Experience

SAINT LOUIS STORY STITCHERS ARTISTS COLLECTIVE

• United States
• Fine Arts Schools
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President and Executive Director

  • Aug 2013 - Present

• President & Executive Director

  • Dec 2014 - Present

  Past PressWest End WordA Stitch At A Timehttp://www.westendword.com/Articles-Features-c-2015-01-27-194416.114137-One-Stitch-At-A-Time-Saint-Louis-Story-Stitchers-Celebrate-Black-History-Month.html#axzz3QaxgIPxZ



St. Louis

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Artist/Community Relations

  • Jan 2006 - Present

  April 30, 2015 Panel moderator, at KDHX in Grand Center, Critical MASS, Socially Engaged Arthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Aox9uI75nAFeb 2014 Community Producer for the Nine Network, Film "The Why of Tillie's Cormer" published by the Nine Network. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNIgBOFMTlA&list=PLPydneHqH9R60OJkTvgSJHO-kZ6l332AKFeb 22, 2014 10:00-1:00 Cultural Connections Artists, writers and moreColor photographs from the series "The Why of Tillie's Corner" with poems by Miguel Alexander from Tillie's Corner, Portfolio Gallery, http://portfoliogallerystl.org/index.htmlJanuary 2014 The Why of Tillie’s Corner I, color photograph, A Dream and A Memory juried exhibition, St. Louis Artists Guild, Saint Louis, Missouri, Juror Anita Jung2013-present Earned certificate as a community producer for completion of the Digital Storytelling Class at Nine Academy, Nine Network PBS with Mike Pagano. Created a short film entitled “The Why of Tillie’s Corner” about Carla and Miguel Alexander’s historic project on North Garrison in St. Louis, Missouri. This ongoing collaboration includes a series of photographs. 2012- present Founding member, coordinator, St. Louis Story Stitchers, an artists' collective based at Northside Workshop, St. Louis, MO2006-present Digital Photography1997-2005 Textile, Red work & embroideryCommunity Relations, Volunteer Coordinator, Grants writer, Non-profit organization management, Project-based Education management Show less

• Adjunct Lecturer

  • Jan 2014 - May 2014

  Lecturer, School of Architecture & Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, Co-Instructor with Regina Martinez, M.S.W., Art/Architecture & Social Practice; Graduate Seminar



Saint Louis Story Stitchers

• United States
• Fine Arts Schools
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Artists Collective

  • Aug 2013 - Present

  Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective received 501c3 on December 24, 2014. We now have a board and a mission. I serve as president. We erase real and perceived divisions through cultural exploration and arts practice — by stitching together our city. The vision of the Saint Louis Story Stitchers is that all teens in Saint Louis will be engaged in the city’s diverse artistic community. The purpose is to document St. Louis through art and word to promote understanding, civic pride, intergenerational relationships, and literacy. A social enterprise based on publishing supports our mission. Collective members create and sell original videos, performances, and publications focused on the stories of the people of St. Louis. Visit our website to learn the latest! www.storystitchers.org Contact us: storystitchers@gmail.com HISTORY: Founded in August, 2013 at Northside Workshop by Denise Ward Brown, Juan William Chavez, Susan Colangelo, Jamie KP Dennis, Marilee Keys, Kiersten Torrez, John A. Wright, Sylvia Wright. I served as founding coordinator of Saint Louis Story Stitchers, an artists’ collective based at Northside Workshop, Old North St. Louis. dedicated to documenting Saint Louis, Missouri through art and word to promote understanding, civic pride, intergenerational relationships and literacy. Saint Louis Story Stitchers presented its inaugural project, A Grand Bazaar, a one-day event in which the PXSTL LOTS space is filled with Collective members and special invited guests acting as vendors of cultural and community exchange. PXSTL LOTS Space, across the street from the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, 3716 Washington Blvd, St Louis, MO 63108 on Saturday, June 28, 2014. Show less



City of Athens

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• 2001-2002 Coordinator and project grant writer

  • Jan 2001 - Jan 2002

  2001-2002 Coordinator and project grant writer, A Flag for Athens, a five county visual art project in cooperation with the Art Education Area and the Studies Abroad Program of the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia, Athens Downtown Development Authority, the Office of the Mayor of Athens, the Athens Bicentennial Committee and the Lyndon House Arts Center. Project included an exhibition at Lyndon House Arts Center, March 2002, of local public school student artwork, juried awards and a public ceremony. In honor of the 2002 visit to Athens by the mayor of Cortona, Italy, the project included the study of European medieval flag use and imagery. Funded in part by R.E.M./Athens, LLC through a grant to the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Co-coordinator, Dr. Carole Henry, area head of Art Education, UGA Show less



Lyndon House Arts Center

• United States
• Entertainment

• Coordinator and project grant writer

  • Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  ASAFO! Flying King’s Colors, a study of African Asafo flags and the writings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., spent 6 weeks as an Artist-in-Residence with Art Teacher Nancy Elliot at Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School, in fall of 1999. Project included an exhibition of student artwork produced in residency together with my own visual investigations of the flags and writings of Dr. King at Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Georgia. Opening reception was centerpiece for the MLK Day community celebrations, January 17th. Exhibition also included 20 authentic Asafo flags from Ghana, West Africa, which I curated and borrowed from the Noel Collection of African Art at the Tubman Museum of African-American Art in Macon, Georgia. UGA Visiting Artist Dr. Paschal Yao Younge also choreographed flags into an original dance piece. Student artists, as well as 1,000 other Clarke County Middle School students saw the dance during the School Group Performance at Hodgson Hall on the UGA campus. The flags were used by Dr. Younge and his ensemble once more at UGA, as well as at the World Music Concert, West Virginia University, Morgantown in April 2000. They are permanently installed in the cafeteria of Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School. Funded in part by R.E.M./ Athens, LLC through a grant to Clarke County School District. Co-sponsored by the Lyndon House Arts Center, the Fabric Design Area of the Lamar Dodd School of Art and the Office of Performing Arts, University of Georgia. Written by Susan Colangelo and Co-signed by Dr. Jimmy Morris, then head of the Fine Arts Division, Clarke County School District Show less



University of Georgia

• United States
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Coordinator and project proposal writer

  • Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Coordinator and project proposal writer, in collaboration with Dr. Tony McCutchen, Head of Percussive Studies, University of Georgia, for AZA! A Celebration of Contemporary African Music and Dance, School of Music 2 week Visiting Artist residency of Dr. Paschal Yao Younge and the twenty member West Virginia University African Drum and Dance Ensemble’s final concert at Hugh Hodgson Hall, produced by UGA Office of the VP for Student Affairs, with support from the Office of the President, the School of Music, African Studies Program, the Institute of African-American Studies, Minority Services and Programs, the Office of Performing Arts, the Dance Department and the Clarke County School District. March 27-April 8, 2000. Show less



West Virginia University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Coordinator and project grant writer

  • Jan 1996 - Jan 1997

  1996-1997 Coordinator and project grant writer for WOW! World of Wonder, Arts and Humanities Series, a Partnership between the College of Creative Arts at West Virginia University and Monongalia County School District, providing outreach for the university into the public schools and reaching 20,000 public school children in its first year through workshops, assembly programs, concerts and field trips. 1996-1997 Coordinator and project grant writer for WOW! World of Wonder, Arts and Humanities Series, a Partnership between the College of Creative Arts at West Virginia University and Monongalia County School District, providing outreach for the university into the public schools and reaching 20,000 public school children in its first year through workshops, assembly programs, concerts and field trips.



Susan Colangelo Collection

• Artist/Sole proprietor

  • Jan 1989 - Jan 1997

  Sole proprietor of a jewelry business, The Susan Colangelo Collection, exhibition booth at Three Rivers Arts Festival, fall/summer shows, Pittsburgh, PA Sole proprietor of a jewelry business, The Susan Colangelo Collection, exhibition booth at Three Rivers Arts Festival, fall/summer shows, Pittsburgh, PA