Marie Johnson-Calloway (née Edwards; April 10, 1920 – February 11, 2018) was an American artist. She was born in Pimlico, Baltimore, Maryland to Sidney Edwards (a minister) and Marie Edwards (a seamstress and artist).[2] She worked in the fields of painting and mixed-media assemblage.[3][4][5]
Marie Edwards Johnson-Calloway | |
|---|---|
| Born | Marie Edwards April 10, 1920[1] |
| Died | February 11, 2018 (aged 97) |
| Nationality | USA |
| Education | Morgan State College |
| Alma mater | San Jose State University |
| Children | 2 |
Education
editBorn Marie Edwards in Pimlico, Baltimore,[6] the African-American Johnson-Calloway first attended Coppin State Teacher's College. In 1952, she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree at Morgan State College, Baltimore, Maryland, in art education.[2]
In 1968, she received a Master of Arts in painting from San Jose State University as a Graduate Studies Experienced Teacher Fellow. She also obtained a Graduate Studies Fellowship at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. In 1976, she was approved for a Doctoral Equivalency at San Francisco State University. Throughout her educational journey, she taught at universities and colleges in the Bay Area until she retired from teaching in 1983.[citation needed]
Awards
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Throughout her career as an artist and professor, she obtained awards for her scholarship. In 1959, she won first place at the First Unitarian Church in San Jose, California. She won several first and second place awards from county fairs and community art festivals between 1955 and 1960. In 1961, she gained a non-purchase award at the Sacramento, California State Fair. In 1964, she won the Grand Prize at Hale's Art Fair, sponsored by the San Jose Art League. In 1964, she won the Purchase Award at the San Jose City College Annual. In 1965, Johnson-Calloway won the grand prize and first prize, for oil paintings, from the Town & Country Village of San Jose, California.
In 1965-66, she won the first award at the San Jose Art League semi-annual. In 1968, she won the Purchase Award for Black Arts Today at San Jose State College in San Jose, California. In 1969, she won the Purchase Award from the San Francisco Art Commission. In 1971, she won First Award for mixed media at the San Jose Art League Regional Show.[2]
Themes throughout works
editJohnson-Calloway's works focused on the portraiture of Black individuals.[7]
She worked with the Bay Area Women Artists of Northern California on community-based projects. The Oakland Art Museum is among institutions which contain examples of her work.[8] She taught at San Francisco State University and at the California College of Arts and Crafts.[6] Twice-married (to Dr. Arthur Johnson, M.D. and Dr. Charles Calloway, M.D.), she had two children, April Watkins and Art Johnson,and four grandchildren. She served as president of the San Jose chapter of the NAACP, and was long active in civil rights.[3]
Johnson-Calloway died in February 2018 at the age of 97.[6][9]
References
edit- ^ "Artist Calloway makes a career of coming home". Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ^ a b c Bontemps, Alex; Fonvielle-Bontemps, Jacqueline; Driskell, David C. (1980). Forever Free : Art by African-American Women 1862-1980. Alexandria Virginia: Stephenson Incorporated.
- ^ a b "Marie Johnson Calloway: Legacy of Color - MoAD Museum of African Diaspora". Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ^ Diaspora, Museum of the African (February 11, 2015), Marie Johnson Calloway, retrieved April 2, 2019
- ^ "Marie Johnson Calloway | Now Dig This! digital archive". Hammer Museum. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Marie Johnson-Calloway - The HistoryMakers". Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ^ Bontemps, Alex; Fonvielle-Bontemps, Jacqueline; Driskell, David C. (1980). Forever Free : Art by African-American Women 1862-1980. Alexandria Virginia: Stephenson Incorporated.
- ^ Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (December 19, 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
- ^ Calloway, Marie (April 1, 2019). "Marie Johnson Calloway Obituary". Legacy.com. Retrieved March 5, 2024.