Background
Sharpe, Yolanda Ruby was born on January 17, 1957 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Thomas Hugh Sharpe, Rita Cecelia (Nicholson) Sharpe.
Sharpe, Yolanda Ruby was born on January 17, 1957 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Thomas Hugh Sharpe, Rita Cecelia (Nicholson) Sharpe.
Bachelor in Art History, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1979. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1979. Master of Fine Arts, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1982.
Professor painting and drawing Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1986—1987. Chair department, associate professor painting and drawing State University of New York, College Oneonta, Oneonta, New York, 1987—2003. Professor painting and drawing State University of New York, since 2004.
Master artist, educational delegate for the arts Krasnoyarsk School of Fine Arts, Siberia, Russia, 2001. Gallery director State University of New York, College Oneonta, New York, 1996—1998. Master artist, educational delegate for the arts Krasnoyarsk School of Fine Arts, Siberia, Russia, 2004.
Concert organizer and vocalist for fundraiser Red Cross National Disaster Relief Fund, Oneonta, 2001—2001, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Scholarship Fund, Oneonta, 2002. Board directors A.O. Fox Hospital, 2004. Member of New York Foundation Arts (Board of Governors for Artists Fellowships 1991-1996), Temple Beth El (Editor for the Shofar Newsletter 1999—2001), United States Colored Troops Institute (Emancipation Memorial Ball Committee Member 1998—now), Munson Williams Proctor Institute Museum (Program Advisory Committee 1995—now).