Everett Spruill

1. Commission- 1998 University of Central Florida -Diversity Poster
2. Commission- February 1998 Walt Disney Worlds Black Heritage Poster
3. Commission- February 1997 Walt Disney Worlds Black History Poster
4. Commission- October 1997 Disney’s Pleasure Island Jazz Festival Poster
5. Commission- March 1997 Lucent Technologies Annual Conference Logo Design.
6. Commission- 1997 UCF McKnight Center, Program/Poster Design.
7. Commission- 1996 Orlando Housing Authority/Mural Design.
8. Commission- 1993 Mural Design-City of New Smyrna Beach
Babe James Center.
9. Commission- 1993 Mural Design- Orlando Fights Back-
Ethnic Art Gallery Mural.
mission- 1995 Mural Design- Evans High 9th Grade Campus.
1 1. Publication- 2000 January Issue, Black Enterprise Magazine - 2000 Calendar Sponsored by Walt Disney World Resorts.
12. . Publication- 1999 Featured Artist-Channel 21- Community Forum,
13.Publication- 1999 Winter Issue, O Arts Magazine-
“The State of Black Art” - Featured Artist.
14.Publication- October 1999 Issue, Black Family Today Magazine-
Featured Artist.
15.Publication- 1998 Atlanta Black Arts Festival Souvenir Book.
Design for Walt Disney Resorts Advertisement.
16.Publication- December 1996 Issue, Black Family Today Magazine- “The Art Around Us”- Featured Artist.
17.Publication- December 1996 Issue, Black Family Today Magazine- Featured Artist.
18.Publication- March 1999 Issue, Black Family Today Magazine-
Featured Artist.
19. Exhibition- 2000 Zora Hurston Festival of Arts,Eatonville, Fl.
20. Exhibition- 1999 Zora Hurston Festival of Arts, Eatonville, Fl.
21. Exhibition- 1998 National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta Ga.
22. Exhibition- December 1999 Eatonville Town Hall, Eatonville, Fl.

23. Exhibition- 1997 Osceola Center for the Arts, Kissimmee, Fl.
P.O. Box 451088 Kissimmee, Fl. 34745
24. Exhibition- 1995 Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Fl
Art After Dark, The Exploration of Ethnic Art.

Everett Spruill was born in Birmingham, Alabama. After attending High School at George Washington Carver, in Birmingham, Alabama, Everett went to Berea College, where he majored in business. Everett was exposed to museums, and classical music at an early age and would prove to have a great influence on his artistic development.
For more than 20 years Everett, a self-taught artist, has been involved in collecting and creating works of art. He currently conducts art workshops for Central Florida youth and is former owner of The Ethnic Art Gallery, Orlando, Florida.
Everett is most known for his early collages and works on paper, notably, the "Old School Jazz and Blues Series", which feature colorful images of the fathers and legends of our own American art form….Jazz. Everett is influenced by American Artists Arthur Rayford, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Elizabeth Catlett, Charles White and Frank Stella to name a few.

My creations have been categorized as Contemporary, Abstract Mixed Media and Paintings. I have three styles and use a variety of found objects, including, shells, magazine pages, tissue, postage stamps, paint, photographs, cut and torn hand-painted paper, air-brushed, drawings, and computer manipulated images. The theme and inspiration for most of my creations is Music (Jazz and Blues), African Cultures and the African-American Experience, and most of all “Family”.

As a self-taught artist my techniques are the result and combination of extensive experimentation and from studying works of great contemporary masters. I always focus on the importance of drawing, composition, tone and mixing colors in each creation.

Most of my creations begin with photographs or several thumbnail sketches. Harmony and contrast are essential for everything I produce and it becomes even more important in the works I call “Intuitive Creation” (Mindscapes, Tribal Rhythms and Middle Passages Series) because these images
are created mainly by letting go of conscience thoughts and relying more on instinct. Because the steps are intuitive and emotional rather than cognitive, many times the exact processes are forgotten, the end result is sometimes difficult to repeat.

Photo of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and artist Everett Spruill.
Everett curated the Black History Month exhibition of African American Artists held in the Mayors Gallery at Orlando City Hall.

25. Exhibition- 1994 Osceola Center for the Arts, Kissimmee, Fl.

26. Exhibition- 1993 Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Bch,Fl.
27. Exhibition- 1992 Zora Hurston Museum of Art, Eatonville, Fl.
28. Publication- Dec.2000 - Jan.2001 Music Issue ,O! Arts Magazine-
"Cover and article illustration"- O-Town Jazz.
29. Commission- 2002 Designed Mentors Award - Central Florida YMCA

30. Award- 2002 Best of Show Award – Devereux Annual Arts Festival
Orlando, Florida
31. Commission – 2001 YMCA 150th Anniversary Poster Design
Miami-Dade County, Florida

32. Commission – 2003 Harambee Poster Design & Book Cover
Central Florida YMCE – Y Achievers Program
33. Exhibition – 2002 Epcot Annual Food & Wine Festival-
Walt Disney World, Florida
34. Exhibition – 2003 Epcot Black Heritage Celebration
Walt Disney World, Florida
35. Exhibition – 2003 Wells’Built Museum of African American History & Culture, “The Inventors of Jazz” Orlando, Florida
36. Exhibition – 2003 Osceola Arts Festival, Kissimmee, FL

37. Award - 2003 Purchase Award- Osceola Art Festival
Kissimmee, FL
38. Commission - 2004 “B.ONE” Jazz Band of Orlando, FL.
Debut CD cover design.
38. Exhibition – 2004 One Man Show - Steinway Piano Gallery
“The Spice of Life”- Recent Works by Everett Spruill

39. Exhibition – 2005 Celebration Art Festival, Celebration Florida. Juried Festival- Honorable Mention.
40. Exhibition – 2005 Maitland Art Festival, Maitland FL.
Juried Arts and Crafts Festival.

41. Exhibition – 2005 Orlando City Hall – Mayors Gallery.
“Journey Through Obstacles”.

42. Art Donation - Jazz Museum in Harlem 2005