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Deep belief in the relevance of African values. Priestess Spiritual advisor. Uncontainable Spiritual, Political

References to Check Out
Channel magazine. June 2009. You Tube.

African Tarot Card

Black Artists On Display At Georgia Museum of Art http://www.blackradionetwork.com/black_artists_on_display_at_georgia_museum_of_art "Valerie Maynard is an expressionist artist who draws her inspiration from spiritual and political sources, putting African-American culture and the political struggle of blacks into visual form. Her work has been displayed in international venues such as the Reichhold Center for the Arts, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, and the Riksutallnlgar National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden."

International Review of African American Art. 1996. Nkiru Nzegwu. Reality on the Wings of Abstraction.

Gumbo Ya Ya. 1995

St. James Guide to Black Artists. 1997. A.M. Weaver. Valerie Maynard, Sculptor.

The Black Artist in America. 1991.

Light Work Contact Sheet 093. 1997.

Art Papers. July/August 1990. Volume 14, p. 6

http://www.negroartist.com/negro%20artist/VALERIE%20MAYNARD/index.htm

Anheuser Busch print ad: People Who Make Things Happen. The AfroAmerican newspaper

List of African American Women Artists Researched by Dr. Cora Marshall, Central Connecticut State University, http://www.art.ccsu.edu/marshallc/research.htm, http://www.art.ccsu.edu/marshallc/Research/AAWomenList/AAWomenThumb.htm,

"Valerie Maynard expresses spirituality in public works in stone, wood, metal and ceramics. She embraces all aspects of the art world, working as a fine artist, an educator, a curator, a writer, and a set designer."

Residencies
Nzinga (theater production) Black Arts Movement Women's Studio Workshop Blue Mountain Center, NY McDowell Colony MIT, 1992 Bob Blackburn Print Workshop. 1992-3 Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Studies, University of Rochester, 1992-4 NYFA Fellowship in Printmaking, 1990 Howard University Spelman College