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

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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."

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