Dixie Art Colony Explained

The Dixie Art Colony was an art colony in Alabama from 1933 to 1948.

History

The Dixie Art Colony was established by John Kelly Fitzpatrick (1888-1953), Sallie B. Carmichael and her daughter Warree Carmichael LeBron in 1933.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The idea was to establish an artist colony to paint and train burgeoning artists in the South.^[1]

From 1937, they met at Poka Hutchi ("gathering of picture writers" in Creek Indian parlance), a small cabin on Lake Jordan.^[1] Later, Frank W. Applebee, the Chair of the School of Art and Architecture at Auburn University and a painter, joined the colony, as did Genevieve Southerland, Anne Goldthwaite and Lamar Dodd (1909-1996).^{[1] [5]}

The colony last met in 1948.^[1]

Dixie Art Colony Foundation was founded in 2015 to reintroduce the art world to Kelly Fitzpatrick and Poka Hutchi.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: John Kelly Fitzpatrick. Encyclopedia of Alabama. en.
2. Book: Mark. Rebecca. The South. Vaughan. Robert C.. 2004. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-32734-6. Westport, Connecticut. 58. en.
3. Book: Olson, Ted. CrossRoads: A Southern Culture Annual, 2004. 2004. Mercer University Press. 978-0-86554-866-4. 110. en.
4. Book: Wood, Joe Allen Turner and Jan. Wetumpka. 2014. Arcadia Publishing. 978-1-4671-1124-9. 116. en.
5. Web site: Kelly Fitzpatrick. The Johnson Collection, LLC. en.
6. Web site: Harris. Mark. Home. Dixie Art Colony Foundation. en-US.