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Exhibitions

A selected list of exhibitions including works by Ruth G. Waddy:

"Negro History Calendar Art Competition" - Safety Savings and Loan, Los Angeles, 1964

"The Negro in American Art" - Dickson Art Galleries, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1966

University of California, Davis, 1966

Fine Art Gallery, San Diego, 1967

"New Perspectives in Black Art" - Oakland Museum, Oakland, California, 1967

"Negro History Week Art Exhibit" - Independence Square, Los Angeles, 1968

"Prints by Ruth Waddy" - Scott United Methodist Church, Pasadena, Calfornia, 1976

"A Vibrant Force" - Our Children Museum of African American Art, Los Angeles, 1979

Impressions/Expressions Studio Museum, Harlem, New York, 1983

"Ruth Waddy, A Retrospective" - Gallery Plus, Los Angeles, 1986

Awards

National Association of College Women, Los Angeles, 1963

Angeles Mesa Young Womens Christian Association, Los Angeles, 1964

United Nations cultural exchange to the Soviet Union, 1966

National Conference of Artists, Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia, 1968

Our Authors Study Club, Los Angeles, 1972

National Conference of Artists, Pacific Region, Berkeley, California, 1976

League of Allied Artists, Los Angeles, 1981

California Afro-American Museum, 1983

Vesta Award - Women's Building, Los Angeles, 1986

Life Works Plaque Award - National Artists Conference, Los Angeles, 1987

Honorary Doctor of Arts - Otis Art Institute, Parsons School of Design, New School of Social Research, New York, New York, 1987

Publications

Prints by American Negro Artists, 1965 (contributor)

Black Artists on Art, 1969 (author)

References

Karen Anne Mason, "Ruth G. Waddy," 1991 oral history transcript, UCLA Oral History program, Online Archive of California.