Beverly Cottman

SELECTED PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCES
the Ways ensemble	*a Disease called Freedom* at AVALON Theatre	October, 2007
	*Ways of Knowing . . .* at PANGEA World Theater	November 2006
	*Ways of Knowing: Continued . . .* Hopkins Center for the Arts	March 2006
MINNESOTA fringe	*Stories of Cunning and Wit* Interact Center for Arts	August 2007
Storyteller “Auntie Beverly”	Stories, poems, dance, performance	1999 to present
Ananya Dance Theatre	Dancer – *Duurbaar* (2006) *Bandh* (2005)	2004 to present
Nimely Pan-African Dance	Dancer and drummer	1995 to present
Revolutionary Women’s Cabaret	*Strength of the Revolution* (*Ruby Dee*)	July 2005
Soulistic Playhouse	*Re/Membering Aunt Jemima* at Capri Theater	March 2005
Penumbra Theater	*Black Nativity* Tambourines to Glory

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007	Peaceful Warriors FUSION TRIBE, Homewood Studios Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota A Place at the Table: “Chairspaces”, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Labor Room: Birth of Art, CIA Mira Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota Black and Blue No More!, MaMa mOsAic Theater Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota Layers: An Exploration of Race and Identity, Minneapolis Foundation Galleries, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2006	Radio mnartists.org Live at the McGuire, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota A Place at the Table: Selected Works, Gallery 101, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Wisconsin FLOW: A NorthSide Art Crawl, PCYC Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2005	Afro-Futurism: Artists Vision the Cyber-Techno Future and its Impact on Blac Culture, Soap Factory Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

SELECTED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES

Training in theater, singing, dancing, and percussion: Master classes with Iega Jeff, Bill T. Jones, Nimely Napla, Baba Chuck Davis, Mor Thiam, Wilhemina Taylor, Linda Thomas Jones, Veta Goler, Diane Walker, Dramane Diabate, Ubaka Hill, Cheikh M’Baye

Student of African, African-American, Afro-Cuban, Haitian, Jamaican and Caribbean history and culture

MA Degree in Teaching, College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota

BS Degree in Biology, Central Missouri State College, Warrensburg, Missouri