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Born 1983 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland.
Areas of Studio Expertise
Artists Books, Printmaking, Drawing, Fiber Arts
Areas of Scholarship
American Studies, American Indian Studies, Folklore, Ethnography,
Material Culture, Art and Aesthetics
EDUCATION
PhD, American Studies, University of Maryland College Park
MFA, Community Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art
MA, Community Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art
BFA, General Fine Arts; Minor, American Indian Studies, Maryland Institute College of Art
CERTIFICATES
2023 - Intellectual Property for Women Entrepreneurs from Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
2020 - Museum Scholarship and Material Culture, University of Maryland College Park
2011 - Teaching Art at the College Level, Maryland Institute College of Art
2011 - Pre-K-12 Art, Maryland Institute College of Art
2009 - Advancing Youth Development, The After School Institute / Baltimore City Community College
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 - Unas Caras Lindas de Portobelo / Some Lovely Faces from Portobellos, Jubilee Arts Baltimore
2015 - Trace: The Presence in Absence, Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, Maryland
2015 - Exquisite Lumbees, Trickster Gallery, Schaumburg, Illinois
2013 - Dolls of Sandy Spring, Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, Maryland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCES
2024 - Textures of Feminist Perseverence, The James Gallery, City University of New York
2023 - Every Book a Mirror: Book Artists Engage with the 21st Century, North Carolina Collection Gallery, UNC Chapel Hill
2022 - We Are Present, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, Maryland
2020 - A(mend): New Narratives in Native American Life, The Galleries at CCBC (Community College of Baltimore County)
2019 - WE NEVER LEFT: Artists of Southeastern Indian Tribes, HUB Gallery, Penn State, University Park, Pennsylvania
2018 - WE NEVER LEFT: Artists of Southeastern Indian Tribes, Museum of Arts & Sciences at Daytona Beach, Florida
2018 - Postmodern Native: Contemporary Lumbee Art, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, North Carolina
2018 - Unique As We Are Alike, Center for the Study of the American South, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2018 - Dusk & Dawn, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, Maryland
2018 - You, if no one else, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia
2017 - The Plunge: An Experiential Storytelling Lab with Submersive Productions, St. Mark’s Church, Baltimore, Maryland
RECENT CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2023 - Histories Collide: Jackie Milad x Fred Wilson x Nekisha Durrett, with Cecilia Wichmann, Dave Eassa, Angela N. Carroll, Teri Henderson, Ginevra Shay, George Circle, Baltimore Museum of Art
2023 - Safety in Numbers: Portraits of East Baltimore’s Reservation, with Tiffany Chavis and Stanton Lewis, https://www.baltimorereservation.com/safety-in-numbers
2021 - The Baltimore Reservation Project, https://www.baltimorereservation.com/
FELLOWSHIPS
2023-2026 - Robert W. Deutsch Foundation Fellowship
2021 - Robert W. Deutsch Foundation Fellowship
2016 - Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute Innovative Cultural Advocacy Fellowship New York, New York
2014, 2015 - Graduate Dean’s Fellowship, University of Maryland College Park
2013 - Rockwood Leadership Institute Fellowship for Leaders in Arts and Culture
2008 - The Open Society Institute Baltimore Community Fellowship, Soros Foundation
2006, 2011 - The Roothbert Fund Fellowship
COLLECTIONS
2023 - Rose Library, Emory University
2022 - Joseph C. Sloane Art Library, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
2019 - Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, University of Maryland Baltimore CountyAlbin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
2018 - Center for the Study of the American South, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
2015 - Personal Collection of Dr. Malinda Maynor Lowery
2013 - Taller Portobelo Norte
2011 - Baltimore American Indian Center Heritage Museum
HONORS
2023 - John Brown Award, East Baltimore Historical Library
2023 - Mason Arts Award, George Mason University
2022 - University of Maryland Alumni Association Research Award
2022 - Maryland Institute College of Art Alumni Medal
2022 - We-Making Art & Creative Placemaking Award
2021 - Living History Award, Baltimore City Historical Society
2019 - Polly Grimshaw Prize, American Folklore Society
2009 - Brantley Blue Award, Baltimore American Indian Center
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021-2023 - Assistant Curator, History and Culture, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
2019-2021 - Professor of the Practice, Department of American Studies, Director, Public Humanities Minor, University of Maryland Baltimore County
2016-2019 - Folklife Specialist, Maryland Folklife Network, University of Maryland Baltimore County / Maryland State Arts Council
2015-2017 - Faculty, Masters of Fine Art in Community Arts Graduate Program, Maryland Institute College of Art
2005-2016 - Coordinator, Indian Education Program, Baltimore City Public Schools Current Service
SERVICE
2023-2024 - Councilor, Maryland State Arts Council
2023 - Steering Committee Member, Mellon Initiative, Baltimore Museum of Art
2021-present - Board Member, Baltimore City Historical Society
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Forthcoming - Minner Jones, Ashley. Revisiting the Reservation. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
2024 - Minner Jones, Ashley. “You Have to Stay.” In the Joyce J. Scott Retrospective Catalogue, edited by Cecilia Wichmann and Catharina, Manchanda. Seattle and Baltimore: Seattle Art Museum and Baltimore Museum of Art.
2022 - Minner, Ashley. “A Tour of Baltimore’s American Indian Reservation.” Smithsonian American Indian Magazine Vol. 23, No. 2 (Summer 2022): 10–11.
2022 - Minner, Ashley. “Riding With James: More Than a Map.” Journal of Folklore and Education Vol.9, No. 22: 25–35.
2020 - Ashley Minner and Jessica Markey Locklear, “Repatriating the Archives,” The Conversation, October 9, 2020.
2019 - Minner, A. “Revisiting the Reservation of Baltimore’s Fells Point” in Baltimore Revisited: Rethinking and Reimagining a Right to the City, N. King and K. Drabinski, eds. Rutgers University Press, 2019.
2019 - Ashley Minner, “A quest to reconstruct Baltimore’s American Indian ‘reservation,’” The Conversation, April 23, 2019.
2016 - Minner, A. “Standing in the Gap: Lumbee Cultural Preservation at the Baltimore American Indian Center” in The Routledge Companion to, Intangible Cultural Heritage, M. Stefano and P. Davis, eds. London and New York: Routledge, 2016.
LANGUAGES
English, Spanish
