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'@@ -9,24 +9,24 @@ In 1961, Howell worked his first graphics job at Lyons Advertising Studio in Wilmington.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Swann|first=Sammy|date=1961-02-21|title=We Are Proud, Too|work=Philadelphia Tribune|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/532231904|access-date=2021-12-07|id={{ProQuest|532231904}}}}</ref> A commercial artist, he was art director at J.M. Fields Co. Inc. department store.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite news|date=1975-08-01|title=William L. Howell (obituary)|work=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/08/01/archives/william-l-howell.html|access-date=2021-12-07}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|date=1975-07-29|title=William L. Howell|work=News Journal (Wilmington)|agency=via newspapers.com.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/162303856/?terms=%22Black%20Theater%20magazine%22&|access-date=2021-12-07}}</ref> -Howell moved to New York around 1965 or 1966.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> He and artists Ademola Olugebefola and Abdullah Aziz formed Arts Seven while living at the Amsterdam Houses near the Lincoln Center.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Frye|first=Daniel J.|date=2001|title=African American Visual Artists: An Annotated Bibliography of Educational Resource Materials|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pwnDYoUHD4wC&dq=bill+howell+artist+exhibitions&pg=PA20|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-13|isbn=9780810837225}}</ref> They later moved to [[Harlem]] where they joined the Twentieth Century Creators, a group formed in 1964 by artists from New York and surrounding areas.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last1=Williams|first1=Lloyd A.|title=Forever Harlem: Celebrating America's Most Diverse Community|last2=Rivers|first2=Voza (Eds.)|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|year=2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1975-08-13|title=Outdoor Art Festival in Progress|work=New York Amsterdam News|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226575092|access-date=2021-12-07|id={{ProQuest|226575092}}}}</ref> The same year, the group organized the first Harlem Outdoor Art Festival.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=1972-04-22|title=Bed-Stuy Art Gallery to Show Weusi Artists|work=New York Amsterdam News|agency=via proquest.com|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226564537|access-date=2021-12-07|id={{ProQuest|226564537}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1964-08-08|title=Art Exhibit on 7th Avenue|work=New York Amsterdam News|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226774825|access-date=2021-12-07|id={{ProQuest|226774825}}}}</ref> The group disbanded after members differed on its philosophy and direction.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|last=Wadsworth|first=Jarrell|title=Africobra: Experimental Art Toward a School of Thought|publisher=Duke University Press|year=2020}}</ref> +Howell moved to New York around 1965 or 1966.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> He and artists Ademola Olugebefola and Abdullah Aziz formed Arts Seven while living at the [[Amsterdam Houses]] near the [[Lincoln Center]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Frye|first=Daniel J.|date=2001|title=African American Visual Artists: An Annotated Bibliography of Educational Resource Materials|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pwnDYoUHD4wC&dq=bill+howell+artist+exhibitions&pg=PA20|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-13|isbn=9780810837225}}</ref> They later moved to [[Harlem]] where they joined the Twentieth Century Creators, a group formed in 1964 by artists from New York and surrounding areas.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last1=Williams|first1=Lloyd A.|title=Forever Harlem: Celebrating America's Most Diverse Community|last2=Rivers|first2=Voza (Eds.)|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|year=2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1975-08-13|title=Outdoor Art Festival in Progress|work=New York Amsterdam News|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226575092|access-date=2021-12-07|id={{ProQuest|226575092}}}}</ref> The same year, the group organized the first Harlem Outdoor Art Festival.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=1972-04-22|title=Bed-Stuy Art Gallery to Show Weusi Artists|work=New York Amsterdam News|agency=via proquest.com|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226564537|access-date=2021-12-07|id={{ProQuest|226564537}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1964-08-08|title=Art Exhibit on 7th Avenue|work=New York Amsterdam News|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226774825|access-date=2021-12-07|id={{ProQuest|226774825}}}}</ref> The group disbanded after members differed on its philosophy and direction.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|last=Wadsworth|first=Jarrell|title=Africobra: Experimental Art Toward a School of Thought|publisher=Duke University Press|year=2020}}</ref> === Weusi Artist Collective === -In 1965, several artists formed Weusi, which means “black” in Swahili.<ref name=":4" /> The group ascribed to the idea of Black art for Black people and Black power, aligning themselves with artists who were focusing on their own Black culture and African heritage.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-03|title=Oral History Project: Dindga McCannon|url=https://bombmagazine.org/articles/dindga-mccannon-by-philip-glahn/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-08|website=Bomb Magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830015927/https://bombmagazine.org/articles/dindga-mccannon-by-philip-glahn/ |archive-date=2020-08-30 }}</ref> The group formed at a time when very few museums hosted exhibits by Black artists.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-07-06|title=Mounting Frustration: The Art Museum in the Age of Black Power|work=Harlem World Magazine|url=https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/mounting-frustration-art-museum-age-black-power-susan-e-cahan-harlem/|access-date=2021-12-12}}</ref> Howell was one of the early members of Weusi. The Weusi artists primarily produced black and white prints that could be readily distributed and sold.<ref name=":5" /> Howell participated in Weusi’s community shows in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as exhibits at Weusi’s own gallery, the Weusi Nyumba Ya Sanaa Art Gallery.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":11">{{Cite news|last=Tapley|first=Mel|date=1974-11-02|title=About the Arts (column)|work=New York Amsterdam News|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226775835|access-date=2021-12-08|id={{ProQuest|226775835}}}}</ref> Howell exhibited with other Weusi artists at their “Resurrection” exhibition, which was held at the [[Studio Museum in Harlem]] in 1970. This was the group's first exhibition at a major museum.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news|date=1970-11-04|title=Harlem Artists on Exhibit|work=New York Amsterdam News|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226526141|access-date=2021-12-08|id={{ProQuest|226526141}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1971-02-13|title=Cooperative Artist' Exhibit of 'Resurrection'|work=New York Amsterdam News|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226683265|access-date=2021-12-08|id={{ProQuest|226683265}}}}</ref> +In 1965, several artists formed [[Weusi Artist Collective|Weusi]], which means “black” in Swahili.<ref name=":4" /> The group ascribed to the idea of Black art for Black people and [[Black Power|Black power]], aligning themselves with artists who were focusing on their own Black culture and African heritage.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-03|title=Oral History Project: Dindga McCannon|url=https://bombmagazine.org/articles/dindga-mccannon-by-philip-glahn/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-08|website=Bomb Magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830015927/https://bombmagazine.org/articles/dindga-mccannon-by-philip-glahn/ |archive-date=2020-08-30 }}</ref> The group formed at a time when very few museums hosted exhibits by Black artists.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-07-06|title=Mounting Frustration: The Art Museum in the Age of Black Power|work=Harlem World Magazine|url=https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/mounting-frustration-art-museum-age-black-power-susan-e-cahan-harlem/|access-date=2021-12-12}}</ref> Howell was one of the early members of Weusi. The Weusi artists primarily produced black and white prints that could be readily distributed and sold.<ref name=":5" /> Howell participated in Weusi’s community shows in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as exhibits at Weusi’s own gallery, the Weusi Nyumba Ya Sanaa Art Gallery.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":11">{{Cite news|last=Tapley|first=Mel|date=1974-11-02|title=About the Arts (column)|work=New York Amsterdam News|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226775835|access-date=2021-12-08|id={{ProQuest|226775835}}}}</ref> Howell exhibited with other Weusi artists at their “Resurrection” exhibition, which was held at the [[Studio Museum in Harlem]] in 1970. This was the group's first exhibition at a major museum.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news|date=1970-11-04|title=Harlem Artists on Exhibit|work=New York Amsterdam News|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226526141|access-date=2021-12-08|id={{ProQuest|226526141}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1971-02-13|title=Cooperative Artist' Exhibit of 'Resurrection'|work=New York Amsterdam News|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226683265|access-date=2021-12-08|id={{ProQuest|226683265}}}}</ref> === Pamoja Studio Gallery === -In 1967, Howell founded Pamoja Studio Gallery with Bob Davis and Ollie Johnson.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1967-10-12|title=New York Beat (column)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JLgDAAAAMBAJ&dq=Bob+Davis+and+pamoja+gallery&pg=PA64|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-12|website=Jet magazine}}</ref> The gallery was located in [[Greenwich Village]] in New York, eliciting a mention in Jet magazine that described them as “soul” owners. It was formed in the “spirit of Weusi and we looked at it as our downtown branch,” stated Olugebefola.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nesmith|first=Nathaniel G.|date=2021|title=Doing It His Way: Ademola Olugebefola's Long and Varied Career in the Arts|url=https://www.nereview.com/vol-42-no-3-2021/doing-it-his-way-ademola-olugebefolas-long-and-varied-career-in-the-arts/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-07|website=New England Review|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104132533/https://www.nereview.com/vol-42-no-3-2021/doing-it-his-way-ademola-olugebefolas-long-and-varied-career-in-the-arts/ |archive-date=2021-11-04 }}</ref> Weusi had opened its own gallery the same year, Nyumba Ya Sanaa Gallery, in Harlem.<ref name=":6" /> +In 1967, Howell founded Pamoja Studio Gallery with Bob Davis and Ollie Johnson.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1967-10-12|title=New York Beat (column)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JLgDAAAAMBAJ&dq=Bob+Davis+and+pamoja+gallery&pg=PA64|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-12|website=Jet magazine}}</ref> The gallery was located in [[Greenwich Village]] in New York, eliciting a mention in [[Jet (magazine)|Jet magazine]] that described them as “soul” owners. It was formed in the “spirit of Weusi and we looked at it as our downtown branch,” stated Olugebefola.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nesmith|first=Nathaniel G.|date=2021|title=Doing It His Way: Ademola Olugebefola's Long and Varied Career in the Arts|url=https://www.nereview.com/vol-42-no-3-2021/doing-it-his-way-ademola-olugebefolas-long-and-varied-career-in-the-arts/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-07|website=New England Review|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104132533/https://www.nereview.com/vol-42-no-3-2021/doing-it-his-way-ademola-olugebefolas-long-and-varied-career-in-the-arts/ |archive-date=2021-11-04 }}</ref> Weusi had opened its own gallery the same year, Nyumba Ya Sanaa Gallery, in Harlem.<ref name=":6" /> Howell designed the poster for Pamoja, the face of a Black woman in a large afro.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hardwig|first=Florian|date=2020-08-23|title=Pamoja Gallery Poster|url=https://fontsinuse.com/uses/34098/pamoja-gallery-poster|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-13|website=Fonts In Use|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015112745/https://fontsinuse.com/uses/34098/pamoja-gallery-poster |archive-date=2020-10-15 }}</ref> === Graphic design === -Howell’s work as a painter and graphic designer were intertwined. As art director of The New Lafayette Theatre, he designed programs, posters and sets.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jonathan|first=Takiff|date=1975-03-19|title=Marie's Message is Bullins' Talent|work=Philadelphia Daily News|agency=via newspapers.com.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/185022578/?terms=%22bill%20howell%22&|access-date=2021-12-12}}</ref> His drawings were interspersed throughout Black Theater magazine. He also designed posters and catalogs for some of the exhibits in which he participated. He worked at the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]]<ref name=":14">{{Cite book|first=|title=The Expanded Photograph|publisher=Philadelphia Civic Center Museum|year=1972}}</ref> as director of “Mind’s Eye,”<ref name=":3" /> a children’s art program with a mobile unit and exhibition.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1970-07-25|title=Mobile Unit Tours City Bringing Artwork to Children|work=Philadelphia Tribune|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/532597622|access-date=2021-12-12|id={{ProQuest|532597622}}}}</ref><blockquote>Howell was a “brilliant graphic designer,” said Olugebefola, one of Weusi founders. “He helped produce some of the most phenomenal posters. That was one of the exemplary things that the New Lafayette did. We produced six Black theater magazines over the years; I was directly involved with three; Bill Howell was involved with at least two of those before he passed away. … Bill designed (the New Lafayette) posters ''To Raise the Dead and to Foretell the Future, Goin’ a Buffalo, The Devil Catchers, A Ritual to Bind Together and Strengthen Black People so that They Can Survive the Long Struggle that Is to Come'' – and others, all wonderful designs.”</blockquote>In the 1960s, Howell was one of a handful of black graphic designers in the country. PRINT magazine wrote an article about the scarcity and Howell was quoted extensively. In the article, Howell stated that he was hired for his first graphics job with the assistance of the NAACP. It was an apprentice job that allowed him to learn about advertising design and gain exposure to the industry. The article noted that Howell and other Black designers had begun to focus on their ethnic heritage in their works.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jackson|first=Dorothy|date=2016-06-27|title=The Black Experience in Graphic Design (reprint of 1968 article)|url=https://www.printmag.com/design-culture/the-black-experience-1968/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-12|website=PRINT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212184018/https://www.printmag.com/design-culture/the-black-experience-1968/ |archive-date=2021-12-12 }}</ref> +Howell’s work as a painter and [[graphic designer]] were intertwined. As art director of The New Lafayette Theatre, he designed programs, posters and sets.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jonathan|first=Takiff|date=1975-03-19|title=Marie's Message is Bullins' Talent|work=Philadelphia Daily News|agency=via newspapers.com.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/185022578/?terms=%22bill%20howell%22&|access-date=2021-12-12}}</ref> His drawings were interspersed throughout Black Theater magazine. He also designed posters and catalogs for some of the exhibits in which he participated. He worked at the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]]<ref name=":14">{{Cite book|first=|title=The Expanded Photograph|publisher=Philadelphia Civic Center Museum|year=1972}}</ref> as director of “Mind’s Eye,”<ref name=":3" /> a children’s art program with a mobile unit and exhibition.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1970-07-25|title=Mobile Unit Tours City Bringing Artwork to Children|work=Philadelphia Tribune|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/532597622|access-date=2021-12-12|id={{ProQuest|532597622}}}}</ref><blockquote>Howell was a “brilliant graphic designer,” said Olugebefola, one of Weusi founders. “He helped produce some of the most phenomenal posters. That was one of the exemplary things that the New Lafayette did. We produced six Black theater magazines over the years; I was directly involved with three; Bill Howell was involved with at least two of those before he passed away. … Bill designed (the New Lafayette) posters ''To Raise the Dead and to Foretell the Future, Goin’ a Buffalo, The Devil Catchers, A Ritual to Bind Together and Strengthen Black People so that They Can Survive the Long Struggle that Is to Come'' – and others, all wonderful designs.”</blockquote>In the 1960s, Howell was one of a handful of black graphic designers in the country. PRINT magazine wrote an article about the scarcity and Howell was quoted extensively. In the article, Howell stated that he was hired for his first graphics job with the assistance of the [[NAACP]]. It was an apprentice job that allowed him to learn about advertising design and gain exposure to the industry. The article noted that Howell and other Black designers had begun to focus on their ethnic heritage in their works.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jackson|first=Dorothy|date=2016-06-27|title=The Black Experience in Graphic Design (reprint of 1968 article)|url=https://www.printmag.com/design-culture/the-black-experience-1968/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-12|website=PRINT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212184018/https://www.printmag.com/design-culture/the-black-experience-1968/ |archive-date=2021-12-12 }}</ref> === Solo and group shows === -Howell was a painter, illustrator, set designer and photographer.<ref name=":16">{{Cite news|last=Tapley|first=Mel|date=1974-10-26|title=About the Arts (column)|work=New York Amsterdam News|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226378343|access-date=2021-12-07|id={{ProQuest|226378343}}}}</ref> He exhibited widely in New York and other cities on the East Coast.<ref name=":2" /> While living in New York in 1968, he returned to Wilmington to hold a benefit art show for youths.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1968-03-19|title=African Cultural Show on March 31|work=Philadelphia Tribune|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/532435354|access-date=2021-12-07|id={{ProQuest|532435354}}}}</ref> He returned in 1973 for a solo show at the Gallery at Centerville.<ref name=":2" />  +Howell was a painter, illustrator, set designer and photographer.<ref name=":16">{{Cite news|last=Tapley|first=Mel|date=1974-10-26|title=About the Arts (column)|work=New York Amsterdam News|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226378343|access-date=2021-12-07|id={{ProQuest|226378343}}}}</ref> He exhibited widely in New York and other cities on the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]].<ref name=":2" /> While living in [[New York City|New Yor]]<nowiki/>k in 1968, he returned to [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]] to hold a benefit art show for youths.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1968-03-19|title=African Cultural Show on March 31|work=Philadelphia Tribune|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/532435354|access-date=2021-12-07|id={{ProQuest|532435354}}}}</ref> He returned in 1973 for a solo show at the Gallery at Centerville.<ref name=":2" />  He participated in the exhibit “New Black Artists” in October 1969 at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences Museum ([[Brooklyn Museum|Brooklyn Museum of Art]]) and then at [[Columbia University]] a month later.<ref name=":9">{{Cite book|date=1969-10-07|title=New Black Artists|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/new-black-artists-brooklyn-museum-oct-7-to-nov-9-1969/oclc/83005284&|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-07|website=WordCat|oclc=83005284}}</ref> He designed the poster for the university show.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Howell|first=Bill|title=New Black Artists (poster)|year=1969|location=Columbia University}}</ref> In 1970, Howell was part of major exhibit of Black artists titled “Afro-American Artists New York and Boston” at the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|Boston Museum of Fine Arts]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite book|date=1970-05-19|title=Afro-American Artists New York and Boston|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/afro-american-artists-new-york-and-boston-exhibition-the-museum-of-the-national-center-of-afro-american-artists-the-museum-of-fine-arts-and-the-school-of-the-museum-of-fine-arts-boston-19-may-23-june-1970/oclc/109437&|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-07|website=WorldCat|oclc=109437}}</ref> -Howell was among the artists featured in an exhibit of graphics and films by Black men and women in New York at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 1970.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1970-09-12|title=Graphics Set for Studio Museum|work=Afro-American (Baltimore)|agency=via proquest.com|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/532401274|access-date=2021-12-07|id={{ProQuest|532401274}}}}</ref> Organizers said it was aimed at showing the creativity of African Americans in advertising and publishing agencies. +Howell was among the artists featured in an exhibit of graphics and films by Black men and women in New York at the [[Studio Museum in Harlem]] in 1970.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1970-09-12|title=Graphics Set for Studio Museum|work=Afro-American (Baltimore)|agency=via proquest.com|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/532401274|access-date=2021-12-07|id={{ProQuest|532401274}}}}</ref> Organizers said it was aimed at showing the creativity of African Americans in advertising and publishing agencies. In 1971 he was among 60 artists from across the country in an exhibit of paintings, drawings, sculptures and graphics sponsored by [[Illinois Bell]] in Chicago.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news|date=1971-01-30|title=Black American Artists '71 Show Here|work=Chicago Daily Defender|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/493560099|access-date=2021-12-07|id={{ProQuest|493560099}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|date=1971|title=Black American Artists/71|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/black-american-artists71/oclc/81313014&|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-07|website=WorldCat|oclc=81313014}}</ref> The exhibit traveled to seven cities in Illinois, Indiana and Iowa. <ref name=":7" /> @@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ In 1975, he participated in the exhibit “Spirits of Forgotten Ancestors” in March 1975 at the [[Walnut Street Theatre]].<ref name=":17">{{Cite news|last=Neipold|first=Mary Martin|date=1975-03-21|title=Africa, the Old West Come to life|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|agency=via newspapers.com.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/174708354/?terms=%22Spirits%20of%20Forgotten%20Ancestors%22&|access-date=2021-12-07}}</ref> The multimedia show featured five contemporary artists with Africa as the inspiration. Howell contributed four paintings from his “Nuba” series, inspired by Africa’s [[Nuba peoples|Nuba]] people. The exhibit was sponsored by the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=1975-05-02|title=Art (column)|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|agency=via newspapers.com.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/173212792/?terms=%22philadelphia%20museum%20of%20art%22%20and%20%22bill%20howell%22&|access-date=2021-12-07}}</ref> Howell designed the poster and program for the show.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Howell|first=Bill|title=Spirits of Forgotten Ancestors (poster)|year=1975|location=Walnut Street Theater}}</ref>   -Howell showed off his creativity with photography in a 1972 show titled “The Expanded Photograph,” whose catalog and poster he designed.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Howell|first=Bill|title=The Expanded Photograph (poster)|year=1972|location=Philadelphia Civic Center Museum}}</ref> The exhibit was sponsored by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum.<ref name=":15">{{Cite book|title=Expanded Photograph|publisher=Philadelphia Civic Center Museum|year=1972}}</ref> He also created posters for the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Inner-City Cultural Arts Festival in 1974.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Howell|first=Bill|title=Inner-City Cultural Arts Festival|year=1974|location=Philadelphia Civic Center Museum}}</ref> +Howell showed off his creativity with photography in a 1972 show titled “The Expanded Photograph,” whose catalog and poster he designed.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Howell|first=Bill|title=The Expanded Photograph (poster)|year=1972|location=Philadelphia Civic Center Museum}}</ref> The exhibit was sponsored by the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]] and the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum.<ref name=":15">{{Cite book|title=Expanded Photograph|publisher=Philadelphia Civic Center Museum|year=1972}}</ref> He also created posters for the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Inner-City Cultural Arts Festival in 1974.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Howell|first=Bill|title=Inner-City Cultural Arts Festival|year=1974|location=Philadelphia Civic Center Museum}}</ref> He was among five artists in an exhibit “Five Phases” at the [[Delaware Art Museum]] in 1972 that highlighted Philadelphia artists. The show had previously been shown at the Studio Museum in Harlem and the Ile-Ife Museum of Afro-American Life and Culture in Philadelphia.<ref name=":13">{{Cite news|date=1972-07-29|title='Five Phases' at museum|work=Morning News (Wilmington)|agency=via newspapers.com.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/154959460/?terms=%22BILL%20HOWELL%22%20and%20delaware%20art%20museum&|access-date=2021-12-07}}</ref> -Befitting the aim of Weusi to bring art into the community, Howell participated in showings and sales at private homes, including a garden party by the Links social club in 1975<ref>{{Cite news|date=1975-07-09|title=Links host garden gala|work=New York Amsterdam News|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226511718|access-date=2021-12-07|id={{ProQuest|226511718}}}}</ref> and another in a private home in Brooklyn's [[Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn|Bedford Stuyvesant]] in 1972.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1972-04-22|title=Bed-Stuy Art Gallery to Show Weusi Artists|work=New York Amsterdam News|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226564537|access-date=2021-12-07|id={{ProQuest|226564537}}}}</ref> A newspaper article from 1970 noted that he had received an award a year earlier at the Brooklyn Museum’s Fence Art Show – where artwork was displayed on a fence around the parking lot - sponsored by the museum.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1971-04-22|title=Crafts Exhibit at Boro Museum|work=New York Amsterdam News|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226557052|access-date=2021-12-07|id={{ProQuest|226557052}}}}</ref> +Befitting the aim of Weusi to bring art into the community, Howell participated in showings and sales at private homes, including a garden party by the Links social club in 1975<ref>{{Cite news|date=1975-07-09|title=Links host garden gala|work=New York Amsterdam News|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226511718|access-date=2021-12-07|id={{ProQuest|226511718}}}}</ref> and another in a private home in Brooklyn's [[Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn|Bedford Stuyvesant]] in 1972.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1972-04-22|title=Bed-Stuy Art Gallery to Show Weusi Artists|work=New York Amsterdam News|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226564537|access-date=2021-12-07|id={{ProQuest|226564537}}}}</ref> A newspaper article from 1970 noted that he had received an award a year earlier at the [[Brooklyn Museum]]’s Fence Art Show – where artwork was displayed on a fence around the parking lot - sponsored by the museum.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1971-04-22|title=Crafts Exhibit at Boro Museum|work=New York Amsterdam News|agency=via proquest.com.|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/226557052|access-date=2021-12-07|id={{ProQuest|226557052}}}}</ref> Howell designed the program for a Weusi exhibit at the [[Opportunities Industrialization Center]] offices in New York in 1971.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Howell|first=Bill|title=Opportunities Industrialization Centers (program)|year=1971|location=New York}}</ref> == Collections == -Some of Howell’s personal papers, catalogs, photographs, documents and other materials are in the collection of Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library in Atlanta.<ref name=":0" /> He is represented in many private collections.<ref name=":2" /> +Some of Howell’s personal papers, catalogs, photographs, documents and other materials are in the collection of [[Emory University]]’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library in Atlanta.<ref name=":0" /> He is represented in many private collections.<ref name=":2" /> == Exhibitions == '