| Sana
Musasama |
| 120-56 193rd
Street St. Albans, New York 11412
718.949.3796
E-mail: musasama@hotmail.com
Web site: www.sanamusasama.com |
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| EDUCATION |
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MFA
Alfred University College of Ceramics Alfred, NY |
1987
Alfred, NY |
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Special
Student
City College/CUNY New York, NY |
1982
- 1984
New York, NY |
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BA
City College/CUNY
Ceramics/Education New York, NY |
1968
- 1974
New York, NY |
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| Professional
Experience |
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Associate
Adjunct Professor, Hunter College, Adjunct
Ceramics |
1995
- Present
New York, NY |
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Instructor,
92nd St. Y
Ceramics |
Present |
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Resident
Artist, CASES - Alternative-to-Incarceration Center
Mixed Media Teacher |
1995
- Present
New York, NY |
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Craft
Student League at the Y
Ceramics |
1997
- Present
New York, NY |
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Assistant
Professor, City College, Adjunct
Ceramics |
1990
- 02
New York, NY |
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Assistant
Professor, Maryland Institute College of Art (Sabbatical
Replacement)
Ceramics |
1994
- 1995
Baltimore, MD |
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| Assistant
Professor, Community College of Pennsylvania (Sabbatical
Replacement) |
1992
Pennsylvania, PA |
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| Ceramic
Instructor, Greenwich House Pottery |
1991
- 1994
New York, NY |
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| Ceramic
Instructor, Tuscarora International Ceramics Institute |
1989
Tuscarora, NV |
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| EXHIBITIONS |
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SOLO |
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| 2009 |
Weens Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina |
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Chatham University, Pittsburg, PA |
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Robert Hudges Gallery, San Antoinia, Texas, November |
| 2006 |
ETHOS,
"Social Consciousness and Craft", Penland
School of Craft, Penland, NC |
| 2006 |
Coppin
State University, "The Maple Tree Series,"
Baltimore, MD |
| 2005 |
Sh
h h h..., June Kelly Galley, New York, New York
NECA, Coppin State University, "The Maple Tree
Series," Baltimore, MD |
| 2004-2005 |
Works
in Clay, Dartmouth College |
| 2002 |
"Unspeakable",
Swarthmore College, PA
"Unspeakable", Noel Gallery, Charlotte,
NC |
| 2001 |
"Unspeakable",
Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY
"Outer Beauty/Inner Anguish", June Kelly
Gallery, New York, NY
"The Maple Tree Series - The final View",
New Jersey State University, Jersey City, NJ |
| 1998 |
"The
Maple Tree Series", Long Island University
South Hampton College, Long Island, NY |
| 1995 |
"The
Maple Tree Series II", June Kelly Gallery,
New York, NY
"The Maple Tree Series I", June Kelly
Gallery, New York |
| 1984 |
"A
Review of 10 Years",: Sewickly Academy, Pittsburgh,
PA |
| 1989 |
"Echoes
& Excavations", Manchester Craftsman Guild,
Soho 20 Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1987 |
"The
Garden Series", Cinque Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1986 |
"Artist-in-Residence
Exhibition",: Jamaica Arts Center, Jamaica,
NY |
| 1985 |
"Montana
Series",: The Studio Museum, Harlem, NY |
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GROUP |
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| 2009 |
Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina |
| 2008 |
Katonah Musuem, Katonah, New York Fall |
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John Malloy Galolery, New York, March |
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Weschester Art council, Fall |
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Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, Fall |
| 2006 |
"Edges
of Grace," Fuller Craft Museum, Boston, MA |
| 2005 |
"Edges
of Grace," Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA |
| 2004 |
"Unity
in Diversity," Baltimore Clay Work, Baltimore,
MD |
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Morgan
State University, Baltimore, MD |
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"Honoring
Our Roots," Eubie Blake Cultural Center, Baltimore,
MD |
| 2002-2000
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"Ceramic
2000 National", Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Traveling Exhibit:
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, 2002
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, 2001
Samuel Pharn Museum, University of Florida, Gainville,
2001 |
| 2002 |
"Small
Works", Hunter College College, Hunter College,
NY |
| 2001 |
"Five
Ceramics", Suffolk County College, Long Island,
NY
"Florence Biennale", Florence, Italy
"Unspeakable", Rush Arts Gallery, NY,
NY
"Five African American Artists", Pewabic
Pottery, Detroit, MI
"Twenty Years", Jamaica Center for the
Arts and Learning, Jamaica, NY
"Clay On The Wall", Gallery 128, Manhattan,
NY
"Selected Works from the Permanent Gallery",
The Studio Museum in Harlem |
| 1999-01 |
"Stop
Asking We Exist",
Traveling Exhibit:
The Society of Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh,
PA
American Craft Museum, NYC
New Bedford Museum, New Bedford, MA
The Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Court House Galleries Portsmouth Museum, Portsmouth
Florida Craftsmen, St. Petersburg, FL |
| 1999-00 |
"Annual
Show", Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY
"Faculty Show at City College", Eisner
Gallery, New York, NY
"Passages"
Traveling Exhibit:
The Studio Museum, Harlem, NY
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Florida Museum of Art, Tallahassee, FL
"Contemporary Ceramics 1999: The Work of an
African American Artist"
Traveling Exhibit:
NCCU Art Museum, Durham, N.C.
Designer Craftsmen, Columbus, OH |
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1999 |
"On
Fire", School House Gallery, Peekskill, NY
"Cultural Influences in Craft", North
Carolina, Central University
"Contemporary Ceramics 1999: The Work of a
Ceramic Artist, Penland School of Craft", Penland,
NC
Watershed Benefit, Turtle Gallery
"Haystack Faculty Show", Blue Heron Gallery,
Deer Isle, Maine
"Secret Objects, Concealed Spaces", Paramount
Art Center, NY
"Viewpoint Ceramic 1999", Grossmont College
Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, California |
| 1998 |
"Multiple
Huyes and Multiple Voice"s, Paintedbride Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA
"Black New York Artist of the 20th Century",
The Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture,
New York, NY
"Introductions", Gomez Gallery, Baltimore,
MD
"On Fire", Clay Studio, Baltimore, MD
"Faculty Exhibition", Elsa Mott Ives Gallery,
New York, NY
"Faculty Exhibition", Eisner Gallery,
New York, NY |
| 1997 |
"Faculty
Auction", Leobsdorf Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1995-96 |
"In
Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the 90's",
Staten Island University, Staten Island, NY
"Exploring a Movement", Feminist Visions
in Clay, The Wignal Museum, Chaffney College, Rancho
Cucamonha, CA
"New York Clay"
Traveling Exhibit:
Clay Nordenfieldeske, Kunstindustri Museum, Trondheim:
Ostfold Kunster Center, Fred Rikstan
Rogaland Kustner Center, Stravanger
Hordland Kunstner Center, Bergen, Norway Catalogue |
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1994 |
"Uncommon
Beauty", American Craft Museum, New York, NY |
| 1993 |
"Former
Resident", Archie Bray Foundation, Helena,
MT
Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
"2 Artist African American Craft Artist",
Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY |
| 1992 |
Reader's
Digest, White Plains, NY
"Maternal Evidence", Alcazar Gallery,
Baltimore School of Arts, Baltimore, MD
"6 African American Clay Artists", The
African-American Museum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia,
PA
"The Garden Series", The French Consulate,
New York, NY |
| 1991 |
"Residence
Show", Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY |
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| RESIDENCIES/WORKSHOPS |
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| 2007 |
Dartmouth
Fellowship, Dartmouth College, Vermont |
| 2006 |
Penland
School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Social Conscious Workshop |
| 2004 |
Penland
School of Crafts, Penland, NC |
| 2003 |
Arrowmont
School of Crafts, Gat, TN |
| 2001
- 2000 |
Lasuerte
Studio Space, Limon, Costa Rico |
| 2001 |
Wadastick
Art Center, El Potrero, Mexico, Residency |
| 2000 |
Lasuente
Studio Space, Costa Rica, Residency
"Women in Ceramics", Sotheby's - New York, Lecture |
| 1999 |
Baltimore
Clayworks, "The Next Millenmium"
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, Residency
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN, Three Day Workshop
Watershed, "Artist Invite Artist", Edgecomb,
Maine
Haystack School of Arts, Deer Isle, Maine, "Alternative
Surface" |
| 1998 |
Clay
Studio, Portchester, NY, 3-day Workshop/Lecture
Baltimore Clayworks. Baltimore, MD |
| 1997 |
Penland
School of Crafts, North Carolina, "Alternating
Surface"
National Council for the Education for the Ceramic Arts,
LasVegas, NV, Demonstrator |
| 1996 |
Syracuse
University, Syracuse, New York, Visiting Artist
Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, Art Forum Lecture
Series |
| 1994 |
Cite
Des Aris, Paris, France
Sewickley Academy, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1992 |
The
College of New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, Guest Lecturer
Ching Mai University, Thailand, Guest Lecturer
Manchester Craftsman Guild, Pittsburgh, PA
Baltimore School for the Arts, Baltimore, MD |
| 1991 |
Watershed
Ceramic Center, Edgecomb, ME
Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY |
| 1990 |
Baltimore
Clayworks, Baltimore, MD |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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"American
Ceramics", Review page 71
"The Baltimore Sun", Review
"The American Craft Magazine", Feb/March 2002,
Review
"New York Arts Magazine", Vol 5 No.5, Review
"Women of Color of the 20th Century", A Bio-Critical
Sourcebook of 20th Century Art in Ceramics, Greenwood Press,
p. 295
"American Ceramics", Vol 13, page 47: Review
"American Ceramics", Vol 3, page 10, 1998:
Review
"Art News", page 28, January 1998: Listing
- June Kelly Gallery
"Art Guide", The New York Times, January
1998
"Art Review", The New York Times, March 1998
"From the Studio", East Hampton Star, March
1998
"African American Sculptor", Sag Harbor Express,
February 1998
"At Galleries", East Hampton Star, February
1998
"Mirror, Mirror", Village Voice, January
1998
"5 African-American Ceramists", Studio Potter,
Vol 26, No. 1, December 1997
"National Conference on the Education of the Ceramics
Arts Journal", pg. 52, Spring 1997
"Positive Pathways", Baltimore City Sun,
July 1997
"The Stars of Today Pick the Stars of Tomorrow",
Art News, pg99, March 1997
Gumbo Ya Ya: Anthropology of african American Women Artists,
Arts Press, 1996
African American Art: The Long Struggle, Smith Mark Publisher,
NYC, 1996, p.112
Voices of Color, Dr. Dufrene, Phoebe Harris, 1997, Humanities
Press, Chap 12
"Adventurous Women", Essence Magazine, July
1995
"The Maple Tree Series", Cover Magazine,
May 1995
"Maine Coast Artist Rockport Watershed: The Historical
Present", Art New England Review, Oct/Nov 1994
"Against All Odds: African-American Women Artists",
Essence Magazine, September 1992
"African-American Artists", Westchester Times,
November 1992
"Poetic License", Straller Center of the
Arts, Stony Brook/SUNY, December 1990
"Modern Post Modern Sculpture", Kenkeleba
Gallery, October 1984, Catalogue
"Ancient Inspirations Contemporary Interpretations",
Robertson Center for the Arts & Sciences, August 1982,
Catalogue |
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| PERMANENT
INSTALLATIONS |
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1997 |
The
Woodburne Center, Baltimore, MD |
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1996 |
Mosaic/Concrete
Stepping Stone Walkway, Stateway Gardens, Chicago, IL |
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1992 |
Mosaic/Sidewalk:
Manchester Craftsman Guild, Pittsburgh, PA |
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1985 |
Mosaic,
Concrete Installations: Art Park, Lewiston, NY |
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1983 |
Mosaic
Sidewalk: Art Park, Lewiston, NY |
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| AWARDS |
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2003 |
Heiman
Fellow, Swarthmore, Swarthmore, PA |
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2002 |
Anonymous
Was a Woman Award 2002 |
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2000 |
Empire
State Craft Alliance, Saratoga, NY |
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1998 |
Artist
As Catalyst, Mid Atlantic Grant |
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1995-96 |
Perspectives
in African American Art, Seagram's Gin Award |
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1995 |
New
York Foundation Fellowship |
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1993 |
The
Dalton School Summer Research Grant, Thailand |
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1992 |
Empire
State Craft Alliance Grant
Pollack-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY |
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1990 |
Mid-Atlantic
Grant, Manchester Guild, Pittsburgh, PA
Mid-Atlantic Grant, Baltimore, MD
Excellence Award, The Dalton School, New York, NY |
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1989 |
Empire
State Craft Alliance Grant, Saratoga, NY |
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1987-88
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Atlantic
Life Insurance Company, Atlanta, GA |
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| Collections |
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"The
African American Design Archive", Cooper Hewitt National
Design Museum, NYC
Jingdez hen Ceramic Institute: China
European Ceramic Center: Hertogen bosch, Holland
The Studio Museum: Harlem, NY
Atlanta Life Insurance Co.: Atlanta, GA
Tuscarora Historical Museum: Tuscarora, NY
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
The Schomboug Center for Research in Black Culture:
New York, NY
Sande Webster Gallery: Philadelphia, PA |
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| Travel
Research |
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2006 |
Thailand,
Laos, Vietnam |
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2001 |
Costa
Rica
Tuscany, Italy |
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2000 |
Costa
Rica
Kondimini, Dogon Country, Mali, West Africa |
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1999 |
Segou,
Mali, West Africa |
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1998 |
China
and Tibet: Yixing International Conference |
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1992-95 |
Vietnam,
Thailand and China |
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1994 |
France |
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1992 |
Holland |
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1986-88 |
France |
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1988 |
India |
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1981 |
Japan |
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1975-76 |
West
Africa |
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