Artist TRACEE PICKETT Early Education in
Fine Arts New York
Formal Education Fine Arts and Media Arts
Columbia College Chicago
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Informal Training
in the Infrastructure of Business
Employed with Mack and Associates when formerly, the Choice for Staffing
Some companies consulted with before year 2000:
MSNBC
Dain Rouscher
the Merck (Chicago Stock Exchange ) tracking offices
Brambles USA / Chicago N. Mich. Ave. Group
Northwestern University Hospital in Evanston IL
Other Informal Education
Seminars: Chicago / NYC / Berkley / LA / More
Northwestern University / Experimental and Classical Music as a non-musician /
non-student /participating in arts circle events / and surveyed some lectures with
North Texas University Conference / arts .. environment .. physics
NEW Orleans Conference on Scientific Design / Physics / Before the Storm 2003 I think ...
Chicago Mayors Office Writing Forum (mayors office, people for disabilities
department)
ISEA CHICAGO / International Symposium on Electronic Art / with Lori Anderson
Berkeley Writers Forum (satellite seminar)
UCLA Film Forum (satellite seminar) with Sydney Pollack
Artist Seminar / The New York Foundation for the Arts / nyfa.org
THE GETTY MUSEUM / Artist / Educator Conference-
College Arts Association NYC / 2009 Los Angeles
Yale Symposium / School of Architecture / Spatial Illiteracy / 2009 w/ Robert A.M. Stern
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago artist / educator conference-
THE MODERN WING / College Arts Association NYC / 2010 Conference
Guggenheim Forum / Between the Over and Underdesigned-
2009 / with Aric Chen w..NY TIMES / published commentary
Guggenheim Forum / Beyond Material Worth-
2010 / with Peter G. Brown w..McGill Universtity / published commentary
NBC / Career Conference 2010 / NBC Studio's Chicago- with the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Awards
Everson Museum early creative arts award
Everson Museum early arts award II
Knoxville Museum of Art / civic / recognition of volunteerism
French Mac Open Honorary Award / award for personal achievement in the community
& and professional artistic achievement
Member:
Sundance Insider
CAA
CAC
KMA GUILD
NYFA
Friends and Alumni of UT
CAAN -Columbia College Chicago Alumni and Friends
ALUMNI @ SAIC
Yale Member of:
Whitney Humanities Center at Yale
Writers at Yale and Beyond
Yale Environmental Health Group
Yale Women's Center
Yale Sustainability
Published
Dana Press / Comments Article "Questions About Autism" personal story- about tinnitus and it's relationship to Autism
Dana Press / Comments Article "Autism" more questions about Autism
OCTOBER 2010 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / Routledge Press UK
Vanderbilt Press / Breaking Ground Magazine sponsored by the Kennedy Center-
written works- "Of Paupers and Princes"
"Vanity Saved Me"
Cover Art- "From Sea to Tea" / Black and White Image / the Cover of Breaking Ground
Disabilities and the Entrepreneurial Spirit by Jon Kent / Vanderbilt Press
April 2010 most visited blog:
Wall Street Journal Blurb / STATEMENT WOMEN ISSUES WSJ comment- at 11:24 pm by TRACEE PICKETT
NEWS about the artist and programming created by the artist
Chicago Reader 2002 September Publication / nine million reader circulation-
exhibition of paintings and writings about "dream waters"
Pioneer Press Winnetka IL 2002 "dream waters"
The DiVinci Papers NEWSLETTER / article on creative art programs-
"smArt programs" @ TRACEE and COMPANY Knoxville News Sentinal / Community Building Classes with the Arts-
Numerious Publications about Programming
Fountian City Focus / Many Publications-
about Tracee and Company Fine Arts Programs
Channel 8 TV w/ Stacey McCloud / Featuring Several Stories-
on Tracee and Company Fine Arts Programming
Channel 8 Television Appearance on Morning News w/ Stacey McCloud-
Talking About the Importance of Fine Art Programming 2006
Book Unvailing and Exhibition of Visual Art "A Painter's Poetry Book" 2005 @
Tippit Library Townsend Tennessee w/ Former Governor Sunquist and Mrs.Sunquist
as the First Readers of the Newly Released Book
The Tennessean / Nashville / Cover Photo of Tracee: Protesting Against People being
cut from Federal Health Care Programs 2005 / sponsored by the State Wide
Independent Living Center and the Nashville Legal Clinic / after all, as a society, we are
only as good as we treat the less fortunate of our cities.
Publication of Programming Funded by: Tennessee Arts Commission and the Arts and
Cultural Alliance of Knoxville "have fun with everything under the sun"
Publication on One of the Many Funded Programs-
THE MONDAY FOUNDATION "the smArt program"@ the Divinci Papers
-interview with artist about arts and learning in the Community
Demo Magazine Very Short Blurb about the Ferenza Figure Eight Chair-
Special News- "I write in my CCC international symposiuum about forced adoption and
such that children and adults have endured -
children and we must concider adoption as a solution in some
situations yet it is nice to have the option and not force adoption
on anyone. In American today- the Homeless Population is Growing."
Some Independent Creative Professional Engagements:
Early Work / Independent / Design and Illustration
Assistant Teaching / Columbia College, Chicago
Assistant Teaching / the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chair 3 yrs: The Clean Air Action Team-
Environmental Organization Smky Mt National Park
Chair 2 yrs: On-sight Coordinator / The National Earthday Festival-
for Smky Mt National Park sponsored by the Gateway Foundation
Chair 2 yrs: A State Independent Living Center / Knoxville TN-
working in issues of humanities
Chair 2 yrs: HeartSong Center Festival / Interactive Arts Tents-
bringing arts, craft demontratorsarts, activities to the down town Knoxville Arts Festival
Volunteer / Knoxville Museum of Art / Teaching Arts Workshops
Volunteer / Knoxville Museum of Art / Special Events
Volunteer / Knoxville Museum of Art / Curatorial Department-
"A World of Peace" exhibition of Tibetan Art and Making of the Sand Mondala
Volunteer / Knoxville Museum of Art / Alive after Five-
events keeping live music programs active in our communities
Volunteer / Knoxville Museum of Art / Family Day Festivals in the Museum
Demonstration Exhibition / A1 Arts in Cooperation with the Knoxville Museum of Art -
9/11 Visual Arts and Poetry Response in a Peace Effort
Vanderbilt University / Mega-Conference "interactive lecture on the art of business"
Columbia College / Art Lecture "Art Talk"
Evanston Symphony Orchestra / visual arts and music interactive with groups of 12 yr-
old students & exhibit showcased at Evanston Library
THE JONNY CASH PROJECT MAY 2010_________________________________ State Independent Living Center TN / interactive lecture-
"The Power of Positive Thought Through the Arts"
Philadelphia Elementary-Middle School / 3 yrs -
childrens arts interactive "smArt programs" @ TRACEE and COMPANY
Black Berry Farms / Great Masters Sessions / 2003-04
Assistant Editor of Scientific Paper for Approved Patent -
machine for treatment in brain cancer
Department of Rehabilitation / Lecture-Interactive / Making Fine Art
ETTAC.org / Independent Contract / 3yrs /"smArt" programs -
cave paintings to printmaking 20,000 years of art
ETTAC.org / Independent Contract / "SMART ART" / modern world of the arts
ETTAC.org TN / Independent Contract / arts interactive-
"art basics for children with disabilities" / from the studies of -
Rembrandt / Michelangelo / Caulder / Kandinski / and more
Fountian City Art Center / Independent Contract / Many Many Programs-
"smArt" programs / hundreds of subjects beginning with cave paintings-
to modern times
Fountain City Art Center / Independent Contract / Over 2 Years of Programming-
Adult Interactive-Portraiture / Working with a Live Model /
drawing on information from the great masters
Fountain City Art Center / Independent Contract / 3 Years of Programming-
Adult Interactive-Drawing Basics / classical European methods of learning
Sunshine Industries / Byzantine Empire Mosaics and the Actual Making of Mosaics
Sunshine Industries / Albrecht Durer and Print-Making
State Senate Conference / Speaker at Arts Day on the Hill-
in Nashville / representing better understanding of the importance of arts learning-
programs for all persons in the State of Tennessee / 2006- Current w/ active phone
calls to Senate Representitives on Valid Issues Which Need a Many Voices
Senate Meetings / Disability Day on the Hill in Nashville / participating in-
representation of issues on Disability and Aging 2009
Emerald Youth Foundation / Independent Contract / childrens-
Lecture-Interactives / "The Great Impressionists"
Lecture-Interactive Events in Private Settings / 2002-Current
Song and Story Boarding of Classical Musicals / for improved: communication /
conceptual thinking / spirit / pronounciation for children with disabilities /
individual expression / including children without disabilities
The Knoxville Museum of Art Film Series in conjunction with The University of
Tennessee / a short film for the purpose of educating about the arts creating better
communities/ including footage and music composed by the
artist, TRACEE PICKETT and a music composition by John Cage-
the film was created for educational purposes only- ,
Tracee Pickett 2007 Short Film Titled: "the art of it"
The Knoxville Museum of Art with The University of Tennessee / a short film produced
and directed by Tracee Pickett / 2008 Short Film Title: "the art of business", created for a
conference @Vanderbilt University
artmesh innovations member 2008 - Current / invited member to contribute to planning
goals for artmesh / an international artist group based in Berlin, Germany
political exhibition / global symposium: January 20th 2009 / Refresh America
Columbia College Lecturer / International Symposium- Please Bare With Me as This i 2009 Lecture @ Columbia College Chicago that began in April and ended in April 2010. The week of april 22nd 2009
this Symposium went live through a live - streem at chicago's well known Theatre Row and continued on-line throughout the
next year. This is my first effort at a global symposium and is not in anyway a lecture -interactive. Great thanks to Columbia College
chicago. and the clips (links) below will provide you with my full symposia work for Wealth and New Wealth.
EXHIBITS
OVER 22 Years of Exhibitions
works held in corporate and private collections
NY / NYC / CHICAGO / TENNESSEE / LA / GERMANY / THAILAND
Design Within Reach Frencienza Champagne Chair CHAIR&MORE
New Group Exhibition in COPENHAGEN
2009_____________________
YALE's participation report: " We had over 80 students from
universities around the world participate in our workshop, and the
reception was a real success with about 150 alumni, students, faculty,
and friends."
A Fesival Organized for World Change: NEW LIFE COPENHAGEN
based on world change / exhibition in conjunction with United Nations
Meetings Schedule in
Copenhagen 2009 / where will world leaders lead to in 2099 /
"a visionary response"
Look for Tracee and Company Contribution Posted Here
-NOVEMBER
2010 ...
and lets understand more now More in relationship to our copenhagen project...
a letter written to me on April 5th 2010 from-
the President of-
Copenhagen NEWS
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| | |  | | | NEW LIFE IN COPENHAGEN | | | |  This December, Wooloo.org organized free accommodation for more than 3,000 activists who could not otherwise have come to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Using this large-scale human meeting as the exhibition platform for our NEW LIFE COPENHAGEN festival, we invited artists to provide form and content to the interactions of more than 6,000 activists and host families. Not through physical works of art, but via social experiments engaging our participants to investigate new ways of living together.
The participating artists and activists were: Superflex (DK), Climate Justice Fast! (Global), The Yes Men (US), Raketa (SE), Signa (A/DK), Open Dialogues (UK) and Angelica Canchumani (PE).
Through diverse works and interventions, the participants in Copenhagen were - among many other things - given a special guide book for their meeting, challenged to consider an ecological burial in case of their immediate death, asked to pledge to never drink Coca-cola again and given a special guide book in the power relations among guests and hosts.
You can watch videos of the different festival projects and learn more at:
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more about Tracee Pickett:
Designs
DESIGN WITHIN REACH: the Frencienza Champagne Chair 2008
Finalist @ Design Within Reach Champagne Chair Contest 2009
National DWR Champagne Chair Exhibition / Manhattan to Honalulu 2009
More info:
XING INVITED MEMBER w/ University of Tennessee XING
Sample a of the lecture-interactives @ TRACEE AND COMPANY Photo Credits:
Katie Vandergriff / thanks Katie!
Note about funded programming: Many of our Programs have been funded by public and
private organizations to provide quality fine arts educations for all children and adults that
sign-up. We have even assigned a certain number of seats to children that might not other
wise be able to take the classes due to financial situations without challenging their
information. Tracee and Company has also provided free classes to those with other
special needs. It is of the utmost importance that all people have the access to arts learning
programs- with the provisions of equality, with the arts, we build better communities for us
all, no matter your difference.
Tracee Pickett: specializes in individualized arts education programs. Teaching
professionally in the arts since 1993, selling works since 1980. Tracee and Company:
where fine arts programming and development of programs is inviting, fun and essential to
life. Many levels of learning, for many needs: Educators, Coroprate Professionals, Youth
Students, Adult Fine Art Students from all levels, as well as Other Groups.
The Following are Some of the Topics of Tracee and Company's Lecture-Interactives:
Fine Arts Team Building Lecture-Interactives
Fine Arts Youth Leadership Lecture-Interactives
Fine Arts with Educators Lecture-Interactives
Fine Arts Power of Positive Thought Lecture-Interactives
Business Productivity w/ Humanity Through the Arts Lecture-Interactives
For Specialized Lectures and Lecture- Interactives Events- If you manage a company or
team of people and are interested in what tracee and company can do for a group of people
no matter your sector- e-mail me @ the address below and we'll send you an informational
link and more.
All starting with fine arts at TRACEE and COMPANY, as we sell works from the STUDIO and
continue to create. "I have instructed in diverse places, in diverse ways, with a diversity of
people along the way, learning a great deal. With the interaction, comes new and great
experience and a wealth of new friends and new knowledge.
"That is the world I value"