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Cora
Marshall,
born in Washington, DC, is an artist, educator, and scholar.
She received her B.F.A. from Howard University with a major in
art and a minor in education. After teaching art
in the Alexandria Virginia City Schools for many years, she returned
to school to acquire a 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. There she teaches
theory, and practice in Art Education as well as classes in
Mixed Media art.
As an artist, she centers her work in
spirituality and creates art that seeks out the connections to and
lessons from her past. By mixing symbols and
meaning, by affirming the potency of the spirits, by honoring the
holy, she “extends an invitation to contemplate the significance and
depth of the power within.” Dr. 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;
Brown University in RI; Craftery Gallery in Hartford; the Rosenburg Gallery at NYU; and
Picture
That, LLC,
Stamford, CT with multiple venues.
As a scholar, her 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.
She has also authored numerous articles published in professional journals and publications.
In 2004, Dr. Marshall was selected as a member of the
"Teaching Excellence Honor Roll" at CCSU.
Also in 2004, Dr. Marshall was
selected as "Outstanding Art Educator in Higher Education" by the
Connecticut Art Education Association.
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Copyright ©October, 2009
Cora Marshall
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