Virginia Cartwright (born 1943) is an American ceramic artist.

Virginia Cartwright
Born1943 (age 80–81)
Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1][2]
EducationCalifornia State University, Long Beach,
Rochester Institute of Technology
OccupationCeramist
WebsiteOfficial website

Biography

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She studied at California State University, Long Beach (BA degree); School for American Craftsmen at Rochester Institute of Technology (MFA degree) under Frans Wildenhain; as well as at Pond Farm in Guerneville, California; and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.[3] The first four years of her career she spent working on the wheel, and afterwards she moved to working in hand and slab-build, primarily utilitarian works.[3]

Her work is included in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[4][5] the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art[6] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Virginia Cartwright". Smithsonian American Art Museum.
  2. ^ Contemporary Ceramic Vessels: Two Los Angeles Collections: the Betty Asher Collection, the Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits Collection. Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology. 1984. p. 15.
  3. ^ a b "Cartwright". The Marks Project. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  4. ^ "Teapot". LACMA Collections.
  5. ^ Lynn, Martha Drexler (1990). Clay Today: Contemporary Ceramists and Their Work: a Catalogue of the Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. ISBN 978-0-87701-756-1.
  6. ^ "Artists Index". Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art (NEHMA). Utah State University.