Frances Frederick
| Artistic Category | Artist |
|---|---|
| Career Level | Mid-career |
| Experienced With | Commissions |
Making contemporary "art" quilts of my own design is the culmination of my 60 years of artistic endeavors: drawing, painting, photography, ceramics, and printmaking. Fiber is my most recent artistic medium, and the most satisfying. I love the variety of fabric styles, textures, colors, and patterns available. A contemporary quilter is presented with so many visual challenges and opportunities - design, color choice, construction, stitching, border variations, and embellishment – it is virtually impossible to get bored. I envision years of exploration and experimentation ahead.
I strive to arrange forms, colors, shapes and patterns skillfully, to create an inviting and captivating composition. I do not have any overriding philosophic or emotional themes; I want the viewer to bring his/her perceptions and intuitions to bear and to freely interpret the work. Visual art can encourage wonder, absorption, perception and understanding. May my work engage, comfort and please you.
Frances A. Frederick
_______________________________________________________________________ 793 Elm Spring Rd., Pittsburgh PA 15243
(412) 563-2155
HYPERLINK [email protected]
ARTS TRAINING
Over 700 hours of instruction in Visual Arts and Fine Crafts 1979-present
Advanced skills in drawing and painting
Working knowledge of ceramics and printmaking
Design and production of art quilts
Quilting by the Lake, Syracuse, NY
(R. Dace; J. Sassaman,; J. DeNichols Meyer; C. Corbin)
Nancy Crow workshops
Penland School for Crafts (2000); Carnegie Mellon University (1983, 1985);
University of Pittsburgh (1982); Rhode Island School of Design (1980);
Art Institute of Pittsburgh (1979, 1980); Pittsburgh Center for the Arts workshops
EXHIBITIONS
Quilts=Art=Quilts 10/27/12-1/6/13
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center
Auburn NY
The Art-Quilt Experience 6/12-7/31/11
Stone Quarry Hill Art Park
Cazenovia NY
“Unveiled” 4/8-5/22/11
Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh Membership Show
Juror: Arturo Sandoval
“Fiber and Metal” 3/4-3/31/10
Butler County Community College
2009 Small Art Quilt Works Exhibition 7/23-9/6/09
Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY
Jurors: Eugenia Barnes and Roger Smith
Links
Genres
- Drawing
- Textile
Keywords
- Abstract
- Batik
- Fabric
- Fiber