Betty Blayton

**Betty Blayton** (July 10, 1937 October 2, 2016) bụ ónyé America na-eme ihe, ónyé nkwado, ónyé na-ese ihe, onye nchịkwa nka na ónyé nkụzi, na onye nkuchi. Dị ka onye na-ese ihe, Blayton bụ onye na-eme ihe osise, onye na-ede ihe, na onye na-akpụ ihe. A maara ya nke ọma maka ọrụ ya a na-akọwakarị dị ka "ihe omimi". Blayton bụ onye guzobere Studio Museum na Harlem na odeakwụkwọ ụlọ ọrụ, onye guzobere na onye isi nchịkwa nke Harlem Children's Art Carnival (CAC), na onye guzobere Harlem Textile Works. Ọ bụkwa onye ndụmọdụ, onye ndụmọdụ na onye otu ụlọ ọrụ na ọtụtụ nka ndị ọzọ na ụlọ ọrụ na mmemme ndị ọrụ obodo. Ụzọ ya na-enweghị atụ mepụtara ohere maka ónyé na-ekiri ya itinye onwé ya n'ime mpempe akwụkwọ ahụ, na-enye ohere maka echiche onwe ónyé, akụkụ dị mkpa nke ọrụ Blayton.

## ido ndụ na agụmakwụkwọ
A mụrụ Betty Jean Blayton na Newport News, Virginia na 1937. Nne na nna ya bụ Alleyne Houser Blayton na Dr. James Blaine, ọ bụkwa nwa nke abụọ n'ime ụmụ anọ ha. Nne na nna ya na-arụkwa ọrụ na ọbọdọ ndị Africa America. Nna ya meghere ụlọ ọgwụ mbụ maka ndị isi ojii na mpaghara ya na nne ya na-alụ ọgụ mgbè niile màkà agụmakwụkwọ maka mmadụ niile. Blayton gụrụ akwụkwọ na Bruton Heights ruo na klas nke 8 wee gaa n'ihu na agụmakwụkwọ ya na Palmer Memorial Institute na North Carolina ruo 1955.

## Ọrụ na onyinye
Blayton nwèrè mmetụta dị ukwuu na ebe ngosi nka na ntọala ụwa nke New York City, na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye nkuzi nka nka na-arụkọ ọrụ na ọtụtụ òtù. Site na 1968 ruo 1994, ọ bụ onye ndụmọdụ na City of New York Board of Education ébé o nyèrè aka zụlite agụmakwụkwọ nka na ụlọ akwụkwọ na mmemme ọha na eze. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka ónyé nlekọta màkà mmemme mgbasa ozi nke Museum of Modern Art maka ndị ntorobịa nọ n'ime Obodo. Dị ka onye guzobere, ya na Victor D'Amico, ma mesịa bụrụ onye isi nchịkwa, ọ mepụtara ma duzie Children's Art Carnival na Harlem School of Arts. Otu n'ime ụmụ akwụkwọ ya kachasị nwee ihe ịga nke ọma bụ Jean-Michel Basquiat, onye a na-eche na ọ mụtara ekele ya maka ihe okike ndị na-eto eto site na nkà ihe ọmụma Blaytonz na mmụọ dị mkpa karịa usoro mgbe ọ na-abịa na ọrụ nka gị. Ihe omume ahụ, nke MoMA mepụtara n'afọ ndị 1960 maka ụmụaka obodo, lụrụ ọgụ mgbe ego gọọmentị tụfuru na afọ ndị 1980, mana Blayton rụrụ ọrụ ịchọta ego azụmahịa iji mee ka ọ dị ndụ. Mgbè ọ kwagara New York, ọ ghọrọ akụkụ nke Association Community Team of Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited ebe ọ kụziiri ndị nọ n'afọ iri na ụma banyéré nka ma gbaa ha ume ileta MoMA. Mgbè ọ chọpụtara na a machibidoro ụmụ akwụkwọ ya ịbanye n'ebe ngosi ihe mgbè ochie ahụ, o jiri kọntaktị ya n'ebe ahụ iji jide n'aka na ọ gaghị eme ọzọ. Nke a jikọtara ya na echiche Blaytoná nke ịmepụta ebe ngosi nka n'ime obodo ụmụ akwụkwọ ya bụ ihe dugara n'ịmepụta ebe ngosi nka Studio ebe ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka odeakwụkwọ na onye isi oche site na 1965-1977.

## Ihe ngosi

* "Magnetic Fields"  Museum of Fine Art, Saint Petersburg, FL (May 5 – August 5, 2018)   
* "Surface Work" Victoria Miro - Mayfair, London (11 April - 16 June 2018)    
* "Magnetic Fields"   National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC (October 13, 2017 – January 21, 2018)    
* "Magnetic Fields"  Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO (June 8 - September 17, 2017) 
* "Looking Both Ways" Peninsula Fine Arts Center, NEWPORT NEWS, VA (January 17-March 22, 2015): Curated by Diana Blanchard Gross. Included: Robert Colescott, Betty Blayton, Beverly Buchanan, Faith Ringgold, Clayton Singleton, James Vanderzee, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, Hank Willis Thomas, Buddy Norris, and others.
* "The Female Aesthetic," Dwyer Cultural Center, NEW YORK NY, (April 19-May 31, 2012): Group exhibition of 11 New York artists. Curated by MLJ Johnson. Included: Beryl Benbow, Betty Blayton, Cecil Chong, Diane Davis, Linda Hiwot, Jamillah Jennings, Charlotte Ka, Dindga McCannon, Gina Sampson, Deborah Singletary, Ava Tomlinson
* Solo Exhibition: "BETTY BLAYTON: Jewels of Thought - Major Work and Concept Studies 1970-2010", Burgess Fine Arts Collection, New York, NY (2010)
* Solo Exhibition: Essie Green Galleries, New York, NY (September 2009)
* Solo exhibition: Strivers Gardens Gallery, New York, NY, (July 2009)
* "Seeing Jazz: A Tribute to the Masters and Pittsburgh Jazz Legends", Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, Pittsburgh PA (January 26-April 3, 2009): Group exhibition. Included: O'Neal Abel, Benny Andrews, Romare Bearden, Sharif Bey, Betty Blayton, Tina Williams Brewer, Fred Brown, Bisa Butler, Lauren Camp, Nora Mae Carmichael, Sadikisha Collier, Robert Daniels, Tafa Fiadzigbe, Frank Frazier, Eric Girault, Verna Hart, Rene Hinds, Jamillah Jennings, MLJ Johnson, Larry Joseph, Charlotte Ka, Eli Kince, Dindga McCannon, Evangeline J. Montgomery, Richard Mayhew, Steve Mayo, Omowale Morgan, Otto Neals, Ademola Olugebefola, Eric Pryor, Faith Ringgold, Senghor Reid, Maurice D. Robertson, Ernani Silva, Danny Simmons, Alexandria Smith, George Smith, Chuck Stewart, Allen Stringfellow, Ann Tanksley, Habib Tiwoni, Osman Tyner, Manny Vega, Richard Waters, Douglas J. Webster, Emmett Wigglesworth, and Shirley Woodson.
* "So It Is With Us: BETTY BLAYTON, 40 Years of Selected Works" - Solo Exhibition at three venues: Canvas Paper and Stone Gallery, Essie Green Galleries, Strivers Gardens Gallery, New York NY (October 2-November 22, 2008)
* Group exhibition: "Betty Blayton and Robin Holder: Daughters of the House of Life" Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta, GA (April 29 - June 21, 2007)
* "BETTY BLAYTON-TAYLOR: Souls/Spirit Journeys" - Solo Exhibition: Smithfield Cultural Arts Center, Smithfield VA (October 2005)
* Group exhibition, National Museum of Ghana, Accra, Ghana - Restoring Our Spiritual Connections: National Conference of Artists International Exhibition  (2002)
* Solo Exhibition: Pace College, New York, NY (1994)
* Solo Exhibition: Lubin House Gallery, Syracuse, NY (1993)
* Solo exhibition: Isobel Neal Gallery, Chicago, IL (1990)
* Solo exhibition: Skylight Gallery, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Brooklyn, NY) (1989)
* "The Wild Art Show", The Museum of Modern Art, New York (January 17 – March 14, 1982)  
* Solo exhibition: Caravan House Gallery, New York, NY (April 1975)
* "TWO - Tonnie Jones and Betty Blayton" - The Studio Museum In Harlem. New York City (March 31 May 12, 1974): [Betty Blayton's portion of the exhibit was titled: "BETTY BLAYTON: Prints, Paintings and Sculpture"
* Group Exhibition, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI "Contemporary Black Artists" (July 1–31, 1969)
* "Counterpoints 23"	(March 16–30, 1969)
* "8x8", Riverside Museum, New York City		(1968)
* "Six Painters", MARC, New York City		(1968)
* Three Women Exhibition, Capricorn Gallery, New York' City		(September 10–28, 1968)   [Betty Blayton, Freda Mulcahy, Nathalie Van Buren]
* Group Exhibition, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota "30 Contemporary Black Artists." 			(October 17-November 24, 1968)
* "Fifteen New Voices", American Greeting Card Gallery, New York City. 	(March 12 - May 3, 1968):  Group exhibition. Included Emma Amos, Benny Andrews, Betty Blayton, Emilio Cruz, Avel DeKnight, Melvin Edwards, Reginald Gammon, Alvin C. Hollingsworth, Tom Lloyd, William Majors, Earl Miller, Mahler Ryder, Raymond Saunders, Jack H. White, Jack Whitten. [Co-sponsored by Ruder and Finn Fine Arts, Inc. and the Studio Museum in Harlem.]
* Group Exhibition, Lever House, New York City - "Counterpoints 23" 	(1967) [Included: Betty Blayton, Alvin C. Hollingsworth, Earl Miller, Faith Ringgold, Mahler Ryder, Jack H. White.]
* Group Exhibition, Harlem Cultural Council, New York City - "The Art of the American Negro"  (1966)  Curated by Romare Bearden. [Included: Charles Alston, Emma Amos, Betty Blayton, Jacob Lawrence, Hughie Lee-Smith, Richard Nugent, Simon B. Outlaw, Faith Ringgold, Vincent D. Smith, Charles White, et al.]
* Solo Exhibition, Capricorn Gallery, New York City 		(May 4–20, 1966)
* Solo Exhibition, Adair Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia 	(1963)
* Solo Exhibition, St. Thomas Gallery, Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands 	(1960)
* Collectors Corner Gallery, Washington, D.C. 		(1959)

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## External links

* Ebe nrụọrụ weebụ Betty Blayton Professional
* Ajụjụ ọnụ na Betty Blayton Taylor na Susan Shapiro na WNYC Archives
* Ihe ncheta nke Betty Blayton-Taylor, Onye guzobere ụlọ ngosi ihe mgbe ochie na Harlem Arts Activist
* Na-echeta Betty Blayton
* Akụkụ nke ihe nkiri "FIVE" na-elekwasị anya na Betty Blayton
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* Art Break: Ememe Harlem Artist na Activist Betty Blayton na Elizabeth Dee
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