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Evans first started selling her work at the Airlie Gardens by hanging her pieces on the front gate of the gardens. Those who would come and visit the Airlie Gardens began purchasing her work. Soon she became known throughout the south and visitors would come to the gardens just to see her work.<ref name="Painting Dreams" /> In 1961, she had her first formal exhibition of drawings and oils at the Little Artists Gallery (now St. Johns Museum) in Wilmington, North Carolina.<ref name="Painting Dreams" /><ref name=":12">{{Cite book|last=Otfinoski|first=Steven|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BcWHdpRoDkUC&dq|title=African Americans in the Visual Arts|publisher=Facts on File, Inc|year=2014|isbn=9781438107776|series=A to Z of African Americans, Facts on File library of American history|location=New York City, NY|pages=74-75}}</ref>
In 1962, she met [[photographer]] and [[Art history|art historian]], [[Nina Howell Starr]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Finding Aid to the Nina Howell Starr papers, 1933-1996|url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/nina-howell-starr-papers-6053|last=|first=|date=|website=Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref> who would publicize her work for the next 25 years. Starr, an artist herself (photographer), knew of Evans' work in 1961 and wanted to meet the artist in person. Evans sold her first paintings for 50 cents apiece. Folk art specialist and photographer, Starr, encouraged Evans to sell her paintings for better prices, and assisted Evans throughout her career. Evans felt her work was too personal to share with the public which held her from releasing anything until 1961 when she had her first major art exhibition at The Little Gallery in Wilmington, now known as [[Cameron Art Museum|St. John's Museum]].
From 1962-1973, Starr recorded interviews with Evans about her work. At first, Evans was weary to trust Starr with her work, but they gained a mutual respect for each other.<ref name="Painting Dreams" /> Starr helped to launch Evans' career by storing and selling her art in [[New York City]]. She also guided her in the art world by making her sign and date her pieces.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lyons|first1=Mary E.|title=Painting Dreams|date=1996|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-39572032-X|page=34}}</ref> In 1966, Starr arranged for Evans' first [[New York (state)|New York]] exhibit at The Church of Epiphany and Clements Episcopal Church.<ref name="Painting Dreams" /> In August 1969, another exhibition of Evans' work took place at the Art Image Gallery of New York and in 1975, curated a major Evans exhibition at the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]].<ref name="Painting Dreams" /> With failing health, another exhibition of her work was curated in 1980 at the St. John's Museum.<ref name="Painting Dreams" /> She also had many other exhibitions in New York as well.<ref name="Painting Dreams" />
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