Lectures/Workshops:
Rosa Parks Museum, Montgomery, Al
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
Craft and Folk Art Museum forum with Betye Saar, Los Angeles, CA
Sesnon Gallery, Porter College, UC Santa Cruz, CA
Levine Museum of the New South, Charlotte, NC
CCAC , Oakland California
Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
University of Capetown, Capetown, South Africa
Bittney Springs High School, Nevada City, CA
University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Piedmont Middle School, Charlotte, NC
Northwest School of the Arts, Charlotte, NC
Afro American Cultural Center, Charlotte, NC
Tryon Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
Cabarras Art Guild, Concord, NC
TV Appearances:
Open Air; A Conversation with Willie Little; Harvey B. Gantt Center,
Charlotte, NC, YouTube, FB, 2021
Oregon Public Broadcasting, Art Beat, A Love Letter to My Past, 2021
Willie Little & Anya Montiel in Conversation, YouTube, 2020
WLOS 13, ABC Affiliate Asheville, NC
Out of the Ashes, WTVI Public Television Documentary
North Carolina Now, WUNC Public Television
Assignment Carolinas, WJZY 46
South Carolina Public Television
WBTV 3 News, story on Hugh McColl
WBTV 3 News, Black History Month Showcase
Radio Appearances:
Public Radio, Troy University, Montgomery, AL, 2021
Future Prairie Podcast, Portland, OR 2020
KXL, KXL, Speaking Freely, Portland, OR 2019
KWMR, San Francisco, CA 2018
KBOO, Portland, OR 2018
WUNC, NPR 2002
Radio Disney 2002
KERA, NPR Dallas, Texas 2000
Mike Collins, WFAE, NPR 1998, 2000, 2008
WSOC Morning Show, 1999
Todd Munce Show, NPR, Detroit MI. 1998
Collections:
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Ambassador of Madagascar
Jeff Warner Designs, San Francisco, CA, Hawaii
Peter Luder, Howard Kanini, London, England
Traveling Collection of Judy Norell,
Myth, Memory and Imagination (Washington, DC)
Bank of America Corporate Offices, Charlotte, NC
Jon D. Lowly SF, CA
Betsy Schmidt Sacramento, CA
Allison Knapp SF, CA
Emily Leff Granite Bay, CA
Aynesh Johnson NY, NY
Patty and Jeff Baird- Cedar House Sport Hotel, Truckee, CA
Sara Harris L.A., CA
Lisa Eisenpresser L.A., CA
Tanya Jordan-Taylor, Buchanan and Jordan Inc-Reno, CA
Shaye Whittlesey Nevada City, CA
Wendy Whitson Asheville, NC
Paul Geenty Nevada City
Danny Simmons, NYC
Robert Gray, Palm Springs, CA
Rick Wulff, Berkeley, CA
Dr. Nicholas Daniels and Dr. John Eckels, San Francisco, CA
First Charter Bank Headquarters, Charlotte, NC
Tobacco Farm Life Museum, Kenly NC
Afro- American Cultural Center, Charlotte, NC
Davis Steel, Matthews, NC
Museum of the New South, Charlotte, NC
Mary Tribble, Charlotte, NC
Jodie and Frank Turner, Charlotte, NC
McColl Center for Visual Art
Headlands Center for the Arts
Bibliography:
Karren, Howard, An Exhibit Makes Waves in Provincetown, The Provincetown Independent, October, 15, 2020
Driscoll, Kathi Scrizzi, Provincetown Galleries, Artists Speak Out About Unprecedented Times, Cape Cod Times, October 14, 2020
Larimore, Phillip On Willie Little: Proof of Promises Kept, Charlotte Viewpoint Metropolitan Ideas & Art, July, 2016
Schreiber, Barbara, Willie Little Takes on Tea Party, Klan in Exhibition, Charlotte News and Observer, September, 2014
Titcombe, Tara, Best of Winston Salem, US Airways Magazine, September, 2010
Kopp, Bill, Willie Little’s Juke Joint: A Slice of the 50s, Laurel of Asheville, February, 2010
Kopp, Bill, Juke Joint: Hookers, Batwings, Pigs’ Feet and Hair Tonic, Mountain Express, Asheville, 12/16/2009
Motsinger, Carol, Juke Joint Revisted: Interactive YMI Exhibit re-creates lost culture, Citizen Times, Asheville, 12/13/2009
Barden, Louise, The Darker Side of ‘Mixed Company’, South Park Magazine, 5/2008
Vance, Donna, Exhibit adds to our grasp of divisions, Charlotte Observer,1/18/2008
Singleton, Erica, Breaking Mythic assumptions, The Charlotte Post,1/24/2008
Richard, Paul, Smithsonian’s ‘Juke Joint’ Last Call for a Vanished South
Washington Post, 9/29/2003
‘Juke Joint’ Exhibit Opens In American Jazz Museum, Kansas City Call, 2003
Lewis, Samella, PhD, African American Artists, 4th Edition, 2003
Dickson, Laurie, Ode To Southern Roots, Artists’ Interiors… Creative Spaces, Inspired Living, 2003
Lewis, Scott, ‘Out of the Box’ Artist Willie Little Gets Playful with Race, Creative Loafing, Charlotte, NC, 6/5/02
Maschal, Richard, Dolls Foster Study of Racial Stereotypes, Charlotte Observer, 6/3/02
Greenburg, Blue, Down Memory Lane in the South, The Herald Sun, Durham, NC, 09/02
Raleigh News & Observer, 10/02
Arts & Science Council Newsletter, 2002
Home Grown…Celebrating Arts of North Carolina, SECCA Catalogue, 2001
Lee, Heath-Hartage, Treasure Hunt, Charlotte Place, November 2001
Parker, Alan-Michael, South African Artists Depict ‘Truths’, Charlotte Observer, 08/01
Paterson, Tom, A Little Homework, Winston-Salem Journal, 06/03/01
Getting A Handle on ‘Baggage’, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 8/17/01
Maschal, Richard,’ Prayer’: Focus on Faith Through the Artist’s Lens, Charlotte Observer, 05/11/01
Like A Prayer: A Jewish and Christian Presence in Contemporary Art, Catalogue, 2000
The Hourglass Project: Baggage, Catalogue, 2000
Muller-Price, Debra, A Sanctuary for the Arts, Southern Accents, March-April, 2000
Swisher, Amy, Little’s Big Gift, Creative Loafing, 09/02/00
Brown, Derrick, ‘Door’ Opens for Charlotte Artist in Residence, Charlotte Post, Summer, 2000
Willie Little’s tell-a-tale art, Independent Tribune, 03/31/00
Downtown Magazine, Summer 2000, Winter 2001
Grant, Kandice, Willie Little, A Revivalist of the Rural South Uses Art to Spin Living Tales of Times Past, Cultural Calendar, 04/05/00
Higgins, Katherine, Little Draws from his Experiences as a Country Boy, The Smithfield Herald, 04/13/00
Simpson, Thea, Little’s Art Tells Family Story, Life on Eastern NC Tobacco Farm, The Wilson Daily News, 04/18/00
Fox, Catherine, Where Creativity Can Flourish, Atlanta Journal- Constitution, 01/09/00
Fox, Catherine, Charlotte’s New Devotion to the Arts, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 01/09/00
Dunn, Debra, Artist Fellowship Awarded, Charlotte Observer, 06/23/00
Norman, Bud, Art Display Celebrates Good Friends in Low Places, Wichita Eagle, 08/00
Kansas African American Museum Inc., and Kansas Art Commission & K.T Weidemann Foundation Present Juke Joint, Catalogue, 2000
Create Something, Charlotte Magazine, 01/01
Brown, Linda-Louise, Americans, Creative Loafing, 02/27/99
Myth, Memory and Imagination: Universal Themes in the Life and Culture of the South, Catalogue, The collection of Judy Norell, 1999
Miller, Hanna, Jukin’ Charlotte Magazine, May 1999
Lewis, Scott, Southern Exposure, Northern Light, Creative Loafing, 10/9/99
Residents: 1999/2000, Catalogue, Tryon Center for Visual Art, 1999
Juke Joint: A Community Story, Cover Story, North Carolina Arts Council Newsletter, Spring/Summer 1999
Arts & Science Council Newsletter, Autumn 1999
Haight,Kathy, Artsy Inaugural, Charlotte Observer, 07/11/99
Meadows, Bob, Exhibit Portrays Life on a Tobacco Farm, Charlotte Observer, 08/30/98
Brown, Linda-Louise, Praise Singer, Creative Loafing, 08/98
Juke Joints Jive at Museum, Michigan Press, 07/23/98
Colby, Joy-Hakanson, Multimedia ‘Juke Joint’ Pulls Visitors into the Southern Memories, The Detroit News, 07/3/98
Cohen, Keri- Guten, Sculptures Bring Juke Joint to Life, Detroit News& Free Press, 08/16/98
Pearson, Craig, Cultural Celebration, The Windsor Star, 08/14/98
Museum Seeks ‘Paradise’ Memories, The Monitor, 07/16/98 (Michigan)
This Joint is Jumpin’ (all Detroit, Michigan area, 07/26/98)
Framingham Observer
Garden City Observer
Westland Observer
Rochester Eccentric
Troy Eccentric
Southfield Eccentric
West Bloomfield Eccentric
Plymouth Observer
Birmingham Eccentric
Canton Observer
Livonia Observer
Colby, Joy- Hakanson, Artist Crafts a Slice of African American Life, Detroit Press, 1998
Moran, K- Michelle, Rural Aesthetic, Troy Times (Detroit) 08/5/98
Harley, Cathy, At Penn Center…The ‘Joint Jumping’, The Packet, Beaufort, SC, 1997
Toppman, Lawrence, Installation Evokes Civil Rights –Era Church, Charlotte Observer, 1997
Day, Jeffery, Gallery Exhibit Reserves Viewers’ Place at Juke Joint, The State Newspaper, SC, 03/09/97
Joy, Pain Meet in ‘Juke Joint’, Greensboro News& Record, 05/08/97
Marley, Dan, Hometown Hangout, The Macon Telegraph, 06/20/97
MacNeil, William, Crossing Cultures Provide Impetus for Art Show, Pasatiempo, Santa Fe, NM, 04/97
Santa Fe Magazine, 1997
Seawright, Sandy, Two Way Street, Creative Loafing, 08/15/97
Young, Jeri, ‘Amazing Grace’ Exhibit at New South, Charlotte Post, 10/31/96
Drake, Nicholas, Little Creates a ‘Juke Joint’ From his Memory, The Post & Courier, Charleston, SC, 06/20/96
Walker, Sherry, Pride Goes to ‘Juke Joint’, Pride Magazine, August, 1996
Walker, Sherry, Willie Little’s Juke Joint, C Magazine, Volume 2, Number 3, Cover Story, Spring, 1996
Meadows, Bob, Artist Brings his Childhood to Life, Charlotte Observer, 04/07/96
Mint Museum of Art, Catalogue, 1994-95
Other Experience
Grant Panelist, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, Oregon, 2020
National Advisory Board, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC, Emeritis
National Advisory Board, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC, 2011-2015
Board of Directors, Tryon Center for Visual Art. Charlotte NC 2001-2002, Advocate for fellow artists, Strategic and Diversity committees