BRITTANEY MCDERMOTT
BrittMcDermott@gmail.com | Nashville, TN


Education
2012                BFA in Art Education with Drawing/Painting Concentration, University of Georgia | Athens, GA
2012                Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching | Listowel, Ireland
2011                Cortona Italy Study Abroad Program, University of Georgia | Cortona, Italy


ARTIST
Exhibitions and Events
2020              Southworks 2020: 25th Annual Juried Exhibition | Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation | Athens, GA
2019              "Activating the Apparatus"  Strange Matter Group Exhibition  |  The B Complex  |  Atlanta, GA
2018              "Fauna: Selected Works by Britt McDermott" | San Francisco Coffee |  Atlanta, GA  
2018               Atlanta Botanical Gardens Plein Air Exhibition | Kudzu Art Gallery |  Norcross, GA
2018               Squishiepuss Art Show |  Atlanta, GA
2017               "Orphism 14" | Orpheus Brewing |  Atlanta, GA
2017               WonderRoot Artists Markets | Ponce City Market |  Atlanta, GA
2017               "Not a Crime: Skatedeck Show" | Mutiny Artwrx |  Atlanta, GA
2017               "Patchwork" | Mindzai Creative |  Atlanta, GA
2017               "The Querent" | Mindzai Creative |  Atlanta, GA
​2017               "Nasty Women Exhibition" | Gallery Luperca |  Nashville, TN
2016               Indie Craft Experience Holiday Vendor and pop-up shop Exhibitor |  Atlanta, GA
2016               Phoenix Fest, muralist and exhibitor |  Atlanta, GA
2016               Grant Park Summer Shade Festival, juried |  Atlanta, GA
2016               Art Party at the Big Green House  |  Atlanta, GA (solo)
2016               Atlanta Dogwood Festival, juried  | Atlanta, GA
2016              Decatur Arts Festival, juried | Atlanta, GA
2016               Inman Park Arts Festival, juried | Atlanta, GA
2015               "Make Me a Mixtape: Women Who Rock" Exhibition | Hodge Podge Coffeehouse and Gallery | Atlanta, GA
2015               September Artist | Donderos Kitchen | Athens, GA (solo )
2015               Sierra Dawn Art Online Exhibition | online: sierradawnart.com
2015               Piedmont Park Juried Arts Festival | Atlanta, GA
2015               Old Fourth Ward Juried Arts Festival | Atlanta, GA
2015               Chastain Park Juried Art Festival | Atlanta, GA
2015               Pensacola Museum of Art Art in the Park | Pensacola, FL, (Best Emerging Artist award)
2015                Fesitival on Ponce Juried Art Festival | Atlanta, GA
2014                Georgia Artists Juried Exhibition | Abernathy Arts Center | Sandy Springs, GA (honorable mention award recipient)
2012                Featured Artist for May, June, and July | Highwire Lounge | Athens, GA  (solo)
2012                Exit to the Right Art Education Exit Show | Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries | Athens, GA
2012                Mostra Reunion Exhibition | Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries | Athens, GA
2011                Slink R Float Exhibition | Roswell Cultural Arts Center | Roswell, GA (3-person show)
2011                “Dem Dawgs is Hell” Intro Ceramics Exhibition | Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries | Athens, GA
2011                Mostra | Palazzo Vagrotti | Cortona, Italy
2010                Engaging the Pink Elephant in the Room: Investigating Race and Racism in Art Education | Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries and Athens Public Library  | Athens, GA
2010                Athens Academy and University Exchange Show | Athens Academy | Athens, GA
2009                Adhesion | Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries | Athens, GA
2008                Project 456 | Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries | Athens, GA
2008                Annual Fall Studio Foundation Exhibition | Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries | Athens, GA

Public Art
2018               Old Fourth Ward Power Box at Boulevard Ave and North Ave  |  Atlanta, GA
2018               Look Up Decatur  |  Decatur, GA               
2016               PheonixFest Mural  |  2016   

Print and Literature
2020               Birdcoat Quarterly Volume 1  |  Featured artist
2020               DrDoctor  |  Illustration for "American III" by Sam Farahmand
2017               CommonCreativAtl Q&A with Britt McDermott  |  Interview and art feature
2016               New South Journal Issue 9.2  |  Featured cover artwork and eight-page spread
 
Album Artwork
2014                Emergent Heart | The Sheffield EP, Transfigurations


EDUCATOR

2018-2020     Youth and Family Programs Manager, visual arts emphasis | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum | Nashville, TN
2015-18           Teaching Artist | High Museum of Art | Atlanta, GA
2016-18          Art Teacher  | Drawchange | Atlanta, GA
2014                 Lead Residential Advisor | Rocky Mountain Pathways Ranch, Pathways in Education | Allenspark, CO
2013-14            Preschool Teacher and After-School Drawing and Painting Instructor | Color Wheel Studio | Decatur, Georgia
2012                 Student Teacher | Scoil Realta na Maidine Boys’ Primary School, Presentation Convent Secondary School, St. Michael’s College for Boys | Listowel, Co Kerry, Ireland
2009-12           Arts and Crafts Specialist, Counselor | Camp Kingfisher at the Chattahoochee Nature Center | Roswell, GA

 *Contact me to see a portfolio of student work.

​




















(Photo by Abel Klainbaum)
Leading inclusive art workshops for the Center for
​Visual Impaired at the High Museum of Art. Here, we made tactile seascape mixed media pieces inspired by the Ashley Bryan exhibit.

---