Artist's Resume

D.K. Pritchett

AWARDS AND EXHIBITS

Eclectic: Works on Loan From An Artist's Collection, Murray Arts Council, Chatsworth, Georgia, coordinated and exhibited (August-October 2015)

Red Hats: Graphic Art by D.K. Pritchett, Murray Arts Council, Chatsworth, Georgia (2014-2015)

Creative Arts Guild Festival Patron's Purchase & Competition, Dalton, Georgia (1992, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005)

Who's Who in American Education, Marquis (2005), biography published

Who's Who of American Women, Marquis 23rd edition (2002-2003), biography published

Who's Who in America, Marquis 56th edition (2002), biography published

"Works by Deborah Pritchett": Alumni Art Exhibit, LaGrange College (1999)

One-man show of paintings: Young Harris College, Young Harris, Georgia (1998)

Alumni Weekend Art Exhibit (one-man show), LaGrange College, LaGrange, Georgia (1992)

LaGrange National IX, Chattahoochee Valley Art Association (now LaGrange Art Museum) LaGrange, Georgia, juried national exhibit, award (1984)

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Art (1981)

LaGrange College, LaGrange, Georgia

Associate of Fine Arts in Art (1979)

Young Harris College, Young Harris, Georgia

Graduated (1977)

Murray County High School, Chatsworth, Georgia

Attended Chattanooga Valley Elementary School, Flintstone, Georgia

AWARDS RECEIVED DURING COLLEGE YEARS

Smith Art Purchase Award (LaGrange College - 1981)

Scroll Award (LaGrange College - 1981)

Art Scholarship (Young Harris College - 1979)

Best-in-Show Art Purchase Award (Young Harris College - 1979)

Best Drawing Award (Young Harris College - 1978)

Website: Southern Muse

Blogs: The Talking Artist, North Georgia Kin, Cohutta Springs History, Trailer Trash Haiku, Vesta Higginbottom, Southern Muse Journal, Muse's Civil War

PROJECTS

June 1981 to present - Artist / Consultant

February 2013 - Paris Cafe' Mural, Crandall, Georgia (Themed Backdrop for Cohutta Springs Valentine's Banquet)

September 2012 to November 2012 - Mural at Calvary Baptist Church, Crandall, Georgia (Town/Country Motif for Youth Classroom)

June 1981 to present - Painting: Landscapes, Still Lifes, Selected Portraits in Acrylic, Watercolor, and Gouache

COMMUNITY AND OTHER INTERESTS

Murray Arts Council Member/Volunteer, Chatsworth, Georgia, 2014-present

Member Chatsworth-Murray Area Chamber of Commerce, 2011-2012

Public Relations Officer (2002-2003), volunteer (2000-2007), Whitfield-Murray Historical Society, Dalton, Georgia

Mentor/art-pal "Sakes Alive" (2001, 2002), a children's art program initiated by Angie Cook of the Creative Capers Club of Blue Ridge, Georgia.

Judge of Student Art Exhibit, Murray County High School (1998)

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), "The Nation's Report Card" (1998) Assisted with art and music testing in selected Chattanooga-area schools. My role was minor, but it helped me to gain insight on the status of art-in-education in our local schools.

Taught art-activity classes for children and adults, Chattahoochee Valley Art Association, LaGrange, Georgia (1989-1990)

Guest Lecturer of Basic Graphic Design for Professor, M. Brown, LaGrange College, LaGrange, Georgia (October, 1989)