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Arvie Smith

“Arvie Smith at Alysia Duckler “, Artweek, (cover; pg.25), 9/04. "Tracing the Journey", Artweek, Lois Allen, 4/22/90.

"Black Eyed Susan", documentary video of Arvie Smith, Mary Avalon, '89.

"Art Choice", Willamette Week, Portland , Bernardo  Barden, Portland, Oregon , 6/4/90.

"Colors and Perspectives", Willamette Week,  Bernardo  Barden, 1/19/89.

"Art Critic's Choice", Oregonian, Portland, Randy Bragg,  6/28/90. "Laudable art work struggles to some how share'Vision'",TheSun,Baltimore,JohnDorsey,10/93.

"Fivefold Power Joins' Hands'", The Sun, John Dorsey, 10/23/93.

"At School 33; forcing viewers to confront issues of race", Maryland Alive, The Sun, John Dorsey, 6/11/93. ("You Better Dance Now If You Gwinter Dance a Tall" reproduced)

Variety in clear 'View' at UMBC annual exhibit", The Sun, John Dorsey, 5/3/93.

Seven Artist Show Works That React to Society",  The Sun, John Dorsey, Baltimore, 12/24/91. "Variations gives viewers lots to ponder", Howard County Times, Mike Guliano, 10/14/93. "Life in a Fishbowl: Subtle Stuff and Blatant Barbs at School 33",  City Paper, Baltimore, Mike Giuliano, 6/25/93. "Arvie Smith at 55 Mercer", Art in America, Eleanor Hartney, Jan. 1993. (reproduction of Two Eves) "Mixing it up: Art React to Society", Eleanor Hartney (exhibition curator and author of promotional) 1991. "Whores and angels", Arts, Entertainment, Etcetera, Welcomat, Philadelphia, Andrew Mangravite, 1/12/94. “Great Art in the Big Easy”,  Southern Living, New Orleans, Julia Reed, 9/1999 D.K.’s Hot Sheet, “Arvie Smith’s version of The Scream,” 9/04 “Race in Your Face”, Oregonian, DK Row, 6/19/06 "A Discomforting Collection", A&E, Oregonian, D.K.Row, 6/11/04 Critiques choice, A&E, Oregonian, D.K. Row, 5/17/2002 "Where color and story collide", Oregonian, Terry Ross, 9/16/94. "Nudes in electric colors bare painter's boldness", Oregonian, D.K. Row, May 17, 2002. "Gritty narrative vigorously draw in high-key color , The Philadelphia Inquirer, Edward Sozanski, 2/4/94. "Visions that Invigorate the Mind", The Washington Post,,  Mary McCoy, 10/14/93. "The African-American Artist: A Portland Close-Up", video, Portland Public Schools, 1989. "Art with something to say at School 33...", City Paper, Baltimore, Carol Wood, Baltimore, Vol. 16 No. 2, 1992. "Tell Mama All About It",  City Paper, Baltimore, reproduced, Vol. 15, No. 51, 1991.

LECTURES AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 

RACC Mural Commission, Juvenile Justice Center, Portland, Oregon, Summer 2009

KMHD radio interview, Portland, Oregon,  June 1, 2009

Art Beat, PCC, Sylvania and Cascade Campuses, Portland, Oregon,  lectures and painting class May 11 and 13, 2009 Humanities Series on Social Justice, lecturer, Columbia George Community College, Hood River, April 23, 2008

Open Studios Juror, Portland, March 23, 2008.

Pacific Northwest College of Art, At Freedom’s Door, Lecture,  Feb 13, 2008.

KoFalen, Mali Cultural Center, board member, 2006- present.

At Freedom’s Door, Maryland Institute of Art, Reginald Lewis Museum, Maryland Historical Society, Artist in Residence, Baltimore, Maryland, 2005-2007.

Self Enhancement Incorporated, Resident Artist and teacher, 1994 – present.

Reed College, public lecture on exhibition, March 2007.

Caldera, Resident Artist, summers 2005, 2006.

Oregon Art Beat, OPB, featured artist, February 2008, June 2006, June 2003, Fall 2001

Joy of Struggle,  Lecturer, Reed College, March, 1999, 1997

Speaking of Art,  PNCA, September, 1997

Spirit of the Northwest,  Channel 2  TV,  Featured Artist, Portland, Oregon  Sept. 9, 1994

Mural Project,  Capitol Renovation Project, Juror, Salem, Oregon, 1994

Art Quake,  Juror, Fine Arts Exhibition, Portland, Oregon, 1994 KBOO,  artist talk show, Guest Artist, Lois Allen, Oct., 1993, Julia Bernard, Feb, 2008,   2006,   2004  Sept., 1994 .

Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop Series, University of Oregon Dept. of Fine Arts,  

Lecturer, 5/19/94. Speaking of Art, Pacific Northwest, College of Art, Lecturer, 12/8/93. Speaking of Art, Pacific Northwest, College of Art, Lecturer, 12/8/93. Variation on Vision,  Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, Maryland,

Curator, Sept.,93. "Genye", Transitional Housing Program Project, Collaborative Installation, funded by Maryland State Arts Council, 1993.

Hugh O'brien Youth Foundation, "Art As Education And Industry", Panelist, Baltimore Museum of Art,  1993.

Getting Started as a Visual Arts", Commencement Speaker, Pacific Northwest College of Art, May 1993.

Artists in Action, Installation Collaboration, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, 1991.

 SELECTED COLLECTIONS

City of Portland, Oregon

City of Tualatin, Oregon

Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, Oregon

Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Legacy Hospital, Portland, Oregon

Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon

Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, Oregon

Transitional Housing  Program, Baltimore, Maryland

Foster Goldstrom, Oakland, California

 Nelson Mandela, South Africa

Charlayne Hunter-Gualt, Johannesburg S. Africa