B.Ed. University of Miami, 1958
M.A., Art Ed., 1973, and Diplomate in Collegiate Teaching, University of Miami, 1975
Retired Director of Galleries
Associate Professor of Art Emeritus
2003-2005: Annual Art Faculty Exhibition—Kennesaw State University invitational
2003: Looks Good on Paper – Spruill Art Gallery, curated by Ben Apfelbaum
2005: Refusing to Dance Backwards – Spruill Art Gallery (open) invitational
2004: Ventanas de Arte: Latin American Art Circle Exhibition—Kennesaw State University
2005: Fusions—Eye Drum Gallery, curated by Candace Bennett & Maria Sarmiento, work reviewed by Cathy Fox in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
2006: Transmutations: The Art of Roberta Griffin—Kennesaw State University; thirty year retrospective of paintings, drawings, prints and photographs with color catalog. Major review by Cathy Fox in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
2006: Convergencia: Latin American Art Circle Exhibition—Kennesaw State University
2006: Still Doing It—Dalton Creative Arts Guild, curated by Waldo Vinces
2006: On the Spot—City Gallery East, mural created with Ernesto Cuevas & Jorge Arcos
2007: Viva la Frida—White Space Gallery, Atlanta, curated by Susan Bridges
2007: Looks Good on Paper—Spruill Art Gallery, curated by Julia Fenton, work reviewed by Cathy Fox in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
2007 Inaugural Exhibition – Gallery 4463, Acworth, GA
2002: “Giotto and the Birth of Humanism in Italian Art,” for “The Year of Italy”(2001-02)*
2003: “Rodolfo Morales: Magical Stories of Mexico,” PALS Cultural Arts Series, Dunwoody
2003 -2004: “Splendors of the Alhambra,” “The Three Spains,” with Tito Alvarez and Mari Luz Robert & “Goya and the Sleep of Reason.” (Lectures presented for “The Year of Spain”*)
2005: “American Artists in Paris, 1919-1929,” for “The Year of France”*
2006: Poetry reading, Sturgis Library Gallery, as part of retrospective exhibition*
2007: “The Passion and Art of Frida Kahlo,” White Space Gallery
*lectures presented at Kennesaw State University
2002: Italian Paintings of the XV – XVIII Centuries from Bob Jones University & Gallery--exhibition curator; researched, edited and co-designed 32 page color catalog of the exhibition with KSU students
2003: Rodolfo Morales: Magical Stories of Mexico, exhibition curator, wrote extensive essay and edited 28 page color catalog.
2003: The Collectors’ Vision: Black Folk Art of the American South from the Collection of Ann and Ted Oliver, curated first exhibition of work from this extensive collection of nationally recognized southern folk artists.
2003: The Collector’s Vision: Central and East African Art from the Collection of Peggy Slappey; worked with collector to complete extensive research and wrote brochure essay.
2004: La subversion de la realidad; worked with Spanish government to obtain traveling exhibition and arranged lecture by Don Alejandro Castellote, a leading European curator.
2004: On the Grounds II A Sculpture Exhibition, sequel to On the Grounds I; curated exhibition of four emerging artists, including maquettes and site drawings for sculptures on campus and worked with them and KSU Facilities & Design Office to coordinate site selections and installations.
2005: African American Sculpture from the Collection of Howard University, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University and Atlanta Life Financial Group; curated exhibition and edited brochure of work by nationally recognized sculptors.
2005: Process and Perception: Contemporary Art by Three French Artists, curated avant garde installations, drawings and videos by Anne Deleporte, Stephen Dean and Patrick Martinez, internationally exhibited artists; wrote brochure.
2005: The Collector’s Vision: Works by Athos Menaboni from the Collection of Russell Clayton, curated exhibition, wrote essay and edited brochure. The entire collection has been donated to Kennesaw State University by Mr. Clayton.
2005: The Collectors’ Vision: Latin American Art in Georgia Collections, curated first major exhibition in Georgia of Hispanic art borrowed from museums and noted collectors.
2006: Merging East and West: The Installations of Chen Zhen, curator of exhibition, wrote catalog essay and was co-designer and editor of 20 page color catalog Co-wrote successful $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for this acclaimed exhibition;; also obtained funding from the Georgia Humanities Council for a series of lectures related to the exhibition as part of “The Year of China.”