James E. Mayo

Mayo explains the silk-screen process to a group of prevocational trainees from the D.C. Association for Retarded Citizens, at the Anacostia Community Museum, 1985. James E. Mayo (1936-1995 ) was an American exhibition specialist. He held this role at the Anacostia Community Museum, where he also was co-director.

Personal life and education

James Mayo was born and raised in Washington, D.C. After he graduated from Cardozo High School,

Career James "Jim" Mayo, supervisory exhibits specialist at the Anacostia Museum, playing a cowboy in the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop production of "Bus Stop." Upon joining the National Museum of American History, Mayo took on the role of exhibitions production supervisor. He would go on to also design exhibitions for Dumbarton Oaks and the City University of New York. He also ran the renovation of the Benjamin Brown French School and was chairman of the board at the Market 5 Gallery, both in Washington, D.C.. He co-founded the Erika Thimey Dance and Theater Company.

Later life and legacy

James E. Mayo died on July 13, 1995, at George Washington University Hospital of lung cancer. A scholarship named in his honor is awarded by the Erika Thimey Dance and Theater Company.