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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 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]]. | 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 was part of the Mississippi Art Colony where she was the featured instructor in 1984 | 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]]. | ||
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== | ||
* "Dance-space: Event/installation" 1981 | * "Sherie Beard exhibits fired clay: U.A.B. Visual Arts Gallery" (1977) Birmingham: UAB Visual Arts Gallery | ||
* "Paper works by Sharon Burg and Marji Clark | * "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 by Edith Frohock" 1987 | * "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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[[Category:1917 births]] | |||
[[Category:1997 deaths]] | |||
[[Category:Multimedia artists]] | [[Category:Multimedia artists]] | ||
[[Category:UAB professors]] | [[Category:UAB professors]] |
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