Background
Brackett, Prilla Smith was born on November 8, 1942 in New Orleans. Daughter of Wilson Fitch and Hannah Balch (Coffin) Smith.
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Prilla Smith Brackett
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Bachelor in Psychology and Sociology, Sarah Lawrence College, 1964. Master of Arts in Sociology, University California, Berkeley, 1967. Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing, University Nebraska, 1981.
Career
Graduate teaching assistant, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1979-1981;
Adjunct Professor, Simmons College, Boston, 1989;
instructor, DeCordova Museum School, Lincoln, 1992-1993;
Adjunct Professor, U. Massachusetts Harbor Campus, Boston, 1993;
Adjunct Professor, Salem (Massachusetts) State College, 1993;
instructor landscape workshops, Arts Pro Tem, Hancock, N.H., 1993-1995, 97-98;
instructor landscape workshops, Arts Pro Tem, West Yellowstone, Montana, 1993-1995. Panel coordinator, moderator National Women's Caucus for Art, San Francisco, 1989, 95, Boston, 1996. Panelist College Art Association National Conference, Chicago, 1992.
Guest lecturer and speaker in field.
Achievements
Membership
Co-president Boston chapter Amigos de las Americas, Boston, 1993-1995. Member College Art Association, Women's Caucus for Art (coordinator for exhibitions national conference 1986, co-chair Boston chapter 1987-1988).
Interests
Connections
Married George Conrad Brackett, September 28, 1968. Children: Ethan Samuel, Matthew Aaron.
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American
Awards
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Recipient fellowship in painting Bunting Institute, Radcliffe Research and Study Center, Cambridge, 1989-1990, The Francine Frank fellow residency Millay Colony of the Arts, Austerlitz, New York, 1994, residency at Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1997, 98, 2nd place cash award Lancaster Museum, 1997, Lois Neelie Gill award and residency Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming, 1998, residency Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia, 2001, 03. Vision Fund grantee, Boston Foundation, 1998.Recipient fellowship in painting Bunting Institute, Radcliffe Research and Study Center, Cambridge, 1989-1990, The Francine Frank fellow residency Millay Colony of the Arts, Austerlitz, New York, 1994, residency at Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1997, 98, 2nd place cash award Lancaster Museum, 1997, Lois Neelie Gill award and residency Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming, 1998, residency Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia, 2001, 03. Vision Fund grantee, Boston Foundation, 1998.