Center – 2007 “Hot Flash”, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA -- 2006 Artist in Residence, Community Outreach and Grant Writng Grant Writer for African American Quilt Guild of Oakland: Alliance for California Traditional Arts, Clorox Foundation, Alameda County Arts Commission, 2015 Teaching Artist, various Alameda County Library locations, 2012-2015 Lecturer & Teaching Artist, various quilt guilds 2010-1015 Teaching Artist, Ashland Youth Center, San Leandro, CA 2013 Teaching Artist, Richmond Art Center (Brook Shields Community Center), Richmond, CA 2012 Lecturer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA 2012 Teaching Artist, Creative Power Arts Education Program, Juvenile Justice Center, San Leandro, CA 2008-2012 Guest Artist, Grant Makers in the Arts, San Francisco, CA -- 2011 Teaching Artist, U.S. Embassy Cultural Exchange Program, San Jose & Limon, Costa Rica 2010 Textile Arts Council Lecture Panel, deYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA, 2010 Minerva Project, Alameda County Youth Art Project for California Women’s Conference –2008-2010 ALICE, Teaching Artist, Manzanita Elementary School -- 2009 Community Works Teaching Artist, Edna Brewer Middle School -- 2009 Minerva Project, California Women’s Conference—2008 Artist in Residence, Castro Valley High School, Castro Valley, CA – 2008, 2014 Artist-In-Residence, Kimball Gallery, deYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA – 2006 .