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Edith T. Martin

Edith T. Martin

American artist and museum professional


Edith T. Martin is an American artist and museum professional.

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Life

She was born in Caroline County, Virginia. She moved to Washington, D.C., where she earned a degree in Fine Arts from American University and also attended Georgetown University. She worked as an artist and museum technician at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery.

Martin was active in the arts community in Washington, D.C., and advocated for exhibitions of the work of African American women artists in particular.[1] She was affiliated with the D.C. Art Association, the Smithsonian Institution Women's Council, the National Conference of Artists, and the Washington Women's Art Center.[2] She was a member of the Executive Board of the National Conference of Artists. Martin's works reside in several permanent art collections in the United States.

Martin participated in and curated many exhibitions, particularly at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery.

Martin's work on a proposed February 1979 exhibit of Black women artists, Contemporary Afro-American Women Artists, helped create an archive of artists from the period.[3][4]


References

  1. Trescott, Jacqueline (1979-02-02). "Words at the Library On Black Women's Art". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  2. Martin, Edith (2007). Edith T. Martin Papers (PDF). Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Community Museum Archives: Anacostia Community Museum Archives.
  3. Jackson, Ashawnta (25 April 2022). "How an Unrealized Art Show Created an Archive of Black Women's Art". JSTOR Daily. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2023.



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