Annotated CV—Terri Dowell-Dennis
2024
b. Columbus, Ohio
retired museum educator
terridd1021@gmail.com
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Education
Wake Forest University: Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, Spring 2004-Spring 2011
Clemson University: MFA Sculpture, May 1990
Appalachian State University: BS Art Education, July 1978-May 1985, Magna Cum Laude, NC Teacher Certification
UNC-Greensboro: August 1977-May 1978
Professional experience: Artist
Founding member: Studio 434 at Brookstown Avenue, 2019
North Carolina Arts Council: Visual Art Fellowships, 2000-2001 and 2006-2007
Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County: Regional Artist Grant, 2000-2001
North Carolina Arts Council Project Grant: 1996
One and two person exhibitions
Pure Space Gallery @ GAIA: Terri Dowell-Dennis and Emily Clare, Winston-Salem, NC, November 2023.
Vitrine Gallery, one-person exhibition, Winston-Salem, NC, 2023
Thinking Through Making, one-person exhibition, SECCA, Winston-Salem, NC, 2021.
Woman's Work: Terri Dowell Dennis, one-person exhibition, Bennett College, Greensboro, NC, September-October, 2013.
Soul Searchings: Terri Dowell-Dennis & Kim Varnadoe, Theatre Art Galleries, High Point, May-July 2013.
100 Prints for Hunger, one-person exhibition, Elberson Fine Art Center, Salem College. October-December 2012. 100 Prints for Hunger comprises 100 hand-rubbed prints funded through USA Projects. With modest start up funds, this project premiered in October 2012 at Salem College's Elberson Fine Art Center, bringing attention to child hunger and raising funds for Second Harvest Food Bank/Feeding America. Prints were also shown at Theatre Art Galleries in High Point and Bennett College in Greensboro.
Meeting of Minds: Claudia Moore Clark & Terri Dowell-Dennis, Elberson Fine Art Center, Salem College, August-October 2010.
Acts of Creation: two person exhibition with Nicole Uzzell, Gateway Gallery, 2010—My work for this show resulted from a two month-long program with eight adults with cognitive disabilities at the Winston-Salem Enrichment Center.
Reverences: Terri Dowell-Dennis and Donna Polseno, Curator: David J. Brown, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia, Summer, 2009.
ADA Gallery: two person exhibition with Greg Henry, Richmond, Virginia, November 2004
Woman’s Work: two person exhibition with Elizabeth Brim, Van Every Smith Gallery, Davidson College, Davidson, N.C., January-March 2003
Group exhibitions
WireGrass Biennial, WireGrass Museum of Art, Dothan, Alabama, July19- September 28, 2024.
ArtFields, Lake City, SC, May 2024
Sawtooth Print Group Exhibition, Winston-Salem, NC, December 2023-February 2024
Sawtooth Selects, Sawtooth center for Visual Art, Winston-Salem, NC, December 2023
Founders Exhibition: Steven Cozart and friends, African American Atelier, Greensboro, NC, 2020.
Deck the Halls, Sawtooth School, Winston-Salem, NC , 2019-20
Winter Show, GreenHill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC, 2019-20.
Winston-Salem Printmakers Exhibition, Elberson Fine Art Center, Salem College, 2018
Art Fields, Lake City, SC, April-May 2015.
Collector’s Choice, GreenHill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC, November 2014-January 2015.
Emma Ya: Works by Women Artists in the Winston Salem State University Permanent Collection, Winston-Salem, NC June-October 2014.
Sawtooth Selects, Eleanor and Egbert Davis Gallery@ Sawtooth School, July-August, 2014.
Strictly Academic: Salem College Faculty Exhibition, Milton Rhodes Gallery, Sawtooth Center for Visual Art. March-April 2013.
Fellowship Exhibition, Curator: Ron Graziani, Imperial Center, Rocky Mount, NC, Summer 2008.
Blurring Racial Barriers, Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem State University, January-March 2006; Salem College Fine Art Center Gallery, March-April 2006
New Realism, ADA Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Summer 2004
Thresholds: Expressions of Art and Spiritual Life, Curator: Eleanor Heartney, exhibition opened at City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC, December 4, 2003-February 1, 2004 (Exhibition traveled to museums and galleries in five Southeastern states through December, 2006.)
Taken from Life: Theatre Art Galleries, High Point, NC, Summer 2003
Come Closer, Salem College Fine Art Center, Winston-Salem, N.C., November 2001-January 2002
Regional Artist Grant Award Exhibition, Sawtooth Center for Visual Art, Winston-Salem, N.C., November 2001-January 2002
North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship Exhibition, Curator: Linda Johnson Dougherty, Wake Forest University Fine Art Center, Winston-Salem, N.C., October 2001-January 2002.
Dimensions 2000, Juror: Nancy Dahlstrom, Best-in-Show Award, Sawtooth Center for Visual Art, March-April 2000.
Exhibition Reviews and Group Essays
Lisa O’Donnell, Meet An Artist,Terri Dowell-Dennis, Thursday, January 2, 2020
Tom Patterson, Winston-Salem Journal, Art for Food, Sunday, November 11, 2012
Tom Patterson, Winston-Salem Journal, Dynamic Duo, Sunday, October 10, 2010
Tom Patterson, Winston-Salem Journal, More Substantial Portraits, Sunday, September 12, 2010
Tom Patterson, Winston-Salem Journal, Five for the Show, Sunday, August 24, 2008
Melissa Harris, Knoxville News Sentinel, Drawing from Faith, July 15, 2006
Benita Heath, Lexington Herald-Leader, Creative Spirit, January 16, 2005
Elijah Maples, Nougat Magazine, Thresholds: Journey through Art & Spirituality, February, 2005
Richard Maschal, The Charlotte Observer, Diverse faith, distinct views, June 24, 2005
Tom Patterson, Winston-Salem Journal, Giving Spirituality Its Due, September 11, 2005
Eleanor Heartney, Art and the Spiritual, Thresholds: Expressions of Art and Spiritual Life catalog essay, 2004
Tom Patterson, Winston-Salem Journal, Searching, Struggling, June 22, 2003
Tom Patterson, Winston-Salem Journal, City Sampler, February 2, 2003
Tom Patterson for the Winston-Salem Journal, A Splash of Diversity, April 28, 2002
Tom Patterson, Winston-Salem Journal, A Fascinating Foursome, January 20, 2002
Tom Patterson, Winston-Salem Journal, Natural Imagery: WFU Show Features 21 Visual Artists, November 25, 2001
Tom Patterson, Winston-Salem Journal, A Woman’s Work, March 26, 2000
Professional experience: Museum Education and Teaching
Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, Associate Curator of Education: June 15, 2008-January 1, 2022. Developed programs for teachers, families, school and community groups; schedule tours; train docents, gallery teaching, public programming and grant support as requested.
Salem College, Adjunct instructor, Sculpture and 3-D Design, Winston-Salem, NC: Spring and Fall 2012
Lesley University, Low Residency MFA mentor, Boston, MA: Fall 2010; Spring 2012; Spring 2013
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, Curator of Education: February 1994-November 2007, Co-administrated SECCA’s Programs Department comprising education and curatorial staff, with responsibility for oversight of all education programs, Education Coordinator: May 1991 - February 1994, Education Department head with responsibility for oversight of education, performance, and film programs, Assistant Education Coordinator: June 1990 - May 1991, Focus on developing a relationship between SECCA and the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (WS/FCS)
Clemson University, Graduate Teaching Assistant: August 1988 - May 1990
Watauga High School, Art Teacher: August 1987 - June 1988
Curated Exhibitions, Workshops, Presentations, and Programs
2013-2021 pending
Self & Others: Literacy Through the Visual Image: A year long residency at the Newcomers School with photographer/writer Diana Greene, funded by a North Carolina Arts Council Arts in Education grant. 2012-13.
Residency with artist Stacy Lynn Waddell: Program included an artist lecture; teacher workshop and week-long residency for Bessemer Elementary School 4th and 5th grade students. Funded by the United Arts Council of Greensboro. February 2011.
WAM Teen Art Guides: developed to introduce teens to museum careers, offer meaningful volunteer opportunities, and teach about modern and contemporary art. Working with Harvey Robinson of Monkeywhale Productions, teens created two video interviews with artists Trenton Doyle Hancock and NancyRubins, offered guided tours, and wrote label copy an exhibition. February 2011-2015.
Contemporary Art Classroom (CAC): created to introduce high school art students and art teachers to the work of contemporary artists while teaching them how to view, question, and evaluate works in a museum or gallery setting. The pilot program took place in winter 2007. The project continued through Spring 2008 with funding from RJ Reynolds, The Winston-Salem Foundation, The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, and the WS/FC Schools. Outcomes included a theme-based contemporary art curriculum and a series of residencies in four high schools with artists James Esber and Bill Fick.
Susan Jamison: Tatting Tales: organized this one-person exhibition in SECCA’s Overlook Gallery, Fall 2007.
The Winston-Salem Chapter of The Black Panthers: co-curated this exhibition for SECCA’s Community Gallery in conjunction with Black Panther Rank and File, a national traveling exhibition, Fall 2007.
Gwen Bigham: Coil: organized this one-person exhibition in SECCA’s Balcony Gallery, October 2006
Barnstormers “Storm” East: designed, organized and secured funding for a weeklong project with David Ellis and Kenji Hirata, two members of the Brooklyn-based collective Barnstormers, who worked with students from East Forsyth High School, and art teachers in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School system. The project culminated in a 10 minute long “motion painting” on DVD, March-May 2006.
Homegrown Artist Forum: organized this day-long symposium in conjunction with Homegrown: Southeast. Summer 2005
Homegrown: Southeast: co-curated this exhibition comprising the work of twenty-seven southeastern artists and one artist collective, summer 2005
Drawn and Quartered: co-curated this seven artist exhibition, 2003
Artist and the Community: Lesley Dill: co-organized and guided 16 month-long community residency for the Tongues On Fire: Visions and Ecstasy project, culminating in an exhibition of new artworks derived from community stories, a series of public billboards and a “Spiritual Sing,” with the Emmanuel Baptist Church Spiritual Choir, 2000-2001
Art of Our Time: taught an 8 hour course offered through the Salem College Continuing Studies Program, April 1999
Urban Oases: Public Places: designed and organized a public art symposium in conjunction with the SECCA exhibition “Maya Lin: Topologies,” March 1998
Winston Lake Park Youth Landscape Project: designed, implemented, and secured funding for a six week project with community youth (ages 13-17) to develop landscaping for the entrance to Winston Lake Park. This program and an exhibition documenting its development was an outreach component of SECCA’s public art project with artist/architect Maya Lin. Spring 1997–2000.
Artist and the Community: Willie Birch: organized a six week residency with artist, Willie Birch, culminating in two highly visible public art projects designed by 4th, 5th and 6th grade students, included staff development for area teachers and a presentation at the National Art Education Association Convention in New Orleans, September-October 1995
Art and the Environment: Initiated and designed a five-week summer collaboration with the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School’s Summer Enrichment program. SECCA initially directed a satellite program for 20 children, 4th-6th grades in 1995-1996. From 1996-2007 Art and the Environment was administered solely by SECCA, with 10 sessions each summer, serving approximately 120 children, ages 5-14.
Tying It Together: A Fiber Forum: designed and organized a one-day conference addressing traditional and contemporary expression in fiber media, January 1995
Forgotten Spaces: organized and secured funding for a two week residency program pairing community dancers with the Demetrius Klein Dance Company and guest Mel Tomlinson, culminating in two public performances in a historically and culturally significant community site: Atkins Middle School’s old gymnasium. Program included staff development for dance educators and a class reunion for Atkins graduates. Atkins was formerly the first Winston-Salem public high school built to serve African-American students. Spring 1994
ReVisioning History: designed and organized this symposium as part of Artist and the Community: Fred Wilson, October 1994
Artist and the Community: Tim Rollins: organized staff development and residency with the artist and at-risk students in two public schools. The program focused on the creation of a collaborative artwork based on Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage, March 1994.
Lift Off: co-designed and secured funding for a 60 hour series of “train the trainer” workshops and practicum with the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, in collaboration with Children’s Theatre Board. Program carried 6 hours of renewal certification credit for dance educators, October 1993 -June 1994
Published Essays
Contemporary Voices From the American Southeast” in Homegrown: Southeast 2005, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 2005.
Singing Forth the Spirit” in Lesley Dill: Tongues On Fire: Visions and Ecstasy, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 2001
Artist and the Community” in Artist and the Community: Mr. Imagination, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 1999
Sowing Seeds: The Winston Lake Park Youth Landscape Project” in Maya Lin: Topologies, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 1998.
And Be Together” in Willie Birch: From Bertrandville to Brooklyn, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 1995
On the Battlefield of Art” in Tim Rollins and K.O.S., The Red Badge of Courage, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 1994.