About Charlese Annette
Born and raised on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Charlese currently resides in Delaware and has always had a passion to create. Her creativity has taken many forms throughout her life from drawing and painting, to ceramics, crafting, baking and designing cakes, calligraphy, and so much more. In recent years her main creative focuses have been photography and weaving. These various avenues of creativity have lead her to begin developing a collection of painted portraits incorporated in weavings.
In 2022, Charlese was awarded Best in Show at the 11th Annual Delaware State Employee Art Exhibition for her piece, ‘Michaela Coel’ (2021). She was also awarded a 2023 Emerging Artists Fellowship Grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts. She works as an art educator teaching students about photography and digital editing techniques and uses what she has learned through that experience to influence her work and vice versa.
Over the next few years Charlese hopes to share her art with more people around the world and connect with more creatives while continuing to allow her creativity to evolve.
Awards
2024 Best in Show - 11th Regional Juried Biennial Exhibition. Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth, DE. *Artwork- ‘EmpowerMINT’, 2024.
2023 York Art Association 52nd Annual Open Juried Exhibition - Award of Excellence. *Artwork- ‘Michaela Coel’, 2021.
2023 Delaware Individual Artist Fellowship - Emerging Visual Arts Interdisciplinary
2022 Best of Show - 11th Annual Delaware State Employee Art Exhibition. *Artwork- ‘Michaela Coel’, 2021.
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Past Exhibitions/Events
Rehoboth Art League 40th Holiday Craft Fair. November 2 - 3. Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DE.
Mulligans Artisan Fall Fair. Saturday, October 12. Mulligans, Middletown, DE.
UNSPOKEN UNITY (Group Exhibition). October 3 - November 1, 2024. Smyrna Opera House, Smyrna, DE.
11th Regional Juried Biennial Exhibition. Pigment & Strand (Solo Exhibition). August 23- September 22, 2024. Rehoboth Art League, Ventures Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE.
Delaware Agricultural Museum & Village Fall Craft Show. Dover, DE. Saturday, September 21.
Just Peachy! Oil Pastel class. August 11, 2024. Biggs Museum of American Art. Dover, DE.
Feeling Inspired (Solo Exhibition). April 30 - June 30, 2024. Historic Odessa Foundation. Odessa, DE.
A Homecoming. June 1- June 29, 2024. Queen Anne’s County Center for the Arts. Centreville, MD.
Kennard African American Cultural Heritage Center Juneteenth Parade & Festival. Vendor. Centreville, MD, June 8, 2024.
WAM Cafe. Saturday, May 25, 2024. Dover Art League.
Feeling Blue: Navigating Challenges Through Art. March 8 - April 15, 2024. Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA.
TIDAL WAVE (Group Exhibition). February 9 - March 10, 2024. Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DE.
Artful Voices: Celebrating Women Creators. March 7, 2024. Freeman Arts Pavilion, Selbyville, DE.
Fiber Arts Center Eastern Shore Exhibition. February 1 - March 2, 2024. The Foundry Gallery, Denton, MD.
Chesapeake College Exhibition. January 15 - March 2, 2024. Todd Performing Arts Center. Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, MD.
York Art Association 52nd Annual Open Juried Exhibition. November 5 - December 17, 2023. York Art Association, York, PA.
A Spectacular Black Girl Art Show. Philadelphia, PA. November 12, 2023.
Cab Calloway School for the Arts Award Winners XXIII group exhibition. Wilmington, DE. October 2- November 3, 2023.
CAMP Rehoboth Gallery Award Winners XXIII group exhibition. Rehoboth Beach, DE. August 10- September 8th, 2023.
Delaware Division of the Arts Award Winners XXIII group exhibition. Dover, DE. July 13 - September 24, 2023.
Black Fiber
Painted Stave Distilling. Smyrna, DE. June - August, 2023.
Smyrna Opera House 20th Anniversary Exhibition
Smyrna, DE. March 2023.
2023 12th Annual Delaware State Employee Art Exhibition
Dover, DE. February - March 2023.
2022 11th Annual Delaware State Employee Art Exhibition
Dover, DE. February- March 2022.