Anita E Bates, PhD
Assistant Professor of Teaching and Coordinator of Visual Arts Education; Curriculum Instructional Coach
313-577-0490
https://www.anitabatestheartist.com
Office Hours: Monday and Tuesday 3:00-4:30; Thursday 3:00-5:30
163.6 Art Bldg.
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 coaching in Art Education.
- Serve as curriculum instructional coach for student teachers in the Visual Art Education program.
Academic Interests
Visual Arts Education
Biography
Dr. Anita Bates is a native of Highland Park, Michigan and a 2019 Kresge Arts Fellow. She is an educator and noted contemporary artist, who has exhibited in several venues including the G.R. N’Namdi Gallery; Dell Pryor Gallery; Detroit Artists Market; The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, 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 Trout Museum of Art in Appleton, Wisconsin.
The artist and her work have been noted and reviewed in various periodicals and publications such as the Detroit News and Free Press, the Romeo Observer, Art News, BLAC Magazine, Imago Mundi: The Luciano Benetton Collection and Detroit Home Magazine.
Anita is a Fulbright Memorial Fellow in Japanese education and King Chavez Parks Future Faculty Fellow. She holds a PhD in education, an M.F.A. in painting and k-12 teaching certificate from Wayne State University. She also received her MA in studio art from Eastern Michigan University.
Dr. Bates began her k-12 educational career 24 years ago at University Public School, the first charter school in the State of Michigan. She is a dedicated arts educator, whose research interests center around the ways in which museum narratives can be used to promote critical thinking regarding systems of inequity and representation. Currently, Mrs. Bates 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
Fall Term 2024 (future)
Winter Term 2024 (future)
- 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