Randall Szott

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Randall Szott
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office
2019–2021
Preceded bySusan Buckholz
Succeeded byHeather Surprenant
ConstituencyWindsor 4-1
Personal details
BornDecember 1971 (age 52)
Space Coast, Florida, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

Randall Szott is an American artist and politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 2019 until 2021.

Biography[edit]

Szott was born in December 1971 in the Space Coast of Florida.[citation needed] He received a bachelor of arts degree in liberal arts from the University of Central Florida, a master of fine arts degree in critical practice from Ohio State University, and a master of arts degree in interdisciplinary art from San Francisco State University.[1]

Szott has delivered lectures about social practice at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the California College of the Arts.[2][3] In 2018, he was an invited guest of the Harvard Graduate School of Education for a Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study workshop.[4] He was a founding editor of 127 Prince, the first journal devoted to social practice.[citation needed]

At some point, Szott was a member of the United States Merchant Marine and also worked chef. He is now a public librarian in Weston, Vermont.[5][6] [7]

A member of the Democratic Party, Szott was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 2018, representing the Windsor 4-1 district, which contains the towns of West Hartford, Barnard, Pomfret, and most of Quechee. Szott was elected unopposed.[8] Szott did not run for re-election in 2020.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Randall Szott".
  2. ^ "Social Practice West".
  3. ^ "==> Randall Szott in conversation with Ted Purves". 5 February 2009.
  4. ^ "Biographical Information | Four Publics: Learning in Socially-Engaged, Public Participatory and Civic Art".
  5. ^ "Wilder Memorial Library hires new library director". Archived from the original on 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  6. ^ "Szott is Candidate for Windsor 4-1 Seat | the White River Valley Herald". 26 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Szott is Candidate for Windsor 4-1 Seat | the White River Valley Herald". 26 April 2018.
  8. ^ Doyle-Burr, Nora (2018-11-07). "Vt. Representatives Hold Windsor Seats". Valley News. p. 6. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  9. ^ Merriman, Anna (August 5, 2020). "Two Democrats, one Republican seek open Hartford-area seat in Vermont House". Valley News. Retrieved December 28, 2022.

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