Rita Berkowitz, SSAC Faculty
Our Manning Gallery Feature for January – February 2026 is Rita Berkowitz. Rita received a Bachelor of Fine Art from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York and attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Her work was shown in New York and throughout New England from 1979-1998.
Her early works were large scale figurative drawings and paintings. In 2012, Rita moved to Scituate, MA where she was inspired by nature and discovered the intimacy of the small landscape. That same year, she received the Margaret Dillon Award as an artist returning to the field of art.
Rita taught Figure Drawing and Fashion Illustration at the School of Fashion Design, Drawing and Painting at Bradford College, Illustration and Painting at the Worcester Art Museum, and Color Theory at Fitchburg State College. She currently teaches ‘Exploring Pastel’ at the South Shore Art Center.
Rita is a Gallery Artist and a faculty member at SSAC. She is also a member of the North River Arts Society, the Pastel Painters of Cape Cod, the Pastel Painters Society of Connecticut and Painters for a Purpose.
