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Squeak Carnwath, American artist, educator. Recipient Visual Artists award, Flintridge Foundation, 2002; fellow, Guggenheim Foundation, 1994; grantee Individual Artist fellowship, National Endowment Arts, 1985;, 1980. President Artists' Legacy Foundation, Oakland, 2000.

Background

Carnwath, Squeak was born on May 24, 1947 in Abington, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Samuel and Shirley Carnwath.

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Education

After high school, Carnwath studied art in Illinois, Greece, and Vermont before attending the California College of Arts and Crafts, where she studied ceramics, painting, and sculpture with Viola Frey, Art Nelson, Jay DeFeo, and Dennis Leon. She received her Master of Fine Arts from California College of Arts and Crafts in 1977.

Career

She is a Professor Emerita of Art from University of California, Berkeley.

She taught at University of California, Berkeley from 1982 until 2010, having previously taught Advocate of the Unwatched Life: A Conversation with Squeak ... VALY