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Exhibitions - Artists: Betty Blayton and Robin HolderDaughters of the House of Life Betty Blayton - Positive Thought Becoming a Thing, acrylic & mixed media on canvas, 36" round, 2007 During her career as an artist and arts administrator, Blayton-Taylor has worked as an adjunct professor for the City College of New York, and served as an artist-in-residence at institutions such as Virginia State University at Norfolk, Fisk University, Brown University, and Tugaloo College. Blayton-Taylor assisted in founding the Children's Art Carnival for the Museum of Modern Art children's visual arts outreach program in 1968 and became the Executive Director of the program in 1969. A founding member of the Studio Museum of Harlem, New York in 1965, served as a board member of the Arts and Business Council in New York City, and a consultant for the City of New York Board of Education. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and universities in the United States for more than thirty years. In Feb. of 2005 she received the Woman's Caucus for the Arts "Life Time Achievement Award in Atlanta. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, and is represented in The Metropolitan Museum, The Studio Museum of Harlem, Philip Morris and Uniworld Group Inc. Spellman Collage, Fisk University, Brown University, Norfolk State University and Togaloo College.She has been featured in radio, television documentaries including Persistence of Vision and the documentary film based on five African-African artists entitled, "Five."
Robin Holder was born in 1952 in Chicago, Illinois. She was born to native New Yorker parents of Russian-Jewish and African-Caribbean decent. As the child of a middle class inter-ethnic leftist family, growing up in the fifties and sixties, Robin was continuously exposed to an extraordinary world of complex realities. The social, cultural, religious world she moved in was a constant source of reflection and consideration. After graduating from the High School of Music and Art, she attended the Arts Student League of New York and Werkgroep Uit Het Amsterdam Grafisch Atelier in Amsterdam. Robin Holder is the recipient of grants and awards from the New York State Council on The Arts, Manhattan Graphics Center, The Printmaking Workshop and Brooklyn Cable Access Television. The artist was selected by The New York Foundation for the Arts for a Public Service Announcement and featured in the premier segment the TV series Cool Women, produced by Debbie Allen. Ms. Holder has completed seven large scale site specific public art projects. Her commission of 34 windows for New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority was installed in 2006. Holder has served as a panelist, lecturer, and consultant for a variety of cultural and educational institutions, such as The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Delaware Division of the Arts, the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, The Museum of Natural History; New York City, Pratt Institute of Technology, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Cooper Hewitt Museum, Manhattan Community College and Parsons School of Design. variety of cultural and educational institutions, such as The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Delaware Division of the Arts, the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, The Museum of Natural History; New York City, Pratt Institute of Technology, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Cooper Hewitt Museum, Manhattan Community College and Parsons School of Design. Source: Curator's Statement - Kevin Sipp Special Acknowledgement and Thanks to: Tour Information: Call 404.612.0500 for information about guided educational tours.
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