River Spirits of the Anacostia

By MARTHA JACKSON-JARVIS

ARTIST INFO

Martha Jackson Jarvis’ sculptures have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and abroad, including the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; the Studio Museum of Harlem, Smithsonian Arts and Industries, N.Y. Snug Harbor Cultural Center in Staten Island, Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, N.Y.; Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, N.C.; Anacostia Museum in Washington, D.C. and the Tretyakov Gallery Moscow, U.S.S.R. Her numerous awards include a Creative Capital Grant, Virginia Groot Fellowship, and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, The Penny McCall Foundation Grant, the Lila Wallace Arts International Travel Grant, recipient 2023 James A. Porter Colloquium Lifetime Achievement Award, Howard University, and the 2024 National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Women in the Arts Recognition Award.

By MARTHA JACKSON-JARVIS

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