Hatfield, Frances
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Hatfield, Frances
Biography
Frances Hatfield was one of those important 1960s potters in BC who contributed volunteerism and knowledge to a growing art culture.
Frances graduated from the Vancouver School of Art and attended Ontario College of Art - dates unknown. She apprenticed with Erica and Kjeld Deichmann in N.B. and then traveled to Japan and took some classes with Shoji Hamada.
By the time Frances returned to BC and set up her studio in Naramata she had been exposed to European modernism, Japanese traditions, as well as contemporary Canadian art.
In the 1970s She helped Adolf Schwenk in his studio in Penticton after the death of his wife in St Ives, and for many years she was a valuable link from the Interior to the Vancouver based PGBC through her correspondence in the Newsletters.
Frances worked with local materials, and taught throughout the Interior - the Okanagan - 1965, in Quesnel - 1971 where the class dug and refined local clay, as reported in the PGBC newsletter, and at the Kootenay School of Art in 1978. In the early 1980s she participated in the PGBC traveling workshops.
Frances's work was included in a number of national exhibitions in the 1960s, she was a good friend of Hiro Urakami's and exhibited at the House of Ceramics, and was included in Bob Kingsmill's 1977 Catalogue of BC Potters.
Frances graduated from the Vancouver School of Art and attended Ontario College of Art - dates unknown. She apprenticed with Erica and Kjeld Deichmann in N.B. and then traveled to Japan and took some classes with Shoji Hamada.
By the time Frances returned to BC and set up her studio in Naramata she had been exposed to European modernism, Japanese traditions, as well as contemporary Canadian art.
In the 1970s She helped Adolf Schwenk in his studio in Penticton after the death of his wife in St Ives, and for many years she was a valuable link from the Interior to the Vancouver based PGBC through her correspondence in the Newsletters.
Frances worked with local materials, and taught throughout the Interior - the Okanagan - 1965, in Quesnel - 1971 where the class dug and refined local clay, as reported in the PGBC newsletter, and at the Kootenay School of Art in 1978. In the early 1980s she participated in the PGBC traveling workshops.
Frances's work was included in a number of national exhibitions in the 1960s, she was a good friend of Hiro Urakami's and exhibited at the House of Ceramics, and was included in Bob Kingsmill's 1977 Catalogue of BC Potters.
First name
Frances
Last name
Hatfield
Date of Birth
1924
Date of Death
2014
Place of Birth
Kelowna, British Columbia
Studio location
Formal Education
Apprenticeships
Kjeld and Erica Deichmann, New Brunswick
workshop with Shoji Hamada in California (AC)
raku workshop with Paul Soldner (AC)
Major Exhibitions
1980 Retrospect Ceramics 80, PGBC 25th Anniversary.
Canadian Ceramics Biennials 1967, 1969, 1971 (AC)
Canadian Fine Crafts 1966/67, NGC, Ottawa (AC)
Affiliated organizations
Links to Further Resources
1977 Catalogue of British Columbia Potters, Bob Kingsmill
Source
Debra E. Sloan, additions AC Sept 2021
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