Board Member
Mrs. Duplessis was the Curator of the Art and Artifacts Division of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture from January 1993 until her retirement in March 1996. She is also an artist whose primary medium is printmaking.
Mrs. Duplessis was born and raised in New York City and attended public schools there. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Massachusetts College of Arts and holds a Masters in Museum and Archival Administration from Hampton University.
Mrs. Duplessis has taught art humanities and art history at Hampton University and Norfolk State University. For many years, she was the Curator of Art at the Hampton University Museum. Mrs. Duplessis has traveled extensively to Africa, South America, the Caribbean, and Mexico. She has shown her painting and prints in many national exhibits including the Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina; the Harrison Heritage Museum in Roanoke, Virginia; the Amber Gallery in Richmond, Virginia; and the Hampton University Museum. Her trained eye has provided aesthetic creativity and artistic detail in the media packaging of Lake Rawlings.
Mrs. Duplessis is also a life member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and serves as an advisor to her sorority's National Board of Directors on art acquisitions.