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Marie E. Johnson Calloway

Marie E. Johnson Calloway was born on April 10, 1920 in Baltimore, Maryland. She was born to her father, Sidney Edwards, and her mother Marie Edwards. Her father worked as a minister and her mother worked as a seamstress and an artist.  Born Marie Edwards in Pimlico, Baltimore,  Marie Edwards Johnson-Calloway was born in Pimlico, Baltimore, Maryland to father, Sidney Edwards, a minister, and mother, Marie Edwards, a seamstress and an artist.

Awards

Throughout Johnson-Calloway's career as an artist and professor, she obtained awards for her scholarship. In 1959, she won first place at the First Unitarian Church in San Jose, California. She won several first and second place awards from county fairs and community art festivals between 1955 and 1960. In 1961, she gained a non-purchase award at the Sacramento, California State Fair. In 1964, she won the Grand Prize at Hale's Art Fair, sponsored by the San Jose Art League. In 1964, she won the Purchase Award at the San Jose City College Annual. In 1965, Johnson-Calloway won the grand prize and first prize, for oil paintings, from the Town & Country Village of San Jose, California. In 1965 to 1966, she won the First Award, for her awarded solo show, at the San Jose Art League semi-annual. in 1968, she won the Purchase Award for Black Arts Today at San Jose State College in San Jose, California. In 1969, she won the Purchase Award from the San Francisco Art Commission. In 1971, she won First Award for mixed media at the San Jose Art League Regional Show.

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Marie Edwards Johnson-Calloway was born in Pimlico, Baltimore, Maryland to father, Sidney Edwards, a minister, and mother, Marie Edwards, a seamstress and an artist.

Themes Throughout Works
Johnson-Calloway's works focused on the portraiture of Black individuals. Through assemblage and mixed media, plywood silhouettes with added paint and cloth created these portraits. By using simple construction and supplies, the visual impact of her work is straight-forward. These portraits of the everyday person or child are universal and accessible to all.

Awards
Throughout Johnson-Calloway's career as an artist and professor, she obtained awards for her scholarship. In 1959, she won first place at the First Unitarian Church in San Jose, California. She won several first and second place awards from county fairs and community art festivals between 1955 and 1960. In 1961, she gained a non-purchase award at the Sacramento, California State Fair. In 1964, she won the Grand Prize at Hale's Art Fair, sponsored by the San Jose Art League. In 1964, she won the Purchase Award at the San Jose City College Annual. In 1965, Johnson-Calloway won the grand prize and first prize, for oil paintings, from the Town & Country Village of San Jose, California. In 1965 to 1966, she won the First Award, for her awarded solo show, at the San Jose Art League semi-annual. in 1968, she won the Purchase Award for Black Arts Today at San Jose State College in San Jose, California. In 1969, she won the Purchase Award from the San Francisco Art Commission. In 1971, she won First Award for mixed media at the San Jose Art League Regional Show.