1916 Born in Chester County, North Carolina.
2011 Died in Baltimore, Maryland.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
24-25 Of Salt and Spirit: Black Quilters in the American South, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
2024 Stitched Memories: Celebrating Elizabeth Talford Scott, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Elizabeth Talford Scott: ’98 til Infinity, Cary Beth Cryor Gallery, Coppin State University, Baltimore, MD
Material & Memories: Elizabeth Talford Scott and the Crazy Quilt Tradition, Maryland Center for History
and Culture, Baltimore, MD
American Africanisms: The Musings of Elizabeth Talford Scott, James E. Lewis Museum of Art at Morgan
State University, Baltimore, MD
Kaleidoscope: Changing Perspectives, The Peale, Baltimore, MD
Reverberations: Disruption and Healing Through the Hands of Elizabeth Talford Scott, George Peabody
Library, Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, Baltimore, MD
Black Woman Genius: Elizabeth Talford Scott- Tapestries of Generations, Reginald F. Lewis Museum,
Baltimore, MD
Transcending Tradition: The Art of Elizabeth Talford Scott and the MICA Quilt Group, Decker Gallery,
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
23-25 Making Their Mark, Shah Garg Foundation, New York, NY, Curator: Cecilia Alemani; Traveling to the
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA, co-curated by Margot Norton;
Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, co-curated by Sabine Eckmann. (catalogue)
23-24 Eyewinkers, Tumbleturds and Candlebugs: The Art of Elizabeth Talford Scott,
The Baltimore Museum of Art, MD
Making Room: Familiar Art, New Stories, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
2023 Trade & Transformation, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
Both Sides Now: The Spirituality, Resilience, and Innovation of Elizabeth Talford Scott,
Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD, Curator: Amy Eva Raehse
2021 The Armory Show, presented by Goya Contemporary, New York, NY (solo booth)
20-21 Textile Gallery, The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
2020 Elizabeth Talford Scott: Upside Downwards, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
2019 Hitching Their Dreams to Untamed Stars: Joyce J. Scott and Elizabeth Talford Scott, The Baltimore Museum
of Art, Baltimore, MD, Curator: Cecilia Wichmann
REALITY, Times Two: Joyce J. Scott & Elizabeth Talford Scott, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
Curator: Amy Eva Raehse (catalogue)
17-18 Joyce J. Scott: Harriet Tubman and Other Truths, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton Township, NJ (catalogue)
2016 Baltimore Masters Art of the Ancestors, The Fredrick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Museum,
Baltimore, MD
2003 Magic Markers, Objects of Transformation, Des Moines Art Center, IA
1998 Eyewinkers, Tumbleturds and Candlebugs: The Art of Elizabeth Talford Scott, Maryland Institute College of
Art, Baltimore, MD, Traveled to: Smithsonian Institute, Anacostia Community Museum, Washington,
DC; New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA; Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art,
Winston-Salem, NC. Curator: George Ciscle. (catalogue)
1997 Crossing the Threshold, Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, New York, NY
You Are Here, Artscape, Baltimore, MD
1995 Our Story, Camile Love Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Elizabeth T. Scott and Joyce J. Scott, Parish Gallery, Washington, DC
Relatively Speaking: Mothers and Daughters in Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
1994 Continuing Innovations: Contemporary American Quilt Art, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
1993 Joyce Scott and Elizabeth Talford Scott, Cardinal Gallery, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD
Signs and Symbols: African Images in African American Quilts, Museum of American Folk Art, New York, NY
USA Today in Fiber Art, Nederlands Textielmuseum, Tilburg, Netherlands
1992 Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Works by Elizabeth T. Scott and Joyce J. Scott, Afro-American Historical and
Cultural Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Masters, Mentors, and Makers, Artscape, Baltimore, MD
Dolls by Afro-American Artists, Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem State University, NC
1990 The Definitive Contemporary American Quilt, Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, New York, NY
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
1989 Stitched Stories, Washington College, Chestertown, MD
Stitching Memories: African American Story Quilts, Checkwood Museum, Nashville, TN
Family Traditions: Recent Work by Elizabeth T. and Joyce J. Scott, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
1988 Visions/Divisions, Eubie Blake Cultural Center, Baltimore, MD
1986 Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD
1985 The Intuitive Eye, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
Black Expressions, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
1984 Exceptions, Pratt Manhattan Center Gallery, New York, NY
1982 Myth and Ritual: A Survey of African American Art, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
Curator: Dr. Leslie King Hammond
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
1981 Quilts by Joyce and Elizabeth Scott, Gallery 409, Baltimore, MD
1979 Stitched Stories, Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, MD
Impact ’79: Afro-American Women Artists, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
1978 Commission of Afro-American History and Culture, Baltimore, MD
1977 Folk Life Festival, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Baltimore Museum of Art, MD
Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum, Annapolis, MD
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Center for History & Culture, Baltimore, MD
Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
Shah Garg Collection
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
1987 Women's Caucus for Art Honor Award for Outstanding Achievement (Visual Arts)
1985 Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD
1980-85 Baltimore Bureau of Recreation, Baltimore, MD
SELECTED LECTURES & DEMONSTRATIONS
2024 Colloquium - Fiberations: The Evolution and Tradition of African American Fiber Aesthetics,
Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD
1982 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
1981 University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1979 African-American Crafts Conference and Jubilee, Shelby State College, Memphis, TN
NAACP Black Arts Festival, MD
Museum of African Art, Washington, DC
1978 Baltimore City Fair, Baltimore, MD
African American History Conference
1977 AFRAM Festival, Johns Hopkins Free School, Baltimore, MD
Cloisters Children's Museum, Baltimore, MD
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Making Their Mark: Art by Women in the Shah Garg Collection. Editors: Mark Godfrey and Katy
Siegel. New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2023.
Reality, Times Two: Joyce J. Scott & Elizabeth Talford Scott. Exh. cat. Baltimore: Goya Contemporary, 2019.
ISBN: 978-1-7923-1491-9. Library of Congress: 2019909856
Joyce J. Scott, Harriet Tubman and Other Truths. Edited by Authors: Patterson Sims & Lowery Stokes Sims
Text Editors: Donna Ghelerter & Eileen Watkins. New Jersey: Grounds For Sculpture, 2018. Published
in conjunction with the exhibition Joyce J. Scott, Harriet Tubman and Other Truths shown at Grounds
For Sculpture, October 20, 2017- April 1, 2018. ISBN 978-0-9665644-8-8
Eyewinkers, Tumbleturds and Candlebugs: The Art of Elizabeth Talford Scott. Exh. cat. Baltimore: Maryland
Institute College of Art, 1998.
Freeman, Roland L. A Communion of the Spirits: African-American Quilters, Preservers and Their Stories,
Rutledge Hill Press, 1996.
VIDEO & FILM DOCUMENTATION
The Silver Needle: The Legacy of Elizabeth & Joyce Scott, directed by Rebecca Crumlish, Osiris Productions,
Washington, DC, 1990.