PROFILE

Dorothy Annette is a painter. She creates works that have won her many awards, as well as numerous collectors. In 1999 she was the first artist commissioned for work for the permanent Sony Artwalk collection. Tres Gallery and Porter Troupe Gallery exhibited her work in San Diego. She has exhibited at Galeria Ciudad (Tijuana’s Municipal Gallery), California State University, San Marcos, Southwestern College and MiraCosta College’s Kruglak Gallery. Her work was included in the first Drawing Show at the Earle & Birdie Taylor Library Gallery.

As Managing Editor and co-publisher of The Publication, San Diego’s Arts Magazine, she advocates strongly for recognition of regional artists. With her husband, Jim Hammond, she established The Publication’s artgallery999 on Ray Street in North Park and co-founded Ray at Night, a collaborative monthly “happening” of visual and performing arts. Often she combines this advocacy with hands on work. In October 2002, Annette completed the 1 in 3 painting commissioned by the City Attorney’s Office for the new Family Justice Center in San Diego. Other projects included serving as an artist’s facilitator for the homeless for an exhibit at City Hall, as artists liaison for a Mercy Hospital arts project, and she has curated exhibitions of work reflecting diverse cultures painted by regional artists.

She serves the city as a Commissioner for the City of San Diego Arts & Culture, and is a board member of the SDSU Art Council. For three years, Dorothy worked as a docent for the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego and was awarded her “Special Volunteer” for her docent work with children. She also teaches and lectures in several school programs and sometimes works as an artist in residence for San Diego City Schools.

As a member of RevArte (RevolucionArte), a bi-national artists’ group, she shared a grant from a US/Mexico Arts and Culture and the Rockefeller Foundation to continue a community installation implemented by InSite ’97 in Baja, California. The work included designs by the children from the fishing village, Popotla, and translated by RevArte. The group created work from found objects; the work was installed on a wall one quarter of a mile long. She also completed a 10-foot high wind chimes as Art in Public Places installed in front of a church in San Ysidro, California.

Dorothy directed ARTWALK, an annual self-guided tour of artist’s studios in downtown San Diego in 1994 and 1995, the experience paved the path she continues to follow as she creates art, mentors youths, and lives her life. In 1998 she was one of 50 omen honored for her contributions in the arts by Women together in 1998. In honor of Dorothy’s many years of service to our community, KPBS gave her an award called the 2003 Black History Month "Local Hero of the Year" in the arts category, presented at a dinner in her honor on February 4, 2003. The award included an interview, which was aired live on KPBS.