Background
Watson-Jones, Virginia was born on August 24, 1936 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Daughter of Mark Edmund and Elizabeth Lois (McCraney) Watson.
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This beautifully illustrated reference work is the only source of information on American women sculptors as a group. Virginia Watson-Jones presents the accomplishments of more than 350 contemporary American women sculptors through photographs of their major works and detailed information about their lives and careers. For each artist information is provided on her birthplace and birth year, education, preferred media, major exhibitions, location of work in public collections, awards, selected private collectors, professional interests other than sculpture, teaching position (if applicable), and mailing address. Each entry also includes a statement by the sculptor and her signature.
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Watson-Jones, Virginia was born on August 24, 1936 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Daughter of Mark Edmund and Elizabeth Lois (McCraney) Watson.
BSS, Loyola University, 1959. Bachelor of Fine Arts, University Texas, 1979. Master of Arts, Texas Woman's University, 1982.
Master of Fine Arts in Ceramic Sculpture, Texas Woman's University, 1983.
Curator Archives of Contemporary Sculpture Texas Woman's University Library., Denton, since 1981. Guest lecturer Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, 1985, National Art Education Association Convention, Dallas, 1985, Philadelphia College of Art, 1985, University Kentucky, Lexington, 1985, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1985, Texas Art Education Association Conference, San Antonio, 1985, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1986, School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1986, Washington Sculptors Group, Washington, 1987, Scripps College, Claremont, California, 1987, International Sculpture Center Conference, Washington, 1990, others.
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Panelist creative awards in the visual arts Colorado Council on the Arts, Denver, 1991. Member of advisory committee National Sculpture Conference, Cincinnati, 1985-1987. Member Imagineer awards committee Mind Science Foundation, San Antonio, 1989, 90.
Member International Sculpture Society, Society for Preservation of Historic Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio Conservation Society, San Antonio Museum Association, Fort Martin Scott Heritage Foundation.
Married Lionel W. Lippmann, December 9, 1988.