| At a Glance...
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Teacher Corps-Urban Corrections, Intern, 1972-74; Los Angeles County Special Schools, Art Instructor, 1974; Los Angeles County Museum of Art Education Department, Program Coordinator, 1975; Los Angeles Unified School District and University of Southern California Joint Education Project, Director of Art Programs, 1975-79; Woman’s Building, Los Angeles, artist-in-residence, 1981; Spelman College, artist-in-residence, 1992. Artist of Achievement Award, League of Arts, Los Angeles Top Ladies of Distinction, Los Angeles, 1995.
National Conference of Artists, member, 1975-2010; Southern California Women’s Courses for Art, member, 1970s, 2003-2010; Sorority, Beta Phi Chapter, National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa; National Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, honorary member, 1989-2010; Children’s Defense Fund, Leave No Child Behind Advisory Board. National Conference of Artists, Los Angeles, Virginia Kiah Service Award, 1987; Spelman College, Founder’s Day Citation, 1987; Almanac Achievement for Media Arts, 2003; National Alumnae Association of Spelman College, Hall of Fame Award, 2001. |
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Book Covers and Illustrations
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| We Are African People, Walkin’ the Talk by Julia Speller, Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, Ohio, 2005. |
| The Black Reunion Family Cookbook, Fireside, 1991. |
| She Ain’t Heavy, She’s My Sister, book cover. |
| Through the Ivory Gate, Poet Laureate Rita Dove, Pantheon Books, NY, NY, 1992. |
| Let’s Get the Rhythm of the Band: A Child’s Intro to Music from African-American Culture with History and Song, JTC, 1993. |
| I’m Late.., Cover and Illustrations by Mari Evans, Just Us Books Inc., East Orange, New Jersey, 2005. |
| Lifelong Learning, Invitation and Program cover.Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Academic Center dedication. Spelman College, Atlanta, 1996. |
| A Century of Empowerment, book cover. |
| Not Without a Struggle: Leadership for African American Women in Ministry by Vashti M. McKenzie, United Church Press, Cleveland, Ohio, 1996. |
| Her-man, book cover. |
| The Hand I Fan With by Tina McElroy Ansa, Doubleday, New York, 1996. |
| Let’s Get the Rhythm of the Band, cover and illustrations of a child’s introduction to music from the African American culture with history and song by Cheryl Mattox, JTG of Nashville, Nashville, Tennessee, 1994. |
| Bill Cosby: Oh, Baby, cover, illustration, CD, and cassette. Produced by Camille O. Cosby. Geffen Records, Los Angeles, 1991. |
| Generations of Creative Genius, cover illustration. The Rockefeller Foundation Annual Report, New York, 1990. |
| Rap Street, poster, “Speakout ’86,” Public awareness campaign to prevent teen pregnancy, Children’s Defense Fund, Washington, D.C., 1985. |
| Old Fashioned Dinner Party, National Sickle Cell Month poster, National Association for Sickle Cell Disease, Inc., Los Angeles, 1984. |
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Book Covers and Illustrations for Bill Cosby’s Books
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| The Best Way to Play, Scholastic, 1997. |
| The Meanest Thing to Say, Scholastic, 1997. |
| The Treasure Hunt, Scholastic, 1997. |
| Money Trouble, Scholastic, 1998. |
| Shipwreck Saturday, Scholastic, 1998. |
| Super-Fine Valentine, Scholastic, 1998. |
| The Day I Was Rich, Scholastic, 1999. |
| Hooray for the Dandelion Warriors!, Scholastic, 1999. |
| My Big Lie, Scholastic, 1999. |
| One Dark and Scary Night, Scholastic, 1999. |
| The Worst Day of My Life, Scholastic, 1999. |
| The Day I Saw My Father Cry, Scholastic, 2000. |
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Selected Solo/Group Exhibitions
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| The Watts Towers 50 Years Inspiring Art, Noah Purifoy Gallery, Los Angeles, 2009. |
| M. Hanks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 2008. |
| Distinctly Los Angeles: An African American Perspective-2006, M. Hanks Gallery Santa Monica, California, 2006. |
| African American Artists in Los Angeles: A Survey Exhibition, Pathways, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and the California African American Museum, LA, CA, 2005. |
| African American Representations of Masculinity, Museum of African American Art, LA, CA 1995. |
| The Museum of African American Art, LA, CA, 1994. |
| National Conference of Artists Gallery, Detroit, MI, 1993. |
| The African American Atelier, Greensboro, NC, 1992. |
| Southern Bell Center, Atlanta, Georgia, 1992. |
| National Conference of Artists, Howard University Art Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1991. |
| William Grant Still Community Arts Center, LA, CA, 1990. |
| Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA, 1990. |
| African American and Senegalese Artists, The National Gallery of Art, Dakar, Senegal, Africa, 1985. |
| Forever Free: Art by African-American Women, 1862-1980, touring exhibition at the following universities and art galleries: Illinois State University, Omaha, NE, Montgomery, AL, Charleston, SC, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, and Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1981-1982. |
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Awards/Commissions
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| Special Tribute, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc, 2011. |
| Certificate of Special Achievement Recognition, 2011 from Maxine Waters, Member of Congress - Given at the Annual Artwalk Baldwin Hills Plaza and Watts Tower Art Center. |
| Spelman College honored Varnette P. Honeywood at the Founder Day Program celebrating her life and legacy, 2011. |
| 11th Annual Showcase of the Arts dedicated their program to Varnette P. Honeywood, 2011. |
| Special Tribute, Ears Are Burning, Children Learning, California African American Museum, LA, CA, May 7, 2011. |
| Varnette P. Honeywood’s picture appears as part of the History Banner in the Leimert Park Village District-Los Angeles, CA - Her picture is mounted on a street light pole. Varnette is among 35 African-American icons and leaders, 2010. |
| The River That Flows Through Time, 125th Anniv, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, 2006. |
| Varnette P. Honeywood: Portrait of a Cultural Artist, Trojans of Ebony Hue Exhibition, Doheny Memorial Library, University of Southern California, LA, CA, 2002. |
| Achievement Award, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Los Angeles Chapter, 1997. |
Smart, Strong, and Bold, 50th Anniv. poster. Girls Incorporated, NY, NY, 1995
Featured Alumnae, United Negro College Fund, Los Angeles 1995. |
| Lunch at the Grill, Women’s Bureau 75th Anniv. Poster. United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., 1995. |
| Leave No Child Behind, poster for the Children’s Defense Fund, Washington, D.C., 1993. |
| Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Cultures (FESTAC), United States Delegate, Lagos, Nigeria, 1977. |
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Exhibition Catalogues
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| VH4 Decade: The Art of Varnette P. Honeywood, Spelman College, 1992. |
| Traditions, She Who Learns Teaches: The Art of Varnette P. Honeywood, Spelman College, 1987. |
| Expressions of Excellence, Mississippi Cultural Arts Coalition, Jackson, MS, 1984. |
| Black Women: Achievement Against the Odds, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1983. |
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Source: http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2856/Honeywood-Varnette-P.html
Revised and uploaded by family members-Professor Joyce F. Allen, Professor Jennell Allen, Professor Carolyn Allen Roper, Tiffany L. Allen and Sherice Carol Ann Roper. |
