Independent Study & Travel - Costa Rica (Central America), Spain, Italy, England, Germany, Egypt, Sudan, Israel, Holland, and China

• Awarded Scholarship to the Tyler School of Fine Arts, Temple University, Sculpture Major, B.F.A.
• Professor of Art, West Chester University (Sculpture, Three Dimensional Design, and Life Drawing)
• Editorial Board of Sculpture Review Magazine (2008-2015)
• President of the National Sculpture Society, Manhattan, NY (2008-2011)
• Chair of the Education Committee, National Sculpture Society, NY (2011-2014)
• Chair of the Awards Committee, National Sculpture Society, NY (2014-2020)
• Instructor, Hussain College of Art and Design, (Life Drawing), Philadelphia, PA
• Instructor, University of the Arts (Formerly PCA), Summer Program, Philadelphia, PA

• Granted Professor Emeritus Status, West Chester University of Pennsylvania (2022)
• The Patricia Gaines Award for Multi-cultural Contributions (2016)
To promote community-based arts and culture organizations, programs and activities throughout the five county region
• The Pennsylvania Senate Citation of Excellence for the Frederick Douglass Monument (2016)
• The West Chester University Faculty Merit Award for the “Third World Women” Sculpture Series (1997)
• The Trustees Achievement Award, West Chester University (1995)
* Presented by the Council of Trustees for distinguished creative achievements by current West Chester University faculty member
• (CASSDA) West Chester University College of Arts and Sciences Support and Development Award
* (1992, 1994, 1995, & 2001) Faculty Research Grants

• 86th Annual Awards Exhibition, Brookgreen Gardens and Sculpture Museum, SC (2019)
• 85th Annual Awards Exhibition, Brookgreen Gardens and Sculpture Museum, SC (2018)
• National Sculpture Society, NY, NY (2015)
• Christopher Clark Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco and Carmel, CA (2004-2015)
• Pasquale Lannetti Gallery, San Francisco and Carmel, CA (2003-2015)
• Peoples Republic of Guizhou University, Guiyang, China Faculty Exchange Exhibition (2008)
• Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, West Chester University Faculty Exhibition (2006)
• Brookgreen Gardens, Winning Works: Selection from NSS; Pawley’s Inlet, SC (2005)
• National Sculpture Society, Manhattan, NY (2004)
• Finalist—Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC (2008)
• Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC (2002)
• Motherlode International 35th Annual Exhibition, CA (2001)
• 10th Annual International Open Exhibition, Magnum Opus X, Sacramento, CA (1997)
• Manhattan Arts International 6th Annual Open Competition, Manhattan, NY (1997)
• Higher Elevations International Juried Art Exhibition, Higher Elevations Gallery, Lake City, CO (1992)
• Sacramento Fine Art 5th Annual International Open Exhibition, “Magnum Opus 92”, Sacramento, CA (1992)
• Eighteenth Annual International Miniature Exhibition, Clearwater, FL (1992)

• Solo Exhibition, Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA (2022)
• New England Sculpture Society (NESA), "Looking Back with 2020 Vision" Eustis Estate Museum, Milton, MA (2021)
• West Chester University, "Traveling Exhibition", West Chester State University of Pennsylvania, PA (2021)
• "National Sculpture Review Magazine", Feature Full Page Photo for "Black Lives Matter" (2020)
• National Sculpture Society, “Visions of Spring Exhibition”, NY, NY (2020)
• “The Collection”, Nach, FL (2016)
• Chester County Art Association, “3 Person Show”, West Chester, PA (2016)
• National Sculpture Society (2015)
• Featured interview, Fairleigh Dickinson, Bergen County Municipal (2014)
• “Forgotten Heroes”, Catto Presentation, Philadelphia, PA (2014)
• Brookgreen Gardens, 78th Annual Exhibition, SC (2011)
• Jurist, Tampa Bay Center for the Performing Arts Exhibition, Tampa Bay, FL (2011)
• Created the patron Award Sculpture for the National Sculpture Society, NY, NY (2011)
• Jurist for the National Sculpture Society Awards, NY, NY (2011)
• Awards Exhibition, NSS & Brookgreen Gardens, SC (2010)
• Tampa Bay Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa Bay, FL (2009-2010)
• Brookgreen Gardens, 75th Annual Exhibition, SC (2008)
• Lancaster Art Association National Juried Exhibition, Lancaster, PA (2008)
• 75th Annual Exhibition, Park Avenue Atrium, NSS, Manhattan, NY (2008)
• Fellows Invitational Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, Manhattan, NY (2007)
• National Sculpture Society “Portraits Public and Private” NY, NY (2003)
• Armory Art Exhibition, Figurative Work, West Palm Beach, FL (2001)
• Harrisburg Art Association, 73rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Harrisburg, PA (2001)
• “Drawings by Sculptors” National Sculpture Society, New York, NY (2000)
• “World Leaders” National Sculpture Society, New York, NY (2000)
• Masterwork’s of American Sculpture, Fleischer Museum, Scottsdale, AZ (2000)
• National Academy Museum, 173rd Annual Exhibition, Fifth Avenue 89th Street, NY, NY (1998)
• Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, CA (1998)
• National Figurative Sculpture Competition, Sundance Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, NY (1997)
• 32nd Annual National Open Exhibition, Fine Arts Institute, San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA (1997)
• 16th Annual Hoyt National Art Exhibition, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA (1997)
• National Sculpture Society, New Members, American Towers blvd., NY, NY (1997)
• National Spring Open Juried Exhibition, Wayne, PA (1997)
• Armory Art Center, Small Works Exhibition, West Palm Beach, FL (1997)
• Mid-Atlantic Art Exhibition, Norfolk, VA (1997)
• 69th Annual Juried Exhibition, Harrisburg, PA (1997)
• 171st Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design,1083 Fifth Ave 89th Street, NY, NY (1996)
• North American Sculpture Exhibition, Golden, CO (1995)
• National Sculpture Society/Annual Exhibition, American Towers blvd., NY, NY (1995)
• American University, Watkins Gallery, “ Sixteen Sculptures,” Washington, DC (1995)

• Creating a Douglass Memorial. New Bedford Historical Society: Facebook Watch. Retrieved from: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=521165205963413. (2022) 
• Rivers, A. (2022, February 22). Meet with Richard Blake. other, WFDU 89.1 FM. Retrieved from http://wfdu.fm/single/index.php.
• Google. (n.d.). Richard Blake - Artist Talk. Google Drive. Retrieved April 29, 2022, from: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vrn3Ym2jFdPPQc4MJGxSnUr1WVE6Mu3b/view?ts=6254e95c.
• Rettew, B. (2022, February 23). Art exhibit in West Chester recognizes Black History month.
Daily Local. Retrieved April 29, 2022, from:
https://www.dailylocal.com/2022/02/22/art-exhibit-in-west-chester-recognizes-black-history-month/on

• The Fine Arts Connoisseur, “Woman in Butterfly Chair” (2019)
• “Picturing Frederick Douglass” An Illustrated Biography of the 19th Century Most Photographed American, pg. 94, Plate 3.1
• The Fine Arts Connoisseur, pg. 39 (2018)
• Book Cover Art , Race-ing Representation, Voice, History & Sexuality
• Creativity Matters (Blog) “An Interview with Richard Blake: Sculpture of Public Art”, Judith Zausner (2014)
• Manhattan Arts International, “Richard Blake, Takes A Fresh Approach to the Figure,” Joanne M. Sullivan: New York, NY 1997, pg. 10
• Sculpture Review, “Four African American Sculptures, A Vision For Today,” Jodie A. Shull; Spring 11, Vol. LX, No.1 pgs. 2-31
• Sculpture Review, “NSS Honors New Members with Exhibition,” Susan Joy Slack, Vo. XLVI, No. 2, pgs. 6-14 (Fall 1997)
• Creative Book of Aging, pgs. 116-117, Judith Zausner (2014)
• Speaking for Themselves: “The Artists of Southeastern PA”, Daphane S. Landis, pgs. 32-36, ISBN 0-929706-20-X
• Masterwork’s of American Sculpture, Fleischer Museum, pg. 117, Scottsdale, AZ (2000)
• Sculpture Review Magazine, Vol. LXVIII No. 2 “The Figure and the 21st Century”, pg. 20 “Dawn of Mother Earth” (2019)
• National Sculpture Society, “86th Annual Exhibtion”, pg.13 (2019)
• Sculpture Review Magazine, featured article “A Sculptor’s Studio, Spring Edition, pg. 29-36 (2022)