Angela Fina (American, 1937-2013), Art Pottery Vase

1999, glazed porcelain vase in organic form with tall neck and bulbous base, in a matte brown glaze with metallic drip accent to rim and neck, signed and dated to underside.

15 x 5 x 5 in.

From the Collection of Mignon Durham, Asheville, North Carolina

Angela was born and raised in Saratoga Springs, NY and earned a BS in Art Education from Nazareth College of Rochester, NY. After graduating she entered the community of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester, and while she was a practicing nun for 9 years, she simultaneously earned her MFA in Ceramics at the School for American Craftsmen at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester. After leaving the convent, Angela became a tenured professor at Sheridan College School of Craft and Design in Port Credit, Ontario, Canada teaching ceramics and glaze chemistry for 9 years. In 1977 she chose to leave her college teaching to become a full-time, self-supporting artist potter. She set up a studio in Amherst and for 34 years made and sold colorful porcelain tableware and vases. Her work was juried into the American Craft Council Shows, the Smithsonian Craft Fairs, and many other craft shows around the North East. She taught innumerable workshops at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, Brookfield Craft Center in Connecticut, and art centers in Washington, D.C., Boulder, Colorado, Long Island, New Jersey and elsewhere. She was on the Board of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) for 11 years and was made a lifetime Fellow in 1984.

Good estate condition.