SELECTED CREATIVE QUALIFICATIONS
Fiber Artist | Experience teaching fiber art educational courses and workshops; Expert in the following techniques: Fibercation technique, Appliqué, Collage, Bead and Stone embellishment, Hardware design, Hand dyeing techniques, Silk Screen work, Painting, Hand sewing, Machine stitching, Machine and Hand quilting, Fabric manipulation, Mixed-media, Embellishment with Found objects, Fusing, and Surface Design methodologies. In addition, Leather and Accessories Design. Art work consists of abstract imagery and story-telling attributes celebrating her African Ancestry. Lockhart is a member of the Women of Color Quilter’s Network, (WCQN).
Fashion Design | Expertise in following areas: Textiles, Pattern Making, Tailoring, Draping, Industry, Theory and Practice, Design Construction, Fashion Illustration, History of Fashion, Portfolio Development, Master Craftsman in Accessories Design, Leather Design and Jewelry Making.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT
Jewelry Design, Cultural Art Center, Columbus, Ohio 2017
Jewelry Design, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 2017
Printmaking and Jewelry courses, Art Academy, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2016
Quilt Surface Design Symposium, Hand Dyeing and Surface Design Techniques, Columbus, Ohio, 2009, 2014
Quilt Surface Design Symposium, Masters Class, Columbus, Ohio, 2007
SELECTED CREATIVE ACTIVITIES | EXHIBITIONS & PUBLICATIONS
Exhibition, Ohio Art Council Biennial Juried Exhibition, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, August, 2021
Exhibition, We Are the Story, Quilt, Enough is Enough, Freedom Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2021 – Travelling Exhibition, curated by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi
Exhibition, Expressions of Hope, Love, Joy, Arts Connect Gallery, Springfield Township, Ohio, 2021
Exhibition, Her Story, Romac Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2021
Exhibition, Unconscious Bias, A.R.T. Gallery, Wyoming, Ohio, 2021
Artist Salon Series, Zoom Studio Visit, Presentation, Clifton Cultural Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2021
Exhibition, Black Creativity, Museum of Industry and Science, Chicago, Illinois, 2021
Exhibition, Joyful Expressions, Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2020
Exhibition, Aeqai Annual Benefit, The Annex Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2020
Exhibition, We Are the Story, Quilt, Enough is Enough: Stop the Killing. Women of Color – Quilters and Textile Center National Center for Fiber Art Quilts, Minneapolis, 2020
Exhibition, Uprising, Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2020
Exhibition, Visual Protest: The Voice for Change, Cincinnati, YMCA, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2020
Exhibition, The Ardent Thread, Artists Archives of the Western Reserve Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio,2020
Lecture, Zoom Presentation, Artists Archives of the Western Reserve Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, 2020
Video, Journey to Freedom exhibition featured on Think TV, Cet, PBS and The Art Show, 2020
Exhibition, Solo Show, “Journey to Freedom”, Taft Museum of art, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2019-2020
Exhibition, Women of Color Quilters Network, Group Show, Mariposa Museum, 2019
Exhibition, Confronting History, Group Exhibition, World Bank, Washington, D.C., 2018
Exhibition, Human Rights in the New Millennium: Quilting the World’s Conscience, Fitton Center, Hamilton, Ohio, 2018
Exhibition, Membership at Gallery 708, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2017- present
Exhibition, Clifton Cultural Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio Golden Ticket, Juried Group Show, 2017, Award – People’s Choice, 2018
Judged, Summerfair Exhibition, Cincinnati, Ohio, Fiber Arts Category, 2017, 2021
Exhibition, Pushing the Surface, Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, Ohio, 2017, Commission, Fiber Art Quilt, “Woven Together”, for the African American Cultural Recreation Center, at the University of Cincinnati Fine Art Collection, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2017
Exhibition, Dave and Mary Alpert Jewish Community Art Center, Miami, Florida, 2017
Exhibition, Desmond and Leah Tutu Exhibit titled, “Ubuntutu: Life – Legacies of Love in Action”, Cape Town, South Africa, 2016-2017
Exhibition, Clifton Cultural Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, Golden Ticket, Juried Group Show, 2016*
Exhibition, The Gallery at Actors Theatre, Louisville, Kentucky, Juried Group Show, 2016
Exhibition, Solo Show “Balance of Life”, Manchester University Manchester, Indiana 2015-2016
Exhibition, Collector’s Showcase, Vision’s Art Museum, San Diego, California, 2015
Exhibition, Art Beyond Boundaries, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2015
Exhibition, The Gallery at Actors Theatre, Louisville, Kentucky, Juried Group Show, 2015
Exhibition, Conscience of the Human Spirit: Nelson Mandela. Opened in Johannesburg, South Africa, toured internationally from 2014 – 2018
Exhibition, Juried Contemporary Fiber Art International, American Textile History Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts, 2014
Exhibition, Juried Contemporary Fiber Art International, Franklin G. Burroughs – Simon B. Chapin Art
Museum of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Group Show, 2014
Exhibition, Cultural Art Foundation, Blended Universe, Columbus, Ohio, Group Show, 2014
Exhibition, The Gallery at Actors Theatre, Louisville, Kentucky, Juried Group Show, 2014
Publication, Actors Theatre, Louisville, Kentucky, Juried Group Show, 2014
Exhibition, And Still We Rise, Freedom Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2013 touring till 2017
Video, The Artists of And Still We Rise: Race, Culture and Visual Conversations, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 2013
Exhibition, Summer Fair Select, The Carnegie, Covington, KY, 2013
Exhibition, 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement, YWCA Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2013
Exhibition, National Juried Black Heritage through Visual Rhythms, Wilberforce, Ohio, 2013
Exhibition, University of Cincinnati, Health Women’s Center Residency, Group Show, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2013 – 2014
Exhibition, Contemporary Fiber Art, Fiber Art International, Group Show, Pittsburg, PA, 2013
Catalogue, Contemporary Fiber Art, Fiber Art International, Group Exhibition, Pittsburg, PA 2013
Exhibition, Conjure•Speak•Invoke | Art Sanctuary, Philadelphia, PA, Group Show, 2012
Exhibition, University of Cincinnati, Faculty Club, Curator for Group Shows, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2011-2013
Exhibition, Bethesda Hospital Foundation Art Project, Group Show, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2010
Exhibition, Rejuvenation Drake Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2010
Exhibition, Focus: Fiber, Textile Art Alliance, and Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio, 2011
Exhibition, Solo Show Aronoff Center for the Arts, Weston Gallery Cincinnati, Ohio, 2011
Exhibition, Journey of Hope, Washington, D.C., 2010
Publication, Journey of Hope, Voyageur Press, Minneapolis, MN, 2010
Exhibition, Solo Show Fitton Art Center Time Travels (Bever Gallery), Hamilton, Ohio, 2010
Exhibition, Textural Rhythms, Constructing the Jazz Tradition, Contemporary African American Quilts, Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2010
Video Textural Rhythms: Constructing the Jazz Tradition, Contemporary African American Quilts, San Francisco, California, 2010
Exhibition, Kindred Spirit, Kings Art Complex, Columbus, Ohio, 2010
Exhibition, and Catalogue “Artist as Quilt Maker”, FAVA: Oberlin, Ohio, 2010
Publication, Art work featured in 500 Quilts, Lark Publication, 2010
Exhibition, 17th International Quilt Week Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan, 2009
Exhibition, Re-Use: Quilts, The Works Gallery, Green, Newark, Ohio, 2009
Exhibition, Quilt Surface Design Symposium, Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio, 2009
Exhibition, The Journey of Hope, West Chester, Ohio, 2009
Publication, The Journey of Hope, Author & Curator Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, Voyageur Press, 2009
Publication, Featured in Encyclopedia of African American Artists, Greenwood Publishing Group, Abingdon, UK, Author, Dr. Dele Jegede, 2009
Exhibition, YWCA Gallery 2-person show, Textural Expressions: Fabric Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2009
Exhibition, Prelude: The Human Spirit Revealed, Kennedy Heights Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2009
Exhibition, Pen & Brush Gallery, New York, New York, 2008
Exhibition, Art Beyond Boundaries-Two Perspectives, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2008
Commission, Art Quilt,” Dancing Colors”, NAACP Exhibited at Cincinnati Art Museum, 2008
Exhibition, Art Beyond Boundaries-Thom Shaw Benefit, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2008
Exhibition and Catalogue Quilting African American Women’s History: Our Challenges, Creativity, and Champions, Including, Exhibition Tour, Fiber Art Quilt titled, “I’m Still Here”, 2008 – 2011
Review, American Craft Magazine, Article titled; Material culture October/November issue, 2008
*Exhibition, Artist as Quilt maker, Fire lands Association for the Visual Arts, FAVA 2008, 2010
Catalogue, Artist as Quilt maker, Fire lands Association for the Visual Arts, FAVA 2008, 2010
Exhibition, Art Quilt titled, Dance of Hope, Material Matters: Columbus Art Museum-Quilt making in the 21st Century, 2008, and Catalogue
Exhibition, Textural Rhythms: Quilting a Jazz Tradition Exhibition Tour and Book 2007-2010
Publication, Textural Rhythms: Quilting a Jazz Tradition Exhibition, Paper Moon Publishing, 2007-2010
Exhibition, Art Quilt Invitational Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, 2007
Exhibition, Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Pushing the Surface, Coshocton, Ohio 2007
Exhibition, Art in the Heart, New Vision United Methodist Church Cincinnati, Ohio 2007
Exhibition and Catalogue Artistic, Outside the Box, Kings Art Complex, Columbus, Ohio, 2007
Exhibition, Voices Northern Kentucky University, Northern Kentucky, 2007
Exhibition, “Quilts for Change” Xavier University, Zonta International Cincinnati, Ohio 2004, 2006
Exhibition, Dairy Barn Art Center, Ohio Border Biennial-O+5, Athens, Ohio, 2006
Publication, Uncommon Threads: Ohio’s Quilt Revolution, Artwork featured on the book cover, Athens, Ohio, Author Gayle Pritchard, 2006
Publication, “A Quilt that Sings”, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Sunday Section D, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2006
Exhibition, Carl Solway Gallery-Beyond Tradition: Contemporary Art Quilts, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2005
Commissioned, Art Quilt-Cincinnati Art Museum (Art for Life Program), Cincinnati, Ohio, 2004
HGTV, Simply Quilts-Television Show-Featured Cynthia Lockhart, Los Angeles, California, 2004
Exhibition, Catalogue Korea Fashion & Costume Association INSA Art Center, Seoul, Korea, 2004
Catalogue, Korea Fashion & Costume Association INSA Art Center, Seoul, Korea, 2004
Exhibition, Catalogue Juried, “Biennial Underground Railroad”, Northern Kentucky University, 2004
Exhibition, College of Design, Architecture, Art & Planning, DAAP Faculty, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2003, 2008
Exhibition, Fiber Art Quilts, “Threads of Faith” American Bible Society, Show traveled 2003-2005,
Curated by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, opened in New York, Make a Joyful Noise Quilt, received New York Times Review by Grace Gluck
Exhibition Invitational, “30-Year Reunion Show” Arts Consortium, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2003
Exhibition, “Stitches”, Arts Consortium Cincinnati, Ohio 2003
Exhibition, “Visualize This”, Arts Consortium Cincinnati, Ohio, 2003
ACTIVITIES WORKSHOPS LECTURE RESIDENCY | PANEL | JUROR
Workshop, “Exploring Freedom”, Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2020
Lecture, “The Legacy of African American Textile Art, The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, 2020
Lecture, “Color”, Cincinnati Woman’s Club, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2016
Workshop, Fiber Art Quilts for Martin Luther King Program, Union Terminal, Cincinnati, Ohio 2016
Exhibition Judge, Artist-n-Residence, Fiber 577 Foundation, Perrysburg, Ohio, 2014
Workshop, Creating Story Quilts, Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2014
Lecture, Threads of Heaven: Silken Legacy of China’s Last Dynasty, Taft Art Museum Cinti, Ohio, 2014
Video Presentation, And Still We Raise, Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Ohio 2014
Artist Talk, Fibercations, Aronoff Center for the Arts, Weston Gallery Cincinnati, Ohio, 2011
Workshop, Abstract Art Quilts, New Vision UMC, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2010
Workshop, Travel Quilt Fitton, Center for the Arts, Hamilton, Ohio 2010
Workshop, Fiber Art Quilts, Taft Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio 2010
Studio Tour, Art in the Afternoon, Taft Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2010
Workshop, Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 2010
Artist Talk, 17th International Quilt Week Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan, 2009
Art Workshop, Racial Reconciliation Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2009
Presentation-Workshop, NAACP Program at Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2008
Commission, Artist-N-Residence with 68 Faculty members, Springer School & Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, Fiber Art – Quilt titled, “Jazzy Kaleidoscope II”, 2007
Commissioned, Artist-N-Residence with Students, Springer School & Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, Fiber Art – Quilt titled, “Jazzy Kaleidoscope”, 2007
Lecture, Threads of Faith, Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 2006
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, Fine Art Collection, Fiber Art titled, Woven Together, 2016
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Commission, (Seven Fiber Art Quilts) T-building, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2015
Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, Michigan, 2014
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio Fine Art Collection, Fiber Art Quilt titled, “Fragments”, 2011
New Vision United Methodist Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2010
Commissioned Fiber Art Quilt titled, “Our Past, Present & Future”, NAACP of Cincinnati, Ohio, 2008
Commissioned Fiber Art Quilt titled, “Joy”, Frederick Douglass School, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2007
Springer School & Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, Artist-N-Residence with 68 Faculty members: Fiber Art – Quilt titled, “Jazzy Kaleidoscope II”, 2007
Springer School & Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, Artist-N-Residence with Students: Fiber Art – Quilt titled, “Jazzy Kaleidoscope”, 2007
Cincinnati Art Museum, Commissioned Fiber Art Quilt titled, “Dancing Colors”, 2004
SELECTED HONORS | AWARDS
Ohio Arts Council, The Individual Excellence Award, Columbus, Ohio, 2021
Award of Appreciation, University of Cincinnati, Division of Student Affairs, Inclusion & Retention, African American Cultural & Resource Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2017
Merit Cash Award, The Gallery at Actors Theatre, Louisville, Kentucky, Group Show, 2014
Award, National Juried Black Heritage through Visual Rhythms, Exhibition Wilberforce, Ohio, 2013
Grant, CERI, Division of Professional Practice I University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2010
Grant, Summer Fair Foundation – Individual Artist, AIA Cincinnati, Ohio, 2010
Merit Cash Award, Kings Art Complex, Columbus, Ohio, 2010
Merit Award, Artist as Quilt Maker, FAVA: Oberlin, Ohio, 2010
Merit Award, Artistic Transformations: Outside the Box, Kings Art Complex, Columbus, Ohio, 2007
New York Times Review, “Threads of Faith”, Grace Gluck, 2003
Merit Cash Award, Black Creativity Exhibit, Museum of Science and Industry Chicago, Illinois, 2000, 2003
Grant, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio, 1999
Awarded, “Key to the City of Cincinnati,” Outstanding Achievement in Fashion Design, 1985
Silver Thimble Award, Outstanding Senior, Fashion Design, University of Cincinnati, Cinti, Ohio, 1975
Silver Thimble Award, Outstanding Junior, Fashion Design, University of Cincinnati, Cinti, Ohio, 1974
Gidding Jenny Illustration Award, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1974
Ebony Fashion Fair, commissioned Fashion designs, traveled through United States and abroad, 1973
Young American Creates Design Competition Merit Award, New York, 1973
