Lois DeWitt - visual, painting, drawing, collage, printmaking, oil pastel

Lois DeWitt
Visual

Artist Bio
Lois DeWitt

Wilmington, NC

Artist’s Statement

I received a BFA degree from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and an MFA degree from Pratt Institute, NY on a full-tuition grant for graduate study. I was an art instructor at Orange County Community College in Middletown, NY and at the Brooklyn Friends School. I created and directed a rural ceramic workshop in upstate NY and taught wheel thrown and hand built ceramics to children and adults. After moving to Florida, I taught at the Miami Art Center and then became Supervisor of the North Miami Branch of the Metropolitan Museum.

Moving to Boston, I worked as secretary to the Director of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art and during that time launched two enterprises - Kidquilts and Capability, creating colorful hand painted quilts for children and hand-sewn woolen capes. They were sold in several Boston boutiques.

In western Massachusetts, I worked with a designer for an apparel firm and produced line lists and fashion graphics on a CAD system. I renovated my old barn into a beautiful studio in Falls Village, CT and taught private classes in Pottery, Drawing, Painting and Fabric Printing to children and adults. For eight years, I coordinated with the Sharon, CT Teen Center to produce the Sharon On The Green Arts and Crafts Fair, an annual event featuring over 150 juried artists and artisans.

Prior to moving to Wilmington, I worked in a lighting showroom in western Massachusetts as a lighting specialist and consultant.

My recent oil paintings of the shoreline and landscape of the Fort Fisher area can be seen on my website - //www.free-online-art-classes.com.

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