John T. Scott was a sculptor, painter, printmaker, and collagist born in New Orleans, LA. He earned a BA at Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, and an MFA from Michigan State University, East Lansing, where he studied under painter Charles Pollock. He taught at Xavier University for 40 years.
His works are in the permanent collections of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Amistad Research Center at Tulane University, Xavier University of Louisiana Art Collections and Gallery, Loyola University, and Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, all in New Orleans; Louisiana State University's Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Scripps College, Claremont, CA; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC; Fisk University, Nashville, TN; and Baltimore Museum of Art, MD.
Among awards and honors received by Scott are a grant to study under sculptor George Rickey; an honorary Doctor of Humanities from Michigan State University; an honorary Doctor of Humanities from Tulane University, New Orleans; and a MacArthur Fellowship ("Genius Grant") from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives records
1940
New Orleans, LA
September 1, 2007
Houston, TX
Male