Virginia Cartwright Explained

Virginia Cartwright
Birth Place:	Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, U.S.^[1]
Education:	California State University, Long Beach, Rochester Institute of Technology
Occupation:	Ceramist

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

Biography

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.^[2] 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.

Her work is included in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,^{[3] [4]} the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art^[5] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Contemporary Ceramic Vessels: Two Los Angeles Collections: the Betty Asher Collection, the Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits Collection . 1984 . . en. 15.
2. Web site: Cartwright . 2023-06-22 . The Marks Project.
3. Web site: Teapot . LACMA Collections.
4. Book: Lynn . Martha Drexler . 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 . 1990 . 978-0-87701-756-1 . en.
5. Web site: Artists Index . Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art (NEHMA) . Utah State University.
6. Web site: Virginia Cartwright . Smithsonian American Art Museum.