Vendryes, Margaret

Department Chairperson; Director, Fine Arts Gallery
Professor and Chair
Performing and Fine Arts

Phone: 718-262-3797
Office Location: AC-1A12A
MVendryes@york.cuny.edu
http://www.margaretrosevendryes.com

Office Hours
Thursday	1-4pm
and by appointment
Office: 1A12

Areas of Expertise

Art Historian, Artist, Curator

Books in Field Of Expertise

Margaret Rose Vendryes. Barthé, A Life in Sculpture. MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2008. 256.

Margaret Rose Vendryes, etal. Beyond the Blues: Reflections on African America from the Amistad Research Center Fine Arts Collection. LA: New Orleans Museum of Art, 2010. 188.

Articles in Field Of Expertise

Vendryes. "Fo Wilson’s the baartman diaries." International Review of African American Art. Vo. 25, No.3 Spring 2015: 5.

Vendryes. "Jacqueline Herranz-Brooks - MALDITA PARED: Fotografía y Texto de Cuba/New York." International Review of African American Art. 25, No. 3 Spring 2015: 5.

Vendryes. "Post Neo-Black Art." International Review of African American Art. Fall 2011: 9.

Chapters in Field Of Expertise

Margaret Rose Vendryes. "“To Be Real"." Art After Stonewall: Sexual Identity and Politics, 1969-89. Exhibition Catalog Essay April 2019: 7.

Courage and Reed. "Becoming Barthé: The Chicago Years, 1924-1930." Roots of the Black Chicago Renaissance. Anthology Fall 2019: 31.

Refereed Proceedings in Field Of Expertise

Vendryes. "Foreward." Creating a Lasting Legacy: The Estate Planning Workbook for Artists. 2018: 3.

Vendryes. "The Ecstasy of Resistance: M. Scott Johnson." Shadow Matter: The Rhythm of Structure/ Afro-Futurism to Afro-Surrealism. 23;4 2015: .

Vendryes. "Young, Gifted, and Black Between the Wars: Richmond Barthé’s Manhattan Years." Sculpture Review. 60(1) March 2011: 9.

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Non Refereed Proceedings in Field Of Expertise

Vendryes. "What’s Not in My Book on Barthé." The Tenth Magazine: The Romantics. 5 2018: 15.

Reviews in Field Of Expertise

"caa.reviews" May 2009: 3.

"CHOICE" 2000- present: six reviews per year.

 

Presented Papers, Lectures, and Exhibitions and Performances

" Standing Ovation: The African Diva Project at JPAC " 1/17/19-3/25/19: Queens Council on the Arts.

" Discovering Africa In Art Deco Design and Beyond " 1/20/19: Wolfsonian Museum/ Miami Design Preservation League/ The Wolfsonian-Florida International University.

" Queens Council on the Arts, Art Producer " 2017: Southeast Queens Performance Art.

" Documenting Difference: Images as Evidence of Queer Identity in the Case of James Richmond Barthé " March 2018: Black Portraiture IV: The Color of Silence, Harvard University.

" “i found god in myself,” 40th Anniversary celebration of Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls…, " traveling exhibition 2015-2018: New York, Philadelphia, Houston, Newark, NJ.

" The African Diva Project: Intent/Content " April 2017: James A. Porter Colloquium, Howard University, Washington, DC.

" Study With the Best: Archiving at CUNY " June 2016: CUNY online.

" TRANScendence: an Exhibition of Emerging, Contemporary African American and Other Underrepresented Artists " June-August 2016: Montclair, NJ.

" The African Diva Project LIVE! " May-July 2016: No Longer Empty - Jameco Exchange.

" Barthé and Me,” artist historian lecture " March 2016: The Studios of Key West, FL.

" Artist Lecture " March 2016: School of Art,The Univeristy of Texas, Rio Grande Valley.

" Richmond Barthé: A Life in Sculpture” Lecture & book signing " December 2015: Detroit Institute of Arts, MI.

" A River Depends on its Tributaries " September - October 2015: Seton Hall University.

" Margaret Rose Vendryes: The African Diva Project " July 2015: Childs Gallery, Boston, MA.

" Art & Soul of the Southeast Queens Community " April 2014 - September 2015: New York City Department of Transportation Art Program.

" “i found god in myself,” 40th Anniversary celebration of Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls…, " September 2014-January 2015: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

" Margaret Rose Vendryes – The Complete African Diva Project " December 2014-March 2015: Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, Mississippi.

" Bridging Boundaries: Redefining Diaspora " February - March 2014: Postcrypt Art Gallery, Columbia University.

" I Dreamed My People Were Calling " November 2012-January 2013: Rush Arts Gallery, New York.

Professional Honors, Prizes, Fellowships

Queens Council on the Arts, Art Producer: 2017.

CUNY Academy for the Humanities and SciencesTravel Award: 2017.

Distinquished Alumni Award, Association of Black Princeton University Alumni: 2015.

Bombay Sapphire Artisans Series, Boston Regional Finalist: 2011.

Center for the Humanities Mellon Grant, CUNY: 2003-04.

Faculty Publications Program Grant, CUNY: 2003.

Research Foundation of CUNY Grant: 2003-04.

Scholar Incentive Award, CUNY: 2003-04.

American Association of University Women Fellowship: 2003-04.

Anyone Can Fly Foundation Professional Scholars Grant: 2002-03.

Irene Diamond Research Fellowship: 1998-99.

National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowship: 1998-99.

Grants-In-Aid

Queens Council on the Arts, ArtSite Grant, Standing Ovation: The African Diva Project at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center. 2018-2019: $4,500.

Queens Council on the Arts, SuCasa Grant, Shadowbox Tales: Rochdale Village Senior Center. 2018: $5,500.

Cycle 48 PSC-CUNY Research Award, Clarence Irving Collection Archiving w/ George White. 2017-2018: $6,000.

Other Professional Activities and Public Service

Standing Ovation - the African Diva Project at Jamaica Performing Arts Center: 1/17/19 -3/25/19.

Co-President, Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art Board, NY, NY: 2019- 2020.

The African Diva Project, Art to the People, LinkNYC digital display: October - November 2018.

Director, Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni Board: 2015-2018.

Guest Curator, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning: 2013-2017.