Reta DeWit
← People of the Society · on record 1965–1974
Everything the Society’s own records say of Reta DeWit — the offices held, the standings conferred, and the awards won — gathered on one page. Where the records are silent, so is this one.
Also recorded as Mrs. DeWit, Reta Dewit, Rita DeWit
Certification
- Associate of the CSCL 1968
Her work won a Craftsman Award for a photo album at the 11th International Assembly in 1965 and a Craftsman Award in 1967. One piece was chosen for “Ontario Crafts – Leather Today”, the Society’s Centennial travelling exhibition: a photo album. The Canadian Guild of Crafts (Ontario) selected the articles; the exhibition opened at the Guild Shop on 2 October 1967 and was to travel across Canada during 1968. She was an Associate of the Society from 1968, and her work won a Canadian National Exhibition prize in the Women's Division in 1974.
From Summer 1968, page 1; and Fall 1967, page 9.
Awards
- Canadian National Exhibition Leathercraft Prize (Women's Division) 1974
- Craftsman Award, 11th International Assembly 1965
- Craftsman Ribbon 1967