About
Stacy DeBritz is a mixed-media artist and poet working in the Capital District of New York. She appropriates and juxtaposes seemingly disparate images, the sacred and the profane, to expose their aesthetic similarities and archetypal natures. She is exploring the recurrence of visual images and their historic cyclical patterns, while responding to the saturation and explosion of imagery in our technological and social media obsessed society. DeBritz is fascinated with the images that manage to creep beyond our screens and whether they are clarifying or clouding our innate ability to delve into the collective unconscious.
New Work
"If a property has no fence, it will be plundered." (Sirach 36:25)
Mixed Media on 6 wood panels, 61" x 74"
CV Highlights
Education
MFA Painting, Syracuse University
BA Painting, Montana State University
Professional Experience
Co-Founder and Creative Director
Community Learning LLC, Schenectady, NY http://www.commlearning.com
Program Director
Studio in a School Association, New York, NY http://www.studioinaschool.org
Visual Arts Coordinator
Institute for Arts in Education, Syracuse, NY
Teaching Experience
Visiting Artist Residency: “Make Me a Channel of Your Peace”, St. Kateri Tekakwitha Elementary, Schenectady, NY
Designed and executed mural (25 ft.), grades K-5
Visiting Artist Residency: “Hidden Worlds”, Hillside Elementary School, Niskayuna, NY
Collaboration with microbiologist, Dr. Sam Bowser (NSF Grantee) and landscape artist, Laura Von Rosk, grade 5
Visiting Artist Residency: “Spiral On”, Niskayuna Central School District, Niskayuna, NY
Romare Bearden inspired collage mural (70 ft.), grades K-5
Consultant
Herbert Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Adjunct Instructor
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, San Diego, CA
Drawing, Design, Art Studies (design, color, painting), Concept Visualization II & III (figure, perspective space)
Adjunct Instructor
Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY
Drawing I & II, Design (2-D, color), Fashion Illustration
Art Instructor
Board of Cooperative Education (BOCES), Auburn, NY
Drawing and Sculpture (gifted K-12 program)
Graduate Assistant
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Painting and Drawing (Studio Arts Department), Figure Drawing (Freshman Core Department)
Publications
“Being an Artist: A Cubism and Collage Experience” Community Learning, LLC, Schenectady, NY
Grants/Fellowships
Artist in Residence, Kirkland Art Center, New York State Council on the Arts, Clinton, NY
University Fellowship, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Full Assistantship, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Writing Workshops
Sharon Springs Poetry Festival (Dora Melech), Klinkhart Arts Center, Sharon Springs, NY
Living Room Craft Talks: The Art of Revision with Ellen Bass, virtual
NY State Writer’s Institute (poetry James Lasdun), U Albany, Albany, NY
NY State Writer’s Institute (fiction Jo Page), U Albany, Albany, NY
Volunteer Work
St. Baldrick’s Foundation, Schenectady, NY, event organizer raising funds for childhood cancer research ($500,000+)
Family Promise of the Capital Region, Albany, NY, helping homeless families achieve sustainable independence
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