On June 23, 1984 Delilah W. Pierce was the featured artist at the Wayland House Gallery in Washington, DC. The exhibition was promoted in the Afro American’s Feminine Frontier section. According to reporter Nikki Nakantani, the Wayland House had a reception the week before and the exhibition also featured fellow Washington, DC artist Peter RobinsonContinue reading “Delilah W. Pierce Featured & Promoted For Wayland House Gallery Exhibition”
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Delilah W. Pierce & Fellow Artists’ Files For Exhibition Of African-American Women Artists, 1969-1978
According to the Smithsonian Archives of American Art Delilah W. Pierce was to exhibit at The National Women’s Caucus for Art – College Art Association’s Annual meeting in 1979. Emily Martin and Tritobia Benjamin were the co-curators. However, do to the lack of funding the exhibition was cancelled. Learn More: Artists’ files for exhibition ofContinue reading “Delilah W. Pierce & Fellow Artists’ Files For Exhibition Of African-American Women Artists, 1969-1978”
Delilah W. Pierce Gives Talk – Promoted In The Washingtonian Magazine
Delilah W. Pierce was a very active artist, curator, and educator. One of her talks was promoted in The Washingtonian Magazine in 1985. Learn More: The Washingtonian, Volume 20.
Delilah W. Pierce’s Artwork Featured In Exhibition 1974-75 At the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum-Smithsonian Institution
Delilah W. Pierce led by example and was an advocate for lifting up underserved communities. That’s why she was a fierce supporter of The Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. According to the Smithsonian Institution Archives: The Anacostia Neighborhood Museum opened on September 15, 1967, in the historic Carver Theater in Anacostia, Washington, DC, as a “store-front museum”Continue reading “Delilah W. Pierce’s Artwork Featured In Exhibition 1974-75 At the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum-Smithsonian Institution”
Delilah W. Pierce Among The Permanent Howard University Gallery Collection
Delilah W. Pierce was not only an artist, she was an activist, educator and community leader. Ms. Pierce believed in supporting historically black institutions. She had exhibitions at the Howard University Gallery in 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, and 1976. Delilah W. Pierce’s Gay Head Cliffs is among their permanent collection. Visit the Howard University GalleryContinue reading “Delilah W. Pierce Among The Permanent Howard University Gallery Collection”
Delilah W. Pierce Included In The Women’s Studies Encyclopedia
Author Helen Tierney published a cannon of female African American painters. In her anthology she covered the wider expressions of African American female artists. Delilah W. Pierce was included in the cannon. Ms. Tierney explored some of the core “emotions” of African American art: celebration, grief, anger, and pride. Check out Helen Tierney’s The Women’s StudiesContinue reading “Delilah W. Pierce Included In The Women’s Studies Encyclopedia”
Delilah W. Pierce Featured In The Art of Black American Women
Delilah W. Pierce dedicated her life to fighting for equal rights for women, equal education, and fairness for people of color. Her art expressed that notion. Author Robert Henkes created a cannon for African American women artists and their expressions. From the pages of The Art of Black Women: African American women artists have foughtContinue reading “Delilah W. Pierce Featured In The Art of Black American Women”
Delilah W. Pierce Illustrates Cottagers Cookbook
Delilah W. Pierce is the illustrator of the Cottagers Cookbook, published in 1978. Delilah was a founding member of the Cottagers, an Oak Bluffs, MA (Martha’s Vineyard) professional African American civic organization. Delilah W. Pierce Mentioned In The Dorothy West Martha’s Vineyard Delilah W. Pierce Gave A Talk To Harvard Radcliffe Club Delilah W. Pierce Mentioned InContinue reading “Delilah W. Pierce Illustrates Cottagers Cookbook”
Delilah W. Pierce Highlighted in Art Voices/South
In 1980 Delilah W. Pierce’s painting Shorelife-Harborside was featured in Art Voices/South, volume 3.
Delilah W. Pierce Art in Gumbo YaYa: Anthology of Contemporary African-American Women Artists
In 1995 Delilah W. Pierce’s art was featured in Gumbo YaYa. The editor is Leslie King-Hammond, Graduate Dean Emeritus at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and founding director of the Center For Race And Culture.