page_title: Martha Jackson Jarvis
section_title: Exhibitions
hierarchical_section_title: Martha Jackson Jarvis / Exhibitions
caption_attribution_description: WMATA Anacostia Station at 1101 Howard Road, SE, Washington DC on Thursday afternoon, 4 August 2011 by Elvert Barnes Photography River Spirits of the Anacostia, 2004 Martha Jackson-Jarvis Glass mosaic tile frieze www.wmata.com/community_outreach/metroarts/artwork/green/... Visit Martha Jackson-Jarvis Studio at jacksonjarvisstudio.com/ Return Trip from PR Harris Center EAST OF THE RIVER / ANACOSTIA, SE, Washington DC Project
context_page_description: Martha Jackson Jarvis is an American artist known for her mixed-media installations that explore aspects of African, African American, and Native American spirituality, ecological concerns, and the role of women in preserving indigenous cultures. Her installations are composed using a variety of natural materials including terracotta, sand, copper, recycled stone, glass, wood and coal. Her works often focus on the history and culture of African Americans in the southern United States. In her exhibition at the Corcoran, Jarvis featured over 100 big collard green leaves, numerous carp and an live Potomac catfish.
  Jackson Jarvis is best known for her outdoor public installations, including a mosaic, "River Spirits of the Anacostia", located at the Anacostia Metro station in Washington, DC, and sculptures, "Music of the Spheres, at Fannie Mae Plaza in Washington, DC, and "Crossroads/Trickster I," at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. She also worked as a designer on the set of Julie Dash's 1991 film, Daughters of the Dust.
context_section_description: 1977 - African American Historical Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  1980 - Washington Project for the Arts (WPA), Washington, DC
  1981 - Howard University, Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
  1996 - Structuring Energy at the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC
  Addison-Ripley Fine Arts, Washington, DC
  Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
  2018 - Dumbarton Oaks Museum, Outside/IN, Washington, DC
caption: Martha Jackson Jarvis art work Anacostia Metro Station, Washington, DC.
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