Selected PUBLICATIONs, Awards & Exhibits
An extended resume can be seen by contacting the artist by the email valeriefairarts@hotmail.com
PUBLICATIONS
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Artists On the Cutting Edge 2016-June 2023, Artist/Publisher, https://www.artistonthecuttingedgee-magazine.com/
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Art In America, Annual Guide 2000 – 2006
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Art In America 1997-98 Guide of Museums and Artists
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World Traveler, Northwest Airlines, September 1997
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The International Review of African American Art, Vol. 24 No. 3B
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The International Review of African American Art, Vol. 14 No. 14
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Ebony magazine, February 1998
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AWARDS
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2009 Artist of Promise, South Mountain Community College
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2007 Best in Show, Arizona Republic, Chandler ArtWalk June
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1998 Traveling Exhibition “She Be Me”, Art League of Michigan
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Nokomis Learning Center, Lansing, MI
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Canton Cultural Center, Canton, MI
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Casa Unidad, Detroit, MI
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North American Cultural Center, Detroit, MI
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SELECTED SOLO & Group EXHIBITIONS
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2023 Scottsdale Library Gallery, "Diversion" Group Exhibit
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2019 “Beneath the Mountains” new paintings, acrylic, Detroit Repertory Theatre
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2016 Scottsdale Civic Center Library Gallery, 11 Miles of Color
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2018 Installation, Hearts & Plastic All Over Town”, Crochet heart, plastic bottles, marker, paper, string
Multiple Detroit locations
2005 “Vibes of the City”, Arizona State University, West Campus
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2005 “New Work” Paintings, Fiber, Ceramics, National Conference of Artists, Detroit
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1999 Detroit Repertory Theatre, Retrospective
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1997 "Kitchen Cabinets", National Conference of Artists, Detroit
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1986 "Fabric Works", Southfield Civic Center, Southfield
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