Brittaney McDermott

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



ARTIST

Exhibitions and Events
2021              Hominy Rising  |  outdoor art installation  |  Asheville, NC​
2021              Mythopoeia | 621 Gallery  | Tallahassee, FL
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" | 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              Festival 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
2024              "Firefly" by Anne Buckle  |  Children's book illustration
2024              "The Science of Things We Can Believe" by Christen Noel Kauffman, Ghost Peach Press |  Cover Illustration
2021              Mythopoeia: exhibition companion book of art, poetry, and myth-making workbook
2021              Dinner Bell Mag Volume 2  |  Illustration
2020             Birdcoat Quarterly Volume 1  |  Featured artist
2020             DrDoctor  |  Illustration for "American III" by Sam Farahmand
2016              New South Journal Issue 9.2  |  Featured cover artwork and eight-page spread

Press
2021              New York Times article: "Five Things to Do Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend" "From Rags to Riches"  |  Feature about youth workshop I created and taught for Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
2017              CommonCreativAtl Q&A with Britt McDermott  |  Interview and art feature

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EDUCATOR

2018-2021    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.

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