Education
BA, Studio Art, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA --1994
MFA, Painting, Tyler School of Art/Temple University, Phila, PA --1996
William Pettit
Lecturer, Art and Visual CultureContact
+39 339 1592597
Mailing Address
Art and Visual Culture Department
158 College of Design
Ames, IA, 50011
Art and Visual Culture Department
158 College of Design
Ames, IA, 50011
Bio
Research Interests
The origin of artistic resources and their relationship to the landscape; the connections between sustainable food culture and visual culture; traditional materials and techniques of painting, writing, drawing, and photography, and their connection to the environment throughout history and in contemporary artistic production.
Current Projects
Grants and Fellowships
Research Grant Recipient/ Temple University OVPR Arts and Humanities Grant / The Hearth Project, www.thebottegaprojects.com. 2019-2022
Research Grant Recipient / Branca Center of the Cini Foundation / Venice, Italy. The Cookbook of Secrets. 2018
Publications and Conferences
The Origin of Resources: Sustainable and Experiential Learning in Italy. The Journal of Sustainability Education. 2020
The Reconciliation of Material and Time: Recreating Masaccio’s “Expulsion.” Presented at the Othello’s Island Conference on Medieval Art. CVAR, Cyprus, Greece. 2016