Marie E. Johnson-Calloway

Marie Edwards Johnson-Calloway
Born (1920-04-10)April 10, 1920[1]
Pimlico, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died February 11, 2018(2018-02-11) (aged 97)
Education Morgan State College
Alma mater San Jose State University

Marie Edwards Johnson-Calloway (April 10, 1920 – February 11, 2018) was an American artist. She worked in the fields of painting and mixed-media assemblage.[2]

Born Marie Edwards in Pimlico, Baltimore,[3] the African-American Johnson-Calloway first attended Coppin State Teacher's College. In 1952 she earned a bachelor's degree in art education from Morgan State College, and in 1968 she received a Master of Arts in painting from San Jose State University. She taught at San Jose City College for many years, and has worked with the Bay Area Women Artists of Northern California on community-based projects. The Oakland Art Museum is among institutions which contain examples of her work.[4] Johnson-Calloway has also taught at San Francisco State University and at the California College of Arts and Crafts.[3] Twice-married, she has two children and four grandchildren, and lives in Oakland, California. She served as president of the San Jose chapter of the NAACP, and has long been active in civil rights as well.[2] Johnson-Calloway died in February 2018 at the age of 97.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Artist Calloway makes a career of coming home". Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Marie Johnson Calloway: Legacy of Color - MoAD Museum of African Diaspora". Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Marie Johnson-Calloway - The HistoryMakers". Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.


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