GALLERY ARTIST-Rita DeWitt

GALLERY ARTIST: Rita DeWitt

Residence: Providence, RI Education:BFA, University of Alabama ;MFA University of Alabama at TuscaloosaProfessional Affiliation: Has taught at the University of Southern Miss., RISD, and SAIC. Selected Awards: Invited artists Grants from Polaroid Corp. 1986 and 1988; NEA individual Artist Fellowship, 1985, 1989 honoree in Photography, Miss. Institute of the Arts and Letters.

From color xerography to pinhole, from 20x24 Polaroids to photo-quilts, Rita DeWitt uses text and images to investigates issues of history, memory, self and personal history.