Schroeder Cherry
Artist
Originally from Washington, D.C., Schroeder Cherry is now a Maryland-based artist and 2019 Sondheim competition finalist who captures everyday scenes of African diaspora life. He earned a bachelor’s degree in painting and puppetry from The University of Michigan; a master’s degree in museum education from George Washington University; and a doctorate in museum education from Columbia University. His works are found in private and public collections across the US. Cherry has also performed puppetry across the U.S. in museums, cultural centers, libraries, and schools. In 2020 he was awarded the Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City Artist Travel Prize for research in Bahia, Brazil. In 2021 he received an Individual Artist Award from Maryland State Arts Council.
Schroeder Cherry has worked in seven U.S. museums, including The Art Institute of Chicago; The Smithsonian Institution’s Anacostia Museum; Studio Museum of Harlem; J. Paul Getty Museum; The Baltimore Museum of Art; and Maryland Historical Society. He has held senior grant-maker positions at Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Foundation, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, first as Deputy Director of Museums, and later Counselor to the Director. He has taught graduate museum studies at Morgan State University, and in 2021 was appointed Curator of the James E. Lewis Museum of Art.
Samples of Schroeder Cherry’s work can be viewed here.