Anita E Bates, PhD
Assistant Professor of Teaching and Coordinator of Visual Arts Education; Clinical Supervisor
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Office Hours: Monday and Tuesday 3:00-4:30; Thursday 3:00-5:30
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Anita E Bates, PhD
Degrees and Certifications
PhD.-Education--Wayne State University
Master of Fine Arts--Painting--Wayne State University
Master of Arts--Studio--Eastern Michigan University
K-12 Certification-Art Education--Wayne State University
Responsibilities
- Teaching and development of Art Education undergraduate and graduate courses, and in-service initiatives for PK-12 educators.
- Serve as program coordinator of Art Education, and lead the innovation, continuous improvement, and assessment of the MEd program.
- Advise, mentor, and help recruit and retain undergraduate and graduate students.
- Recruit, retain, and evaluate part-time faculty teaching and supervision in Art Education.
- Serve as clinical supervisor for student teachers in the Visual Art Education program.
Academic Interests
Visual Arts Education
Biography
Dr. Anita Bates is a 2019 Kresge Arts Fellow and a native of Highland Park, Michigan. A contemporary artist, she has been exhibited in several venues including the Trout Museum in Appleton, Wisconsin; the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit; G.R. N’Namdi Gallery; Dell Pryor Gallery; Detroit Artists Market; River’s Edge Gallery in Wyandotte, Michigan; Querini Stampalia Museum in Venice, Italy; A Gathering of the Tribes Gallery in New York, NY and the Ashara Ekundayo Gallery in Oakland, California.
The artist and her work have been noted and reviewed in various periodicals and publications such as the Detroit News and Free Press, The Oakland Press, Detroit Home Magazine, Art News, BLAC Magazine, TR8T Magazine, Imago Mundi: The Luciano Benetton Collection and The Romeo Observer.
Dr. Bates’ work has been acquired for the Woodward West Art Collection; the N’Namdi Permanent Collection; the Luciano Benetton Collection and Detroit Public Schools Community District Artist Collaborative.
Of late, Anita has expanded her artistic endeavors to curatorial practice, developing exhibitions for Detroit’s Cass Café, the Detroit Artists Market and most recently for the Progressive Arts Studio Collective (PASC), a studio and arts collective dedicated to artists with disabilities.
Ms. Bates holds both a PhD in Education and M.F.A. in Painting from Wayne State University. She also has an MA in Studio Art with a painting concentration from Eastern Michigan University. Other accomplishments include a Fulbright Memorial Fellowship in Japanese education and a King, Chavez, Parks Future Faculty Fellowship from Wayne State University. Her research interests center around the ways in which museum narratives and visual imagery can be used to promote critical thinking with young viewers regarding systems of inequity and representation. Currently she serves as an Assistant Professor of Teaching and Program Coordinator for Visual Art Education at Wayne State University.
Area of Expertise
Fine Art; drawing and painting
Research Interests
Using Visual Thinking Strategies in concert with museum collections as a way of supporting culturally respnsive pedagogy.
Awards
2022 University Research Grant; WSU
2021 Co-Investigator, “Project MITTEN: Michigan Initiative to Transform Educational and Equity Networks” (2021-24) – National Education Association, planning grant ($675,000) | with Roland Sintos Coloma (Principal Investigator, TED), Jeff Lisiecki (Academic Services), and Annette Christiansen (Michigan Education Association)
2019 Kresge Arts Fellow in Fine Art
2019 Scholastic Arts Gold Medal Teacher
King Chavez Parks Future Faculty Fellow
Fulbright Memorial Fellow--Japan
Vermont Studio Artist Residency
Grants
2019 Kresge Arts Fellow in Fine Art
King Chavez Parks Future Faculty Fellow
Fulbright Memorial Fellow--Japan
Community Engagement Activities
2021 Board Member, Barber Preparatory Academy Highland Park, MI
2011 Highland Park Planning Commission
Presentations
Panel Moderator, Trailblazers; Detroit Institute of Arts—2019
Artist Panelist; Detroit Institute of Arts—2018
Publications
2019 ArtNews.com
2018 Detroit Home Magazine
2013 Imago Mundi: Luciano Benetton Collection
2013 Michigan Nightlight
2013 Model D
2013 Romeo Observer
2012 Design Line
2010 BLAC Magazine
2007 Detroit Free Press
2004 Metro Times
2003 Michigan Catholic
2003 Detroit Free Press
2000 Write, Right, Rite
1999 Trait Magazine
1997 Detroit News
1997 Directory of Michigan Artists
1997 Ann Arbor News
1997 Detroit News
1996 Detroit Free Press
Courses taught by Anita E Bates, PhD
Winter Term 2025 (future)
- AED5100 - Topics in Art Education
- AED5650 - Art Teaching Laboratory
- AED5690 - Collage, Assemblage, and Multi-Media: Methods and Materials
- AED5890 - The Art of Indigenous Cultures: Inclusion in the K-12 Curriculum
Fall Term 2024 (current)
- AED5020 - Painting: Methods and Materials
- AED5160 - Theory and Practice in Art Education
- AED6920 - Multi-Cultural Issues in Art Education
Winter Term 2024
- AED5650 - Art Teaching Laboratory
- AED5100 - Topics in Art Education
- AED5890 - The Art of Indigenous Cultures: Inclusion in the K-12 Curriculum
Fall Term 2023
Winter Term 2023
Fall Term 2022
- AED5020 - Painting: Methods and Materials
- AED5160 - Theory and Practice in Art Education
- AT7000 - Research in Art Therapy