Artists Statement

Centered in spirituality, I create work that seeks out the connections to and lessons from my past.  By mixing symbols and meaning, by affirming the potency of the spirits, by honoring the holy, I extend an invitation to contemplate the significance and depth of the power within.  Currently, I am working in and across the medium of painting, photography, and video to find those intersections and crossroads where the spirits dwell.  In so doing, I hope to further understand and establish a relationship with that that has gone before me.

Cora Marshall, born in Washington , DC , is an artist, educator, and scholar.  She received her B.F.A. from Howard University with a major in art and a minor in education. Currently, Dr. Marshall is the Art Department 's Chairperson at Central Connecticut State University .  There she teaches research, theory, and practice in Art Education as well as classes in Mixed Media art and educational technology.

As a scholar, her current research interest focuses on contemporary African American artists, in particular, Black women artists (African/African-Native women artists).  She has presented at numerous professional venues including the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford , Cornell University , Columbia University Teachers College in NY, College Art Association, Connecticut Art Education Association, and Southern Connecticut State University, in New Haven .  In the spring of 2000, her article on Jean-Michele Basquiat was published in the International Review of African American Art. 

In 2004, Dr. Marshall was selected as a member of the "Teaching Excellence Honor Roll" at Central Connecticut Stare University .  Also in 2004, Dr. Marshall was selected as "Outstanding Art Educator in Higher Education" by the Connecticut Art Education Association.