Dawn Martin Dickins
EDUCATION:
MFA May 2000 (Drawing) University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
BFA 1996 (Studio Art) Georgia Southern University (magna cum laude), Statesboro, Georgia
TEACHING/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
June 2023, Advanced Drawing Instructor, Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts
June 2022, Advanced Drawing Instructor, Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts
Fall 2019-Spring 2022, Community School of the Arts Coordinator, Clarksville, TN
June 2021, Advanced Drawing Instructor, Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts
June 2019, Advanced Drawing Instructor, Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts
May 2019, Studio Professor, Rome Study Abroad, Austin Peay State University
Fall/Spring 2018-19, Adjunct Professor, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
Intro to Art and Drawing II
June 2018, Advanced Drawing Instructor, Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts
Fall/Spring 2017-18, Programs Manager, Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA), Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
Fall/Spring 2017-18, Adjunct Professor, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
Intro to Art
June 2016 and 2017, Advanced Drawing Instructor, Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts
Fall 2014 - Spring 2017 Full-Time Foundations Lecturer, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Drawing I and II, 2-D Design, and Art Appreciation
Fall 2013 - Spring 2014 Adjunct Professor, USC Upstate and Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
Drawing I & II, 2-D Design, and Art Appreciation
Fall 2001-Spring 2013 Associate Professor of Art, Young Harris College, Young Harris, Georgia
Drawing I & II, Advanced Drawing, Design I, Painting, Intermediate Studio I & II, Advanced Studio II, Art History II,
Contemporary Art Issues, and Art Appreciation
Summer 2001 Adjunct Professor, Augusta State University, Augusta, Georgia
Humanities II
2000-2001 Assistant Professor of Art, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia
Drawing I & II, and Independent Drawing courses, Two-Dimensional Design
Masters of Fine Art Seminar
1998-2000 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
Drawing I & II
EXHIBITIONS (*Solo Shows):
2024
Drawing From Perception, Invention, and Memory, Robert and Elaine Galleries (Dayton, OH) January 16 - March 8
2023
Crossroads, SECAC 2023 Group Exhibition (Richmond, VA) October 9-28
2022
Number: Presents Art of the South 2022, Zeitgeist Gallery (Nashville, TN) October 1-29
2018
Number: Presents Art of the South 2018, Crosstown Arts Galleries (Memphis, TN) July 27 - September 9
Small Things Considered: International Invitational Exhibition, Belmont College (Nashville, TN) March 12 - May 4
The Idiosyncratic Pencil, Presbyterian College (Clinton, SC) January 24 - February 24
Along the Horizon: Contemporary Drawing in Tennessee, East Tennessee State University (Johnson City, TN) January 16 - February 23
2016
Inspiration: Foundations, Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE), Monmouth College (Monmouth, IL) February
2015
Raising Two White Boys in the South, Gallery Luperca (Nashville, TN) April
2014
*Rough Housing Drawing Installation, The Coffee Bar (Spartanburg, SC) May
Rough Housing Drawing Installation, ArtFields (Lake City, SC) April 25-May 4
No Vacancies Installation Project (Spartanburg, SC) April 14-May 15
2nd Annual Collegiate Invitational Art Exhibition (Spartanburg, SC) April 15-May 23
2013
Wofford Faculty Show, Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC) November
2012
Continuum: BFSDoART Alumni Invitational, Center for Theatre and Art, Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, GA) October
LEAD, Public Artwork, USC Upstate Youth Leadership Summer Institute, June
*Follow and Guide: Wall Drawing, Campus Gate Art Gallery (Young Harris, GA) January
2011
Ring Around the Rosie, Public Artwork, Mayor’s Park (Young Harris, GA) Spring
2010
Raising Two White Boys in the South, Harlow Gallery (Hallowell, ME) October
Tug of War, Public Artwork, Mayor’s Park (Young Harris, GA) Fall
2009
The Brumby Show, Brumby Apartments (Marietta, GA) October
2006
*Three Choices, Emory and Henry College (Emory, VA) April – June
2003
*Lotion and Grease, Concord College Gallery, Concord College (Athens, WV) September – October
2002
*Spectacle, Burnell R Roberts Triangle Gallery, Sinclair Community College (Dayton, OH) April 9–May 2
*Spectacle, The Alice Hirt Memorial Art Exhibition, Clegg Fine Arts Gallery (Young Harris, GA) February 17 – March 29
2001
*Drawings and Installations, The Kalmanson Gallery, Emanuel Arts Center (Swainsboro, GA) January14–February 2
2000
Join In, Installations on Main, Group Installation Show, Montgomery Ward Building (Sumter, SC) October 13-28
Group Show, Chancellor’s Office, Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, GA) August–December
*Spectacle, Gallery 303, Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, GA) July–August
Installations Group Show, Artista Vista, John Deere Building (Columbia, SC) April 28-29
*Spectacle, University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) March 26–April 1
Three Important Young Artists, The Jackson Gallery (Aiken, SC) March 1-31
Georgia Southern Alumni Show, Gallery 303, Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, GA.) February-March
USC Department of Art Student Exhibition, McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) February
RESIDENCIES / LECTURES
2019 Arrowmont Pentaculum Residency (Gatlinburg, TN) January 2019
SECAC Panel Chair, Southeastern College Art Conference (Birmingham, AL) October 2018
FATE (Foundations in Art: Theory and Education) Panel Co-Chair (Kansas City, Mo) April 2017
SECAC Panel Chair, Southeastern College Art Conference (Durham, NC) October 2012
PUBLICATIONS / LINKS
Art for Everyone. Oxford University Press, 2022 (pages 101-102, 103f)
Best Social Practice Exhibition, Best of 2015, Nashville Scene, October 2015
http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/best-social-practice-exhibition/BestOf?oid=5978081
Drawn Today, Gone Tomorrow, Creative Thresholds, November 2014
http://creativethresholds.com/tag/dawn-martin-dickins/
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / DEVELOPMENT
SECAC (Roanoke, Virginia) October 2016
The Whetsell Visual Arts Fellowship Mentor, Wofford College, (Spartanburg, SC) Summer/Fall 2013
Co-Facilitated student trip to New York City, Spring Break 2013
Juror, Wofford College Student Art Show, Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC) April 2012
SECAC (Savannah, GA) November 2011
CAA Conference (Chicago, IL) 2010
Art Program Coordinator, Young Harris College (Young Harris, GA) Fall 2005 – Spring 2009
Traveled to London, Spring Break 2009
FATE (Foundations in Art: Theory and Education) Conference (Milwaukee, WI) 2007
NASAD (National Association of Schools of Art and Design) Conference (Philly, PA) 2006
CAA Conference (Boston, MA) 2006
Co-Facilitated student trip to New York City, Fall Break 2006
Co-Facilitated student trip to London, Paris, and Rome, Summer 2006
Gallery Director, Young Harris College (Young Harris, GA) Fall 2001-Spring 2005
CAA Conference (Atlanta, GA) 2005
Traveled to Germany, Czech Republic, Switzerland, and France, Summer 2005
Juror, Blue Ridge Art Association Wildlife Exhibition (Blue Ridge, GA) Fall 2004
NASAD (National Association of Schools of Art and Design) Conference (Tucson, AZ) 2004
Youth Arts Festival, Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, GA) April 2003
Juror, Student Art Show, East Georgia College (Swainsboro, GA) April 2001