Katie Deits

Katie Deits is an award-winning artist working in painting and sculpture, a Master Photographer, and a writer whose career bridges creative practice and arts leadership. She is also a Certified Grant Professional (GPC), with expertise spanning art criticism, curating, marketing, fundraising, grant writing, and organizational leadership.

In 2007, Katie received the South Florida Cultural Consortium Art Fellowship for Palm Beach County. Her work has been exhibited widely, and she is recognized for her photography, paintings, and figurative sculpture.

Katie writes about art for newspapers and magazines and is a member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA). She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of South Florida and has earned the Florida Degree of Photographic Excellence, as well as the Master of Photography and Certified Professional Photographer credentials from Professional Photographers of America.

From 2016 to 2023, Katie served as chief executive officer of Florida CraftArt, a statewide nonprofit organization headquartered in St. Petersburg representing Florida’s fine craft artists. In 2023, she received the Muse Award as Arts Ambassador. Since 2024, she has worked as a consultant to nonprofit arts organizations, specializing in strategy, fundraising, grant development, and creative leadership.

Previously, from 2009 to 2015, Katie was executive director of the Lighthouse ArtCenter Museum and School of Art in Tequesta, Florida, where she fo ... view more »

Katie Deits is an award-winning artist working in painting and sculpture, a Master Photographer, and a writer whose career bridges creative practice and arts leadership. She is also a Certified Grant Professional (GPC), with expertise spanning art criticism, curating, marketing, fundraising, grant writing, and organizational leadership.

In 2007, Katie received the South Florida Cultural Consortium Art Fellowship for Palm Beach County. Her work has been exhibited widely, and she is recognized for her photography, paintings, and figurative sculpture.

Katie writes about art for newspapers and magazines and is a member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA). She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of South Florida and has earned the Florida Degree of Photographic Excellence, as well as the Master of Photography and Certified Professional Photographer credentials from Professional Photographers of America.

From 2016 to 2023, Katie served as chief executive officer of Florida CraftArt, a statewide nonprofit organization headquartered in St. Petersburg representing Florida’s fine craft artists. In 2023, she received the Muse Award as Arts Ambassador. Since 2024, she has worked as a consultant to nonprofit arts organizations, specializing in strategy, fundraising, grant development, and creative leadership.

Previously, from 2009 to 2015, Katie was executive director of the Lighthouse ArtCenter Museum and School of Art in Tequesta, Florida, where she founded and launched the Plein Air Festival, now recognized as one of the nation’s leading plein air events. Earlier in her career, she spent seven years as an editor at The Palm Beach Post and owned and operated the largest photographic and graphic design studio in Palm Beach County, specializing in commercial, advertising, aerial, and editorial photography.

Katie has served on the faculties of Barry University, Palm Beach State College, and The Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach. She frequently lectures on art, fundraising, grant writing, and organizational leadership.

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