Rikiesha Metzger

Solo Exhibition "Light Shines Bright", Gardiner ME, Stone Broke Bread and Books

Group Exhibition participant for the CEEJH Environmental Justice Symposium x Social Art and Culture Art Exhibition, College Park, Maryland, College Park Marriott & Conference Center

Group Exhibition participant "21st Annual Arts in Health Exhibit", Bethesda, Maryland, Walter Reed Hospital

Group Exhibition participant "Creatively Black Baltimore", Baltimore, Maryland, Light Street Pavilion

Awarded the MSAC Grant, Baltimore, Maryland, Support of Solo Exhibition and Juneteenth Celebration

Solo Exhibition "Ray of Hope", Baltimore, Maryland, Sankofa Children's Museum of African Cultures

Awarded David C. Driskell Fellow at The Black Seed Studio, Portland Maine, Indigo Arts Alliance,

Group Exhibition: Group show: Praxis and the Artist Philosopher

Publication "Black Artistic Thought and the Art of Freedom" in the journal Visual Inquiry: Learning and Teaching Art.

"Art + Spirituality," Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington DC

Faculty Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD

Group Exhibition "Celebration of the College of Liberal Arts and the School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences Faculty-Alumni Art Exhibit" at Morgan State University.

Group Exhibition "Don't Drag Me Down: Today's Battle for Liberation" Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton College, Des Plaines, IL.

"Art & Spirituality" Panelist, Gormley Gallery, Notre Dame of Maryland University.

Group Exhibition "Art and Spirituality," Notre Dame of Maryland University, Gormley Gallery.

Presentation "Respect for Women According to Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalysis and Tupac Shakur’s Hip-Hop Lyrics," Howard University: Hip-Hop 50: Past, Present, & Future, Washington D.C.

Group Exhibition "My Breastmilk is the Best Milk" at theLoud-N-Clear Film Festival, Lyric Opera House, Baltimore, MD.

Participated in "Art Talk Tuesdays: Conversations with Artists, Busboys and Poets," Baltimore, MD.

Presentation "Introduction to Black Artistic Thought" at the Archival Silent Noise Conference, Towson University.

Contributing author "Heart Beating Beneath the Earth."

Presentation: “Mothering as a Work of Art” at SECAC, Baltimore, October 2022.

Solo Exhibition: "See Through Me" at West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Participation in an Artist Talk at Baltimore Museum of Art.

Group Exhibition: "Black History Month Community Gathering" Maryland Institute College of Art.

Award: Women's Jewelry Association Veterans Grant.

Panelist for Art As an Act Healing Symposium. Baltimore, MD

Guest Speaker for Youth and Business IG Live. Baltimore, MD

Group Exhibition: "How We Are Healing" Keswick Wise and Well Center, Baltimore, MD

Award: Maryland State Arts Council Grant

Participation: "Meet the Artists" Event for "Bad@ssery: Women Creating a Just Environment and World!" at Oakton Community College.

Co-Chair Panel: "Mothering as a Work of Art" at the 2021 SECAC Conference.

Panel Participation: i2021 AIGA Design Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Exhibition: "Bad@ssery: Women Creating a Just Environment and World" at Oakton Community College.

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Guest speaker at "Summer Lunch and Learn Series" at Wide Angle Youth Media in Baltimore, MD

Exhibition: "OCA Digital Art Exhibition" at OCA Mocha Cafe, Arbutus MD.

Group Exhibition: Celebrating Mother’s Day at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum.

Presentation: “Teaching Art Online in the Home: Students-Art-Teachers” during the online symposium, Art School Pedagogy 2.0.

Group Exhibition: Busboys and Poets, Baltimore.

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Award: 2020 SECAC Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Award

Presentation: "Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner: Life, Love, and Racism in America" at SECAC, 2020.

Named the Baltimore County Artist Guild's "Re A Thusana Resident Artist"