About marcia
Baltimore City
Marcia Wolfson Ray was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. In 1993 she received a fellowship to attend the Mount Royal Graduate School at the Maryland Institute College of Art where she earned her MFA.
She taught art in the Baltimore City Public School System.
While in graduate school she started using organic materials such as bamboo, phragmites, dog fennel, hibiscus, straw, marsh elder and pine wood to construct her… more
Sculpture and Public Art (from different time periods and series)
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If Life Were A Tree2003 Blown & kiln fired glass, beads, thread & mixed media 47" x 18" x 13" -
Inkisi II2011 Bead work, cast glass, thread, wood, wire 22 x 23 1/2 x 23 ½ inches PRIVATE COLLECTION -
Tanzanian Flayed Albino Face and Penis-Tanzanian Flayed Albino Man’s Face, 2008 Seedbeads & thread, 4 ½ x 3 ¾ x 1 ¼ inches (upper right) -Tanzanian Flayed Albino Man’s Penis, 2008 Seedbeads & thread, 2 ¼ x 1 ¾ x 2 inches (lower left) PRIVATE COLLECTION//// bibliography: "Reflecting Humanity and Igniting Conversation," Raehse, UMUC publication, 2015 available through issuu -
HeadshotJoyce J. Scott Head Shot, 2008 Seedbeads, thread, glass & bullets 18 ½” x 4 ½” x 4 ½” SCO-0316-C//// Exhibitions: “Truths and Vision,” Aug, 28 – Oct. 9, 2015, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL Curator: Patterson Sims “Truth and Vision,” Feb. 6 - May 24, 2015, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH Curator: Patterson Sims "Joyce J. Scott: Can't We All Just Get Along?", September 14, 2014 - November 7, 2014, Goya Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Curator: Amy Eva Raehse "Prospect 2, New Orleans", Oct 22 2011 - Jan 29 2012, New Comb Gallery at Tulane university, New Orleans, LA, Curator: Dan Camron, Sally Main “The Global Africa Project”, November 17, 2010-May 15, 2011, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY Curators: Leslie King Hammond/Lowery Stokes Sims “Painful Death/ Painless Life”, Nov. 15 – Jan 23 2009, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore MD Curator: Amy Eva Raehse//// Catalogues: "Joyce J. Scott: Can't We All Just Get Along?", Sept. 14, 2014 – Nov. 7, 2014, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD, pgs. 3-4, ISBN 978-1-4951-2405-1 “The Global Africa Project”, November 17, 2010-May 15, 2011, Museum of Art and Design, New York, New York, pg 176, ISBN# 978-3-7913-5084-4 -New York Times, Arts in America, Feb. 9, 2000 “Truths and Vision,” Feb. 6 – May 24, 2015, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, pgs. 29-30, ISBN# 978-0-9899550-4-1 -
Oh Hell No!Oh Hell No!,2007 Peyote Stitched Glass Beads, blown glass, wire & thread 6 x 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (15.24 x 28.58 x 21.59 cm) [SCO-0307-C] PRIVATE COLLECTION -
Negro Memorial PoolPainted and colored pavings, deisgned shiggles on bathhouse roof, tile around the pools margins, adorned paved pathway to an orchard -
President Obama Bust 2012Beads, dice,thread, dollar bills, Bust of President Obama -
Mosaic at the ConservatoryCeramic Mosaic in front of the Conservatory at Druid Hill Park -
Detail of Lips - Reagan International Airport, DCFloor Medallion, Concourse Level Terminal C Marble/Glass Mosaic Reagan/ Washington International Airport -
Lips Floor MosaicFloor Medallion, Concourse Level Terminal C Marble/Glass Mosaic Reagan Washington National Airport
