Experience
Education
Undergraduate
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- Photography Major, Interior Design Minor
Graduate
- California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California.
- Photography Major, Photographic History Minor
Awards and Scholarships
- California Arts Council, Artist in Residence Community Arts Program, 3 year Scholarship
- Artist in Residence •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Photography, 4 year Scholarship
Teaching Experience
- Young Artist Studios, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Youth Photography Workshop, Burckhatter School for the Hearing Impaired
- Project Reclaim (children of substance abusers), Oakland, California
- Photography Instructor for at Risk Youth, ages 8 -21, East Oakland Youth Development Center, Artist In Residence California Arts Council - Community Arts Grant Program
- Creative Art Therapy Center, Inc., Santa Cruz, California
- Coordinator and Instructor of: Disco Therapy Workshop, Creative Arts Therapy Center, Santa Cruz, California
- Young Artist Studios/Experimental Art Therapy Workshop for Children, Santa Cruz, California
- San Francisco State University, Art Department Photography Instructor
- Young Artist Studios Art Instructor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Portfolio Review Board for Undergraduate Admissions School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Lectures/Symposia
- Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California
- Oakland Chamber of Commerce, Art and Cultural Committee
- Barnes and Noble Lecture Series, Jack London Square, Oakland, California
- Oakland Museum of California, Oakland California
- Songs of My People/African Americans, A Self Portrait
- Lectures/Symposia, University of Chicago, Illinois
- University of Wisconsin Festival of Arts Madison, Wisconsin
- Humboldt State University Photography Department Arcadia, California
- College of the Redwoods Photography Department Eureka, California
Curatorial Experience
- Pro Arts Community Arts Organization for Exhibition Artists, Oakland, California
- The Neary Gallery & Exposure School of Photography
- Curator of Gallery Exhibitions, Santa Cruz, California
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Curator of Photography, Work/Study Curatorial Program
Work Experience
- Smith and Associates Photographic Art Consultant
- Expressive Art Therapy for Children, Santa Cruz, California
- Photographer on Assignment: Documentary Project, Khartoum, Sudan, Oxfam America, Sudan Aid, HI USEF (Women's Action Group) The Society of the Sudanese Red Crescent, Khartoum and Abjei (Special Assignment)
- Freelance Photographer for Clients Including: Covington and Associates, Palos Verdes, California
- Cultural Arts Division, Public Arts Commission, City of Oakland, California
- Life Force Records - Jazz for Life, San Francisco, California
- Saturday Scholars, Inner City Youth Tutorial Program, Oakland, California
- Nite Hoops, Community Program, Oakland, California
- International Society of Arboriculture
- Amigos - Hispanic City Employees Organization, Oakland, California
- Head Start, Oakland, California
- Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc. (DREDF). Berkeley, CA
- Banana Republic, California
- The GAP, California
- Macy’s California
- United Way of the Bay Area
- Jewish Community Center, San Francisco, California
- ABC Educational TV, New York, New York
- Newsweek, New York, New York
- Black Journal, Educational TV, New York, New York
- WTTW, Educational TV, Chicago, Illinois
- Scott Foresman and Company Textbook Publishers, Elmhurst, Illinois
Exhibitions
- June Steingart Gallery, Laney College, Oakland, California
- Solano Community College Fine Art Gallery, Suisun, California
- Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
- Museum of Anthropology, Chico State University, Chico, California
- Lee & Lee Contemporary Galler, San Francisco, California
- Morgan-Monseaux Gallery, Seattle, Washington
- NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York, New York
- Black Gallery, Los Angeles, California
- Western Addition Cultural Center, San Francisco, California
- California Museum of Afro-American History and Culture, Los Angeles, California
- Sequences" California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois
- University of Wisconsin at Madison
- University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
- University of Illinois, Chicago Circle Campus
- Festival of the Arts, University of Chicago Publications and Exhibition Catalogs, Chicago Illinois
- 50 Years of the History of Black American Photography, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York, New York
- The Tradition Continues, The History of Black California Photographers, California Museum of Afro-American History and Culture, Los Angeles, CA
- The Chicago Guide, Featured Artist (8 pages), Chicago Illinois
- Scott Foresman & Company, Publishers of Educational Textbooks, "Moving In" and "Moving Out"
Permanent Collections
- Oakland Museum of California, Collection of Historical Photographs, History Department, Oakland, California
- Museum of the Afro-American History and Culture, Los Angeles, California
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Illinois
- Alton Management Corporation, Corporate Collection, San Francisco, California
Numerous Private Collections
Professional Associations
- Center for Photographic Art, Member Photographer, Carmel, California
- Marin Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Member Artist, Novato, California
- California Lawyers for the Arts, Board of Directors, Oakland Advisory Committee
- California Lawyers for the Arts, Co-Chair Art House (A Project of the California Lawyers for the Arts)
- Listings for Artists Live/Work Space Northern and Southern California
- Pro Art Community Arts Organization for Exhibition Artists, Board of Directors, Oakland, California
- Creative Art Therapy Center, Inc., Vice President, Executive Board, Santa Cruz, California
- Special Projects800ASA.com – Documentary Photography Web site 800asa.org – Jeffrey Smith Documentary Photography Fund for Students