the collections of the Gibbes Museum of Art, the North Carolina Museum of Art, the University of the District of Columbia, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Carter taught at the University of the District of Columbia for many years, serving as Chair of Mass Media, Visual and Performing Arts, before retiring to Charleston, South Carolina, where she opened the Gallery Cornelia to showcase African-American art. Notable works Linear Variation series: Untitled, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina Diminutive Folded Linear Series #4, 1978, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina L.S.D.F. #50, 1979, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina Water Series #30, 1985, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania References American performance artists 1939 births Living people African-American women artists American women painters American women performance artists Howard University alumni University of the District of Columbia faculty Painters from Washington, D.C. 20th-century American painters 21st-century American painters 20th-century American women artists 21st-century American women artists American women academics African-American women musicians 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American painters 21st-century African-American women 21st-century African-American artists