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'''Edith Frohock''' was a notable [[Birmingham]] artist who specialized in painting, printmaking and book arts and was the first instructor to teach book arts in the south.
'''Edith Harker Frohock''' (born [[March 10]], [[1917]]; died [[March 15]], [[1997]]) was a notable [[Birmingham]] [[List of artists|artist]] who specialized in painting, printmaking and book arts, and was the first instructor to teach book arts in the south.
As a professor, Frohock left a mark on many of her students including, [[Anne Arrasmith]], Sherie Beard, Jennifer Bloomer, Dennis Harper, Fletcher Hayes, Allan Jackson, Terry Padgett, Patricia Potter, Todd Pierce, [[Mary Ann Sampson]] and David Sandlin.


Frohock was part of the Mississippi Art Colony where she was the featured instructor in 1984. The colony, established in 1948 is one the oldest continuing artists colonies in the United Stated.[http://www.msartcolony.org] Other notable instructors are Larry Gens Anderson, Moe Brooker, Howard Goodson, Fred Mitchell, Shirley Romer, johnnie Winona Ross and Hugh Williams.
As a professor at [[UAB]], Frohock left a mark on many of her students including, [[Anne Arrasmith]], Sherie Beard, Jennifer Bloomer, [[Dennis Harper]], Fletcher Hayes, Allan Jackson, Terry Padgett, [[Patricia Potter]], Todd Pierce, [[Mary Ann Sampson]] and [[David Sandlin]].


Through the [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]], friends and family endowed The Frohock Scholarship named for the late Edith Frohock, former art professor in the department of art. The scholarship is awarded to a bachelor of art or fine art student in junior standing with a 3.0 grade point average or higher. Past recipients of this scholarship include Joel Seah, Allan Skees, Janice Weeks and Leslie Wheatley among many others.
Frohock served as acting chair of the [[UAB Department of Art and Art History|UAB Department of Art]] (and director of the [[UAB Visual Arts Gallery]]) after the departure of [[Virginia Liles|Virginia Pitts Rembert]] in [[1975]]. [[John Schnorrenberg]] succeeded her as chair in [[1977]]. Frohock was part of the Mississippi Art Colony, where she was the featured instructor in [[1984]].


==Books==
After her death in [[1997]], friends and family endowed the "Edith H. Frohock Memorial Scholarship", which is awarded annually to a junior bachelor of arts or fine arts student at UAB.
* "Dance-space: Event/installation" 1981, Members of the [[Birmingham Museum of Art]], Birmingham, Alabama ASIN: B0007379KY
* "Paper works by Sharon Burg and Marji Clark, 1982, [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]] (Visual Arts Gallery) Birmingham, Alabama ASIN: B0007183Y2
* "Sherie Beard exhibits fired clay: U.A.B. Visual Arts Gallery" 1977, [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]] (Visual Arts Gallery) Birmingham, Alabama ASIN: B0007181TY
* "Works by Edith Frohock" 1987, [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]] (Dept. of Art , School of Humanities) Birmingham, Alabama ASIN: B000725CXG
* "Works from the permanent collection" 1984, [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]] (Visual Arts Gallery) Birmingham, Alabama ASIN: B0007188KG


==External links==
==Publications==
* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/103-4545017-0271001?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Edith%20Frohock List of books by Frohock]
* "Sherie Beard exhibits fired clay: U.A.B. Visual Arts Gallery" (1977) Birmingham: UAB Visual Arts Gallery
* [https://johncock.ulib.iupui.edu/dspace-sandbox/bitstream/123456789/71/1/v14n1.pdf "Book Arts:  Four Approaches"] 1991 collaboration with Mary Ann Sampson, decorative papers and binding by Paula Marie Gourley, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 
* "Dance-space: Event/installation" (1981) Birmingham: Members of the Birmingham Museum of Art
* [http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:ihFemXCf6wMJ:www.msartcolony.org/instructors.htm+%22Edith+Frohock%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=16 Mississippi Art Colony, featured instructor 1984]
* "Paper works by Sharon Burg and Marji Clark (1982) Birmingham: UAB Visual Arts Gallery
* [http://www.stevenfordbrown.com/Artists.htm attribute Dennis Harper]
* "Works from the permanent collection" (1984) Birmingham: UAB Visual Arts Gallery
* [http://www.uab.edu/art/PDFs/scholarships/UAB_Art_Frohock_Scholar.pdf Application For The Frohock Scholarship]
* "Works by Edith Frohock" (1987) Birmingham: UAB Department of Art
* [http://myweb.cableone.net/potterx/pxk_pages/project1.html Methodology of "skinning the (CAT)Tt] lists Edith Frohock as a correspondent to this project
 
==References==
* ''Edith Harker Frohock: A Retrospective Exhibition of Drawings, Paintings, and Sculptures, 1965-1984'' (1984) Birmingham: UAB Visual Arts Gallery


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Latest revision as of 11:36, 2 May 2019

Edith Harker Frohock (born March 10, 1917; died March 15, 1997) was a notable Birmingham artist who specialized in painting, printmaking and book arts, and was the first instructor to teach book arts in the south.

As a professor at UAB, Frohock left a mark on many of her students including, Anne Arrasmith, Sherie Beard, Jennifer Bloomer, Dennis Harper, Fletcher Hayes, Allan Jackson, Terry Padgett, Patricia Potter, Todd Pierce, Mary Ann Sampson and David Sandlin.

Frohock served as acting chair of the UAB Department of Art (and director of the UAB Visual Arts Gallery) after the departure of Virginia Pitts Rembert in 1975. John Schnorrenberg succeeded her as chair in 1977. Frohock was part of the Mississippi Art Colony, where she was the featured instructor in 1984.

After her death in 1997, friends and family endowed the "Edith H. Frohock Memorial Scholarship", which is awarded annually to a junior bachelor of arts or fine arts student at UAB.

Publications

  • "Sherie Beard exhibits fired clay: U.A.B. Visual Arts Gallery" (1977) Birmingham: UAB Visual Arts Gallery
  • "Dance-space: Event/installation" (1981) Birmingham: Members of the Birmingham Museum of Art
  • "Paper works by Sharon Burg and Marji Clark (1982) Birmingham: UAB Visual Arts Gallery
  • "Works from the permanent collection" (1984) Birmingham: UAB Visual Arts Gallery
  • "Works by Edith Frohock" (1987) Birmingham: UAB Department of Art

References

  • Edith Harker Frohock: A Retrospective Exhibition of Drawings, Paintings, and Sculptures, 1965-1984 (1984) Birmingham: UAB Visual Arts Gallery
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