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Evelyn Patricia Terry is a visual artist born 1946 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who focuses on mixed media and pastel drawings which can either be figurative or non-objective. Her figurative art work represents religious questions and spiritual concepts. The non-objective art was created as a way to release her feelings of frustration.
Terry is a full time professional visual artist and Milwaukee native[1]. Terry received both her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts and Master’s of Science at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee before receiving her Masters of Fine Arts at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago[2]. Terry’s work has been exhibited locally, nationally, and internationally. One of her works, Giving Gifts, is displayed at the General Mitchell International Airport[3]. Her art includes Figurative and non-objective Art. Terry’s Figurative art pieces center around religious questions and spirituality while her non-objective art is her way of releasing and documenting her feelings.[4] Terry owns her own gallery, the Terry McCormick Fine and Folk Art Gallery[5], dedicated to Fine and Folk Art. Terry is a founding member of the advocacy group African-American Artists Beginning to Educate Americans about African-American Art[2]. In 2014, Terry was awarded with the Artist of the Year Award by the Milwaukee Arts Board. Terry’s work is exhibited at the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Racine Art Museum, and Haggerly Museum of Art at Marquette University.[6] Her work American was exhibited as part of 30 Americans, a collection of African American artists of Wisconsin whose art focuses on race and identity.[7]
Terry grew up not thinking there were many black artists so she has created her own gallery filled with African- American artists' work at the Terry McCormick Fine and Folk Art Gallery then became a founding member of the African-American Artists Beginning to Educate Americans about African-American Art.[8] Throughout her life art has been a way to express her feelings which soon became her place of comfort. She has made her gallery is a place of comfort with a sign on the door that states "Be nice or leave."[9]
Wisconsin Academy Review, The State of the Arts in the Black Community, Cheryl Coomer Birtha, (reproduction) Vol. 20, Number 3, Summer 1974, page 25
1986
ArtNews, Vasari Diary, Funded in part by Sadie Taylor's North Avenue Beauty Shop, Valerie F. Brooks, (photo), December
Wisconsin Arts Board Project Grant, "Color No, Color Yes!" $2,500 for catalog, Madison, WI
1987
Milwaukee Artists Foundation Grant, "Seven at Lincoln," Milwaukee Artists Foundation, Milwaukee, WI
1990
Milwaukee Sentinel, Passion for Color Drives Terry's Art, Janice T. Paine, pages 14, 15, & 17, (reproduction), Let's Go Section, September 28
1991
Art Muscle, Create Your Own Mainstream, Interview by Jacqueline Richards, Vol. 6, Issue 1, September/December, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1992
Diverse Visions of Minnesota Intermedia Arts Grant, $4,455 for two videos "Women Need To Release" and "Street Talk:Survival Wise" produced in collaboration with Dena Aronson, Minneapolis, MN
1993
Milwaukee County Individual Artist Fellowship, $4,000, Milwaukee, WI
Intermedia Arts/McKnight Fellowship, $8,000 for the installation ìSubtle Memories and Empty Promises," Minneapolis, MI
1995
Gumbo Ya Ya: Anthology of Contemporary African-American Women Artists, Midmarch Arts Press (reproduction), page 287, New York , New York
1997
Milwaukee Artists Foundation Grant, "Seven at Lincoln," Milwaukee Artists Foundation, Milwaukee, WI
1999
Spirit of Milwaukee Grant, Neighborhood Millennium Art Initiative, $50,000, Milwaukee, WI
Helen Bader Foundation Grant / Permission to Paint, Please!, $40,000 Milwaukee, WI
Porcupine Magazine, Permission to Paint, W. A. Read, Vol. 4, Issue 1, pages 104-117
2000
Press, Permission To Be Please, The Media has Cast a Harsh Glare on Artist Evelyn Terry John-David Morgan, January 2002, page 22
2002
Discoveries, The John J. Burke Family Collection, Midwest Airlines Center, Monica Schick
2003
Milwaukee Journal/Sentinal, Terry's Effort To Promote Artists of Color Go On All Year, James Auer, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 12, 2003, page 2E
2004
Famous Wisconsin Artists and Architects, Hanna Heidi Levy, Badger Books, Inc.
