Beverly Collins-Roberts
Art Biography 1979 – 2008
Objective: To create and document life the way I
see it.
Fine-Art & Documentary Photographer • Curator • Cultural-Arts
Program Developer & Instructor, •
Entrepreneur • Film Maker-Writer, Director & Producer, •
Historian - Slavery & Plantations in
Photographer
Documentary & Fine-Art Photographer for 29 Years. Specialize in photographing Children, The Elders, Stills & Documenting Black Urban Life. www.bevcr.com
Freelance
Photographer (Documentaries & PR) 1979- 1985 for Children’s and Women’s
Organizations & other Non- Profit Groups throughout the
Photography Exhibitions:
Walt Whitman
Cultural-Arts Center 1980, 1981 (solo)
The Bank of
River Front Prison, Camden, NJ (solo) 1983
The Painted
Photography
18th Seikyo Photo Exhibition,
The UN 50th Anniversary
(Art
Show),
Artist for
Peace, SGI-USA ~
20th Anniversary Exhibit (solo)
26th
Annual Juried Exhibition ~
Art for
Peace-Sake ~
African
American Experience ~
CCCH – Hopkins House
Gallery, W. Collingswood, NJ - April 2002
(solo)
Exhibits - continued Beverly Collins-Roberts
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Art for the
Sake of Peace ~
Camden County
Historical Society, Camden , NJ
Art 4 the Sake
of Peace, Walt Whitman Cultural
CCCH – Hopkins House Gallery, W.
Collingswood, NJ Feb 10 – March 26, 2005
(solo) …
“The History of African Americans of
The
“Saturday Night - Sunday Morning” (Group – Photography Exhibition) April 10,
- Sept. 2005
“Saturday Night Sunday Morning” (Group – Photography Exhibition)
Dr. Deborah Willis, Curator
The Exhibit toured across the country for
2 years (To
name a few )
The Exhibit ended 8/07 Art from the Exhibit is scheduled to be
published.
“Silent Voices - Loud Echoes”
3/17/06 – 12/06
Made in
Ritz Theatre Company – Gallery
Cultural and Heritage Commission - Hopkins House Gallery 2/3/08 – 4/22/08
NJ Governor’s Women’s Conference Art Exhibition March 2008
Curator:
Made in
“Still Standing” The History of African
Americans of
Aug 7, - Oct 30th,
2005
Art 4 the Sake of Peace, Walt Whitman
Cultural
Art for the Sake of Peace,
Oct–Dec. 2002
Art for the Sake of Peace,
May 2001
Children’s Photography Exhibition,
(
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Cultural-Arts Program Developer & Instructor
In 1990 Founded “The Saturday Matinee” a Cultural-Art-s Program for children, which has become a model program. I teach Photography and Photo-Digital Art, Culinary Arts and children Act & create video/films under the direction of “The Film Project” Http://ytandt.homestead.com/ytandt2.html
Photography Workshops • Lectures • Residencies or Cultural-Arts Program Development
Magnolia
Elementary School, Magnolia, NJ … Hatch
Jr. High School, Camden, NJ Morgan
Village Middle School, Camden, NJ …
Camden Day Nursery, Camden, NJ
Girls High (with N.O.W. Organization) … River Front Prison, Camden, NJ,
Entrepreneur
In
1993 Founded “Yesterday Today & Tomorrow”. In which
Exhibit Photos are sold and Reproductions of selected Photo-Art Prints are made
into Note-cards, Stationery, etc.
Under the
parent company of Yesterday Today & Tomorrow, I’ve developed Cultural-Arts
Programs (like the Saturday Matinee) for Non-Profit Organizations placing our
program in their facilities, for their children, as well as having their
children transported to our site. Http://ytandt.homestead.com/ytandt2.html
Film Maker - Writer, Director &
Producer
In 1995 Wrote, Directed &
Produced a Silent Play for children,
entitled “Diversity”.
In 1999 Wrote,
Directed & Produced a Film for children, entitled “ It’s Just Life”.
In 2001 Wrote,
Directed & Produced a Film for children, entitled “ When, There, Then”.
In 2005 Wrote,
Directed & Produced “UNHUSHED!”
– Documentary on Pomona Hall
- The 18th Century Slave
Published In:
Banc Shares
Ledger, 1980
The
The Painted
Bride Annual Report, 1985
The Seikyo
Shimbum,
The
(Article & Photos of my Photographs)
The
(Article &
Photos of my Photographs)
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Awards:
Awarded the “Certificate of Commendation” from the
City of
Art and Change Grant
June 2007 Leeway Foundation,
The documentary
film, “UnHushed”
was selected to screen on PBS October
21, 2007
The documentary
film, “UnHushed”
was selected to screen at the
“
The documentary
film, “UnHushed”
won the opportunity to screen at “The
12th Annual Women of
Achievement - Annie Singleton Award March 26, 2006
Given by Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity - Nu Iota Chapter,
Precious Places History Project 2005-6
26th Annual Juried Exhibition ~ December 2000 -
Won a Solo Show
18th Seikyo
Photo Exhibition,
Photography
Online Articles and
Interviews:
Article ~ IN MEMORY OF POMONA HALL'S SLAVES
Camden
Group Performs Ritual 'Purification' By Hoag Levins http://historiccamdencounty.com/ccnews104.shtml
Interview~ Photographic Art & The Fate of
Children - By Hoag Levins
Photo Essay ~Collected
Historical Art-Exhibition
~ “Still Standing” From
Slavery - Now (
Http://stillstanding.homestead.com http://historiccamdencounty.com/ccnews105.shtml
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Community Global Involvement
Advocating Children’s Rights
Creator of “Shoot Photos –
Not Children” February 2001
An Online
Campaign and Project dedicated to protecting the rights of children
and the need for placing the arts in a
child’s life, instead of guns and violence.
Http://shootphotosnotchildren.homestead.com
The Still Standing Project
In 2002
Ms. Collins-Roberts learned that Pomona Hall had been a Slave
Plantation in the 1700’s. In 2003 she revealed this truth for the first time
ever. After doing extensive research for 3 years, in 2005 she revealed to the
world - not only the story of Slavery and Plantations in Camden, NJ, but actually placing together the missing puzzle
pieces of Slavery in the North. This resulted in a special 3 month project of
truths expressed through a Historic Art Exhibition, 1st ever Slave Route Tour in Camden, an Award
Ceremony celebrating countless famous African Americans who have come up out of
Camden, NJ USA and much more. http://stillstanding.homestead.com
Received a Proclamation from the city of Camden
Oral History Series
Began interviewing and filming the African American Elders of Camden, NJ in 2005.
It continues to this day and will result in short films and continue to be part of the Historic Archives of the History of African Americans fro slavery – to Now.
The Unhushed
Project
Is a continuation of The Still Standing Project.
Ms. Collins-Roberts has been lecturing on the story of Slavery in
The “Shoot Out”
A Photography
Contest in which 10 young people won the opportunity to document their
neighborhoods from across the country and the
This event was Sponsored by - The African American Museum in
Beverly
Collins-Roberts was one of 3 Judges for this event.
Also on May 2nd,
2006 was the Guest Speaker
for the Kick Off Event, honoring
Award Winning
Photographer - Jack T. Franklin at AAMP (Mr. Franklin has since passed)
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Made in Camden ,
NJ USA
A Walt Whitman Arts Project was further developed by Beverly
Collins-Roberts, to acknowledge, celebrate, support and to further the artistic
works of
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