FELLOWSHIPS
The Brother Thomas Fellowship by the Boston Foundation (2021)
The goal of the biennial Brother Thomas Fellowship program is to support and celebrate a diverse group of Greater Boston artists working at a high level of excellence in a range of disciplines—the visual, performing, literary, media and craft arts—and to enhance their ability to thrive and create new work.
Massachusetts Historical Society Fellow (2021)
RESIDENCIES
Northeastern University
African American Master Artist in Residence [AAMARP]
“The African American Master Artists-in-Residence Program (AAMARP) began in 1974 when Northeastern University provided studio space to artist Dana Chandler. Established officially in 1977, the program was the first African American artist-in-residence program in the United States, providing studio space on an annually renewable basis to visual artists. The first exhibition by African American Master Artists-in-Residence Program debuted at Boston City Hall in 1977. Between 1978 and 1988, the organization held approximately ten openings a year. Originally located on Leon Street in the old Ruggles building, the program moved in 1988 to its current location at 76 Atherton Street in Jamaica Plain, Boston.” - Northeastern University Library
2019 - 2021 NULaw Lab, Stable Ground 2.0: “The Violence of Displacement”
2018 - 2019 NU Law Lab, Stable Ground 1.0: “Home Is Where I Am”
“Stable Ground addresses the complicated relationship among chronic housing insecurity, its psychologically traumatic impact, and municipal housing policy through a participatory community-based art and cultural program structured to inform the work of the City of Boston's Office of Housing Stability. This project centers on a residency program that embeds artists, legal designers, and trauma experts into community settings that contribute to local visual/performing arts exhibits and art-making events. These events have included facilitated conversations among artists, residents, activists, organizers, experts, and municipal leaders, all structured to inform existing OHS services and those in development. The cross-sector team formed by the Stable Ground initiative was funded by The Kresge Foundation’s Arts & Culture program, and it represents a collaboration between four service-aligned organizations: NuLawLab, the Office of Housing Stability, Violence Transformed, and the Domestic Violence Institute.” - NULaw Lab Website:
The Eliot School of Fine And Applied Arts
2019 Artist in Residence
Monuments stand to materialize memorial practices that shape the American landscape. Recent calls for the literal destruction of certain public monuments respond to ideals for American democracy. Why do these hard relics, which represent a divided America and frame challenges to democratic possibilities, remain to shape public memory in our neighborhoods and parks? How do we create new monuments that engage new ideas emerging from our communities? Through this project, L’Merchie Frazier and Teen Bridge youth collaborated on a project that investigated these questions and engaged the larger public in the process.
Community-based workshops took place in the summer at JP Porchfest and Eggleston Farmers Market. The final work was unveiled during Jamaica Plain Open Studios, and a final presentation—an exhibition, reception and artists’ talk—took place at our partner gallery, Galatea Fine Art, in the fall. Portions of the installation continued on view at Eggleston Square Branch Library and will travel in 2020 to the Museum of the National Center for Afro-American Artists, as part of Violence Transformed.
New England Foundation for the Arts
Creative City Residency
2017 - 2018 “New Urban Monuments”
New Urban Monuments: Stand Up Inside Yourself is a collaborative community art project created by city residents and Frazier that examines the current monuments in our public spaces. These monuments shape public memory in America, particularly in Boston. The interactive, innovative project includes a workshop series that explores what we want to remember as makers of our own stories and histories. Workshops will provide information to enable participants to fabricate fiber sculptures that celebrate their new memories and voices. Workshops and exhibitions will be held at the Fairmount Innovation Lab.
BOSTON AIR
City of Boston, Massachusetts
Office of Women’s Recovery and Office of Women’s Advancement
2015 - 2017 BOSTON AIR Artist, “When Women Succeed: The Quilted Path”
During the residency, L’Merchie Frazier, the Office of Recovery Services, and Office of Women's Advancement held quilting and poetry workshops with women recovery from substance abuse. “When Women Succeed: The Quilted Path" is a multi-disciplinary and public fiber art project and exhibitions.
Southend Technology Center/ MIT FABLab
2006 - Present Artist in Residence, Learn2Teach/Teach2Learn
“The South End Technology Center at Tent City’s mission is to facilitate the use of emerging technologies in ways that encourage people to become innovators and producers, to tell their own stories, and to learn ways of creating just and humane communities. We serve as an education laboratory, developing innovative new tools and approaches for training our target communities in the skills and competencies needed to thrive in the current job market. To facilitate the growth and development of technology, art, and media enterprises. positioned to bring out the best in and give voice to communities of color and those historically underserved communities.” - SouthendTechCenter.org
Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists
1995 - Present Artist-in-Residence
“The Museum, NCAAA, founded in 1969, through a close and unique collaboration between the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, and the NCAAA. Since 1970, the Museum, NCAAA has presented hundreds of exhibitions in its own space, and co-presented nine exhibitions with the MFA. Prominent among these were “Afro-American Artists: New York and Boston” (1970); “Reflective Moments: Lois Mailou Jones” (1973); “Afro-American Artists on Afro-America” (1975); “Contemporary Art of Senegal (1980)”; “Dialogue: John Wilson/ Joseph Norman” (1994) and “View from the Upper Room: The Art of John Biggers” (1997). Over its years of operation, the Museum has built collections exceeding 3000 works. Among holdings are a 17th-century illuminated Ethiopian manuscript of the Miracles of Mary, as well as art by Charles White, Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, and others.” -Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists
Lila Wallace Reader’s Digest International Artist-in-Residence Fellowship
1994 - 1995 Artist-in-Residence, Museu Lasar Segall, Sao Paolo, Brazil
“Conceived by Jenny Klabin, Lasar Segall’s widow and created by his sons Mauricio Segall and Oscar Klabin Segall in 1967, the Museu Lasar Segall (Museum Lasar Segall) is housed in the former residence and studio of the expressionist artist. His brother in law, the Russian origin architect Gregori Warchavchik, designed the building. In addition to storing the collection of over 3.000 original works from the Lithuanian Jewish artist made up of oils, drawings, watercolours, engravings and sculptures, the museum aims to stimulate the experience, reflection and experimentation in the arts field.” - MuseoBrasil.org