Priscilla Pitts Explained
Priscilla Pitts is a New Zealand writer and art curator.
Biography
Pitts was educated at the University of Auckland, gaining an MA in English and Art History.
In the 1980s, Pitts co-founded the magazine Antic, which focused on literature and visual arts.[1] She was also a frequent contributor to the journal Art New Zealand.[2]
From 1993 to 1998, Pitts was director of the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth. She then moved to Dunedin and from 1998 to 2007 she was director of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery and Otago Settlers Museum.[3] Between 2007 and 2014, Pitts had a managerial role at the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Since that time she has worked as a freelance writer and curator, working from Lower Hutt.
In 2017 she co-wrote a book on the history of the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship.[4]
Publications
- Contemporary New Zealand Sculpture (1998), David Bateman[5]
- Undreamed of…50 Years of the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship (2017, with Andrea Hotere), Otago University Press
Notes and References
- Web site: Priscilla Pitts: artists and the 1980s The Dowse Art Museum. dowse.org.nz. en. 8 February 2020.
- Web site: Priscilla Pitts Page 1 of 4 Items National Library of New Zealand National Library of New Zealand. natlib.govt.nz. 8 February 2020.
- Web site: Staff & Advisory Board Adam Art Gallery. en-US. 8 February 2020.
- Web site: New book celebrates fellowship's 50-year contribution to culture. Friends. Alumni &. University of Otago. en-nz. 8 February 2020.
- Web site: Contemporary New Zealand sculpture : themes and issues / by Priscilla Pitts ; photo editor, Gil Hanly.. Pitts. Priscilla. 1 January 1998. Contemporary New Zealand sculpture : ... Items National Library of New Zealand National Library of New Zealand. 8 February 2020.