Bronze bust of Martin Luther King, Jr.,1970

Modern Medicine,
1936, Harlem Hospital

SCULPTURE

MURALS

PAINTINGS

CARTOONS

Crucifix, 1953, oil

Office of War Information, 1941

African Theme, oil.
First in African Theme series

• 1936, one of first black WPA supervisors in New York.
• 1938, won Rosenwald Fellowship. Used money to tour the South. This tour later inspired him to create his family series.
• 1940, hired as artist for Office of War Information and Public Relations. Creates cartoons syndicated for Black papers to encourage readers to join war effort.
• 1943, Board of Directors< National Society Mural Painters.
• 1950, won Metropolitan Museum of Art contest. painting sold for $1,500 and it relaunched his fine arts career.
• 1950, first black instructor at Art Students League. Charles Henry Alston Merit Scholarship established in his honor.
• 1958, chosen by Museum of Modern aRt and S.S. State Department to cooridnate children's creative center at 1958 Brussels World's Fair.
• 1958, awarded National Institute of ARts an dLetters award.
• 1960, awarded Joe and Emily lowe Award.
• 1961, Artist-critic appointment, New School of Social Research, New Yor
• 1962, Dewitt Clinton Alumni Award
• 1967, President Johnson apoints Alston trustee of JFK Center for the Peforming Arts in Washington, D.C.
• 1968, Advisory Board, National Council on the ARts appointment.
• 1970, first black ARtist member of the NYC Art Commission.
• 1971, Thomas B.Clarke Award
• 1975, first recipient of Annual Distinguished Alumnus Award, Teachers College, Columbia University.

• 1936, murals "Magic in Medicine" and "Modern Medicine" exhibited at Museum of Modern Art prior to appearing in Harlem Hospital. One of Alston's earliest exhibits.
• 1937, Baltimore Museum Exhibition, sponsored by Harmon foundation, an organization that promoted Black artists during the 1920's and 30's.
• 1940, Tanner Gallery, Chicago, "Art of the American Negro."
• 1941, Downtown Gallery, New York, "American Negro Art."
• 1944, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, "American Negro Art."
• Albany Institute of History and aRt, Albany, NY "The Negro aRtists Comes of Age."
• 1950,, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, "American Painting Today, 1950."
• 1952, Art Students League Faculty Show, New York, "League Instructors."
• John Heller Gallery, New York 1953, May, "Charles H. Alston," December, "Heller Group." 1955, January, Charles Alston."1958, May, "Charles Alston: Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings, and Watercolors." 
• Feingarten Gallery, New York. 1960, January, "Opening Group,"  April, "Charles Alston."
• 1962, Dunbarten Gallery, Boston
• 1965, "The Spiral Black and White Exhibit."
• 1967, City College of New York, "Evolution of Afro-american Artists, 1800-1950."
• 1968, Gallery of Modern Art, New York.
• 1972, Atlanta University Center
• 1975, Arts Students League, New York, "Hundredth anniversary Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture."
• Randall Galleries, Ltd., New York, 1979, "Chalres Alston, Paintings and Drawings, 1935-1975," first post-humous show. 1983,"Watercolors, Drawings, and Prints by Chalres Alston."
• 1990, Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, "Charles Alston, Artists and Teacher."