Anne Truitt (1921-2004)

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1921 Born, Baltimore, MD
2004 Died, Washington, DC

Education
1943 B.A., Bryn Mawr College
1948-49 Institute of Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
1950 Dallas Museum of Fine Arts

Honors
1970 Guggenheim Foundation Fellow
1970-72 Corcoran Gallery of Art Fellow
1971-77 National Endowment for the Arts Fellow
1975 Ossabaw Island Project
1981 Australia Arts Council Fellow
1983 Visiting Alumna, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
1985 Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Corcoran School of Art,
Washington, DC
1987 Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Kansas City Art Institute,
Kansas City, MO
1988 Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, St. MaryÕs College of Maryland, MD
1990-91 Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, University of Maryland, MD
1991 Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, The Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1995 Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Parsons, New School for Social Research,
New York, NY
1998 Miriam Schultz Grunfeld Visiting Lecturer, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
1974, 1975,
1978, 1983,
1996, 1999,
2001 Yaddo
2003 The Cather Medal, University of Nebraska

Associations
1977-2004 Member, Yaddo Corporation, Saratoga Springs, New York
1980-1986 Director, Yaddo Corporation, Saratoga Springs, New York
1980-2004 Advisory Board, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
1984 Yaddo, Acting Executive Director, March - December

Teaching
1975-1980 University of Maryland, Lecturer
1980-1991 University of Maryland, Professor
1991 University of Maryland, Professor Emerita of Art
2000 Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM, September 29 - October 27