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Organized touring exhibits. Planned and/ or conceived
five exhibits in the United States, Canada, England
and Sweden. Her responsibilities included negotiating
contracts, acting as curator for the exhibit,
co-ordinating the selection and creating documentation
of the work.

Wrote an award-winning essay. Culminating 10 years of
research, she authored an interpretive visual art
essay that accompanied publication of the monograph
and that received an award from the International
Photography Festival at Arles, France in 1982.

Served as consultant/ writer. For the Public Broadcast
System (PBS) documentary film "Conversations with
Roy DeCarava," she was visual and concept advisor
to the production which aired nationally in 25
cities and at several world film festivals over a
three-year period. The film won the Blue Ribbon
Award at the American Film Festival, 1984.

Presently, Sherry Turner DeCarava is a Lecturer at
Hunter College where she teaches courses in African,
Oceanic and Afro-american art. She is currently researching
the archives of Afro-american painter Norman Lewis (1909-1979),
having negotiated with his estate to write a major monograph
on his life and work. She has published an essay on Fang
architecture, "Nature and Culture", in D. Fraser, African Art
as Philosophy, "The New Afro-american Art" in Freedomways
Magazine and art reviews and criticisms in The Amsterdam
News.

During her career, Sherry DeCarava has completed
research at the Musee Royale d'Afrique Centrale in Belgium
and studied West African art and culture in Ghana and the
Ivory Coast. She has toured major museums of France,
Switzerland, England and Italy.