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To hear exerpts from interview, Click here. In 1981 Helen Frederick came from New York to Baltimore to be a part of the city’s artistic renaissance. Using her zeal for collaboration, Ms. Frederick began workshops to meet the unique physical needs of paper-based artists. One of these, Pyramid Atlantic Center for Printmaking, 20 years old next year, is among the nation’s foremost workshops for hand-papermaking, printmaking and artist’s books. As the founder and artistic director of this artist-run center, Ms. Frederick curates exhibitions, manages the internationally renowned Book Arts Fair and interdisciplinary public art programs. She also coordinated several cultural exchanges including a six- year, international traveling exhibit during the 1990s, Crossing Over/ Changing Places. Currently she is an Associate Professor of Art at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Her artwork is in American and International museum collections, including the National Museum of American Art, the National Gallery of Art, the National Museum in Stockholm, Sweden and the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum in Yokahama, Japan. Ms. Frederick received her M.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design and was awarded a Fulbright scholarship in 1973. |
