DON REITZ (American, b. 1929)
Born
Sunbury, Pennsylvania
Education
1962 M.F.A., New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1957 B.S. Art Education, Kurztown State College, Kurztown, PA
Selected Public Collections
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
Kenosha Public Museum, Kenosha, WI
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Mudgee Art Museum, Mudgee, Australia
Museum of Arts & Design New York, NY
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Washington, DC
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Selected Honors and Awards
2000 Ceramics Magazine poll choosing Reitz as the "most influential artist"
1988 Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin
1987 Fellow, Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters
1983 Honorary member Academie Internationale de la Ceramique, Geneva, Switzerland
1983 Ceramics Magazine, poll honoring Reitz as "one of twelve greatest living ceramics artists worldwide"
1981 Cited by Maori people of New Zealand for "distinguished leadership in the dispensing of knowledge to peoples"
1978 Fellow of the World Craft Council
1970 Governor's Award in the Arts, Wisconsin
Born
Sunbury, Pennsylvania
Education
1962 M.F.A., New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1957 B.S. Art Education, Kurztown State College, Kurztown, PA
Selected Public Collections
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
Kenosha Public Museum, Kenosha, WI
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Mudgee Art Museum, Mudgee, Australia
Museum of Arts & Design New York, NY
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Washington, DC
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Selected Honors and Awards
2000 Ceramics Magazine poll choosing Reitz as the "most influential artist"
1988 Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin
1987 Fellow, Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters
1983 Honorary member Academie Internationale de la Ceramique, Geneva, Switzerland
1983 Ceramics Magazine, poll honoring Reitz as "one of twelve greatest living ceramics artists worldwide"
1981 Cited by Maori people of New Zealand for "distinguished leadership in the dispensing of knowledge to peoples"
1978 Fellow of the World Craft Council
1970 Governor's Award in the Arts, Wisconsin