Title: Neil Di Teresa Photography Collection, 1973
ID: RG 09/9.14
Primary Creator: Di Teresa, Neil.
Extent: 1.0 MS boxes
Subjects: Artisans -- Kentucky., Artisans., Berea College -- Faculty, Decorative arts -- Kentucky., Decorative arts., Handicraft -- Appalachian Region -- Exhibitions., Handicraft -- Kentucky., Handicraft., Photograph collections.
Languages: English
Neil Di Teresa received his Bachelor’s Degree from the Pratt Institute in New York and a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts from the University of New Mexico. He was professor of art at Berea College from 1962 to 2010. Di Teresa was also a visiting senior professor at Darwin College, University of Kent, Canterbury, England, and a guest professor at the University of Notre Dame.
Di Teresa’s work can be found in numerous museum and corporate collections including Phillip Morris, KY; Ashland Oil, TX; The Charleston Museum of Art, WV; the Owensboro Museum of Art, KY; and The Management Group, NM. While primarily a painter, Di Teresa has also worked in woodcuts, cast paper, puppetry, and drawing. While at Berea College, Di Teresa also served as the director of the Summer Puppetry Caravan for Appalachia.
Artisans -- Kentucky.
Artisans.
Berea College -- Faculty
Decorative arts -- Kentucky.
Decorative arts.
Handicraft -- Appalachian Region -- Exhibitions.
Handicraft -- Kentucky.
Handicraft.
Photograph collections.
Repository: Berea College Special Collections and Archives Catalog
Access Restrictions: Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Use Restrictions: Federal copyright regulations apply to all materials.
Preferred Citation: [Description of photograph, folder number], RG 09/9.14: Neil Di Teresa Photographic Collection, Special Collections & Archives, Berea College, Berea, KY.
Processing Information: The photographic slides are arranged according to the trays in which they were received by the archives. The finding aid was created in 2016.
