Roslyn Adele Walker

Background

Walker, Roslyn Adele was born on July 26, 1944 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.

Education

Student General Studies, University Poitiers, France, 1965. Bachelor of Science in Art Education with high honors, Hampton University, 1966. Master of Arts in History of Art, Indiana University, 1969.

Doctor of Philosophy in History of Art, Indiana University, 1991.

Career

Registrar, Museum African Art, Washington, 1968-1969; coordinator, University Art Gallery U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1969-1970; temporary registrar, Federal Dept Antiquities National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria, 1970; curator of collections, Institute African Studies U. Idaban, Nigeria, 1973-1975; curator ethnographic art collection, University Museum Illinois State University, Normal, 1975-1981; interim administrator, University Museum Illinois State University, Normal, 1975; administrator, University Museum Illinois State University, Normal, 1975-1977; director, University Museum Illinois State University, Normal, 1977-1981; curator, National Museum African Art Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1981-1993; senior curator, National Museum African Art Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1993-1997; director, National Museum African Art Smithsonian Institution, Washington, since 1997. Research assistant Museum Modern Art, New York City, 1971-1972, guest curator African Women/African Art, The African-American Institute, New York City, 1976, Lakeview Museum Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois, 1981. Instructor in primitive art U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1969-1970, in African decorative art USDA Graduate School, Washington, 1984. in Art in Africa, Department Art History, U. Maryland., College Park,1990.

Visiting lecturer Afro-American Art, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1970-1971, lecturer 1971-1972, summer program, U. Idaban, Nigeria, 1974. Assistant professor Art Department, Illinois State University, Normal, 1975-1981.

Achievements

• Roslyn Adele Walker has been listed as a noteworthy museum director by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • African Art in the Cycle of Life

    (Book by Roy Sieber, Roslyn Adele Walker)

  • Olowe of Ise: A Yoruba Sculptor to Kings
  • African Art in the Cycle of Life by Roy Sieber, Roslyn Adele Walker (1987) Paperback

Membership

Member visual arts and crafts advisory panel Washington Commission on the Arts. Member Arts Council African Studies Association (past board directors), ArTable, Association Art Museum Directors.