Virginia Pates Biography
Education
1999 Master of Fine Arts in Ceramic Art, Center for Ceramics Studies, Cardiff School of Art, University of Wales, United Kingdom. Graduated with Distinction.
1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emphasis in Ceramics and Drawing, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi.
Employment
2012-current Assistant Dean for Art, Art History and Music and Associate Professor of Art, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, Virginia.
2006-current Adjunct Art Faculty (online), Temple College, Temple, Texas.
2008-2012 Art Instructor, 3-D Arts Coordinator, and Gallery Director, Yavapai College, Clarkdale, Arizona.
2005-2008 Art Faculty and Gallery Director, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Gulfport, MS.
2000-2003 Proprietor – Rood Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Bristol, England.
1999-2003 Foundation Course Leader and Lecturer in Art, Queens Road School of Art and Design, Bristol, England.
Selected Exhibitions
2015 In and of the Earth, with Clive Pates, Schlesinger Center for the Arts, Alexandria Campus, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, Virginia
Lively Experiments: NCECA Biennial, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
2014 From Oak Creek to the Accotink, with Clive Pates, Arts Center of Orange, Orange, Virginia.
The Annandale Art Show, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, Virginia.
Then and Now, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, Virginia.
2013 Artistic Alliance: Pride 2013, Ballymaloe House, County Cork, Ireland.
Virginia Clay Invitational, The Arts Center in Orange, Virginia.
NOVA Faculty Exhibition, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, Virginia.
D.C. Ceramics Guild Summer Show, Scope Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Virginia.
2012 Ecumene: Global Interface in American Ceramics, International Academy of Ceramics General Assembly, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Darkness and Light: Clive and Virginia Pates, RLV Gallery, Rancho Linda Vista Arts Community, Oracle, Arizona.
2011 Virginia Pates: Verde Dirt, Gallery 527, Jerome, Arizona.
All Arizona Clay, Chandler Arts Commission, Chandler, Arizona.
Temple College Faculty Exhibition, Temple College, Temple, Texas.
2010 From Bird Heaven: Clive and Virginia Pates, RLV Gallery, Rancho Linda Vista Arts Community, Oracle, Arizona.
Form to Light to Color: Clive and Virginia Pates, Old Jerome High School Art Studios Gallery, Jerome, Arizona.
2010 Verde Faculty Exhibition, Verde Gallery, Yavapai College, Clarkdale, Arizona.
2009 Virginia Pates: Recent Work, Gallery 527, Jerome, Arizona.
2009 Ceramics Biennial, Northern Arizona University Museum, Flagstaff, Arizona.
25 Years, Alumni Invitational, Cardiff School of Art, University of Wales, United Kingdom.
The Stain of Politics, Gallery 527, Jerome, Arizona.
2008 Traveling Dialogue (East): Clive and Virginia Pates, Meridian Community College, Meridian, MS.
Traveling Dialogue (West): Clive and Virginia Pates, Yavapai College, Clarkdale, AZ.
Domo Arigato: 2nd Annual Mississippi Clay Invitational, George Ohr Museum, Biloxi, MS.
2007 Clive and Virginia Pates, RLV Gallery at Rancho Linda Vista Arts Community, Oracle, Arizona.
2006 Mac and Andy Show, Group Show of Katrina Recovery Grantees, The Cedars, Jackson, MS.
Summer Show, Group Exhibition, Gallery 119, Jackson, Mississippi.
Faculty Exhibition, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Gulfport, MS.
Oracle Arts Auction, Rancho Linda Vista, Oracle, Arizona.
2003 Alumni Invitational, Mississippi State University.
2002 Virginia Rood (Pates): New Ceramics, Rood Contemporary Fine Arts, Bristol, England.
Colors, Bristol Arts Guild Gallery, Bristol, England.
2001 Virginia Rood (Pates): Porcelain, Rood Contemporary Fine Arts, Bristol, England.
Faculty Exhibition, Queens Road School of Art, Bristol, England.
1999 MFA Ceramics Thesis Exhibition, Center for Ceramics Studies, Cardiff School of Art, University of Wales, United Kingdom.
1996 Mississippi-Alabama Bi-State Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, Mississippi.
Best of Show in Ceramics.
1995 Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi.
Best of Show in Ceramics.
BFA Thesis Exhibition, Department of Art Gallery, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi.
1994 Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, Mississippi. Juror’s Award in Ceramics.
Awards
2011 Merit Award for Ceramics, Chandler Arts Commission, Chandler, Arizona.
2008 Arizona Roster of Teaching Artists, Arizona Commission on the Arts.
2007 SouthernArtistry.org, Invitational membership nominated by the Mississippi Arts Commission.
1999 Distinction awarded for Thesis, University of Wales.
1995 Michael C. Johnston Scholarship for Fine Arts, Mississippi State University.
Donavon Dodd Award for Ceramics, Mississippi State University.
Grants
2010 Yavapai College Institutional Grant for Research in Ceramic Glazing.
2008 Mississippi Arts Commission Grant for Traveling Dialogue Catalog.
2007 Mississippi Arts Commission Business Development Grant.
2006 Andy Warhol Foundation Grant.
Publications
2014 The Complete Guide to Mid-Range Glazes, by John Britt. (recipe and image contributor)
2013 Artistic Alliance: Pride, Catalog to the exhibition.
2012 Ecumene: Global Interface in American Ceramics, Catalog to the exhibition.
2008 Traveling Dialogue, Catalog to the exhibition. (author)
2004 Clive Pates, Plein Air Magazine. (author)
Residencies
June-August, 2013 Artistic Alliance Residency, National Sculpture Factory, Cork, Ireland.
May-August, 2012 Guest Artist, Rancho Linda Vista Arts Community, Oracle, AZ.
May-July, 2010 Verrocchio Arts Center Residency, Casole d’Elsa, Tuscany, Italy.
May-August, 2007 Guest Artist, Rancho Linda Vista Arts Community, Oracle, AZ.