HOWARD SCOTT PITT
scottsemail70@gmail.com

Professional Summary
Creative and mission-driven professional with 20+ years of experience in educational outreach, program coordination, and community engagement, paired with a background as a practicing studio artist. Proven success designing inclusive arts education initiatives, building lasting community partnerships, and leading innovative projects in higher education. Passionate about supporting the arts, community, and engagement. Seeking to transition into an arts-centered role in education, nonprofit, or cultural organizations. Open to positions domestic or abroad.

Education
Harvard University                                                                                                                           Cambridge, MA                                                                                                                                             edX  Certificate                                                                                                                                     February 2024    
Tangible Things: Discovering History Through Artworks, Artifacts, Scientific Specimens, and the Stuff Around You
•    Studied museum curation approaches, historical analysis, and interdisciplinary connections
•    Developed critical thinking and analytical interpretation skills in related to museum curation and      the presentation of art collections
 

Concord University                                                                                                                                 Athens, WV                                                                                                                                           Bachelor of Arts        
Studio Art - Painting and Sculpture concentration
•    Solo Senior Art Show                                                                                                                                   •    Communications studies minor with theatre concentration                                             
•    Member of the Alpha Psi Omega (ΑΨΩ) National Theatre Honor Society.
•    Recipient of the Community Theatre Players Scholarship.

Recognition                                                                                                                          •   Luxembourg Art Prize Certificate of Artistic Achievement 2024, 2025

Experience
Art Instruction Experience 
Courses:
•    Introduction to Humanities- 3-hour credit
•    Art for Educators I & II- Teaching Assistant 3-hour credit each
•    Bluefield State College “BSC Kid’s College” Summer Program Art Teacher

Artist Workshops:
•    Acrylic and Oil Painting
•    Drawing: beginner, one- and two-point perspective, optical illusions
•    Positive and negative space
•    Mixed Media
•    Origami and Paper Sculpture
•    Floor Loom Weaving for Beginners
•    Basket Weaving
•    Papermaking
•    General Arts and Crafts Workshops 
•    Art instructor in Mercer County All-Together-Arts Program

Visiting Artist Lectures
•    Mixed Media History
•    Mandalas History and Impact on the Meditative Process 
•    History of Kimono
•    Story Writing for Beginners- written word and visual story
•    Guest Artist providing various art workshop topics in public schools K-12

Theater, Costuming, and Stage & Instrument Tech Experience
General Theater:
•    Experience in all aspects of theater production and/or management of a 530-seat proscenium             mainstage theatre, a 150-seat black box theatre, outdoor amphitheater and dinner theatre.
•    Working knowledge of touring theater company expectations and negotiations including
      importance of venue size, staging, tech specifications, loading dock requirements; as well as               riders for staffing, presenter responsibilities, and accommodations.
•    Coordinated with touring theater companies with load-in, set-up, tear-down, and load-out.
•    Assisted and led theater production aspects including auditions, casting, budgeting, logistics,            stage and lighting design, volunteer staffing, equipment/props, rehearsals, and final                            performances.
•    Facilitated award ceremonies, banquets, organizational fairs, special events, and fundraising               events. 
•    Provided set design and installation for musicals, talent shows, public elementary school
     productions and improvisation shows.

Costuming:  
•    Managed college theater costume shop. Oversaw all costume design from planning and                       implementing to finished product. 
•    Responsible for costume budget of all performances from large scale main stage productions to        smaller one-act black box performances for 5 seasons. 

Directing:
•    Two one-act black box plays, one two-act traveling dinner theater play. 
•    Assistant Director/ Project Manager of one two-act amphitheater performance.

Stage & Instrument Tech:
•    Scenic Designer for public school music concerts.
•    Mainstage setup of choral and instrumental ensemble performances.  
•    20-year volunteer with Mercer County public school music program performances.

Art Gallery Experience
•    Active artist exhibiting one or more regional art show each year since 2008.                                            Galleries include: Chuck Mathena Center Rotunda Gallery                                                                                                         Hebert Gallery- Bluefield State College                                                                                                           Paine Gallery- Bluefield Arts Center                                                                                                                 Mish-Mish Gallery                                                                                                                                             Holler: Contemporary Appalachian Art Gallery                                                                                               Apartment Earth Gallery
•    Hands on practical experience in multiple galleries.
•    Coordinated and scheduled exhibitions, receptions, and artist lectures.
•    Designed and coordinated installation of exhibition layout.
•    Coordinated and supervised de-installation and gallery restoration between exhibitions.
•    Created and judged juried exhibitions.
•    Assisted with coordination of collections and deliveries from off-site.
•    Assisted with yearly master plan for gallery programming.
•    Wrote and edited artists' statements and wall labels to appropriately fit in gallery aesthetic.
•    Trained student workers and student artists on how to set up the gallery space to create an                 aesthetically compelling and cohesive exhibit.
•    Developed exhibition schedule, organizing events, and ran educational programs.
•    Experienced in creating standard art exhibition agreements.
•    Tracked and organized art sales and post-show delivery of art work.

Aesthetic Sensibility
•    Participated as an artist in juried exhibitions, solo artist shows and collaborative exhibitions for        the past 25 years. 
•    Studied and researched approaches to art through historical and educational modes, exploring          how social and financial factors influence art and artists.
•    Studied the effect art and music have on society and how they act as a cultural repository.
•    Maintained current knowledge of significant developments and trends in the fields of art,                    education,  museums, and multi-disciplinary community arts programs.
•    Ability to articulate the aesthetic and create opportunities for creative expression in people of all      ages, knowledge and talents. 
•    Stayed abreast of current trends and modalities regarding art and art education.