#37 with Cheryl D. Edwards

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. Today begins my Washington DC Artists Edition, a six-part series I could not be more excited to release. Starting today with my guest, the wonderful Cheryl D. Edwards.Edwards is an African American artist who was born in 1954. She began studying art in 1987 in New York City in a class at the Art Student League taught by Ernest Crichlow. Edwards has been living and working in Washington, DC for the past 28 years. She has exhibited in many shows in DC, New York, Virginia, Maryland, Miami, Texas, Pennsylvania, Rotterdam, Monaco, and Hong Kong. Her medium is oil, ink, printmaking, mixed media, and acrylics. On this episode Edwards and I speak about authenticity, the courage to fail, artists helping artists, space, deconstruction, abstraction, searching for something elusive, annual intentions and so much more. I had a fantastic time speaking with Cheryl, and I am beyond proud to be sending her stories, advice, experience, ideas and vibes out there into pod-radio land. Enjoy the show.Upcoming / Current Exhibition Notes:This upcoming weekend, Cheryl Edwards is participating in the Seattle Art Fair where she will be represented by Monte Azul Arts Center in collaboration with Stewart Gallery. She is also currently exhibiting in Gilejeje Denmark at the Paper Academy.About Cheryl Edwards:Cheryl is a 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2015 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship Awardee. Cheryl is the winner of the Black Writers Fellowship: Reporter awarded by Hand Papermaking, Inc. Cheryl is an awardee in the Art Cart:  Saving the Legacy project selected by the Research Center for Arts and Culture. The Art Cart Project resulted in the archival of her artwork in the Academic Commons Columbia University archives. Cheryl was also a Senior Advisor to the Executive Director of the David Driskell Center (2015-2023,University of Maryland), a member of the Education Committee of the McClean Project for the Arts and an Advisor to the Washington Sculptors Group in Washington, D.C. You can now support this podcast by clicking HERE where you can donate using PATREON or PayPal!If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please rate, review, subscribe and SHARE ON INSTAGRAM!   If you have an any questions you want answered, write in to [email protected] host: Isaac Mann www.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mann guest: Cheryl Edwards www.cheryledwards.org insta: @cdedwardsstudioThank you as always to ARRN, the Detroit-based artist and instrumentalist, for the music.