Michele Tejuola Spindle

Collections

• Louise Wells Cameron Museum (Wilmington, North Carolina): Grandma Nettie
• United States Embassy in Uganda
• Mint Museum (Charlotte, North Carolina)
  • Babalawo
  • Yoruba Stories (Red Carved Words)
  • Gidigidi
• First Charter Bank (Concord, North Carolina)
  • Midland branch: History
  • Locust branch: History
  • Kannapolis branch: Cannon Cloth
• Mott Warsh Collection (Flint, Michigan)
  •  Detroit: The (my) Early Years
  • Detroit: Cass Tech Blues
  • 1936-37 Sit-Down Strike and the Women’s Brigade
  • Mrs. Odell Broadway and the Breakfast Program
  • Housing

Public Art Projects

• Charlotte Area Transit System (Charlotte, North Carolina): On the Move: neighborhood-themed bus shelters for Sprinter line and Randolph Billingsley line, 2010 and 2011
• Arts & Science Council David B. Waymer Recreation Center (Charlotte, North Carolina): “Community” rail artwork, 2019
• Arts & Science Council (Charlotte, North Carolina): Multi-media outdoor neighborhood public art project, 2004
• Minnie Evans memorial garden, Airlie Gardens (Wilmington, North Carolina): Molded concrete chairs, 2003

Exhibitions

• Mint Museum (Uptown Charlotte, NC)
  • Craft Across Continents Exhibition
  • December 9, 2023-May 5, 2024
  • Yoruba Stories (Red Carved Words)
• Chelsea International Fine Art Competition Exhibition, (New York, NY) Agora Gallery, 2023
• Mott Warsh Gallery, (Flint, Michigan), Crosscurrents Exhibition, 2023
• Fort Works Art Gallery Exhibition, (Fort Worth, Texas), 2023
• Cameron Art Museum (Wilmington, North Carolina): 20 Year Reunion, 2022
• Tasting Cultures curated by Sarah K. Khan and Henry Drewal, Avery Research Center (Charleston, South Carolina), 2009
• Color: Ten African American Artists
  • Ohio Craft Museum (Columbus, Ohio), September-November, 2008
  • Michener Museum (Doylestown, Pennsylvania), March 15-July 5, 2008
  • Wabash College (Crawford, Indiana), January-February 2008
  • Marywood University (Scranton, Pennsylvania), October 19-November 18, 2007
  • Tampa Museum of Art (Tampa, Florida), July 22-September 23, 2007
  • Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Sciences (Evansville, Indiana), February 4-April 15 2007
  • Bowling Green University (Bowling Green, Ohio), August 22-October 7, 2006
  • Society for Contemporary Craft (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), May 20-October 22, 2005

• McColl Center (Charlotte, NC) and Hickory Museum (Hickory, North Carolina): North Carolina Fellowship Show, 2004
• Franklin G. Burroughs – Simeon B. Chapin Museum (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina): In Praise of Our Mothers, 2004
• Created three 4-foot by 18-foot panel backdrops for Chuck Davis and the African American Dance Ensemble (Durham, North Carolina), 2004
• Louise Wells Cameron Museum (Wilmington, North Carolina): In Praise of Our Mothers, 2002
• Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), 2002-2003
• The Hourglass Project: Baggage 
  • City Gallery at Chastain (Atlanta, Georgia), August 2001
  • Roswell Visual Arts Center (with Fulton County Arts Council – Roswell, Georgia), January 2002
  • Alliance Française/French Cultural Centre (Gabarone, Botswana), February 2002
  • Frans Masereel Centre (Kasterlee, Belgium), April 2002
  • Alliance Française/French Cultural Centre (Pretoria, South Africa), April 2002
  • Alliance Française/French Cultural Centre (Maputo, Mozambique), May 2002
  • Alliance Française/French Cultural Centre (Cape Town, South Africa), June 2002
  • Alliance Française/French Cultural Centre (Durban, South Africa), July 2002
  • Alliance Française/French Cultural Centre (Port Elizabeth, South Africa), August 2002
  • Alliance Française/French Cultural Centre (Johannesburg,  South Africa), September 2002
• The Arts Center (Hendersonville, North Carolina), 1998
• St. John’s Museum of Art (Wilmington, North Carolina), fellowship show, 1996
• Fayetteville Museum of Art (Fayetteville, North Carolina), 1996
• Hickory Museum of Art (Hickory, North Carolina), 1996
• Asheville Art Museum (Asheville, North Carolina), 1996
• Christa Faut Gallery (Davidson, North Carolina), 1995
• Waterworks Visual Arts Center (Salisbury, North Carolina), 1995
• Beaufort County Arts Council (Washington, North Carolina), 1995
• Diggs Gallery (Winston-Salem, North Carolina), 1994
• Museum of Natural History (Raleigh, North Carolina), 1994
• Appalachian State University (Boone, North Carolina), 1994
• YMI Cultural Center Gallery (Asheville, North Carolina), 1993
• Spirit Square Center for the Arts (Charlotte, North Carolina), 1993
• World Gallery (Asheville, North Carolina), 1992