Everett Mayo
414 W. Noble St.
Louisburg, NC 27549
Employment
2015 – Current: | Andrejev Studios, LLC. Partner |
1992 – Current: |
North Carolina Wesleyan College3400 N. Wesleyan Blvd., Rocky Mount, NC 27804 |
1974 – 1992: | Munson-Williams-Proctor School of Art 310 Genesee St., Utica, NY 13502 Foundation Program Incept Coordinator – initiate and implement a two year 62 credit hour AAS degree; art historian; studio teacher |
1970 – 1974: | K-12 Art Teacher Mt. Markham Central School System, West Winfield, NY |
Education
MFA – Syracuse U [1972]
BFA – Cooper Union [1969]
Foundation Architecture – Pratt Institute [1964-6]
Community Service, Membership, and Awards
2016: | Franklin County Artist of the Year |
2015: | Sabbatical NC Wesleyan College |
2009: | NC State Art Teachers Award |
1998-2013: | Artist for Our Lady of Perpetual Help |
1999-2004: | Collaborate for MLK with Dept. of Human Relations, City of Rocky Mount |
1998: | Jefferson Pilot Distinguished Professor Award |
1996-2004: | American Association of Museums |
1995-1999: | Martin Luther King Commission of Rocky Mount: Art Chair; Graphic Designer |
1994-1995 | A+ Arts Across The Curriculum, Nash County, NC |
Publications and Papers
2012: | Edward Christiana [1912-1992] American Modernist, Utica Memorial Library,June. |
2010: | Guy Danella: American Modernist [1928-2006]; |
2009: | Folk Art of the Coastal Plain: The Four Sisters Gallery Permanent Collection Featuring the Robert Lynch Collection of Outsider Art. Rocky Mount, NC. NC Wesleyan College; Askew & Taylor: A Real Raleigh Treasure. Artsync Magazine, Charlotte, NC., Mar |
2008: | Bots: Wesley Mills Fashions Alternate World of Robots. Richmond. Folk Art Messenger. Oct. |
2006: | review: Mayer, Sonja. Behind My Eyes . Books Inc. December |
2005: | William H. Armstrong, Jr. [aka. Wiili] [ 1956-2003]. Richmond. Folk Art Messenger. April Clarence Antonio [Tony] Wise: Quadriplegic Visionary.Richmond. Folk Art Messenger. Oct. |
Selected Bibliography
2016: | Daily Southerner, Tarboro, NC; Rocky Mount Telegram |
2015: | Franklin Times: Arts Council Presents, Dec. 10 |
2008: | Rocky Mount Telegram: “Dreaming Place”. McFarland, L. October 2. |
2007: | WRAL: Interview, April 12; Rocky Mount Telegram, “and the levee broke”, Casey, C. April 6 |
2004: | WHIG TV Interview: Focus on the Robert Lynch Collection: Four Sisters Gallery, October 18 |
2003: | African-American Quilts – The Farmer-James Collection [ca.1860-1947]. Rocky Mount, NC. book review, Folk Art Messenger Journal. Richmond, VA. Mar. Folk Art Magazine. Vol. 28. New York. Mus American Folk Art. Nov. 4 |
2002: | KCPT: Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations: Contemporary American Folk Art |
2001: | WUNC: Public Television: American Folk Art feature on Clyde Jones James, Everette A.. Essays on Folk Art. [edited by Everett Mayo Adelman and Nancy Jane Farmer] Patterson, Tom. Autonomous. Greensboro, NC. Greenhill Center for NC Art. |
1998: | Self-Taught Artists of the Twentieth Century. NYC. Museum of American Folk Art. Washington Post. Washington, D.C. May 16; Arnett, P. Souls Run Deep: African-American Vernacular Art of the South; Vol. II., Atlanta |
1994: | Spectator Magazine: “The Act of Perception” Halperen, M, Raleigh, NC; Aug. 4 |
1992: | Syracuse Herald American; Review: Sherry Chayat, Syracuse, NY Jan. 19 Long Island Newsday; Review: Elizabeth Wix; Aug. 13 |
1991: | Stuff Magazine; Boston MA; Cover/Arts; NYC; April |
1990: | Syracuse Herald American; Review: Eva Hesler; May 13; Munson-Williams-Proctor Bulletin “The Artist’s Eye ”; Bette London; Utica, NY; March |
1986: | 108: An East Village Review; Review: D.Yellin NYC June East Village: A Guide: A Documentary Egret Publications NYC Associazione Incisori Preview: Gerardo Lo Russo; Rome, Italy; January |
1983: | Artspeak; Featured Review: “Contemporary Expression”: J.Smith; NYC; Nov. 16 |
1972: | The Washington Evening Star; “Visions of A World Within”:Lewis. Washington, D.C.; June 6 |
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016: | Sabbatical Retrospective, Mims Gallery, NC Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, NC Hobson-Pittman Memorial Gallery, Tarboro, NC |
2015: | Sunflower Gallery, Wake Forest, NC |
2012: | Mad Hatters, Warrenton, NC; Wake Forest Art and Frame Shop |
1998: | Cruz Gallery; Tarboro, NC |
1997: | Brownson Gallery; Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY |
1996: | S.M.Stanley Fine Arts; Utica NY Rocky Mount Art Center; Rocky Mount, NC |
1995: | Horace Williams House; Chapel Hill, NC; Westside Galleries; Raleigh, NC |
1994: | Gallery C; Raleigh, NC |
1992: | Apogee Art; Falmouth, MA; Cazenovia College; Cazenovia, NY |
1991: | Apogee Art, Falmouth, MA |
1989/90: | Helio Galleries; NYC |
1986: | Chronocide Galleries; NYC; Associazione Incisori; Rome Italy; Barrett Gallery; Utica College |
1983: | West Broadway Gallery; NYC; |
1980: | Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum of Art; Utica, NY; Ward-Nasse Galleries; NYC |
1976: | Ward-Nasse Galleries; NYC |
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Selected Group Exhibitions
[exhibitions between 1966 – 1985 not listed]
2014: | Two-Person Exhibit: Sunflower Gallery, Wake Forest, NC |
2012: | Dog Show, Mims Art Gallery, NC Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, NC |
2007/08: | Microcosm Gallery, NYC |
2001-5: | Woods Hole Gallery MA; Salon: Gallery C, Raleigh NC |
2003: | Juried Exhibition [first prize watercolor]; Falmouth Artist’ Guild, MA |
2000: | Permanent Grin, Raleigh; Eclectic Edge, Cary, NC; |
1998: | Cooper Union, NYC |
1997: | Marita Gilliam Gallery; Raleigh, NC |
1994: | Martha Mabey Gallery, Richmond, VA; F.R.A. Odeon Galleries, Sag Harbor, NY; |
1993: | Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY; F.R.A. Odeon Galleries, Sag Harbor, NY |
1992: | Neo Persona Galleries, NYC; 50th Anniversary Exh. Munson-Williams-School of Art, Utica, NY |
1987: | Helio Galleries; NYC; Now Gallery, NYC Linea Galleries, Rome, IT |
1986: | Chronocide Galleries, NYC Everson Museum Biennial; Now Gallery, NYC |
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
IBM, Albany, NY; Coca Cola, Atlanta, GA; Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum of Art; Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, MA; Our Lady of Lourdes, Utica, NY; Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville, NY; Towne and Assoc. Engineering Corp., Utica, NY; Peter Rothman Inc. NYC; Early and Chandler Legal Offices, Rocky Mount, NC; Basepoint Inc., Sharpsburg, NC; C2 Printing, Nashville, NC; Colony House, Fayetteville, NY; Lockwood and Romano, Utica, NY; Clinton House, Clinton, NY; J. Neugroschel, NYC; Advantage, Raleigh, NC; K.C. Burdette Inc. NYC; Quinn, Ryan, Nunn Funeral Homes, Rome and Utica, NY; Special Metals, New Hartford, NY; Wolffin, Miami, FL; La Linea, Rome, IT; SUNY College of Technology, Marcy, NY; Utica College, NY; Waggoner, Raleigh, NC; Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY. Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Rocky Mount, NC. R. Mango, NYC; Cooperstown Art Assoc., Cooperstown, NY. K. Speiser, Providence, RI; F.R. Ambinder, Sag Harbor, NY; R. Kistner, Utica, NY. Nelson Adams, NYC and Barneveld, NY. C. Linder, Detroit MI. Gutschall, Rocky Mount, NC. J. Marrow Law Offices, Tarboro, NC; G. Taft, Utica, NY; Blake, Baltimore, MD; B. Sukys, Seattle, WA; L. Blakely, Durham, NC; E. Brunswick, Rosalind Hts. NY; Pearsall Library, Rocky Mount; Goodwill Industries Offices, Raleigh, NC; M. Demond, Los Angeles, CA. Nottingham Corp., Rocky Mount; NC Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount NC; McRay Studios, Raleigh, NC