Matthew Donahue
Teaching Professor
Office Location: 348 Shatzel Hall
Office Phone Number: 419-372-9181
E-Mail: mattdon@bgsu.edu
Web Page: www.md1210.com
Undergraduate Courses Taught
POPC 1600 Introduction to Popular Culture
POPC 1600 Introduction to Popular Culture (Online)
POPC 1650 Popular Culture and the Media
POPC 1650 Popular Culture and the Media (Online)
POPC 1700 Introduction to Black Popular Culture
POPC 2500 Introduction to Film
POPC 2800 Introduction to Popular Music
POPC 2800 Introduction to Popular Music (Online)
POPC 3500 Popular Music in Film
POPC 3800 Black Popular Music
POPC 3800 Rock Music Subcultures-Punk, Heavy Metal, Reggae and Rap
POPC 3800 Rock Music Subcultures-Punk, Heavy Metal, Reggae and Rap (Online)
POPC 4900 Independent Studies in Popular Culture
POPC 4900 Internship in Popular Culture
MUCT 4310 Aesthetics of Black Music (College of Musical Arts)
Graduate Course Taught
POPC 6800 Music as Popular Culture
POPC 6900 Independent Study
Educational Background
Ph.D. American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University
M.L.I.S. Library and Information Science, Kent State University
M.A. American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University
B.A. Cultural Studies-University College, University of Toledo
Research Interests
Popular Culture, Popular Music, History of Rock and Roll, Subcultures of Popular Music, Punk Music and Culture, Heavy Metal Music and Culture, Reggae Music and Culture, Rap Music and Culture, Ethnomusicology, Popular Music in Film, Genre Film, Documentary Film, American Studies, Cultural Studies, Outsider Art, Art Cars, Collage/Mixed Media Art, Street Photography, Popular Culture in Modern Art, Folklore, Folk Art, Cultural Tourism, Travel and Tourism, Mass Media, Mass Media in Film, New Media
Books
2009 Matthew A. Donahue Taking It to the Streets: An Art Car Experience, Jive Bomb Press
2003 Avenue of Happiness: Poems By Oba Maja, Edited by Matthew A. Donahue Jive Bomb Press
1999 Matthew A. Donahue I’ll Take You There: An Oral and Photographic History of The Hines Farm Blues Club, Jive Bomb Press-Second Edition-2002
Dictionary Articles/Magazine Articles/Book Chapters/Photography
2019 Matthew A. Donahue “Popular Music” World Book Encyclopedia Student, Chicago, Illinois
2013 Matthew A. Donahue “Dead Prez” The Grove Dictionary of American Music 2nd Edition. Charles Hiroshi, Editor in Chief. New York, New York: Oxford University Press
2013 Matthew A. Donahue “Andrew Bird” The Grove Dictionary of American Music 2nd Edition. Charles Hiroshi, Editor in Chief. New York, New York: Oxford University Press
2013 Matthew A. Donahue “Dr. Demento” The Grove Dictionary of American Music 2nd Edition. Charles Hiroshi, Editor in Chief. New York, New York: Oxford University Press
2003 Matthew A. Donahue “Oba Maja Travels Down the Avenue of Happiness”-Clamor-September/October 2003
2002 Matthew A. Donahue (photograph contributor) Denim: From Cowboys To Catwalks by Graham Marsh, Arurm Press
2002 Matthew A. Donahue (photograph contributor) Art Cars: The Cars, The Artists, The Obsession, The Craft by Harrod Blank, Lark Books
2002 Matthew A. Donahue “Blind Bobby Smith Keeps On Smiling”-Swampwatch, November/December
2000 Matthew A. Donahue “Taking it to the Streets: Art Cars in America” Clamor-August 2000
2000 Matthew A. Donahue “Legends of the Blues Clubs-Hines Farm” Big City Blues-April/May 2000
1998 Matthew A. Donahue “Music From the Midwest Funkzone” Elixir-January 1998
1994 Matthew A. Donahue “Broke and Disgusted: The Life and Times of Big Jack Reynolds” Living Blues Magazine-May/June 1994
1992 Thomas Barden and Matthew A. Donahue “The Hines Farm Blues Club” Living Blues Magazine-May/June 1992
Book Reviews
2018 Matthew Donahue “Understanding Music Past and Present” Alan Clark, Thomas Heflin, Jeffery Kluball, Elizabeth Kramer, University of North Georgia Press, 2015, Reviewed for Open Textbook Library
Presentations at Academic Conferences/Speaking Events
2020 “Stuff….Collecting and Creating With It,” The Ray Browne Conference for Popular Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2020 “The Amsterdam T-Shirt Project,” The Ray Browne Conference for Popular Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2019 “The Amsterdam T-Shirt Project,” Arts X, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2019 “The Art Car in Popular Culture and Experience,” Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
2019 “The History of Rock and Roll: Music of the Woodstock Era,” Augalize County Public Library, Ripley, Ohio
2019 “Popular Culture in the Context of 1969,” Wapakoneta Public Library, Wapakoneta, Ohio
2019 “The Amsterdam T-Shirt Project.” Popular Culture Association Conference/PCA Conference, National PCA Conference, Washington DC
2018 “Ride On to the Tree of Life: The Life and Times of Skip “Little Axe” McDonald.” The Funk Symposium Conference, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
2018 “Skip ‘Little Axe’ McDonald: Pioneer of 21st Century Blues.” 18th Annual Black Issues Conference, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2018 “Christmas in Popular Culture and in Myths, Icons, Rituals, Stereotypes and Heroes,” Hancock Historical Museum, Findlay
2018 “The History of Rock and Roll,” Steubenville Public Library, Steubenville, Ohio
2018 “Popular Music Controversies and Banned Popular Music: The Ascent from Low Culture to High Culture.” Westerville Public Library, Westerville, Ohio
2018 “The History of Rock and Roll.” Stark County Public Library, Canton, Ohio
2018 “The Amsterdam T-Shirt Project,” Jerome Library, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2018 “The Blues and Ohio’s Hines Farm Blues Club,” 1968 Class Reunion So Much More: Ohio’s African American Artists, Bowling Green, State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2018 “Presenter for the Africana Diaspora Faculty Roundtable.” Africana Studies Research Conference, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2018 “Little Axe: One Man – One Night”, Music Library Sound Recordings Archive Record Listening Club, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2017 “Popular Music Controversies and its impact on Popular Culture” Chatauqua in Chagrin, Chagrin Arts, Chagrin, Ohio
2017 “Interpreting Everyday Life Roundtable” BGSU-Popular Culture Association Summer Research Institute, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2016 “From the Grassroots Campaign” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Research Workshop, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2016 “Art Cars in Popular Culture” Alumni Summer College, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2016 “The Heavy Metal T-Shirt in Popular Culture” Alumni Summer College, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2016 “The History of Rock and Roll” Alumni Summer College, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2016 “History of Popular Music and Rock and Roll” Elder College Bowling Green State University Firelands College, Bowling Green, Ohio
2016 “The Blues, the Hines Farm Blues Club and Beyond…21st Century Blues Featuring Skip McDonald.” Metroparks of the Toledo Area/Ohio Humanities Council, Oak Openings Metropark, Swanton, Ohio
2016 “The History of Rock and Roll and Popular Music.” New London, Public Library/Ohio Humanities Council, New London, Ohio
2016 “Motorhead’s No Sleep 'til Hammersmith”, Music Library Sound Recordings Archive Record Listening Club, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2016 “Little Axe The House that Wolf Built” Music Library Sound Recordings Archive Record Listening Club, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2015 “Electric Guitar in Popular Culture and Performance,” Imagination Station, Toledo, Ohio
2015 “A Brief History of Rock and Roll and Popular Music.” Milan-Berlin Public Library/Ohio Humanities Council, Milan, Ohio
2015 “The Message Behind the Beat: Social and Political Connections and Themes in American Punk and Rap Music, the Rise and Fall.” Songs of Social Protest Conference, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
2014 “Hellraiser: Lemmy’s Religious Views Through the Prism of Theomusicology.” Metal and Cultural Impact: Metal’s Role in the 21st Century Conference, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
2014 “The Blues and Ohio’s Hines Farm Blues Club” Way Public Library/Ohio Humanities Council Perrysburg, Ohio
2014 “The British Invasion” Westerville Public Library/ Ohio Humanities Council Westerville, Ohio
2013 “Popular Music Controversies: The Ascent from Low Culture to High Culture” Friends of the Library/Jerome Library Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2013 “Sports in Popular Culture: The Rise of the Underdog in Sports Films” Games People Play Conference Owens Community Perrysburg, Ohio.
2013 “Blues/Gospel” America’s Music Series, Owens Community College, Perrysburg, Ohio
2013 “Broadway/Show Tunes” America’s Music Series, Owens Community College, Perrysburg, Ohio
2013 “Jazz” America’s Music Series, Owens Community College, Perrysburg, Ohio
2013 “Country/Bluegrass” America’s Music Series, Owens Community College, Perrysburg, Ohio
2013 “Rock and Roll” America’s Music Series, Owens Community College, Perrysburg, Ohio
2013 “Mambo/Hip Hop” America’s Music Series, Owens Community College, Perrysburg, Ohio
2013 “The Heavy Metal T-Shirt Project” Heavy Metal and Popular Culture International Conference Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2013 “Motorhead Matters” Heavy Metal and Popular Culture International Conference Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2013 “Toledo Heavy Metal Scene Roundtable” Heavy Metal and Popular Culture International Conference Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2013 “The American Popular” Teaching and Researching American Literary and Cultural Studies Conference Sponsored by the US Consulate in Hyderabad, India and the University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
2013 “Teaching the American Popular” Teaching and Researching American Literary and Cultural Studies Conference Sponsored by the US Consulate in Hyderabad, India and the University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
2013 “Music and Movies as the American Popular” Teaching and Researching American Literary and Cultural Studies Conference Sponsored by the US Consulate in Hyderabad, India and the University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
2012 “The Heavy Metal T-Shirt in Popular Culture and Beyond” Nocits Heavy Metal Festival and Conference, Calgary, Canada
2012 “Taking it to the Streets: Car Power: Another Art Car Experience and Beyond” Henry Ford Museum/Maker Faire Dearborn, Michigan
2012 “Guitar Stories: On Fender” Ray Browne Conference on Popular Culture Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2012 “BGSU’s Sound Recordings Archives for Students and Researchers.” Post 45 @ The Rock Hall Cleveland, Ohio
2011 “BGSU’s Sound Recordings Archives and Bill Shurk’s Contributions” Battleground States Conference Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2011 “From Where the Phoenix Rose: The Electra Guitar History, Pop Culture and Performance.” Midwest Chapter for the Society of Ethnomusicology Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2011 “The Heavy Metal T-Shirt in Popular Culture” International Association for the Study of Popular Music Conference Cincinnati, Ohio
2009 “Taking It to the Streets: An Art Car Experience” Discoveries Conference-Showcasing Excellence in Research and Creative Works Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2008 “Music and Comics: A Roundtable Discussion” The Comic Book in Popular Culture Conference Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2008 “Attitudes and Images of George W. Bush in Cartoons, Comics and Cover The Comic Book in Popular Culture Conference Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2008 “Metal Masters Tour as History and Ritual” 12th Annual Conference on Holidays, Ritual, Festival and Public Display, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.
2008 “So Goes the Nation” Popular Culture Association-Presenter and Moderator National Conference, San Francisco, California
2007 “Lyrical Poetry” Popular Culture Association National Conference, Boston, Massachusetts
2006 “Oba Maja Travels Down the Avenue of Happiness” Popular Culture Association National Conference, Atlanta, Georgia
2005 “Taking It To The Streets, The Art Car in Popular Culture” Department of Popular Culture Lecture Series Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2005 “BB King Reflects on the Blues and the Hines Farm Blues Club” Midwest Chapter of the Society of Ethnomusicology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2003 “A Blast from the Past: Rap Music Innovators” 4th Annual Black Issues Conference Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2002 “The Hines Farm Blues Club and Northwest Ohio’s Musical Heritage” The River Runs Through It Regional Heritage Conference, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
2002 “Using Popular Music in the Classroom” Bowling Green Student Education Association Conference Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2002 “The Blues and Ohio’s Hines Farm Blues Club” The Conference on Local History, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2000 “I’ll Take You There: An Oral and Photographic History of the Hines Farm Blues Club” American Studies Association National Conference, Detroit, Michigan
2000 “From The Grassroots Campaign to Young Artists at Work” Art Car Symposium Rice University, Houston, Texas
2000 “Bring On The Blues” Wood County Public Library, Bowling Green, Ohio
1999 “The Message Behind The Beat-Social and Political Attitudes of Rap Music” Hip Hop: A Cultural Expression Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio
1998 “Art Cars Past, Present and Future” 19th Annual New Music and Arts Festival Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
1997 “Taking It To The Streets-Art Cars In America” American Culture Association National Conference; San Antonio, Texas
1995 “Blues Culture And The History Of Oak Openings/Northwest, Ohio”
NAI Regional IV Conference, Toledo, Ohio
1996 “The Collingwood Arts Center: A Cauldron of Creativity” (Speaker/Chair) American Culture Association National Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada
1995 “Mail Art As Cultural Unification” American Culture Association
National Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1994 “The Country Blues Connection In The Artwork Of Romare Bearden” American Culture Association National Conference, Chicago, Illinois
1992 The Hines Farm Blues Club As A Center For Community” American Educator’s Association Seventeenth National Conference, Toledo, Ohio
Department/College/University/Discipline/Community Service
2020, Reviewer of Preservation Assistance Grants, National Endowment for the Humanities
2020, Department of Popular Culture Scholarship Committee, Department of Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University
2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 Editorial Advisory Board Member, Metal Music Studies Journal, Intellect Publishers
2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, Judge for the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Regional Emmy Awards
2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 Member of the Ohio Humanities Council Speakers Bureau
2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 Board Member, Friends of the Library, Jerome Library, Bowling Green State University
2019 Judge for Undergraduate Symposium for Research and Diversity, Bowling Green State University
2019 Clearance Reviewer for “Transmedia Directors,” Bloomsbury Publishers
2019 Faculty Participant, Great Ideas Program, Honors College, Bowling Green State University
2019 WBGU-PBS On Air Pledge Talent for “Elvis Lives” Programming, WBGU-PBS, Bowling Green State University
2019 Organizer, “Harry Potter and the Banned Book Series,” Banned Books Week Presentation, Jerome Library, Bowling Green State University
2019 Co-Organizer, “So Much More: Ohio’s African American Artists Programming,” BGSU Class of 1969 Reunion, Bowling Green State University
2019 Mentor Popular Culture Association Summer Research Institute, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, Bowling Green State University
2019 Co-Organizer, Batman in Popular Culture Conference, Bowling Green State University
2019 Department of Popular Culture Scholarship Committee, Department of Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University
2018 Judge for Undergraduate Symposium for Research and Diversity, Bowling Green State University
2018 Faculty Participant, Great Ideas Program, Honors College, Bowling Green State University
2018 Clearance Reviewer for “Sounds Screens and Speakers,” Bloomsbury Publishers
2018 Organizer, “Seduction of the Innocent: Banned Comic Books” Banned Books Week Presentation, Bowling Green State University
2018 Co-Organizer, Department of Popular Culture 45th Anniversary Reunion, Department of Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University
2018 Homecoming Volunteer, BGSU’s Jerome Library/Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University
2018 Department of Popular Culture Scholarship Committee, Department of Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University
2017 Mentor Popular Culture Association Summer Research Institute, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, Bowling Green State University
2017 Judge WBGU-FM Battle of the Bands, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2017 Manuscript Reviewer for “Transmedia Directors,” Bloomsbury Publishers
2017 Manuscript Reviewer for “Sounds, Screens and Speakers,” Bloomsbury Publishers
2017 Faculty Mentor for the Residential Faculty Mentor Program, Kreisher Hall, Bowling Green State University
2017 Faculty Participant Faculty Participant, Great Ideas Program, Honors College, Bowling Green State University
2017 Participant/Interviewee for Jerome Library’s 50th Anniversary, Video Testimonial, Bowling Green State University
2016 Organizer for The Blues, The Himes Farm Blues Club and 21st Century Blues with Skip McDonald, Symposium/Performance Bowling Green State University and Toledo Area Metroparks-Oak Openings
2016 Curated and loaned popular culture collection for “Be Your Own Museum” Exhibition, Wood County Historical Museum
2016 Manuscript Reviewer for “Bjork’s Biophilia” for Bloomsbury Publishers
2016 Faculty Participant, Great Ideas Program, Honors College, Bowling Green State University
2016 Faculty Mentor for the Residential Faculty Mentor Program, Kreisher Hall, Bowling Green State University
2016 Organizer for Lecture at BGSU’s Arts Village, Kreisher Hall by Skip “Little Axe” McDonald, Bowling Green State University
2016 Instructor, BGSU Alumni Summer College, Bowling Green State University
2016 Member, WBGU-PBS Strategic Planning Committee, Bowling Green State University
2015 Manuscript Reviewer for “Introducing Cultural Studies 3rd Edition” for Routledge Publishers
2015, 2014 Sponsor, Advisor to/for Dr. Rama Alapati, Visiting Scholar India from Andhra University
2015 Lead Organizer for the Electric Guitar in Popular Culture Conference, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2015 Faculty Participant, Great Ideas Program, Honors College, Bowling Green State University
2015 Member, WBGU-PBS Strategic Planning Committee, Bowling Green State University
2014 Manuscript Reviewer for “Contemporary Gothic Film and Fiction” for Wiley Blackwell Publishers
2014 Residential Faculty Mentor, Residential Faculty Mentor Program, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2014 Manuscript Reviewer for “The Main Point: Stories of People, Music and a Coffeehouse” for Palgrave Publishers
2014 2013, 2012, Broadcast Advisory Committee, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2013 Co-organizer for the Heavy Metal and Popular Culture an International Conference, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2013 Judge, Cleveland Blues Society Blues Challenge, Cleveland, Ohio
2013 Project Scholar, America’s Music Series-National Endowment for the Humanities/Tribeca Film Institute, Owens Community College, Perrysburg, Ohio
2012 Judge, Black Swamp Blues Society Blues Challenge, Toledo, Ohio
2011 Member, Jerome Library Building Task Force, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2011, 2010, 2009, Mentor for Sylvania High School Students Methods of Inquiry in the Humanities, Sylvania, Ohio
2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, BG Experience/First Year Student Instructor, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2008, 2005, 2002, Instructor and Consultant for History of Hip-Hop Winterum Course, Maumee Valley Country Day School, Toledo, Ohio
2007, 2006, Department of Popular Culture Representative for Preview Day, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2007 Member, Teaching Evaluation Committee, Department of Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2007 Grand Prix Exhibitor, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2005 National Endowment of the Humanities Media Consultant Panelist
2003 Black Swamp Arts Festival Live Music Committee, Bowling Green, Ohio
2002 Guest Instructor, Crestar Art Schools of Singapore, Singapore
2000 Instructor for Art Car Project, Special Needs School, Glasgow, Scotland
1999 Instructor for Arts Commission of Greater Toledo Young Artists at Work Program, Toledo, Ohio
1998 Instructor for Art a Car Workshop, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
1998 Co-organizer, Art Cars on the Road, 19th Annual New Music and Arts Festival, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
1997 Instructor for Arts Commission of Greater Toledo/Boys and Girls Club of East Toledo, Different Spaces/Different Places Project, Toledo, Ohio
1994 Chair/organizer, Rubens Pop Festival, Art, Music and Poetry Festival/Benefit for David’s House Home for Terminally Ill Patients, Toledo, Ohio
1992 Chair/organizer, Pop Goes the Weasel Festival, Art, Music and Poetry Festival/Benefit for David’s House Home for Terminally Ill Patients, Toledo, Ohio
1992 Chair/organizer, America Reaction Today Art Exhibition, Grounds for Thought, Bowling Green, Ohio
Artwork Exhibited at Group Exhibition
2020 Undisclosed, Porter Gallery, Toledo School for the Arts, Toledo, Ohio
2020 NOWOH Northwest Ohio Community Art Show Exhibition, BGSU Galleries, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2019 Life is a Highway: Art and American Car Culture, Art Car Participant, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
2019 NOWOH Northwest Ohio Community Art Show Exhibition, BGSU Galleries, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2019 Undisclosed, Porter Gallery, Toledo School for the Arts, Toledo, Ohio
2018 NOWOH Northwest Ohio Community Art Show Exhibition, BGSU Galleries, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2018 Undisclosed, Porter Gallery, Toledo School for the Arts, Toledo, Ohio
2017 Undisclosed, Porter Gallery, Toledo School for the Arts, Toledo, Ohio
2016 9th Annual NOWOH Northwest Ohio Community Art Show Exhibition, BGSU Galleries, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2016 Work That’s Funny Exhibition, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.
2016 Undisclosed, Porter Gallery, Toledo School for the Arts, Toledo, Ohio
2016 Celebrating UA, Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington, Ohio
2015 Undisclosed, Porter Gallery, Toledo School for the Arts, Toledo, Ohio
2015 8th Annual NOWOH Northwest Ohio Community Art Show Exhibition, BGSU Galleries, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2014 Celebrating UA, Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington, Ohio
2014 7th Annual NOWOH Northwest Ohio Community Art Show Exhibition, BGSU Galleries, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2014 Undisclosed, Porter Gallery, Toledo School for the Arts, Toledo, Ohio
2013 Undisclosed, Porter Gallery, Toledo School for the Arts, Toledo, Ohio
2012 Maker Faire, Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan
2011 Maker Faire, Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan
2010 Hot Times Music and Art Festival, Columbus, Ohio
2010 Maker Faire, Detroit Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn Michigan
2010 Arts Commission of Greater Toledo Gallery Series, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
2009 Toledo Area Artists Exhibition Toledo Art Museum, Toledo, Ohio
2009 Community Spacewalk Detroit, Detroit, Michigan
2009 100th Annual King Wamba Parade and Exhibition, Toledo, Ohio
2009 The Orange Show Art Car Weekend, Outdoor Exhibition, Houston, Texas
2008 The Orange Show Art Car Weekend, Outdoor Exhibition, Houston, Texas
2007 The Orange Show Art Car Weekend, Outdoor Exhibition, Houston, Texas
2006 Arts Commission of Greater Toledo Gallery Series, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
2006 The Orange Show Art Car Weekend Outdoor Exhibition, Houston, Texas
2006 Toledo Area Artists Exhibition, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
2006 Juneteenth-2nd Annual Exhibition, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
2005 The Orange Show Art Car Weekend, Outdoor Exhibition, Houston, Texas
2004 The Orange Show Art Car Weekend, Outdoor Exhibition, Houston, Texas
2003 The Orange Show Art Car Weekend, Outdoor Exhibition, Houston, Texas
2003 Roots of Diversity Multicultural Exhibit, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
2002 Roots of Diversity Multicultural Exhibit, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
2002 Toledo Area Artists Exhibition, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
2002 The Orange Show Art Car Weekend Outdoor Exhibition, Houston, Texas
2002 Fremont Fair Festival, Seattle, Washington
2001 Rolling Sculptures Exhibit, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2001 Toledo Area Artists Exhibition, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
2001 The Orange Show Art Car Weekend, Outdoor Exhibition, Houston, Texas
2000 The Orange Show Art Car Weekend, Outdoor Exhibition, Houston, Texas
2000 Toledo Area Artists Exhibition, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
1999 Abstract Science Art Exhibition, Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco, California
1999 The Orange Show Art Car Weekend, Outdoor Exhibition, Houston, Texas
1999 Human Rights in Art, International Contemporary Museum of Art, Florianopolis, Brazil
1998 19th Annual New Music And Arts Festival, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
1998 The Orange Show Art Car Weekend Outdoor Exhibition, Houston, Texas
1997 First Annual Westfest-Somar Gallery, San Francisco, California
1997 The Orange Show Art Car Weekend, Outdoor Exhibition, Houston, Texas
1997 Imaginary Friends Sculpture Exhibition, Johnson Atelier Extension Gallery, Mercerville, New Jersey
1996 Space Is The Place/International Mail Art Show Northern Virginia Community College-Bell Atlantic Gallery, Annandale, Virginia
Video and Film Productions
2018 “The Amsterdam T-Shirt Project” – MAD 45 Films
2018 Little Axe “Tear the System Down” Music Video – 12:10 Records
2017 Little Axe “Grinning in Your Face” Music Video - 12:10 Records
2016 Little Axe “Seeing Red” Music Video - 12:10 Records
2016 MAD 45 “Grassroots Campaign” Music Video – 12:10 Records
2015 “The Process, Creating, Recording and Releasing Music in the Digital Age” - MAD 45 Films
2013 “MAD 45: Live From the Black Swamp”-12:10 Records
2012 “Car Power: Another Art Car Experience”- 45 Films
2012 “MAD 45: Broken Fingers Bootleg”- 12:10 Records
2012 “The Home Project
2010 “MAD 45: Live at the Black Swamp Arts Festival”- 12:10 Records
2009 “Motorhead Matters”- MAD 45 Films
2009 “MAD 45-So Goes the Nation-The Videos”- 12:10 Records
2009 “Taking It To The Streets: An Art Car Experience”- MAD 45 Films
2008 “MAD 45-The Forty Five Dollar Videos”- 12:10 Records
2008 “Head: Night of the Living Head”- Che-Guitara Records/12:10 Records
2008 “Universe Crew With Adrian Sherwood At The Controls, Live at the Double Door”- 12:10 Records
2004 “The Hines Farm Blues Club”-WBGU-PBS
Sound Recordings
2019 Pay It All Back Volume 7, “Fake Days” by LSK (Featuring cameo by MAD 45) On-U Sound Records
2018 MAD 45 and Little Axe “Tree of Life” 12:10 Records
2017 MAD 45 “Grassroots Campaign” 12:10 Records
2016 Little Axe “One Man-One Night” album 12:10 Records
2016 MAD 45 “What Happened to Change” single 12:10 Records
2015 MAD 45 “Irish Flare” single 12:10 Records
2013 MAD 45 “Live from the Black Swamp” video release 12:10 Records
2012 MAD 45 “Broken Fingers Bootleg” video release 12:10 Records
2009 MAD 45 “So Goes the Nation” CD Album 12:10 Records
2008 MAD 45 “MAD 45” CD Album 12:10 Records
2003 Blind Bobby Smith “Smile” Album 12:10 Records
1998 Universe Crew “Turn of the Century” Green Tea Records
1997 Jeb Loy Nichols/Universe Crew “Dark Hollow Remix” Capitol Records
1997 Wild Wheels/Driving the Dream (Documentary Film/Video) “11:11 and Afro Parade Remix” Zoom In Productions
1997 Universe Crew “What’s Inside Your Afro?” Green Tea Records-London, England
1997 Universe Crew “What’s Inside Your Afro?” 12” Remix of song for 12” vinyl single On-U Sound/Green Tea Records-London, England
1992 Head “Night of the Living Head” Che-Guitera Records
1990 The Great Barbeque Gods “F to the Head” Great Barbeque Gods Records
Awards
2019, Honor of Attainment, 133rd General Assembly of the State of Ohio
2019 Authors and Artists Award, Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University
2019 Nomination for Best Documentary Category from the 2019 Travel Video Awards, NAB (National Association of Broadcasters), Las Vegas, Nevada
2017 Certificate of Appreciation for 15 Years of Service, Bowling Green State University
2017 Certificate of Recognition, School of Culture and Critical Studies, Bowling Green State University
2017 Authors and Artists Award, Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University
2016 Bowling Green Arts Council Award, 2016, NOWOH Northwest Ohio Community Art Show Exhibition, BGSU Galleries, Bowling Green State University
2016 Bowling Green State University, Department of Athletics, Guest Coaches Honorary, Bowling Green State University
2016 Authors and Artists Award, Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University
2016 Certificate of Recognition, School of Culture and Critical Studies, Bowling Green State University
2016 Certificate of Appreciation, BGSU Elder College, Bowling Green State University-Firelands
2015 Authors and Artists Award, Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University
2015 Certificate of Recognition, School of Culture and Critical Studies, Bowling Green State University
2014 Certificate of Recognition, School of Culture and Critical Studies, Bowling Green State University
2014 Authors and Artists Award, Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University
2013 Certificate of Recognition, School of Culture and Critical Studies, Bowling Green State University
2013 Authors and Artists Award, Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University
2012 Authors and Artists Award, Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University
2011 Authors and Artists Award, Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University
2010 Editors Choice Award, 2010, Maker Faire, Henry Ford Museum
2010 Authors and Artists Award, Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University
2010 Most Innovative Award/Trophy, 2010, Hot Times Art Festival
2008 Authors and Artists Award, Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University
2007 Authors and Artists Award, Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University
2006 Authors and Artists Award, Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University
2005 Authors and Artists Award, Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University
2004 Authors and Artists Award, Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University
2004 Telly Award Winner
2003 Crystal Award for Excellence in Media, Association for Women in Communications
2003 1st Place Winner Painted Art Car Exhibition, The Orange Show Art Car Weekend
2003 Authors and Artists Award, Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University
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