Pat "Tric⁷" Nelson has an MFA in Ceramics from SUNY New Paltz, where they were a Sojourner Truth Fellow. Pat (Tric) has a BA in Fine Art with departmental honors from Hunter College, NYC, and majored in Integrative Studies, International Relations with a minor in Comparative Religion from Hendrix College, Conway, AR. Pat "Tric" Nelson has shown nationally and internationally including DC, Seattle, and NYC (Chelsea and Brooklyn), and Budapest, Hungary. Pat (Tric) has taught at the university level, in elementary schools, at the art centers (including The Clay Art Center and Cheltenham Center for the Arts. They currently teach at Montpelier Art Center.
Pat "Tric" Nelson's multi-media installation based (ceramics, video, and found materials), and often site specific work ask the viewer to look at the familiar in a new way and challenge assumptions of value, importance and use.
Specialties: Teaching Ceramics, Sculpture (casting, mold making, multiple mediums, new media), Foundations, Art Seminars.
They currently teach art in public schools and surrounding art centers.
Pat "Tric" Nelson's multi-media installation based (ceramics, video, and found materials), and often site specific work ask the viewer to look at the familiar in a new way and challenge assumptions of value, importance and use.
Specialties: Teaching Ceramics, Sculpture (casting, mold making, multiple mediums, new media), Foundations, Art Seminars.
They currently teach art in public schools and surrounding art centers.