Martha Jackson Jarvis

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Martha Jackson Jarvis was born in 1952 in Lynchburg, Virginia, and engaged with the arts from an early age. During her early childhood in the 1950s and 1960s, Jackson Jarvis lived in Virginia, an experience she describes as "very segregated". Jackson Jarvis credits her interest in art to a childhood experience of accompanying her grandmother to a local spring to gather white clay and later making dolls and other objects with the material.Farris, Phoebe. Women Artists of Color: A Bio-critical Sourcebook to 20th Century Artists in the Americas. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999. Print. The family moved to Philadelphia when Jackson Jarvis was thirteen.{{Cite news |last=Swift |first=Mary |title=The Power of One: Martha Jackson Jarvis |work=Washington Review |issue=February–March 1995}}

Jackson Jarvis pursued a formal education in fine arts. Jackson Jarvis obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Howard University in 1974 and later completed a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1984. Her first year at Howard University in 1970 was very influential due to the active presence of artists including Lois Mailou Jones,{{Cite news |last=Barnes |first=Bart |date=12 June 1998 |title=Lois Mailou Jones, Pioneering Black American Painter, Dies; Artist's Works During 70-Year Career Included Portraits, Pastoral Landscapes and Images of Haiti, Africa |pages=C.08 |work=Washington Post |issn=0190-8286 |quote=...she [Jones] trained several leading African American artists in the Washington area, including. . . .Martha Jackson-Jarvis...}} Ed Love, Jeff Donaldson, and Elizabeth Catlett. Jackson Jarvis transferred to Temple University's Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia to study ceramics. Jackson married Bernard Jarvis, the cousin of Bebe Moore Campbell. While her children Njena and Bernard Jr. were young, Jackson Jarvis continued her studio work.

Jackson Jarvis is best known for her outdoor public installations, including a mosaic, "River Spirits of the Anacostia",{{Cite web |last=Paschall |first=Valerie |date=2013-10-08 |title=Mapping Twelve Stellar Examples of D.C.'s Public Art |url=https://dc.curbed.com/maps/dcs-public-art-map |access-date=2019-03-10 |website=Curbed DC}}{{Cite web |last=Shavin |first=Naomi |date=5 April 2018 |title=A New Exhibition At Dumbarton Oaks Puts Artist Martha Jackson Jarvis Front and Center |url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/museums-galleries/blog/20999534/martha-jackson-jarvis-profile |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623004800/https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/324767/martha-jackson-jarvis-profile/ |archive-date=23 June 2023 |access-date=10 March 2019 |website=Washington City Paper |language=en}} located at the Anacostia Metro station in Washington, D.C., and sculptures, "Music of the Spheres,{{Cite web |last=James |first=Curtia |date=2004-01-01 |title=Martha Jackson-Jarvis: The Process of Discovery |url=https://sculpturemagazine.art/martha-jackson-jarvis-the-process-of-discovery/ |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=Sculpture |language=en-US}} at Fannie Mae Plaza in Washington, D.C., and "Crossroads/Trickster I," at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh.{{Cite journal |last=James |first=Curtia |date=2004 |title=The Process of Discovery: Martha Jackson-Jarvis |url=https://sculpturemagazine.art/martha-jackson-jarvis-the-process-of-discovery/ |url-status=live |journal=Sculpture |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=30–35 |issn=0889-728X |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306233842/https://sculpturemagazine.art/martha-jackson-jarvis-the-process-of-discovery/ |archive-date=6 March 2023 |access-date=23 February 2019}}{{Cite web |title=Crossroads/Trickster I - NCMALearn |url=https://learn.ncartmuseum.org/artwork/crossroadstrickster-i/ |access-date=2019-02-23 |website=learn.ncartmuseum.org |language=en-US}} Jackson Jarvis also worked as a designer on the set of Julie Dash's 1991 film, Daughters of the Dust.{{Cite journal |last=Dash |first=Julie |last2=Baker |first2=Houston A. |date=1992 |title=Not Without my Daughters |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2935164 |journal=Transition |issue=57 |pages=165 |doi=10.2307/2935164 |issn=0041-1191 |jstor=2935164|url-access=subscription }}

Jackson Jarvis is well-known for her work "Signs of the Times," which is a series of sculptures on a large scale that examine the history and culture of the African American community. Another significant work by the artist is the "Ancestors' Bones: Free Spirits" series, which consists of large-scale drawings that depict the relationship between nature and the human spirit through improvisational imprints of brush strokes and drips.{{Cite web |last= |date=7 September 2012 |title=Martha Jackson Jarvis: Ancestors' Bones on view at the University Museums, University of Delaware |url=https://artdaily.cc/news/57579/Martha-Jackson-Jarvis--Ancestors--Bones-on-view-at-the-University-Museums--University-of-Delaware#.Y_D1JHZBzrd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306233842/https://artdaily.cc/news/57579/Martha-Jackson-Jarvis--Ancestors--Bones-on-view-at-the-University-Museums--University-of-Delaware#.ZAZ5inbP1hE |archive-date=6 March 2023 |access-date=22 February 2023 |website=Art Daily |language=en}} This work serves as a meaningful tribute to the rich heritage of the community, and it has been displayed in numerous galleries and museums worldwide, such as the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Jackson Jarvis's artwork can be observed in several public places throughout Washington, D.C., including metro stations, courthouses, and the upcoming 11th Street Bridge Park.{{Cite web |last=Tran |first=David |date=18 February 2022 |title=A Mother-Daughter Duo Will Create the 11th Street Bridge Park's First Public Artwork |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/02/18/a-mother-daughter-duo-will-create-the-11th-street-bridge-parks-first-public-artwork/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306233837/https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/02/18/a-mother-daughter-duo-will-create-the-11th-street-bridge-parks-first-public-artwork/ |archive-date=6 March 2023 |access-date=20 July 2023 |website=Washingtonian}}{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Elliot C. |date=16 February 2022 |title=11th Street Bridge Park Project Announces First Public Art Piece |url=https://dcist.com/story/22/02/16/11th-street-bridge-park-dc-public-art/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306233842/https://dcist.com/story/22/02/16/11th-street-bridge-park-dc-public-art/ |archive-date=6 March 2023 |access-date=22 February 2023 |website=DCist |language=en}} For instance, Jackson Jarvis produced the mosaic mural "River Spirits of the Anacostia" for the Anacostia metro station. Additionally, Jackson Jarvis and her daughter Njena Surae Jarvis created the "Anacostia's Sunrise/Sunset Portals" sculpture for the 11th Street Bridge Park, which is made of aluminum steel and glass mosaic and features 11 multi-colored arches that respond to the surroundings and replicate the color scheme of a sunrise or sunset.

The "Contemporary Visual Expressions" was an exhibition at the Smithsonian's Anacostia Museum showcasing works by artists: Sam Gilliam, Martha Jackson Jarvis, Keith Morrison, and William T. Williams. The exhibit demonstrated the new gallery's versatility and included an installation created by artist and art historian David Driskell, who also served as guest curator for the show. The exhibit's highlight was Jackson-Jarvis' "Path of the Avatar", a pinwheel structure that adds energy to the space.{{Cite news |last=Forgey |first=Benjamin |date=16 May 1987 |title=Urban Expressions |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/05/16/urban-expressions/53f6b79c-5978-4cca-b067-2e3bceff015c/ |url-status=live |access-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720225135/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/05/16/urban-expressions/53f6b79c-5978-4cca-b067-2e3bceff015c/ |archive-date=20 July 2023}}

In addition to her artistic contributions, Jackson Jarvis has been an educator and mentor. Jackson Jarvis has taught at Howard University and the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her contributions to education and mentorship have earned her recognition, such as the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Cleveland Institute of Art.

• 1977 - African American Historical Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 1979 - Brooks Memorial Museum – Memphis, TN{{Cite web |title=Martha Jackson Jarvis - CV |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61967bc96b93333008f91e6c/t/619a5bd11b3d2d4d91592399/1637506001865/PDF-Martha_Jackson_Jarvis_CV_FINAL_Temple.pdf}}
• 1980 - Washington Project for the Arts (WPA), Washington, D.C.
• 1980 - National Sculpture Conference – Baltimore, MD
• 1981 - Howard University, Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
• 1983 - Maryland Art Place – Baltimore, MD
• 1983 - Franz Bader Gallery – Washington, DC
• 1984 - California African American Museum – Los Angeles, CA
• 1984 - Georgetown Court Artist Space – Washington, DC
• 1985 - Nexus Foundation for Contemporary Art – Philadelphia, PA
• 1985 - Dade County Public Library – Miami, FL
• 1986 - Chicago Museum of Science and Industry – Chicago, IL
• 1986 - The Everson Museum – Syracuse, NY
• 1987 - Smithsonian Institution, Anacostia Museum – Washington, DC{{Cite news |last=Kessler |first=Pamela |date=22 May 1987 |title=Art: It's Up in Anacostia |pages=N49 |work=Washington Post |issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite news |last=Kraft |first=Randy |date=17 May 1987 |title=Riding the River Rapids is New at Action Park Travel Notebook |pages=F.05 |work=The Morning Call |issn=0884-5557 |quote=The Smithsonian Institution's Anacostia Museum reopens today . . . . [t]he inaugural exhibit will display the works of four contemporary black American artists. They are Sam Gilliam, Martha Jackson-Jarvis, Keith Morrison and William T. Williams.}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=1987 |title=Exhibitions - Contemporary Visual Expressions |url=https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/contemporary-visual-expressions%3Aevent-exhib-1264 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721014601/https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/contemporary-visual-expressions:event-exhib-1264 |archive-date=21 July 2023 |access-date=20 July 2023 |website=Smithsonian Institution |language=en}}
• 1988 - Maryland Art Institute, Myerhoff Gallery – Baltimore, MD
• 1988 - University of Delaware Museum Gallery – Newark, DE
• 1989 - BR Kornblatt Gallery – Washington, DC{{Cite news |last=Welzenbach |first=Michael |date=9 September 1989 |title=30 Shows Around Town; From Dupont to Downtown, The Season Opens |pages=C.02 |work=Washington Post |issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite news |last=Welzenbach |first=Michael |date=16 September 198 |title=Galleries; Balance that Spells Beauty; Nan Montgomery's New Words at Bader |pages=C.01 |work=Washington Post |issn=0190-8286 |quote=Jackson-Jarvis at Kornblatt}}
• 1989 - Washington Project for the Arts – Washington, DC
• 1989 - California African American Museum – Los Angeles, CA
• 1990 - New Jersey Center for Visual Arts – Summit, NJ{{Cite news |last=Raynor |first=Vivien |date=14 October 1990 |title=Art; After the Volcano Exploded |pages=A.18 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}
• 1990 - SUNY College at Brockport Tower – Brockport, NY
• 1990 - Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) – Winston-Salem, NC
• 1990 - Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art – New York, NY
• 1991 - Tretyakov Gallery – Moscow
• 1991 - BR Kornblatt Gallery – Washington, DC{{Cite news |last=Welzenbach |first=Michael |date=22 June 1991 |title=Galleries; The Shifting Portals of Kornblatt |pages=G.02 |work=Washington Post |quote=Sculptor Martha Jackson-Jarvis has chosen portals as the topic of a new series constituting a large part of her installation of wall sculptures at BR Kornblatt Gallery.}}
• 1991 - National Museum of Women in the Arts – Washington, DC
• 1992 - The Fern Bank, Museum of Natural History – Atlanta, GA
• 1992 - Peninsula Fine Arts Center – Newport News, VA
• 1993 - Studio Museum of Harlem – New York, NY
• 1993 - Philadelphia African American Historical Museum – Philadelphia, PA
• 1994 - Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States – Washington, DC
• 1994 - University of Maryland Art Gallery – College Park, MD{{Cite news |last=Dorsey |first=John |date=11 February 1994 |title=African-American Sculptures Evoke Jazz, Folk Art |pages=3C |work=The Baltimore Sun |issn=1930-8965}}
• 1995 - Snug Harbor Cultural Center – Staten Island, NY
• 1996 - Swarthmore College – Swarthmore, PA{{Cite news |last=Donohoe |first=Victoria |date=31 March 1996 |title='Vanishing American Frontier' Show Offers Images of Depression |pages=BC.5 |work=Philadelphia Inquirer |issn=0885-6613}}
• 1996 - Maryland Art Place – Baltimore, MD
• 1996 - "Structuring Energy" at the Corcoran Gallery – Washington, DC
• 1996 - FSU Museum of Fine Arts – Tallahassee, FL
• 1996 - African-American Museum – Dallas, TX
• 1996 - Main Line Art Center – Haverford, PA{{Cite news |last=Donohoe |first=Victoria |date=18 February 1996 |title=In Haverford, Emphasis is on the Experimental |pages=MC.5 |work=Philadelphia Inquirer |issn=0885-6613}}
• 1997 - Spoleto Festival USA – Charleston, SC{{Cite journal |last=Gillette |first=Jane Brown |date=August 1997 |title=On the Subject of Human Nature |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44677497 |journal=Landscape Architecture Magazine |volume=87 |issue=8 |pages=88 |issn=0023-8031 |jstor=44677497 |jstor-access=free}}{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Bruce |date=15 May 2014 |title=Past art: 1997 Spoleto fest sculpture refurbished |work=AP Regional State Report - South Carolina}}
• 1999–2000 - Society for Contemporary Craft – Pittsburgh, PA
• 2000 - Baley Museum – Richmond/Orange, VA
• 2000 - South Carolina Botanical Garden Clemson, SC{{Cite journal |last=Hammatt |first=Heather |last2=Hunt |first2=John Dixon |date=February 2001 |title=The Art of Landscape |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44674809 |journal=Landscape Architecture |volume=91 |issue=2 |pages=39–40 |issn=0023-8031 |jstor=44674809 |jstor-access=free}}{{Cite news |last=Foley |first=Mike |date=25 February 2000 |title=Earthy Art |pages=D.1 |work=The Greenville News}}{{Cite news |last=Simon |first=Anna |date=1 March 2000 |title=Artists dedicate works in state Botanical Garden |pages=B.1 |work=The Greenville News}}{{Cite journal |last=Luken |first=James O. |date=May 2013 |title=The ecology of art |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23470951 |journal=Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=219 |issn=1540-9295 |jstor=23470951}}
• 2000 - Addison-Ripley Fine Art – Washington, DC
• 2007 - American University Museum – Washington, DC
• 2007 - Manchester Craftsmen's Guild – Pittsburgh, PA{{Cite news |last=Thomas |first=Mary |date=29 March 2007 |title=Picture Perfect Commemorative Exhibition a Salute to Guild as Well as Artists' Work |pages=W-39 |work=Pittsburgh Post - Gazette |issn=1068-624X}}
• 2008 - Bactria Art Center Dushanbe, Tajikistan
• 2008 - Galerie Myrtis – Baltimore, MD
• 2010 - The Kreeger Museum – Washington, DC{{Cite news |date=30 September 2011 |title=Museum Openings |pages=T.19 |work=Washington Post |issn=0190-8286}}
• 2010 - University of Maryland University College – Adelphi, MD
• 2010 - American University Museum – Washington, DC
• 2011 - Gateway Art Center / Prince George's African American Museum – Brentwood, MD{{Cite news |date=28 January 2011 |title=Opening Exhibitions - The District Maryland Virginia |pages=T.26 |work=Washington Post |issn=0190-8286}}
• 2011 - Reginald F. Lewis Museum – Baltimore, MD{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Tim |date=24 June 2011 |title=Birthday Party: Reginald F. Lewis Museum Marks Anniversary with Free Admission, Community Events |pages=T.1 |work=The Baltimore Sun |issn=1943-9504}}
• 2011 - Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States – Washington, DC
• 2013 - "Martha Jackson Jarvis: Ancestor's Bones" at the Williams Center Gallery, Lafayette College - Easton, PA{{Cite web |date=8 April 2013 |title=Martha Jackson Jarvis: Ancestor's Bones |url=https://galleries.lafayette.edu/2013/04/08/martha-jackson-jarvis/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127175512/https://galleries.lafayette.edu/2013/04/08/martha-jackson-jarvis/ |archive-date=27 January 2023 |access-date=20 July 2023 |website=Lafayette Art Galleries - Lafayette College}}
• 2018 - Dumbarton Oaks Museum, [http://www.doaks.org/visit/museum/exhibitions/outside-in/MJJ%20Title%20Design%20PMS%20Primary%20White_Page_1.jpg/view Outside/IN], Washington, DC{{Cite journal |last=Keller |first=Cathryn |date=November 2018 |title=Martha Jackson Jarvis |url=https://sculpturemagazine.art/martha-jackson-jarvis/ |url-status=live |journal=Sculpture |volume=37 |issue=9 |pages=65–66 |issn=0889-728X |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306233838/https://sculpturemagazine.art/martha-jackson-jarvis/ |archive-date=6 March 2023 |access-date=22 February 2023}}
• 2023 - African American Museum in Philadelphia - Philadelphia, PA{{Cite web |last=Sheets |first=Hilarie |date=23 March 2023 |title=What Would Ben Franklin Say? Artists Weigh the Dream of Democracy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/arts/design/art-pennsylvania-museums-african-american-rising-sun-democracy.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327173511/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/arts/design/art-pennsylvania-museums-african-american-rising-sun-democracy.html |archive-date=27 March 2023 |access-date=23 March 2023 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US}}

Jackson Jarvis has received several awards and honors for her artistic contributions, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Additionally, Jackson Jarvis was inducted into the Washington DC Hall of Fame, which is a notable recognition of her impact and influence in the region.{{Cite web |title=Travelin' Time |url=https://new.mta.info/agency/arts-design/collection/travelin-time |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=MTA |language=en}}

Julie McGee, an art historian at the University of Delaware, stated, "The work of Jackson Jarvis operates in two worlds—that of large-scale public commissions and the more intimate space of the gallery. Very few artists are able to finesse both, and certainly not with her acumen and sensitivity."{{Cite web |last=Shavin |first=Naomi |date=April 4, 2018 |title=A New Exhibition At Dumbarton Oaks Puts Artist Martha Jackson Jarvis Front and Center |url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/museums-galleries/blog/20999534/martha-jackson-jarvis-profile |access-date=February 23, 2019}}

• 1986 - National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in sculpture{{Cite news |last=Gannett News Service |date=January 4, 1988 |title="Order from chaos" would be a fitting motto for ceramic sculptor Martha Jackson-Jarvis |work=USA Today}}
• 1977–1978 - Crafts Artist Grant
• 1979–1980 - Individual Artist Grant in Sculpture, DC, Commission on the Arts and Humanities
• 1982 - Emerging Artist Award, Washington DC, Mayor's Art Award
• 1986 - Individual Artist Grant in Sculpture, DC, Commission on the Arts
• 1988 - Penny McCall Foundation Grant Award in Sculpture
• 1992 - Virginia Groot Fellowship Grant in Sculpture
• 1992 - Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Travel Grant to Italy, The American Academy in Rome
• 1994 - Study Grant, Pilchuck Glass School
• 2000 - Creative Capital Award in visual arts{{Cite web |date=2000 |title=The Garden Wall |url=https://creative-capital.org/projects/the-garden-wall/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130021500/https://creative-capital.org/projects/the-garden-wall/ |archive-date=30 January 2023 |access-date=26 February 2019 |website=Creative Capital}}
• 2007 - Artist in Residence, Lafayette College, Blackburn/Tague Experimental Printmaking Institute
• 2011 - United States Artists Project
• 2011 - Nominated for Anonymous Was a Woman Award
• Distinguished Alumni Award

• Gathering, 1988; University of DelawareFarris, Phoebe (ed.) Women Artists of Color: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook to Artists in the Americas. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999.{{Cite book |last=Lewis |first=Samella |title=African American Art and Artists |publisher=University of California Press |year=2003 |isbn=9780520239296 |location=Berkeley |pages=282 (fig. 288), 283}}
• Ochun: Earth Mounds, 1999-2000; South Carolina Botanical Garden, Clemson University{{Cite book |last=Farrington |first=Lisa |title=African-American Art: A Visual and Cultural History |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2017 |isbn=9780199995394 |location=New York |pages=320–321, fig. 12.10}}
• Music of the Spheres, 2003; Van Ness Metro Station, Washington, DC
• Crossroads/Trickster I, 2005, Commissioned by the North Carolina Museum of Art{{Cite web |date=2005 |title=Crossroads/Trickster I |url=http://artnc.org/node/790 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323082855/http://artnc.org/node/790 |archive-date=23 March 2017 |access-date=1 February 2014 |work=ArtNC}}
• Signs of the Times
• River Spirits of the Anacostia
• Anacostia's Sunrise/Sunset Portals
• Ancestors' Bones: Free Spirits{{Cite web |last=Weaver |first=A. M. |date=2012-12-23 |title=Martha Jackson Jarvis |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/martha-jackson-jarvis-61414/ |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=ARTnews.com |language=en-US}}

• United States Embassy (Freetown, Sierra Leone){{Cite journal |last=Rowell |first=Charles H. |date=2015 |title=Martha Jackson Jarvis |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/609840 |journal=Callaloo |language=en |volume=38 |issue=4 |pages=831–836 |doi=10.1353/cal.2015.0119 |issn=1080-6512|url-access=subscription }}
• New York Transit Authority (Metro NYC)
• Spoleto Festival USA (Charleston, SC)
• Arco Chemical Co. ( Newton, PA)
• Cleveland Public Art (OH)
• Philip Morris Corp. (Washington, DC)
• North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh, NC)
• Johns Hopkins State Health Laboratory (Baltimore, MD)
• Merck Company (PA)
• Lenkin Company – (Washington, DC)
• KPMG Peat Marwick – (Washington, DC)
• Howery and Simon Law Firm – (Washington, DC)
• RST Development – (Silver Spring, MD)
• Arlington County – (Arlington, VA)
• New York Percent for Art – (Bronx, NY)
• Fannie Mae Corporation – (Washington, DC)
• Washington Metro Transit Authority – (Washington, DC)
• South Carolina Botanical Garden – (Clemson, SC)
• Prince George's Co. Courthouse – (Upper Marlboro, MD)
• LaGuardia Community College – (Long Island, NY)

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• {{Official website|https://www.marthajacksonjarvis.com}}
• Glover, Jeanette (2013). "Public Art by Martha Jackson Jarvis." YouTube [interview with the artist]
• {{Cite book |last=Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture |title=Material Girls: Contemporary Black Women Artists |publisher=Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture |year=2011 |isbn=9780615436142 |edition=1st |location=Baltimore, MD}}
• {{Cite news |last=Weaver |first=A.M. |date=2013-01-08 |title=Martha Jackson Jarvis |work=Art in America = Reviews |location=Newark, at University of Delaware |url=http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/reviews/martha-jackson-jarvis/ |access-date=2014-02-01}}
• {{Cite web |date=2013-02-17 |title=Martha Jackson Jarvis - Biography |url=http://www.artfacts.net/en/artist/martha-jackson-jarvis-208478/profile.html |access-date=2014-02-01 |work=Artfacts.net}}
• {{Cite web |title=Martha Jackson Jarvis - Stories - Who We Are |url=http://www.iie.org/en/Who-We-Are/Stories/Fulbright-Martha-Jackson-Jarvis |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001130920/http://www.iie.org/en/Who-We-Are/Stories/Fulbright-Martha-Jackson-Jarvis |archive-date=2013-10-01 |access-date=2014-02-01 |work=Institute of International Education}}
• {{Cite news |last=Trescott |first=Jacqueline |date=2011-08-12 |title='Material Girls': 8 African American artists update a tradition |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/material-girls-8-african-american-artists-update-a-tradition/2011/08/08/gIQAZy3wAJ_story.html |access-date=2014-02-01}}

• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDhu3Q4V6-4 Conversations with Artists: Martha Jackson Jarvis]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JixX9THm5v4 Artist Martha Jackson-Jarvis Describes Her "PurpleLine MD" Work]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZedF8IQEZhw Outside/IN: Martha Jackson Jarvis at Dumbarton Oaks]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNDNEMLEe4g Public Art by Martha Jackson-Jarvis]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb85pCDS3E4 Martha Jackson Jarvis - Material Girls: Contemporary Back Women Artists]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIn9JaEHDqw Martha Jackson Jarvis: Our Common Bond Artists Talk]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0XHsthhffo Martha Jackson Jarvis on "Scent of Magnolia I, II and III"]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX9AKKhRyJs The Artist at Work: Martha Jackson Jarvis]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPx4xVfwLaA Material Girls: Contemporary Black Women Artists (Media Preview)]

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