Converse College Undergraduate Academic Programs

TERESA PRATER

Chair and Professor of Art

Milliken Art Building, Room 210-B

Phone: (864)-596-9181

Teresa Prater is the Chair of the Department of Art and Design at Converse College and is also a Professor of Studio Art. She is responsible for teaching classes in painting, drawing, design, and book arts. She received her B.F.A. from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and her M.A. and M.F.A. in painting and drawing from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. She primarily works with charcoal on paper, using the figure and supporting symbolic images to create high contrast narrative environments. Her drawings and paintings have been shown in twenty-three one-person exhibitions and over 100 exhibitions nationally and in Mexico and Switzerland. Several of her drawings have won top awards in juried competitions. Professor Prater was one of six visual artists selected by the city of Spartanburg to participate in the Cultural Exchange Program in Winterthur, Switzerland, where she exhibited her charcoal drawings and participated in a one-week residency. She has been a fellow at the artists' residencies Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and The Hambidge Center in Georgia.

In addition to her charcoal drawings, Ms. Prater makes artist books which are often exhibited with her drawings. She has recently completed a project entitled, Seven Gates of Ritual, an installation of seven drawings and artists' books.

Professor Prater has been active with the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts. She served eight years as a Master Teacher in the Academy program, an Outreach Workshop Instructor, and a Judicator for the selection of students to participate in the Honors and Academy summer programs. Ms. Prater serves as President for the Spartanburg Artists Guild and is active with the Arts Partnership of Spartanburg. She is a member of the Center for Book Arts in NYC and Southeastern College Art Conference.

View some of Professor Prater's work on her personal website.