“I have created nothing really beautiful, really lasting, but if I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent I know they possess, then my monument will be in their work.” ~Augusta Savage
Education:
M.A.T., Art Education Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, 2013-2014 BFA, Fashion Design Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 1990-1994 High School Diploma, Visual Arts North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC 1990 Teaching Experience: Art Teacher, Midtown High School (Formerly Grady High School) , Atlanta, Ga October 2012-current Art Teacher, Carrollton Cultural Arts Center, Carrollton, Ga June 2012- August 2012 Fashion Design Faculty, Bauder College, Atlanta, GA, July 2004-August 2007 Art Instructor/ Registrar, Chastain Arts Center, Atlanta, GA 2000-2002 Art Teacher, Peace Corps, Bawku, Ghana, W. Africa June 1995-December 1995 
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Select Solo & Group Exhibitions: "The Black Woman Tabernacle: she IS god"” June 2023, 5 Points Art Gallery Milwaukee, WS "This Is America 2023" September 2023, 5 Points Art Gallery Milwaukee, WS “Hollaback to the Future” June 2022, MOM Gallery, Seattle, WA “The Inner Ground Railroad” February 2019, Fulton County Arts, Atlanta, Ga “Cross Pollination” February 2019,The Blue Rose Bistro, Douglasville, Ga “The Art of Values” January 2019,The Arts Exchange, Atlanta, Ga “Cross Pollination: A Dissection of Bees and Woman Both Belonging” March 2018, Sewell Mill Cultural Center, Cobb County, Ga “Nostalgia" Porter Sanford performing Arts Center as part of the Ebony Stitcher's Quilt Exhibit, Atlanta, Ga, July 2012 "Deep Roots. Fallen Leaves" February 2012, Southwest Arts Center "Sankofa: Go Back and Retrieve" Mark Squared Creativity Unboxed, Clarkston, Ga April 2012 "Munecas de Chocolate y Papel " with Starchia at Southwest Arts Center, Atlanta, Ga February -March 2012 "Ephemera: If Walls Could Talk" Marlee's Coffee House September 2011 Bibliography: * "Our Voices. Our Lives: Kottavei" Episode 71 * "Do What You Love with Mom and Entrepreneur" Elevate the Good Podcast 2019 www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsdMtT23RZc * “The Stitch Project, World Malaria Day”_MedShare_2012_ * “Your Voices: On Motherhood”_The International Museum of Women_2011_ * “Artist Spotlight: V. Kottavei Williams”_Tokyo Thirteen Arts_2011_ * “Kottavei: I cannot remember a moment of not having the desire to create Ivy Betty_2011 * “Kottavei Williams: Creating Art for Beauty and Social Awareness”_2011 * “Q&A: Rebecca Skloot”_Mayborn_2010_ * “National cervical Cancer Coalition Quilt Project”_Newsletter, Blog_2010_ Artist Residencies: Chokechaka Artist Residency Peru 2025 Hub Feenix Artist Residency Finland 2026* Farming Studio India 2026* Chateau Orquevaux Artist Residency France 2027* Hello Print Friend Studios Thailand 2027* *Upcoming Accepted |