SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Walk a Mile in My Dreams, Baltimore Musseum of Art, Baltimore, MD
touring to: Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Messages, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2023 Messages, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, IA , touring to:
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2018 What Next and Why Not, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, NY
Open Spaces: ‘Araminta’ by Joyce J. Scott, Union Station Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Joyce J. Scott: It's Still Happening in 2018, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
2017 Joyce J. Scott: Harriet Tubman and Other Truths, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton Township, NJ
2016 Joyce J. Scott: Generations, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD (Catalogue)
Baker Artist Award: Joyce J. Scott, Mary Sawyers Imboden Prize, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Joyce J. Scott, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2015 Joyce J. Scott: Truths & Visions, Sarah Moody Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Joyce J. Scott: Truths and Visions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
2014 Can’t We All Just Get Along?, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD (Catalogue)
Maryland to Murano: Neckpieces and Sculptures by Joyce J. Scott, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
2012 On Kilter, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD (Catalogue)
Joyce J. Scott: A Solo Exhibition of Prints, Film, and Performance, The Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
2011 Prospect .2, Joyce J. Scott, Dillard University, New Orleans, LA
Prospect .2, Joyce J. Scott, Newcomb Gallery at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2010 Li’l Lies and Purty Thangs, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD (Catalogue)
McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
The Wine Dark Sea, The Mitchell Gallery at St. John's College, Annapolis, MD
Love Letters, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2009 Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women, and Art, UC San Diego University Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women, and Art, Tijuana Cultural Center Tijuana, Mexico
2008 Joyce J. Scott: PAINFUL DEATH/PAINLESS LIFE, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD (Catalogue)
Joyce J. Scott in Tampa, Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, Tampa University, Tampa, FL
2007 Kickin’ It with Joyce J. Scott, Houston Center for Contemporary Art, Houston, TX
Kickin’ It with Joyce J. Scott, Polk Art Museum, Lakeland, FL
Joyce J. Scott: Breathe, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD (Catalogue)
2005 Joyce J. Scott, Selected Sculpture, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
Joyce J. Scott, Dirtwork, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
This Hand Washes That Hand Too, Mesa Contemporary Arts at the Mesa Art Center, Mesa, AZ
2004 Kickin' It with Joyce J. Scott, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Joyce J. Scott, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Joyce J. Scott, Selected Sculpture, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
Joyce J. Scott, Walter Gropius Artist, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV
Still Alive in 2004, Ward Center for the Arts, St. Paul Schools, Brooklandville, MD
2003 Joyce J. Scott, Untethered, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
What a Long, Strange, Bumpy Trip it’s Been!, Sculpture & Monoprints by Joyce J. Scott, Center of Contemporary
Arts (COCA), St. Louis, MO
2001 Joyce J. Scott, In Search of Self-Unfathomable, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Joyce J. Scott, Journeys, Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
Joyce J. Scott, WTC Series and Sculpture, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
2000 Joyce J. Scott, Kickin' it With the Old Masters, Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore, MD (catalogue)
Life After Fifty, Noel Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Treacherous Tickles: Recent Sculpture & Prints, Main Gallery, University of Texas, El Paso, TX
Joyce J. Scott, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
1999 Incognegroism, Richard Anderson Gallery, New York, NY
Joyce J. Scott, A Muse, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Joyce J. Scott, The Radiance of What Is, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
Joyce J. Scott: New Lithographs and Monoprints, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
1998 Things That Go Bump in the Night, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
Things That Go Bump in the Night II, Gallery 181, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
Habitat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
1997 Extended Foreplay, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Joan Rapp Gallery Scottsdale, AZ
Joyce Scott, Selected Sculpture and Prints, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna, FL
1996 Joyce Scott, Mixed Bag, Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO
High Gloss, Houston, TX
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1995 Images Concealed, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA (catalogue)
Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Joyce J. Scott, The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ
1994 Hard Choices, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO (catalogue)
Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oaks, MI
Okun Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1993 City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Raleigh, NC
Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA
1992 Dimensional Objects & Jewelry, Politics of the Body, Esther Saks Fine Art, Ltd., Chicago, IL
Joyce J. Scott, Brooklyn College of Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (traveling, catalogue)
Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD
Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Jenkins Fine Arts Center, Greenville, NC
Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1991 I-con-no-body / I-con-o-graphy, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (catalogue)
New Work, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1990 Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD
Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK
1988 Through the Veil, Textile Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
1985 Dreamweaver, The Cultural Center, Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL
1981 Something Got a Hold on Me, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
TWO PERSON & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 NOW: Collaborations between Joyce J. Scott and Tim Tate, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
2023 Making Their Mark, Shah Garg Foundation, New York, NY
2022 Exploring Presence: African American Artists in the Upper South, James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Elegy: Lament in the 20th Century, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Fired Up!, Coppins State University, Baltimore, MD
RINGS!, Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
2021 What Are You Looking At? An Eccentric Chorus of Artists Working in Glass, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,
Richmond, VA
A Face Like Mine, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
Glasstress, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
2020 Come Together, Right Now: The Art of Gathering, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Never Done: 100 Years of Women in Politics and Beyond, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum
and Art Gallery, Saratoga, NY
All Decked Out, Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson University, MD
To the Hoop: Basketball and Contemporary Art, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina,
Greensboro, NC
Afrocosmologies: American Reflections, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford CT
Visibilities: Intrepid Women of Artpace, Artpace, San Antonio, TX
Women X Women, Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection, Ronald K. de Long Gallery,
Penn State University, Center Valley, PA
Beaded, Institut Français, Munich, Germany
2019 Follow Her Lead: Womanhood in African and Diasporic Arts, Stanley Museum of Art, University of
Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Afrocosmologies: American Reflections, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford CT
Waking Dream, Ruby City, San Antonio, TX
Cultural Ties, Baum Gallery of Fine Art, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
Adore | Adorn: The Elsie Michie Contemporary Jewelry Collection, LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA
RED, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Hitching Their Dreams to Untamed Stars: Joyce J. Scott & Elizabeth Talford Scott, Baltimore Museum of Art
Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
REALITY, Times two: Joyce J. Scott & Elizabeth Talford Scott, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
Reflecting Perspectives: Artists Confront Issues of Diversity and Inclusion, Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass,
Neenah, WI
Jewelry: The Body Transformed, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
2017 After the Fall, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, NY
PhilAesthetic: 40 Years of Collecting African American Art, African American Museum in Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, PA
Current Reflections on the Natural & Manmade, Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
human· NATURE, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
Both Sides Now: Joyce J. Scott & Sonja Clark, Tulsa, OK
POWER, Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles, CA
Dark Humor: Joyce J. Scott & Peter Williams, Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson University, Towson, MD
Tell Me More, Unique Perspectives on Our Collective Human Experience, McColl Center for Art & Innovation,
Charlotte, NC
Guns, Violence and Justice, Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
I.M.A.G.I.N.E Peace Now, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
Current Reflections on the Natural and the Manmade, Landmark Arts Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2016 Baltimore Rising, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Generations: Joyce J. Scott | Sonya Clark, Goya Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Impact! The Legacy of the Women's Caucus for Art, Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington, DC
Renee Stout: Circle of Friends, Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington, DC
Another Better World, Bas Com Art Center, Highlands, NC
Dark Humor, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
2015 Represent: 200 Years of African American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, PA
WPA: 40th Anniversary – Washington Produced Artists, Washington DC
Passing from One Hand, Betty Cooke, Joyce J. Scott, Shana Kroiz and a Tradition of Metalsmithing and Jewelry in
Baltimore, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
Common Wealth/Art by African American Artists in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, MA
Bead, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA
Schmuck 1970–2015: Sammlung Bollmann. Fritz Maierhofer, Sammlung Bollmann Collection, MAK Museum of
Applied Art, Vienna, Austria
2014 The Brides of Anansi: Fiber and Contemporary Art, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Unique by Design: Contemporary Jewelry in the Donna Schneier Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, NY
The Franz and Virginia Bader Fund: Second Act, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC
Multiple Eposures/Jewelry and Photography, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Unveiled: Works from the UMUC Art Collections, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD
2013 Ashe to Amen: African-Americans and Biblical Imagery, Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA), New York, NY; Traveling
Exhibition: Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD; Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
Glasstress: White Light/ White Heat, 55th international Venice Art Biennale, Palazzo Cavalli, Venice, Italy
Fear Strikes Back, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
Dazzling Dancing Beads, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND (Travelling exhibition)
Reloading the Canon: African Traditions in Contemporary Art, James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Artist to Artist, McColl Center for Visual Arts, Charlotte, NC
Philosophy of Figure, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
2012 Material Girls: Contemporary Black Women Artists, developed and organized by the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of
Maryland African American History & Culture, Baltimore, MD
Material Girls: Contemporary Black Women Artists, Museum of Fine Art, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
Glasstress Beirut, Beirut Exhibition Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Glasstress New York: New Art from the Venice Biennales, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
2011 Congress Taipei-International Craft Design Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
OPEN MIND, International Contemporary Jewelry Exhibition-History and the New Material, Sungkok Art
Museum, Sungkok, Korea
Prospect .2 US Biennial, Joyce J. Scott & Nick Cave, Newcomb Gallery at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Material Girls: Contemporary Black Women Artists, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD
CORRIDOR, The Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC
2010 Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
Synderman/Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Craft in America, Silver Dollar City's 50th Anniversary, Branson, Missouri
BROOCHING THE SUBJECT: ONE OF A KIND, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
The Harvey Gantt Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC
Loot, The Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
Global Africa, The Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
2009 Intrinsic Trio: Sanford Biggers, Sam Gilliam, Joyce Scott, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
NuVoodoo, Traveling Exhibition, African American Art Conference, West North Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Art Under Glass, Baltimore Conservatory, Baltimore, MD
2008 A People's Geography: The Spaces of African American Life, The Reginald F.
Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, Baltimore, MD
Accumulation: Joyce J. Scott, Madeleine Keesing & Line Bruntse, York Arts, York, PA
2007 Kickin’ It with Joyce J. Scott, Houston Center for Contemporary Art, Houston, TX
Kickin’ It with Joyce J. Scott, Polk Art Museum, Lakeland, FL
Glassware, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
2006 Basket [R]evolution/ Unique Baskets and Vessels, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Shine On, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
Women’s Glass, From Michigan Artists and Collections, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI
Legacies: Contemporary Artists Reflect on Slavery, New-York Historical Society, New York, NY (catalogue)
Beads, Pismo Fine Art Glass, Denver, CO
LOOT! 2006, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
Making Sense, Robert Lehman Gallery at Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
Dynamic Glass, The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
In the Extreme, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore MD
Handmade/ Fine Art Craft and Design, New World School of the Arts Gallery, Miami, FL
At Freedom¹s Do/ Challenging Slavery in Maryland, The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
African- American History and Culture, The Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD
2005 Joyce J. Scott, Selected Sculpture, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
Joyce J. Scott, Dirtwork, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Artist’s Salute Artpace, Christie’s Auction House, New York, NY
The Arts of Crafts in America, Chautauqua Center for the Arts, Chautauqua, NY
Bodies of Evidence: Contemporary Perspectives, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
Collection Remixed, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY (catalogue)
Little Rascals / Images of Children in Contemporary Art, Linda Ross Contemporary Art & Projects, P.F. Galleries,
Royal Oaks, MI
Searching for Self, Loyola College, Jolio Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Soft Openings, The Katzen Gallery, American University, Washington, DC
10 African-American Artists, Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA (catalogue)
2004 An Exploration of Polymer Clay, Kentucky Museum of Art & Design, Louisville, KY
Sexing the Myths: Arts of Rebellion, Resource Center for Activism and Arts, Washington, DC
2003 Chess, Velvet Da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue)
Conversations, Evergreen House of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Happy Sooja, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, DC
Jewelry Hard and Soft / Plastic Fiber Glass, Society of Arts & Craft, Boston, MA
Jewels & Gems, Renwick Gallery, American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution,Washington, DC
Magic Markers: Objects of Transformation, Des Moines Art Center, Edmundson Art
Foundation, Inc., Des Moines, IA
Select WPA, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (catalogue)
Thinking with Blood, Conflict & Culture in the American South, Running Films, Inc., Kuttawa, KY (traveling,
catalogue)
Threading the Eye, Sherry Leedy Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Women in the Arts / My Life in Art, Hood College, Frederick, MD
2002 The Artful Teapot: 20th Century Expressions from the Kamm Collection, Curated and Distributed by Exhibitions
International, New York, NY (traveling, catalogue)
The Big Picture Take III, Auction & Exhibition, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
Glass Now 2002, The National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Joyce J. Scott / Hot Flashes, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Migrant Workers for the Arts: Prints & Sculpture by Joyce J. Scott, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
National Black Fine Art Show NYC, Noel Gallery, Charlottesville, NC
Threads on the Edge, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Traditions / Generations: The Intricate, Irreverent & Irrepressible Quilt & Beadworks of Mother/Daughter Artists
Elizabeth Talford Scott & Joyce J. Scott, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, NC
True Colors: Mediations on the American Spirit / An Artistic Response to 9/11, Meridian International Center,
White-Meyer Galleries, Washington, DC
2001 Broaching it Diplomatically: A Tribute to Madeline K. Albright, Schmuck Museum, Pforzheim, Germany
Exploring Identity: Work by Contemporary African American Women, Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon
Women’s College, Lynchburg, VA (catalogue)
Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art by African Americans, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
A Shriek form and Invisible Box, Meguro Museum, Tokyo, Japan (Catalogue)
2001: American Craft Odyssey, James Renwick Alliance/Craft Auction, Washington, DC; The Contemporary
Museum, Honolulu, HI (traveling, catalogue)
2000 Beadwork in America: A National Invitational Exhibition, Haydon Gallery, Nebraska Arts Association, Lincoln, NB
Biennial 2000, Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, DE (catalogue)
Les Arts Decoratif Contemporains, Kent Fine Arts, New York, NY, Kent, CT, Paris, France
The Likeness of Being: Contemporary Self-Portraits by 60 Women Artists, D.C. Moore Gallery, New York, NY
(catalogue)
Progress of the World’s Women (An International Art Exhibition), The United Nations, New York, NY
Pure Vision: American Bead Artists, Exhibits USA, National Traveling Exhibition (catalogue)
Women Designers in the USA 1900-2000: Diversity & Differences, The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the
Decorative Arts, New York, NY (catalogue)
1999 Borderscapes (with Susan Plum), Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
Stereo Typical Errors (with Michael Ray Charles), Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton FL
Re/Righting History, Counter Narrative by Contemporary African Artists, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
1998 Centennial Exhibition: Fiber, The Society of Arts and Crafts Boston, MA
Exposed Treasures, The Tuttle Gallery, McDonogh School, Baltimore, MD
Glass Today, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Jewelry Moves: Ornament for the 21st Century, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
1997 Craft, Richard Salmon Gallery, London, England (traveling, catalogue)
Celebrating American Craft, The Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, Denmark (traveling, catalogue)
Extended Foreplay, Susan Cummins Gallery Mill Valley, CA
Recent Glass Sculptures: A Union of Ideas, Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee, WI
Stitchers & Beaders; America’s Best, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Threads: Fiber Art in the 90s, New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ (catalogue)
1996 Signs & Symbols: African American Quilts from the Rural South, Museum of American Folk Art, New York, NY
(traveling, catalogue)
Breaking Barriers, Recent American Craft, American Craft Museum, New York, NY (traveling, catalogue)
The 14th International Glass Invitational, Habitat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
Bearing Witness: Contemporary works by African American Women Artists, Spellman College Museum of Fine Art,
Atlanta, GA (Traveling, catalogue)
The Ubiquitous Bead II & The Rebellious Bead, Bellevue Museum of Art, Bellevue, WA
Baubles, Bangles & Beads: Jewelry from the Collection, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1995 Elizabeth T. Scott & Joyce J. Scott, Tubman African American Museum, Macon, GA
Hand Me Downs- Innovation with a Tradition, African-American Cultural Center, Charlotte, NC
Relatively Speaking/Mothers & Daughters in Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York, NY
(traveling, catalogue)
Division of Labor: Women’s work in Contemporary Art, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
Breaking Barriers, Recent American Craft, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (traveling, catalogue)
1994 Outside the Frame: Performance and the Object, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
(traveling, catalogue)
Bad Girls, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY (catalogue)
World Glass Now ’94, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan (catalogue)
Uncommon Beauty in Common Objects: The Legacy of African American Craft Art, National Afro-American
Museum & Cultural Center, Wilberforce, OH (traveling, catalogue)
1993 Subversive Crafts, List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (catalogue)
Outcry: Artists Answer AIDS, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI (traveling, catalogue)
Hats! Ahead of Fashion: Hats for the 20th Century, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (catalogue)
USA Today in Fiber Art, Nederlands Textiel Museum, Tillburg, The Netherlands (catalogue)
1992 Modern Jewelry: 1964 to the Present – The Helen Williams Drutt CollectionI, Museum of Applied Art, Helsinki,
Finland
The New Narrative: Contemporary Fiber Art, Visual Arts Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
(traveling, catalogue)
Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Elizabeth & Joyce J. Scott, Afro-American Historical & Cultural Museum, Philadelphia,
PA (catalogue)
1991 Places with a Past: New Site Specific Art, Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, SC (catalogue)
Beauty is a Story, the Kruithuis Museum, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands (catalogue)
Glass: Material in the Service of Meaning, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA (catalogue)
1990 American Dreams, American Extremes, The Kruithuis Musuem, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Art in Fashion/Fashion in Art, New Orleans Contemporary Arts, New Orleans, LA
Southern Black Aesthetic, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC (traveling, catalogue)
1989 Pyramid/Brandywine Print Show, Place, Baltimore, MD
Elizabeth T. Scott/Joyce J. Scott, Family Traditions/Recent Works, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
Structure and Surface: Beads in Contemporary American Art, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Stitching Memories: African American Story Quilts, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
(catalogue)
1988 Art as a Verb, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD (traveling, catalogue)
International Triennial of Tapestry, Lodz, Poland (catalogue)
The Eloquent Object, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK (traveling, catalogue)
1987 Tangents: Art in Fiber, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD (traveling, catalogue)
Art in Black America, Terada Warehouse Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1986 Crossing Over/Changing Places, United States Information Services, Washington, DC (traveling, catalogue)
Other Gods: Containers of Belief, Fondo del Sol Visual Art Center, Washington, DC (traveling, catalogue)
1985 Arts of Adornment: Wearable Art from Africa and the Diaspora, Gallery Association of New York State (traveling)
1984 Linda DePalma & Joyce J. Scott, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Art Against Apartheid, The Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
Three Generations of African American Quilt Makers, the Scott-Caldwel Family, Fondo del Sol Visual Art Center,
Washington, DC (traveling, catalogue)
1983 Ritual & Myth: A Survey of African American Arts, Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, NY (catalogue)
1982 Surface/Structure: Fiber of African American Arts, Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, NY (catalogue)
1981 Good as Gold, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (traveling, catalogue)
1980 Sculpture 1980, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (catalogue)
1979 Contemporary African American Crafts, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, TN
1978 Maryland Biennial, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
1976 Maryland Biennial, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
SELECTED AWARDS
2022 Visionary Woman Award, Moore Collge of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
Honorary Doctorate for Humane Letters, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2020 Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship, American Craft Council, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Visionary Award, Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.
2018 National Academician, Class of 2018 of the National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2018 Honorary Fellow of the NYU Institute of Fine Arts, New York, NY
2017 Lifetime Achievement Award, 46th Annual Glass Art Society (GAS)
Women to Watch, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD
Best of Baltimore, Baltimore Magazine, Baltimore MD
Best of Baltimore, City Paper, Baltimore, MD
Lifetime Achievement Award, Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD
2016 MacArthur Fellow, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL
Mary Sawyers Imboden Baker Award, Baltimore, MD
Distinguished Artist Award, College Arts Association
Best Artist, City Paper, Baltimore, MD
2014 The LOOT Award for Contemporary Art Jewelry, Museum of Arts and Design, NY
2012 Regional Star Award, James Renwick Alliance, Washington, DC
2010 Women’s Caucus for the Arts, Lifetime Achievement Award
2007 Master of the Medium/Metal, The James Renwick Alliance, Washington, DC
2002 The Governor’s Arts Award at Artsalute: Maryland Citizens for the Arts, MD
Foundation Artist Honoree, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Baltimoreans of the Year, Baltimore Magazine, Baltimore, MD
Best of Baltimore Award (Hopkins Performance), Baltimore Magazine, Baltimore, MD
2001 American Crafts Council Fellow, New York, NY
1997 Anonymous Was a Woman, New York, NY
1996 National Living Treasure Award, Maryland Nominee
1995 The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation
1994 Pace Roberts Fellowship
Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation
Art Matters Incorporated
1992 National Printing Fellowship
1990 Mid-Atlantic Arts Consortium
1987 Maryland State Arts Council Fellowship, MD
1981 Maryland State Arts Council Fellowship, MD
1980 Artist’s Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2017 Tuvan throat singers, Alash, with vocalist Joyce J. Scott, beatboxer Shodekeh, and Raw Silk, Creative Alliance,
Baltimore, MD
2016 Art to Fine For – Woman Power, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
2012 Thunder Thigh Review: For Fat Women Only – And the Courageous Men Who Want to Attend, Theater Project,
Baltimore, MD
2011 Miss Veronica’s Veil, Prospect .2, US Biennial, New Orleans, LA
Craft in America, PBS
2010 Art Promotional Trailers, CW, Baltimore, MD
2006 Walk A Mile in My Drawers, The Theatre Project, Baltimore, MD
Race and Pedagogy Conference, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
Joyce J. Scott, Washington Correctional Center for Women, Tacoma WA
Jumpin’ Keys with Joyce, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
2005 Walk A Mile in My Drawers, The Maryland Summer Center for the Arts, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD
The Arts as Multicultural Ambassador, Empowering the Creative Community with Lorraine Whittlesey, The
Multicultural Institute, Towson University, Towson, MD
2004 People in My Head, The National Black Arts Festival (Lecturer & Performer) Spellman University, Atlanta, GA
Lea & Joyce: Righteous Rhythm & Romance (concert with Lea Gilmore), The Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
Ebony & Ivory VI / No Visible Panty Lines (concert with Lorraine Whittlesey), The Creative Alliance,
Baltimore, MD
2004 Commencement (performance with Lorraine Whittlesey), Tai Sophia Institute for the Healing Arts, Clarksville, MD
Baltimore Composers Forum Concert (composer/performer), Goucher College, Towson, MD
Baltimore Advertising Association’s Addy Awards (presenter), Hippodrome Theatre, Baltimore, MD
2003 COCA (cabaret), St. Louis, MO
Lysistrata Project, The Theatre Project, Baltimore, MD
The New Barbarians, The Baltimore Vivat Festival, The Walters Art Museum (Commissioned performance),
Baltimore, MD
Slaves & Slavs, Gertrude’s Restaurant, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Walk A Mile in My Drawers, Appalachia State University (commissioned performance), Boone, NC
The Patterson Grand Opening, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
MO’POE, The Theatre Project, Baltimore, MD
The Vagina Monologues (with MICA Students), Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 Divalicious! (conceived and performed for the Women’s Housing Coalition) with guests Ethel Ennis, Ruby Glover &
Lea Gilmore, Center Stage, Pearlstone Theatre, Baltimore, MD
Ebony & Ivory V: Unleashed (with Lorraine Wittlesey), Swirnow Theatre\Mattin Center, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD
Kitchen Party, Women’s Housing Coalition, Baltimore, MD
Slippery Slope, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2001 Linc at Ten (with Wynton & Ellis Marsalis, featured vocalist & mistress of ceremonies), Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony
Hall, Baltimore, MD
Lorraine Whittlesey with Joyce J. Scott, The Yale Gordon Residency Program, Western Maryland College,
Westminster, MD
Ebony & Ivory IV: Clinton Comes to Harlem, music and satire with Lorraine Whittlesey and Friends, Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Common Ground on the Hill Music & Arts Festival (featured vocalist), Carroll County Farm Museum,
Westminster, MD
Freestyle (featured vocalist), Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
1995 Generic Interference/Genetic Engineering, Tubman African American Museum, Macon, GA
1994 The Body Politic: Creative Time, Cooper Union, New York, NY
1993 Generic Interference/Genetic Engineering, Diverse Works, Houston, TX; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
1990 Honey Chil’Milk, (conceived by director Donald Byrd in collaboration with performers),
Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
Diverse Works, BACA, Brooklyn, NY
Women of Substance, (written in collaboration with Kay Lawal, performed by Thunder Thigh Revue –
Scott & Lawal), Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
1989 Generic Interference/Genetic Engineering, Progression Series, University of Maryland Baltimore County,
Catonsville, MD
Women of Substance, The Bottom Line, New York, NY
Mike’s Talent Show, Caroline’s, New York, NY
1988 Bite and Smile (performed by Thunder Thigh Revue – Scott & Lawal)
Alive from Off Center, WNET, New York, NY
Women of Substance, The Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland,
Bathhurst Street Theatre, Toronto, Canada
The Stagedoor Festival, Amsterdam, Denmark
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Charles A. Waustum Museum, Madison, WI
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Corning Museum of Glass, New York, NY
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, MI
Druid Hill Park Revitalization (Collaboration), Baltimore, MD
Frederick Douglass- Isaac Myers Maritime Park/ A Living Classroom, Baltimore, MD
Harlem Park Square Revitalization, Baltimore, MD
Howard Peter Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens in Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, MD
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Kruithuis Museum, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO
Linda Pace Foundation, San Antonio, TX
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Canada
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Nations Bank, Charlotte, NC
Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, Philadelphia, PA
Petrucci Family Foundation, Asbury, NJ
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
Roland Park Country School, Baltimore, MD
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Washington, DC
Sheppard & Enoch Pratt Foundation, Towson, MD
Speed Museum, Louisville, KY
Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
Yale University, New Haven, CT
ABREVIATED VIDEO & FILM DOCUMENTATION
Samantha Brown’s Places to Love, television program, directed by Sylvia Caminer and Michael Indjeian, produced by Michael Indjeian and Sharon Dymmel, PBS, March 6, 2019
Joyce J. Scott: Harriet Tubman and Other Truths, produced by Keith Pyatt for Grounds For Sculpture, 2017. Adapted for State of the Arts.
Joyce J. Scott: New Work at Grounds For Sculpture, produced by Keith Pyatt. Aired on NJTV and WHYY, January 7, 2018
An Authentic Life: Joyce J. Scott, directed by Jeanie M. Clark, 2012-2013
Craft in America: Messages, Television program, Creator & Executive Producer Carol Sauvion, PBS, 2011
Try Me, Private Sector: Original Music by Lorraine Whittlesey, sung by Joyce J. Scott, 2001
Stop Asking, We Exist, American Craft Museum, 1999
The Silver Needle: The Legacy of Elizabeth & Joyce Scott, directed by Rebecca Crumlish, Osiris Productions, Washington, DC, 1990
ABREVIATED LECTURES
2020 MAM Conversations: Joyce J. Scott, Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey [Zoom, Online]
2019 Joyce J. Scott and Oletha DeVane in Conversation, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Joyce J. Scott: Truths, Foresights, and Persistence, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
Myrna and Sheldon Palley Glass Artist Lecture Series Presents: Joyce J. Scott: Truths and Visions, Lowe Art Museum,
Coral Gables, FL
Why I'm Joyce, Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass, Neenah, WI
Voices : Joyce J. Scott & Oletha DeVane, The Church of the Redeemer, Baltimore, MD, Hosted by The Baltimore
Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Keynote Speaker, 107th College Arts Association Annual Conference, New York Hilton Midtown, New York, NY
2018 What Next and Why Not: A Conversation with Joyce J. Scott and Lowery Stokes Sims, Peter Blum Gallery,
New York, NY
Like Minds: A Conversation with Artists Joyce J. Scott, Sonya Clark & Jeffrey Gibson, Grounds For Sculpture,
Hamilton Township, NJ
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2017 MacArthur Fellows in Dialogue: Joyce J. Scott and David Finkel, Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton Township, NJ
Women to Watch, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
2016 Annual Distinguished Artist Panel, College Arts Association Conference, Washington Marriot Wardman Park Hotel,
Washington, DC
2015 Speaker Series: Craft + Defiance, Joyce J. Scott and Marquis Revlon, hosted by The Contemporary, Baltimore School
for the Arts, Baltimore, MD
2014 Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland OR
Portland Bead Society, Portland, OR
International Flameworkers Conference, Salem, NJ
Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
2013 Fiberart International 2013 Forum Keynote: Joyce Scott, Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Humorous Beadwork, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2012 Textiles & Politics, Textile Society of America 13th Biennial Symposium, Washington, D.C.
2012 Motivated by the Challenge to Live and Create Authentically, Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, MI
2005 Women of Vision, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 Women in the History of Art (with Lorraine Whittlesey), Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 Keynote Speaker, Maryland College of Art & Design, Kensington, MD
Keynote Speaker, 5th Annual Waldorf School of Baltimore Civil Rights Commemorative Brunch, Baltimore, MD
Keynote Speaker, Department of Art, Longwood College, Farmville, VA
2000 Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Atina Sutton and Martina Tanga, “A Face Like Mine,” Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT, 2021.
Stamey, Emily and Wes Miller, “To the Hoop: Basketball and Contemporary Art”, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina Press, 2020, pgs. 64-65
Reality, Times Two: Joyce J. Scott & Elizabeth Talford Scott, Goya Contemporary, 2019
Holcomb, Melanie, “Jewelry: The Body Transformed”, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 2018
Sims, Patterson and Lowery Stokes Sims. “Joyce J. Scott: Harriet Tubman and Other Truths Exhibition Catalog”, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton Township, NJ, 2018.
Stankard, Paul, Studio Craft as Career: A Guide to Achieving Excellence In Art-Making, Schiffer Publishing, 2016
Sims, Patterson, Truths and Visions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, 2015
Raehse, Amy, Can’t We All Just Get Along?, Goya Contemporary, 2014
Stokes-Sims, Lowery; Adamson, Glenn, Maryland to Murano: Neckpieces & Sculptures at the Museum of Arts and Design, The Museum of Arts and Design, 2014
Young, Brian; Grove, Donna; Reed, Barbara; Bernstein, Sandy; Key, Eric, Unveiled: Works from the
UMUC Art Collections, University of Maryland University College, 2014, pg. 58 & 59
Berengo, Adriano, Glasstress Beirut, Venice Projects, Venice, Italy, 2012, pg. 152 & 153
Rouse, Ylva, Prospect.2 New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, 2011, pg. 116
Roulet, Laura, and Irene Hoffman, Corridor, Art Museum of the Americas Organization of American States, 2011, pg. 44-47
Buszek, Maria Elena, Extra / Ordinary Craft and Contemporary Art, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2011
Berengo, Adriano, Glasstress New York, New Art from the Venice Biennales, The Museum of Arts and Design, 2012, pg. 112-117
Joyce J. Scott: On Kilter, Goya Contemporary, 2012
Joyce J. Scott: Li’l Lies & Purty Thangs, Goya Contemporary, 2010
L’ecuyer, Kelly H., Jewlery by Artists: In the Studio, 1940-2000, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2010, pg. 160 & 161
Hanks, David, The Century of Modern Design: Selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection, Flammarion SA, Paris, 2010, pg. 389,
The Global Africa Project, Museum of Arts and Design, 2010, pg. 176, 238
Intrinsic Trio: Sanford Biggers, Sam Gilliam, Joyce J. Scott, Goya Contemporary, 2009, pg. 5 & 6
Joyce J. Scott: Painful Death / Painless Life, Goya Contemporary, 2008
Lowery Stokes Sims, Leslie King Hammond & Amy Raehse, Breathe, Goya Contemporary & Goya-Girl Press, Baltimore, MD, 2007
Hector, Valerie, The Art of Beadwork: Historic Inspiration/Contemporary Design Watson-Guptill, New York, NY, 2005, pp. 8, 77-83
Clark, Garth, The Artful Teapot: 20th Century Expressions from the Kamm Collection, Watson-Guptill, New York, NY, 2004, pp. 156, 157, 165 & 244
Miller, Rosemary Reed, Threads of Time/The Fabrick of History: Profiles of African-American Dressmakers & Designers, 1850 to the Present, 2003, pp.94-99
Pace/Russell, Dreaming Red, Creating Artpace, San Antonio, Texas: Artpace, A Foundation of Contemporary Art, 2003
Stegman, Carolyn B., Women of Achievement in Maryland History, Anaconda Press, 2002, pg. 287
Lewan, Susan Grant, One of A Kind American Art Jewelry Today, Harry N. Abrams, New York, NY, 1994
Scott, Joyce, Fearless Beadwork, Handwritings and Drawing from Hell, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York, NY, 1994
Spirtzen, Alice, The Jeweler’s Art: A Multimedia Approach, Davis Publications, Worcester, MA, 1994
Zelanski, Palul and Mary Pat Fisher, The Art of Seeing, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1994
Robertson, Alma (Ed.), New Breezes of 1994: An Anthology of African American Literary Voices, “The Fleck” by Joyce J. Scott, New Breezes, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1994
Brite, Jean Fassett, Contemporary Crafts and the Saxe Collection: Fiber Art Gathers Momentum, Hudson Hills Press, New York, NY, 1993
George, Phyllis, Craft in America: Celebrating the Creative Work of the Hand, The Summit Group, Fort Worth, TX, 1993
Wahlman, Maude Southwell, Signs and Symbols, African American Quilts, Studio Books, New York, NY, 1993
James, Joy, Spirit, Space and Survival: African American Women in (White) Academe, “Carrying “On” by Joyce J. Scott, Routledge, New York, NY & London, England, 1993
Moss, Kathryn & Alice Scherer, The New Beadwork, Harry N. Abrams, New York, NY, 1992
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Hughes, Rebecca Ann. "Venice's Murano Glass Studio Smashes Convention in New Florida Exhibition", Forbes, June 22, 2021
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Cohen, Alina. “The 15 Best Booths at Art Basel in Miami Beach.” Artsy (online), December 6, 2018.
Holcomb, Melanie. “Jewelry: The Body Transformed.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 2018.
Sims, Lowery Stokes. “In Conversation: Joyce J. Scott J with Lowery Stokes Sims.” The Brooklyn Rail (online), November 27, 2018.
Schjeldahl, Peter. “Goings On About Town: Joyce J. Scott.” The New Yorker, November 2, 2018
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Drake, Sarah. “NYC Gallery Scene – Highlights Through September 30, 2018.” HamptonsArtHub (online), September 24, 2018
McMahon, Katherine. “Habitat: Baltimore." ARTnews, Spring 2018
Sims, Patterson and Lowery Stokes Sims. “Joyce J. Scott: Harriet Tubman and Other Truths." Exh. cat. Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton Township, NJ, 2018.
Gittlen, Ariela. “6 Artists Turning Beads into Spellbinding Works of Art." Artsy (online), February 16, 2018
Dube, Ilene. ““I Was an Artist in Vitro”: Joyce J. Scott and Her Darkly Beautiful Art." Hyperallergic (online), January 30, 2018
Hine, Thomas. “Joyce J. Scott at Grounds for Sculpture: A fierce vision in beads and glass.” The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 18, 2018
Princenthal, Nancy. “Inspired by Harriet Tubman, an Artist Takes Glass to Extremes.” The New York Times, January 4, 2018
Berengo, Adriano. Glasstress Beirut. Venice: Venice Projects, 2012
Berengo, Adriano. Glasstress New York: New Art from the Venice Biennales. Milan: Skira, 2012.
Brite, Jean Fassett. Contemporary Crafts and the Saxe Collection: Fiber Art Gathers Momentum. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1993.
Buszek, Maria Elena. Extra/Ordinary Craft and Contemporary Art. Durham: Duke University Press, 2011.
Ciscle, George. Joyce J. Scott: Kickin’ It With the Old Masters. Exh. cat. Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art and Maryland Institute College of Art, 2000
Clark, Garth. The Artful Teapot: 20th-Century Expressions from the Kamm Collection. New York: Watson-Guptill, 2004.
George, Phyllis. Craft in America: Celebrating the Creative Work of the Hand. Fort Worth, TX: The Summit Group, 1993
Hanks, David. The Century of Modern Design: Selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection. Paris: Flammarion SA, 2010.
Hector, Valerie. The Art of Beadwork: Historic Inspiration/ Contemporary Design. New York: Watson-Guptill, 2005.
Ho mann, Irene and Laura Roulet. Corridor: Baltimore, Maryland, Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.: Art Museum of the Americas Organization of American States, 2011.
Intrinsic Trio: Sanford Biggers, Sam Gilliam, Joyce J. Scott. Baltimore: Goya Contemporary Gallery, 2009.
Joyce J. Scott: On Kilter. Baltimore: Goya Contemporary Gallery, 2012.
Joyce J. Scott: Li’l Lies & Purty Thangs. Baltimore: Goya Contemporary Gallery, 2010.
Joyce J. Scott: Painful Death/Painless Life. Baltimore: Goya Contemporary Gallery, 2008.
L’Ecuyer, Kelly H. Jewelry by Artists: In the Studio, 1940–2000. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2010.
Lewin, SusanLewin, Susan Grant. One of A Kind American Art Jewelry Today. NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1994.
Miller, Rosemary Reed. Threads of Time, The Fabric of History: Profiles of African American Dressmakers and Designers, 1850 to the Present. Washington, D.C.: Toast and Strawberries Press, 2003.
Moss, Kathryn and Alice Scherer. The New Beadwork. NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1992.
Pace, Linda and Jan Jarboe Russell. Dreaming Red, Creating Artpace. San Antonio, Texas: Artpace, A Foundation of Contemporary Art, 2003.
Raehse, Amy Eva. Can’t We All Just Get Along?. Goya Contemporary Gallery, 2014.
Rouse, Ylva. Prospect.2 New Orleans. New Orleans: Prospect New Orleans, 2011.
Scott. Joyce J. “Carrying On.” In Joy James and Ruth Farmer, eds., Spirit, Space and Survival: African American Women in (White) Academe. New York: Routledge, 1993.
Scott, Joyce J. Fearless Beadwork: Handwriting and Drawings from Hell. Rochester, NY: Visual Studies Workshop, 1994.
Scott, Joyce J. “The Fleck.” In Robertson, Alma, ed. New Breezes of 1994: An Anthology of African American Literary Voices. Baltimore: New Breezes, Inc., 1994.
Sims, Lowery Stokes. The Global Africa Project. New York: Museum of Arts and Design and Prestel, 2010.
Sims, Lowery Stokes. Maryland to Murano: Neckpieces and Sculptures. Museum of Arts and Design, 2014.
Sims, Lowery Stokes, Leslie King-Hammond, and Amy Eva Raehse. Breathe. Baltimore: Goya Contemporary Gallery and Goya-Girl Press, 2007.
Sims, Patterson. Truths and Visions. Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, 2015.
Spirtzen, Alice. The Jeweler’s Art: A Multimedia Approach. Worcester, MA: Davis Publications,1994.
Stankard, Paul. Studio Craft as Career: A Guide to Achieving Excellence In Art-Making. Schier Publishing, 2016.
Stegman, Carolyn B. Women of Achievement in Maryland History. Forestville: Anaconda Press, 2002.
Wahlman, Maude Southwell. Signs and Symbols: African Images in African-American Quilts. New York: Studio Books, 1993.
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