Virginia Cramer was Born in Brooklyn, New York, and lives and works in Massachusetts. She taught high school and middle school art for 16 years in the Chelmsford Public Schools.
Cramer works in mixed media, paint, and pastels. Her inspiration comes from many sources: her inner world, memories, personal history, and her love of the natural world. She experiments with different styles, techniques and materials exploring art as a language and means of expressing ideas that have personal meaning, or that she finds interesting or beautiful. Her work moves between realism and abstraction.
She has studied at the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston’s MFA Museum School, The de Cordova Museum, The Danforth Museum, Montserrat College of Art, and the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She is a member of the Cambridge Artists Association, Concord Artists Association, and the Arts League of Lowell. She has exhibited work in Lowell, Brookline, Lincoln, Westford, Cambridge, Concord and Chelmsford.
Artist CV
As a child, I took lessons at the Brooklyn Museum of Art and have been studying and creating art ever since. I have continued to take courses and to learn new techniques studying art at a wide range of institutions. In 2001 I augmented my classroom teaching certificate by taking required art courses at UMASS Lowell and recertified to teach Art. I also hold a BS in Education from Lesley University and an MS in Education from UMASS Lowell. I taught Art in the Chelmsford Public Schools at both the High School and Middle School levels for 16 years.
- Member of the Arts League of Lowell
- Artist Member of the Cambridge Artist’s Association
- Member of the Concord Art Association
- Quilter since 1989
Exhibited Work
2009 Sharing the Passion – Artists Who Teach, Chelmsford Public Library, MA
2009 Westford Regional Art Event, first place mixed media, Westford MA
2010 Paste UP, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell MA
2010 Westford Regional Art Event, first place mixed media, Westford MA
2011 Westford Regional Art Event, first place mixed media, Westford MA
2013 Gardens, Bones and Abstractions, Solo Exhibition, Chelmsford Public Library, MA
2018 Westford Art Event, first place photography, Westford MA
2019 Westford Art Event, best in show, Westford MA
2019 Exposed Photography, first place, Arts League of Lowell MA
2019 Art Grief and the Land, Cambridge Art Assoc. MA
2020 Members Juried 2, Concord Art Assoc. MA
2020 Photography, Cambridge Art Assoc. MA
2021 Red, Cambridge Art Assoc. MA
2022 Members Juried 2, Concord Art Assoc. MA
2023 Members Juried 1, Concord Art Assoc. MA
2022 Frances N Roddy, Concord Art Assoc. MA
2022 Strategies of Resplendence, online exhibit, Cambridge Art Assoc. MA
2022 National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Assoc. MA
2023 Teacher Student Show, Concord Art Assoc. MA
2023 National Prize Show, Second Place, Cambridge Art Assoc. MA
2023 Cambridge Art – Pulse of the Making, Cambridge Art Assoc. MA
2023 Seeded, Solo Exhibition, Greenwald Gallery Arts League of Lowell, MA
2024 Members Juried 1, Concord Art Association, MA
2024 Members Juried 2, Concord Art Association, MA
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