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Dawn Peterson

Foundation studies professor emerita

Education

  • M.F.A., painting, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • B.A., art, Mary Baldwin College

Credentials

  • Professor, foundation studies, 1996–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • 2016 Librarian's Choice Award, "Pop Up Now," 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Ore.
  • 2016 Vanderbilt University purchased "August 29" loom beaded and laser cut artist book
  • 2016 works published on Vamp and Tramp Booksellers website
  • 2016 works procured by Jen Library Special Collections Savannah College of Art and Design; handmade paper pulp painting portfolio and Trajan's Font artist book
  • 2016 work published on the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center website
  • 2015 Presidential Fellowship Award, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • 2013 500 handmade artist's books
  • 2013 Sabbatical Award, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • 2007 work published in American Artist Magazine
  • 2007 work published in Hand Papermaking Magazine
  • 2005 Presidential Fellowship, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • 2003 Commission Award, Marking Our Mark, Savannah, Ga.
  • 1998 Purchase Award, 20th Anniversary, SCAD, Savannah, Ga.
  • 1993 Arts on the River, Savannah, Ga.
  • 1993 Liquitex Excellent in Art University Award
  • 1992 Brooke Reeve, Jr. Painting Scholarship

Organizations

  • College Book Arts Association
  • Friends of Dard Hunter
  • Coastal Bead Society
  • Rhino FabLab

Publications and presentations

Exhibitions

  • Matrices in Making, University of Iowa Center for the Book, Iowa City, Iowa, 2018
  • The Book as Art: Flight Edition, Atlanta Hartfield International Airport, Decatur Art Alliance, Georgia Center for the Book, Atlanta, 2018–2019
  • By Hand, fine craft exhibition, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, Calif., 2018
  • Juried Members' Exhibition, Fertile Ground: Artists Respond to a Collective Geography, College Book Arts Associate, Philadelphia, 2018
  • Works exhibited at websites 23 Sandy, Decatur Art Alliance, Vamp and Tramp, 2017
  • AJC Decatur Book Festival, The Book as Art: Illuminated, 2017
  • 2016 Craft Hilton Head, 5th Annual Juried Fine Craft Exhibition Guild, Hilton Head, S.C., 2016
  • Tiny Treasures, SPACE Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2016
  • Pop Up Now, juried exhibition, 23 Sandy Gallery, 2016
  • Paper Works, 2016 juried exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2016
  • Kalamazoo Book Arts Center Exhibition, 2016
  • College Book Arts Association Member Exhibition, 2016
  • 2016 SCAD Foundations Studies Faculty Exhibition, 2016
  • Faculty art exhibit, "Beaded Book," 2015
  • Foundations faculty drawing exhibition, 2013–2015
  • Metal point drawings, Okefenokee Heritage Center, 2012
  • 2012 Foundations faculty drawing exhibition
  • 2011 Foundations faculty drawing exhibition
  • 2010 Foundations faculty drawing exhibition
  • 2009 SCAD Foundations studies faculty exhibition
  • 2007 SCAD Foundations studies faculty exhibition
  • Pulp Painting Portfolio, Hand Papermaking, Washington, D.C., 2006
  • 2006 drawing exhibition, Savannah, Ga.
  • Bones English Setter Rescues, Cumbria, England, 2005
  • Art of Pulp Painting, Hand Papermaking Portfolio, Washington, D.C., 2005
  • Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, 2004
  • English Setter Association of America, Inc., Kings Island, Ohio, 2003
  • Streams of Thought, Charles Street Gallery, Beaufort, S.C., 2003
  • Collective Views, The Crandall Gallery, Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio, 2003
  • Making Our Mark, Red Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2003
  • Culture Shock, Red Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2002
  • Dog Days of Summer, Red Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2002
  • Charles Street Gallery, Beaufort, S.C., 1998–present
  • Faculty exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga., 1997
  • Savannah Fine Arts Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 1997–1999
  • Figures From the Past, The Art Center at City Market, Savannah, Ga., November 1997 
  • U.S. Representative Jack Kingston, Savannah, Ga., January 1994
  • M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design, May 1993
  • Four Women Artists, City Market Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 1993
  • Savannah Civic Center, Savannah, Ga., 1993
  • Arts on the River, Savannah, Ga., 1993
  • Gallery Alexov, Savannah, Ga., 1993