2027

• Threads, Folds & Rabbit Holes, Phillips Museum, Franklin & Marshall University, Lancaster, PA (solo show).

2026

• Rabbit Weaving: Complex Threads of Making, Jean B. King Gallery of Art, Herrett Center, College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, ID (solo show).

• Collective Concerns, Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA (traveling group show).

• Threads, Folds & Rabbit Holes, Francis Marion University, Gately Gallery, Florence, SC. (solo show).

2025

• A Creative Place: Art from Northeastern Wisconsin 1940 to Present, Trout Museum, Appleton, WI (large, curated group show).

• FLASHPOINTS: Material / Intent / Fused, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA (four-person traveling show).

• Threads, Folds, and Rabbit Holes, Caestecker Art Gallery, Ripon College, Ripon, WI. (solo show)

• Threads, Folds, and Rabbit Holes, (Holidays Unfolding and Through the Veil paintings), Piedmont Arts, Martinsville, VA (solo show).

• Collective Concerns, Mills Station Arts and Culture Center, Rancho Cordova, CA (traveling group show).

• Collective Concerns, Museum of Arts & Sciences, Macon, GA (traveling group show).

2024

• Threads, Folds, and Rabbit Holes, McLanahan Gallery, Penn State Altoona Gallery, Altoona, PA (October 31, 2024-December 14, 2024)

• Rabbit Weaving: Complex Threads of Making, Taube Museum, Minot, ND (solo show).

• Wonder: Social Surrealism in Contemporary Art, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ. (four-person show)

• Threads, Folds, & Rabbit Holes (Holidays Unfolding and Through the Veil paintings), Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR (solo show).

• Threads, Folds, & Rabbit Holes (Holidays Unfolding and Through the Veil paintings), Saluki Gallery, Sharp Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL (solo show).

• Rabbit Weaving: Complex Threads of Making, Loveland Museum, Loveland, CO (solo show).

• Compulsory Measures, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicot City, MD (eight-person traveling show).

2024 – Wisconsin Visual Art Achievement Awards, Educator Award, (College or University).

2019 – Teaching Enhancement Grant, Papercutting Workshop with Reni Gower, University of Wisconsin, Fall 2018, Green Bay.

2018 – Sustainability Teaching Development Grant, UWGB. Visiting UNM, Albuquerque, to talk with Professors and observe studio and teaching activities in the Art and Ecology Program.

2017 – Nominated for Student Nominated Teacher Award (Experienced Teacher), UWGB.

2017 – Teaching Enhancement Grant, Sabbatical Project to Research Art and Ecology programs at the Burren College of Art, University of Wisconsin, Fall 2017, Green Bay.

2016 – SECAC (Southeastern College Art Conference) Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award is highly competitive and made in recognition of outstanding teaching by a SECAC member who demonstrates an exceptional command of his or her discipline through the ability to teach effectively, impart knowledge, and inspire students. To receive the award SECAC members must be officially nominated and provide support materials including a CV, teaching philosophy, and letters of support from colleagues and former students. The Awards Committee provided the following comment on Professor Deetz's teaching record: “Given today’s sociopolitical climate, Kristy’s teaching philosophy is a poetic testament for art’s ability to foster inclusivity across disciplines, philosophies and cultures. She has a clear and compassionate voice as an educator.”

2016 – Teaching Enhancement Grant, hosting master teacher (Virginia Derryberry, Professor Emerita, UNC Asheville) workshop in Figure Drawing and Painting, Spring 2016, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

2013 – Teaching Enhancement Grant, to learn Illustrator for teaching new course (Media Exploration, Spring 2013, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

2013 – Nominated for Student Nominated Teacher Award (Experienced Teacher), UWGB.

2012 – Instructional Development Award, course release to develop new course, Spring 2013, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

2011 – Nominated for Student Nominated Teacher Award (Experienced Teacher) sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, Selection Committee composed of members of the Awards Committee of the Instructional Development Council and student representatives from Student Government Association, UWGB.

2011 – Teaching Enhancement Grant, “On the Trail of Piero della Francesca,” $1000, Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

2006/07 – Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant, “Attending OxBow Workshop: Materials and Techniques of Acrylic Painting with Jim Lutes, Professor at Chicago Art Institute,” $600, Instructional Development Council, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

2006/07 – Faculty Mentor for Sarah Searcy recipient of the William R. Kenan Jr. Fellowship at the Penland School of Crafts (undergraduate art student at East Carolina University, Greenville) for her project presented at the North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Symposium that takes place at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, 2007.

2003/04 – Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant, “Encaustic Painting Workshop,” $650, Instructional Development Council, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

2002/03 – Nominated for Featured Faculty, Faculty Development Council Award for exemplary teaching.

2001/02 – Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant, “Encaustic Painting Workshop,” $510, Faculty Development Council, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

2001/02 – Diversity Grants Program, “Purchasing/Making Slides of Artwork by Artists of Color,” $250, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

2000/01 – Institute for Research Grant, “Attend the College Art Association,” $250, Research Council, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

2000/01 – Academic Staff Development Allocations Grant, “Attend the College Art Association Conference,” $337, Academic Staff Development Allocations Committee, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

1999/2000 – Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant, “Encaustic Monoprinting Workshop,” $1000,

1999/2000 – Faculty Development Council, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

1999/2000 – Faculty Development Award, “Encaustic Monoprinting Workshop,” $500, COA, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

1997/98 – Small Grant for the Improvement of Instruction, "Fabric to Create an Installation for Drapery: Image and Concept Class,” $150, Committee on the Improvement of Instruction, Miami University.

1997/98 – Collaborative Learning Grant, "Contemporary Ideas of the Figure in Studio Art: an interactive and collaborative student research project,” $500. Office of Student Leadership, Miami University.

1996/97 – Summer Teaching Fellowship, "Drapery as Image and Concept,” $3000. Research and develop an advanced drawing class that focuses on the use of the drapery image/idea. In the course the students will be given a sequence of assignments that provide them with a bridge from observational drawing to making artwork that focuses on process and concept in a dialogue of two and three-dimensional media. The class is a combination art history and studio course that will present visual examples that trace the use of the drapery image/idea from ancient Greece to the present.

1996/97 – Department/Program Significant Improvement of Instruction, "Reemphasis of the Figure,” $11,000. This grant seeks to provide a bridge to teaching the figure as metaphor and concept—something that is critical to understanding modern and contemporary art and not always a part of studio assignments. The grant includes workshops and exhibitions by three internationally recognized artists.

1996/97 – Visiting Teacher/Scholar Grant, “Louisa Chase--visiting artist and lecturer,” $800, Committee on the Improvement of Instruction, Miami University.

1996/97 – Co-Curricular Learning Grant, "Chicago Trip,” $200. Office of Student Leadership, Miami University.

1996/97 – Small Grant for the Improvement of Instruction, "Encaustic Painting,” $300, Committee on the Improvement of Instruction, Miami University.

1996/97 – Videos on Contemporary Art for Graduate Students, $300, Committee on the Improvement of Instruction, Miami University.

1995 – Small Grant for the Improvement of Instruction, "Building the Still Life Collection,” $300.

1995 – Committee on the Improvement of Instruction, Miami University.

1995 – Small Grant for the Improvement of Instruction, "Painting on Wood: Tools to Create Textures,” $300. Committee on the Improvement of Instruction, Miami University.

1995 – Co-Curricular Learning Grant, "Chicago Trip,” $200. Office of Student Leadership, Miami University.

1994 – Grant for Integrating Multiculturalism into the Curriculum, "Integrating Native American beliefs, rituals, and sacred objects as models for humanities class: Ritual—Image and Concept,” Ripon College, Ripon, WI.

1989 – Computer Graphics Workshop and Exhibition, project funding awarded by the Lecture and Concerts Committee, Cameron University, Lawton, OK.

1988 – Dennis Martin Figure Drawing Workshop, project funding awarded by the Lecture and Concerts Committee, Cameron University, Lawton, OK.

1988 – Leonardo da Vinci: The Artistic Heritage and Leonardo da Vinci: The Educational Connection, project funding awarded by the Oklahoma Foundation for the Humanities and the National Foundation for the Humanities.

1988 – Panzera Figure Drawing Workshop, project funding awarded by the Oklahoma Foundation for the Humanities and the National Foundation for the Humanities.

2018 – Merit Award Winner, Valentine’s Day Exploding, Illustration Category, Design Annual 2018, Graphis, 389 5th Ave., Suite 1105, New York, NY. Juried by Panel: Eduardo Aires, Boris Ljubicik, Tosh Hall, Trevette McCandliss, Nancy Cambell, Kit Hinrichs, Gunter Ranbow, Andrea Castelletti, Alvaro Perez.

2015 – Silver Award Winner, Somnambulists, Illustration Category, Design Annual 2015, Graphis, 389 5th Ave., Suite 1105, New York, NY. Juried by Graphis owner, publisher, and creative director B. Martin Pedersen (Art Directors Club Hall of Fame and American Institute of Graphic Arts, the professional association for design, AIGA Medal in recognition for exceptional achievements in the field of design).

2014 – Runner-Up, Through the Veil Series, image of work reproduced on-line and coinciding with the publication of Creative Quarterly (#35), 244 Fifth Avenue, Ste F269. New York, NY.

2011 – Founders Award for Excellence in Scholarship, University of Wisconsin—Green Bay.

2006 – Winner of Art on Campus Competition, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

2001 – First Place (top award), Wisconsin Artist Biennial 2001, Rahr-West Museum and Anderson Art Center, Manitowoc, WI (group show)

1995 – Second Place, (monetary) Form and Metaphor, Art Gallery, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM (juried by Tom Blackwell).

1994 – Merchandise Award, Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors Membership Exhibition, River's Edge Gallery, Mishicot, WI.

1993 – Juror's Award, (monetary) Wisconsin Artist's Biennial, WP&S, Milwaukee, WI (Juror: Jan Cicero of Jan Cicero Gallery in Chicago).

1992 – Merit Award, (monetary) 15th Annual North Dakota National Juried Exhibition, Minot Art Gallery, ND.

1990 – First Place, (monetary) CCA Competitive Exhibition, Community Council of the Arts, Tucker, GA.

1988 – Fourth Place, Emerald City Classic, Nepenthe Mundi Society, WIchita, KS.

1988 – Merit Award, Art Quest, Art Quest Organization, Los Angelos California. Jurors: Graham Beal, Chief Curator, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Neal Benezera, Chief Curator, Art Institute of Chicago; Susan Hirschfeld, Assoc. Curator, Guggenheim Museum, NY; Ann Goldstein, Assist. Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

1987 – First Place, Emerald City Classic, Nepenthe Mundi Society, Wichita, KS.

1986 – Honorable Mention, Positive/Negative III, Slocum Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN (Juror: Lisa Phillips, Assoc. Curator, Whitney Museum of Art, NY).

1986 – Purchase Award, (monetary) Gallery 68's 2nd National Juried Show, Belfast, ME.

1983 – The Ashland Oil Company Award, (monetary) The 73rd Annual Columbus Art League Exhibition, The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH.

1982 – Best of Show, $500, The Toledo Area Artists Annual Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH.

2018/19 – Sabbatical, “Earth Texts: A focus on Art and Ecology”, 2018-19 school year, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay with financial support from GIAR and TEG.

2018 – Grants-in-Aid of Research, Art and Ecology Focused Residency at Burren College of Art, Ireland.

2017 – Grants-in-Aid of Research, “OCD or Organized Chaos Delivers,” co-chair and presenter with Reni Gower, Professor of Painting, Virginia Commonwealth University, in session at the annual SECAC Conference.

2016 – Grants-in-Aid of Research, “Contemporary Painting and Materiality,” co-chair and presenter with Cheryl Goldsleger, Morris Eminent Chair, Augusta University, in session at the annual SECAC Conference.

2015 – Grants-in-Aid of Research, “Reveal/Conceal: What Drapery asks of the viewer in Still Life Painting”, present in Still Life/Secret Live session at annual SECAC Conference.

2014 – Grants-In-Aid of Research, Heated Exchange/Veil, Mask, Mirror; to co-chair and present in FABRICation and Veil, Mask, Mirror sessions at annual SECAC Conference.

2013 – FABRICation, to create paintings for exhibition, Faculty Research Council, UWGB.

2011 – Sabbatical, “On the Trail of Piero della Francesca,” 2011-12 school year, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay with financial support received from an AVD Faculty Development Grant.

2009 – Grants-In-Aid of Research, “Incorporating Digital Textiles into Painting,” $600, Faculty Research Council, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

2010 – AVD Faculty Development Grant, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

2007 – Steketee Scholarship, to attend OxBow workshop (through the Chicago Art Institute) “Materials and Techniques of Acrylic Painting” with Jim Lutes, Professor at Chicago Art Institute.

2007– Research Scholar, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, faculty member selected campus wide to receive a one-semester course release to focus on a research/creative project.

2006/07 – Grants-In-Aid of Research, “Crating and Shipping my artwork to exhibition at McKinney Contemporary,” $600, Research Council, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

2005/06 – COA Faculty Development Grant, College Art Association Conference, $500, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

2003/04 – COA Faculty Development Grant, “Encaustic Painting Workshop,” $650, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

2002/03 – Grants-In-Aid of Research, “Purchasing Encaustic Fusing Tools,” $600, Research Council, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

1997 – School of Fine Arts Fund for Academic Excellence, "Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions", $1,000, support for shipping and documenting paintings for my 1997-1998 exhibitions.

1996 – Summer Research Grant, "Drapery as Substance and Spirit", $4300, support for studying drapery images at eight specified museums in Europe as content for my paintings.

1996 – Philip and Elaina Hampton Fund for Faculty International Initiatives, "Drapery as Substance and Spirit—a study of drapery images in European museums." $3300.

1996 – School of Fine Arts Fund for Academic Excellence, "Small Scale Paintings", $1795.00, support for purchasing a drafting table to produce small scale paintings and create an artist's statement brochure for my 1996-1997 solo exhibitions.

1996 – Prep Fund, two grants ($700) for shipping artwork to exhibitions, Office for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching, Miami University.

1995 – School of Fine Arts Fund for Academic Excellence, "Artemesia Exhibition", $1357.45, support for the exhibition of my work at the Artemesia Gallery in Chicago.

1995 – Prep Fund, two grants ($700) for shipping artwork to exhibitions, Office for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching, Miami University.

1995 – Faculty Development Grant, ($600) for artistic endeavors, Ripon College, Ripon, WI.

1994 – Faculty Development Grant, ($600) for artistic endeavors, Ripon College, Ripon, WI.

1991 – Individual Artist's Grant, ($1500) Georgia Council for the Arts, GA.

1988 – Quartz Mountain Visual Arts Workshop Scholarship, Quartz Mountain Art Institute, Lone Wolf, OK (with NY art critic Peter Plagens, Oct. 13-16).

1984 – Edith Fergus Gilmore Materials Award, The Ohio State University Dept. of Art, Columbus, OH.

1983 – Ford Foundation Project Grant, "Creating Paint Textures on Ceramics", The Ohio State University Dept. of Art, Columbus, OH.

1982 – University Fellowship, The Ohio State University Dept. of Art, Columbus, OH.