Gloria Bohanon

Gloria Racine Bohanon (June 19, 1938 – May 7, 2008)[1] was an American visual artist and educator based in Los Angeles, California.

As a professor at Los Angeles Community College,[6] she organized "Black Culture Week" in 1974.

[7] She taught design, painting, printmaking, and served as chair of the Arts Department while there.

[8][9][10] Her work was shown with other influential African American artists who were based in LA, including "The Sapphire Show" in 1970 at Gallery 32 with Betye Saar, Suzanne Jackson, Yvonne Cole Meo, and Senga Nengudi.

[11][12][13] Bohanon was also featured with Betye Saar and Suzanne Jackson at Womanspace in 1973 in an exhibition titled "Black Mirror.