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Works by Burl Washington
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Artist Talk
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Artist Biography
Burl Washington, Biography 2019
P. O. Box 15616 ● Fort Worth, Texas 76119
Studio (817)536-5305 ● Fax (817)536-1888
Email: burlwashington@sbcglobal.net
Website: burlwashington.com
BORN:
Somerville, Texas
September 20, 1950
EDUCATION:
Jones/Snook High School – 1969
Texas State Technical College – 1971 AA Degree in Art & Advertising
University of Texas at Arlington – 1977 BA Degree in Art
COMMUNITY SERVICES:
Fort Worth Art Council – 2005 – ‘08
Meals on Wheels – 1990 – 2012
Artist Christmas – 1998 – 2008
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (Solo/Group)
“We the People, Places and Things”, Solo Exhibit, Fort Worth Public Library 2019
“Southwest Black Art Festival”, Group Art Exhibit, Dallas African-American Museum, Dallas, Texas 2019
“BAIA”, Group Art Exhibit, National Buffalo Soldier Museum, Houston, Texas 2018
“Christmas Show”, Cleo’s Creation Gallery, Hulen Mall, Fort Worth, Texas 2018
“National Medical Convention”, Orlando, Florida 2018
“National Black Caucus Convention”, Washington D.C 2018
“Freedom Ain’t Free”, Solo Exhibit, Brazos Valley African-American, Bryan, Texas 2017, 2009
“We Are America, Too”, The Pearce Museum, Navarro College, Corsicana, Texas
Old Post Office Museum and Art Center, Solo Exhibit, Graham, Texas
“The Black West”, Booth Western Art Museum Group Exhibit, Cartersville, Georgia
“Buffalo Soldier on the American Frontier”, Group Exhibit, International Museum of the Horse, Lexington, Kentucky
COMMISSIONS
Dora Miller Monument, Poster- Commission by City of Waco, Texas
Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, Georgia
National Buffalo Soldier Museum, Houston, Texas
Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas
Brazos Medical Association, College Station, Texas
The Wolf and the Buffalo, Book Cover TCU Press
Texas Camel Corp, Dr. & Mrs. Donald Risinger, Waco, Texas
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Booth Western Art Museum – Cartersville, Georgia
Fort Concho Museum – San Angelo, Texas
West Point Military Academy – West Point, New York
Museum of the Southwest – Midland, Texas
National Buffalo Soldier Museum – Houston, Texas
Griots Gallery & Academy – Miami, Florida
CORPORATE COLLECTION
Xerox Corporation – Dallas, Texas
Frito-Lay Corporation – Dallas, Texas
Earl G. Graves, Inc. – New York, New York
Royce West and Association – Dallas, Texas
JC Penny’s Corporation – Dallas, Texas
Texas Boy Choir Corp. – Fort Worth, Texas
ROW Science – Maryland
Johnson & Johnson Associate - Bryan, Texas
BIOLIOGRAPHY (Reviews)
Black History, San Angelo Daily News, San Angelo, Texas
Art Exhibit Black History Month, Leader Press, Copperas Cove, Texas
Watercolorist Showcase his heritage, by Johnny Boggs, Wild West Magazine
Art Show Black History Month, Graham Leader, Graham, Texas
The Black West, Buffalo Soldiers, Black Cowboys and Untold Stories, by Seth Hopkins,
Western Art Collector Magazine
Ghost Horses of the Rio Grande, by Alan Turner and Richard Stewart, Texas Horse Talk
Magazine
We the People, The Buffalo Soldier, by Alice K. Flanagan, History Book
Burl Washington Faded Blues, by Nannette Simpson, Southwest Art Magazine
AWARDS AND HONORS
Western Heritage Invitational Art Show, 1st Place Watercolor, Duncan, Oklahoma
Red River Revel Art Festival, Best of Show, Shreveport, Louisiana
Outstanding Texan Award, Texas Legislative Black Caucus, Art Entertainment and Sports, Austin, Texas
National Military Art Show, Best of Show and 1st Place Indian War-Era, Alamo Kiwanis, San Antonio, Texas
LECTURES/PUBLIC SPEAKING/TELEVISION APPEARENCES
The History Channel, Texas Big America, Working Dog Productions
Channel 11 CBS, Interview, Positively Texas, Fort Worth, Texas
Interview, Channel 13 KERA, Deep In the Arts, Dallas, Texas
Interview, Channel 5 KXAS, Cover Story, Dallas, Texas
Interview, Channel 8 “Impact”, Community Service Programming, Dallas, Texas
Interview, Channel 33, “DFW Close Up”, Dallas, Texas
Lecture, Western Writers Association, Fort Worth, Texas
Lecture, NAACP San Angelo Chapter, San Angelo, Texas