Experience in Art:
Parents:
Donald Frith, Professor and Head of Ceramics
Dept.,
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana,
IL. Still has his studio in
Santa Maria, CA.
Barbara Tepfer Frith was a painter,
printmaker, and ceramic artist
1973:
Began wheel thrown ceramics with
Bob Tebbutt, St.Paul, MN
1973-74: Studied with Warren MacKenzie, Univ. of
Minn., Mpls, MN
1990-1995: Studied with Peter Hessemer, OCC, Des Plaines, IL
1993: Summer
apprenticeship-Marianne Hammett, Hyde Park, IL
1995: Anagama
workshop-John Chalke, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN
2001-Present:
Assistantship at Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
worked with Vanessa Smith,
Xiaosheng Bi, Patty Kochaver,
Dana
Shearin, Jill Oberman, Mary Dye. Primarily soda-firing.
Note: Rebuilt
soda kiln twice.
2001-2003:
Summer wood firings with Dubuque artists, Galena, IL.
Bill Farrell, Dolores Fortuna,
Stephanie O’Shaunessy
2001-Present:
Summer graduate study at Alfred University School
of Ceramics: Alfred, NY. Andrea Gill, John Gill,
Walter McConnell
2004-2005:
Figure Drawing with Spiess-Ferris, EAC, Evanston, Il.
2006: Bronze-Casting at the
Fire Arts Center, Chicago, IL.
2006: Awarded Scholarship to
Bronze-Casting workshop with Tai
Pomara and David Kimball Anderson at Anderson Ranch ,
Snowmass, CO
2007: Assistantship at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts.
Elise Siegel & Jim Melchert were
the guest artists
2008: Helped design and fire large
front-loading kiln for artist,
Janet Henderson, in Punta del Este, Uruguay
2008: Awarded Scholarship to
Bronze-Casting workshop with Tai
Pomara and David Kimball Anderson at Anderson
Ranch ,
Snowmass, CO
2008: Participated in the Shared Journeys:
USA. & China
Symposium, organized by NCECA, Jingdezhen,
China
2009: Awarded Scholarship to Sculpture workshop with Arthur
Gonzales at Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO
2009: Anagama-fired with Peter Callas at Peter's Valley, NJ
2009: Salt-fired kiln at Alfred University
2010: Wood-fired with Bruce Dehnert at the Apple Farm, NJ
Education:
Bachelor
of Arts: Univ. of Illinois 1972
Masters
in Art History, Museology: Univ.
of Minnesota 1974
Museology
Internship: Minneapolis Art
Institute
Graduate
study with Warren MacKenzie
Masters
in Music, Violin Performance:
Univ. of Wisconsin 1980
Illinois
K-12 Teaching Certificate: Special
Type #10, NE Univ., 1981
Student
taught at New Trier High School
Shows & Exhibitions:
1990: Skyway
Exhibition, Lake of the Woods College, Mundelein, IL
1992: Skyway Exhibition, Lake of the
Woods College, Mundelein, IL
1993: National Teapot Show, Houberbocken,
Inc., Cudahy, WI
1993: Northfield Art Fair, Northfield, IL
1993: 23rd Annual J.M. Kohler Art
Fair, Sheboygan, WI
1993: One-man show of Linoleum blockprints, Northfield Library, IL
1994: Winterfest, Center for the Visual
Arts, Wausau, WI
1994: Skyway Exhibition, Elgin College,
Elgin, IL
1994: 8X8X8 Show, Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb
Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994: Is It Tea Yet?, Potters Gallery, West Chester, PA
1995: Northfield Art Fair, Northfield, IL
1995: 7th Annual Art Fest, Long
Grove, IL
1995: Hammond’s National, Studio 210, Seaside, FL
1996: Northfield Art Fair, Northfield, IL
1996: Edens Plaza Art Fair, Wilmette, IL
1996: 26th Annual J.M.Kohler Art
Fair, Sheboygen, WI
1996: Winner, 15th Annual Friends
of the Library Award,
One-man
teapot show, Wilmette Public Library, Wilmette, IL
1997: 8th Annual Traveling Teapot Show, Houberbocken,
Inc.,
Oconomowoc, WI, & Chiaroscuro Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997: Custers Last Stand Art Fair, Evanston, IL
1997: Northfield Art Fair, Northfield, IL
2001: Custers Last Stand, Evanston, IL
2001: Lake County Art Fair, Winthrop Harbor, IL-Best of Show
2002: National Craft Festival, N.S. Art League, Northbrook
IL
2002: Teapot Show, Houberbocken, Chiaroscuro Gallery,
Chicago
2002: Cambridge Pottery Fest, Pottery Olympics, Cambridge, WI
2002: Winter Craft Expo, Evanston Art Center,
Evanston, IL
2003: Annual Teapot Show:
Illinois Artisan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003: 38th Mid-States Craft,
Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN
2003: Craft Expo:
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2004: Custers Last Stand Art Fair, Evanston, IL
2004: Cambridge Pottery Fest, Pottery Olympics, Cambridge, WI
2005: National Craft Festival, N.S. Art
League, Northbrook, IL
2005: Custers Last Stand Art Fair, Evanston,
IL
2005: Cambridge Pottery Fest, Pottery Olympics, Cambridge,
WI
2005: Illinois State Fair:
1st Prize in Sculpture, Springfield, IL
2005: Rend Lake Art and Wine Fest, Channahan, IL
2005: Craft Expo:
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2006: Teapot Show, Houberbocken: Chiaroscuro Gallery,
Chicago
2006: Cambridge Pottery Fest: Prize-Best Booth, Cambridge,
WI
2006: Art on the Square, Deerpath Art League, Lake Forest, IL
2006: FireArts Center Show: Bronze Arm, Chicago, IL
2006: Craft Expo:
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2007: Gallery Mornea: Group Show
6 Guardian Teapots, the only ceramic artist, Evanston, IL
2007: Teapot Show, Houberbocken: Chiaroscuro Gallery,
Chicago
2007: Deerpath Gallery: Go Figure Show, the only ceramic
artist,
Lake Forest,
IL 18 large ceramic figurative
teapots.
2007: Cambridge Pottery Fest, Pottery
Olympics, Cambridge, WI
2007: Stone Arch Festival: Minneapolis, MN
2007: Art on the Square, Deerpath Art League, Lake Forest, IL.
2007: Craft Expo: Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2007: One-man show: linoleum blocks, Avoca West,
Glenview, IL
2008: Teapot Show, Houberbocken: Chiarascuro Gallery,
Chicago
(note:
large figurative teapot purchased by Jesse Jackson)
2008: Art in the Park, Elmhurst, IL
2008: Central Time Zone Show: Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2008: Art on the Square, Deerpath Art League, Lake Forest, IL
2008: Midwest Clay Guild:
Annual Holiday Show, Evanston, IL
2008: NCECA with WVA/Jingdezhen Univ.: Jingdezhen, China
2009: International NCECA Teapot Show: Phoenix, AZ
2009: Illinois State Fair: Sculpture, 3rd Place Award
2009: Cambridge Pottery Fest, Pottery Olympics, Cambridge,
WI,
1st Place in
Butter Dish Competition
2009: Summer on the Summit, Summit County
Arts Council Show,
Breckenridge, CO. lst Place Award plus one-woman show
in 2010 at the Arts Alive Gallery, Breckenridge, CO
2009: North Shore Festival of the Arts,
Skokie, IL Award of Merit
2009: Illinois Artisan's Gallery: Show: 13 Giant Teapots, Rend Lake
2009: Wine & Art Fest: Best of Show Hon. Mention, Rend Lake, IL
2010: State of Illinois Invitational: Robt. Morris Gallery, Springfield
2010: Houberbocken Teapot Show: (one Fur teapot and one
Plumbing parts teapot), Chiaroscuro Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010: Artist of the Month of May, Artisan Gallery, John R.
Thompson Center, Chicago, IL
2010: "Art Under Glass", Juried Window Artist June-Sept.,
Evanston, IL
2010: Cambridge Pottery Fest, 3rd Prize Butterdish, Cambridge, WI
2010: 57th St. Art Fair, Hyde Park, IL
2010: Artist of the Month, Arts Alive Gallery, Breckenridge, CO
Galleries:
Prairie
House Gallery, Springfield, IL (1994-2009)
Houberbocken
Gallery, Cudahy, WI
Rhonda
Popko Gallery, Des Plaines, IL (1994-1997)
Point
of Origin Gallery, Glenview, IL (2001-2003)
Front
Pew Gallery, Cambridge, WI (2001-2007)
Portage
Hill Gallery, Chautauqua, NY (2005-2008)
Illinois
Artisans Galleries: Chicago: James R. Thompson Center
Springfield: The Springfield Museum Gallery
Rend
Lake: The Illinois Artisans’
Gallery
Jingdezhen University: Permanent Collection (NCECA, 2009)
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