Priscilla Pitts

Priscilla Pitts is a New Zealand writer and art curator.

Biography

Pitts was educated at the University of Auckland, gaining an MA in English and Art History.

In the 1980s, Pitts co-founded the magazine Antic, which focused on literature and visual arts.[1] She was also a frequent contributor to the journal Art New Zealand.[2]

From 1993 to 1998, Pitts was director of the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth. She then moved to Dunedin and from 1998 to 2007 she was director of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery and Otago Settlers Museum.[3] Between 2007 and 2014, Pitts had a managerial role at the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Since that time she has worked as a freelance writer and curator, working from Lower Hutt.

In 2017 she co-wrote a book on the history of the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship.[4]

Publications

• Contemporary New Zealand Sculpture (1998), David Bateman[5]
• Undreamed of…50 Years of the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship (2017, with Andrea Hotere), Otago University Press[4]

References

1. "Priscilla Pitts: artists and the 1980s | The Dowse Art Museum". dowse.org.nz. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
2. "Priscilla Pitts | Page 1 of 4 | Items | National Library of New Zealand | National Library of New Zealand". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
3. "Staff & Advisory Board | Adam Art Gallery". Retrieved 8 February 2020.
4. Friends, Alumni &. "New book celebrates fellowship's 50-year contribution to culture". University of Otago. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
5. Pitts, Priscilla (1 January 1998). "Contemporary New Zealand sculpture : themes and issues / by Priscilla Pitts ; photo editor, Gil Hanly". Contemporary New Zealand sculpture : ... | Items | National Library of New Zealand | National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 8 February 2020.