Resume/About

Claudia Frost
Fine Art Photography
Landscapes, Vanishing Visions, Natural History and Vintage Organics

Resume / About

cfinspirations@aol.com 2806 Greenwood Lane
630-772-0109 St. Charles, IL 60175

EDUCATION
Candidate - Associate of Applied Science in Communication Design
Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL Spring 2016

School of Communication, Governor’s State University, University Park, IL
MA Communication Science - 1975

School of Journalism, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
BS Journalism/English/Education - 1971

EXHIBITIONS
   Solo Shows
2012/2013/1014 “Vanishing Visions” - St. Charles, Geneva and Batavia Libraries
2013, 2014, 2015 “Art Around the Corner” - St. Charles

Group Shows
Side Street Studio Arts - “Pix From Six” Elgin, Summer 2014
Morton Arboretum Photographic Society - Lisle, Spring and Summer Exhibitions 2014
Norris Cultural Arts Center- “Vicinity” Juried Show, St. Charles - 2013,2014, 2015
Invitational Grady Gallery Show - Elgin Community College - 2013, 2015
   “Art On the Eighth” - Elgin Arts Council - Invitational Show - 2013
St. Charles Arts Council neXt Juried Pop-Up Gallery Shows - 2012/2013,2014,2015
Fine Line Creative Arts Center - Landscape Show - 2012
Women’s Works - Northwest Area Arts Council, Woodstock, IL 2011
Skyway Junior College Consortium Show - 2010

AWARDS
2014 - National Art Competition Winner - American Association of University Women - 2014
2012 - First Place Digital Photography - Elgin Community College Student Show- 2012
2011 - First Place Digital Photography - Governor’s State University Junior Colleges Show
2011 - Second Place Batavia “Art in Your Eye” Juried Gallery Show

REFERENCES

Travis Linville - Assistant Professor of Photography, Elgin Community College
tlinville@elgin.edu
1-847-214-7668

Mary Dew - Adjunct Professor of Photography, College of DuPage
  dewmar@cod.edu
1-630-306-8392

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This business of taking pictures and anticipating the results has always intrigued the artist. She used a Brownie flash camera when she was a small child, primarily serving as the family photographer. Her first SLR was purchased when she landed her first job after college, working as a school district community relations director and then doing P.R. for a hospital. Several years later, as a mother and gardening enthusiast, she continued taking photos of the children’s activities and their milestones in combination with her interest in nature.

After attending graduate school to update her teaching certificates and teaching middle school, she began a new journey - fine art photography. "The community colleges have helped me to reinvent my career path. Studying and utilizing this ever evolving technology has provided me with the personal tools to create and share my responses to our changing world."