Ellen Frank

Ellen Frank
Born Ellen Eve Frank
Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality American
Known for Graphic arts
Notable work Hanukkah Illuminated: A Book of Days;
Cities of Peace;
Literary Architecture: Essays Toward a Tradition

Ellen Eve Frank is an American artist, writer, and educator, currently based in New York.

Life

She was born in Los Angeles. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles; her Master of Arts and Ph.D in literature and visual arts from Stanford and Yale universities, prospectively. Also, she was Assistant Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley from 1973-1977.[1]

Frank is an artist known for her illuminated manuscripts, which showcase the ancient art form of incorporating precious metals like 22-karat gold leaf on murals and scrolls, linens and panels.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Frank has published several written works, among them Literary Architecture: Essays Toward a Tradition (University of California Press) and other various essays on the topics of painting, architecture, and literature. Literary Architecture: Essays Toward a Tradition (University of California Press) has won several awards, including the "Best of All Award Winning Books" by Book Builders West, The Ronce & Coffin Club Design Award, and the New York Institute for Graphic Arts 50 Best Books. She co-wrote a play titled Frida@chiapas.net with Maria Pessino who is the founder and director of Oddfellows Productions. The Theatre for the New in New York City hosted the play for its first reading, and Robert Wilson's Watermill Center hosted the second reading in July 1999.[12][13][14]

Frank has received various awards and recognition for her work in both painting and writing. She was accepted as a Fulbright Fellow to further her studies in Aesthetic Theory under Sir Ernst Gombrich. Frank also received the Ford Foundation Grant in Lithography, a Pollock-Krasner Award in Painting, and a New York Foundation of the Arts Award in 1997 for her illuminated manuscript. Frank's art has been exhibited throughout the United States, including the Soho Guggenheim to inaugurate "T", where she showed a sequence of 18 paintings. Also, in 1999 J/Brice of Boston, MA commissioned Frank to create an 84-foot mural in copper, gold, and silver leaf on linen.[15]

In 2001, Frank was invited to be Professor and Guest Artist at Barnard College and at Rutgers University.[16]

Ellen Frank Illumination Arts Foundation, Inc.

In 2004, she founded the not-for-profit organization, Ellen Frank Illumination Arts Foundation, Inc., where she remains as the artistic director. The organization focuses on the art of illumination and the creation of new works of art in this genre. The art form of illumination is centuries old and incorporates pictures, paint, and precious metals to adorn sacred documents of particular civilizations. These sacred documents include Hebrew marriage contracts, New Testament manuscripts, and a Koran, and are kept in archives and museums to protect the ancient art form. The goal of the Ellen Frank Illumination Arts Foundation is to revitalize the art form of Illumination, while promoting peace education and bridging religious gaps.[17]

In 2005, the organization created the Illumination Arts Atelier, a workshop that is modeled after the traditional Renaissance ateliers. Accepting interns from South Korea, the United States, Columbia, Japan, and Poland, the atelier teaches the students about manuscript illumination and illuminated painting using 22 karat gold leaf, silver leaf, copper leaf, linen, vellum, paper, papyrus, and egg tempura.[18]

Cities of Peace was the first work created at the Illumination Arts Atelier and consists of nine, 6x8 foot paintings that are illuminated with gold. Each of the nine paintings represents a different city that has been traumatized by war and honors the particular city's history and culture. The cities include Beijing, Hiroshima, Kabul, Baghdad, and New York City. Cities of Peace premiered in the Laurie M. Tisch Gallery in New York City in 2005. In 2009, it was exhibited in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City.[19][3][4][5][20][6][7][8][9][10][11][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]

Awards and recognition

Frank has received awards during her career. They include (in chronological order):

She, and her foundation, have been featured in many newspapers, including The New York Times,[31] Southampton Press[32] and, The East Hampton Star

References

  1. ↑ "Nassau County Museum of Art". Nassaumuseum.org. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  2. ↑ "Who we are". Transnational.org. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  3. 1 2 "CITIES OF PEACE: Transforming Anguish into Beauty". OSilas Gallery. 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  4. 1 2 "Muhlenberg College Martin Art Gallery". Muhlenberg.edu. 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  5. 1 2 "Cities of Peace | College of the Holy Cross". Holycross.edu. 2009-12-16. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  6. 1 2 "A Medieval Skill Is Nurtured in Gold-Leaf Splendor". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  7. 1 2 Ellen Frank (2000). "Illuminated". The Georgia Review 54: 664–672. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  8. 1 2 Judith Margolis Nashim (2008). "Resident Artist: The Illuminations of Ellen Frank". A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues 16: 215–221. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  9. 1 2 "Project MUSE - The Illuminations of Ellen Frank". Muse.jhu.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  10. 1 2 "Mapspace : Miranda Arts Project Space : Artists : Ellen Frank". Miranda Arts Project Space. 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  11. 1 2 "Illuminated Paintings By Ellen Frank, Works By Elizabeth Sloan Tyler In New Exhibition At Guild Hall". 27east.com. 2010-10-19. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  12. ↑ Ellen Eve Frank. "Literary Architecture: Essays Toward a Tradition : Walter Pater, Gerard ...". Books.google.de. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  13. ↑ "Literary Architecture". Publishing.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  14. ↑ "Literary Architecture: Essays Toward a Tradition: Walter Pater, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Marcel Proust, Henry James". Mlq.dukejournals.org. 1980-12-01. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  15. ↑ "Oddfellows Playhouse". The Lost Lesson. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  16. ↑ "Tamarind Institute of Lithography | An Informed Energy: Lithography and Tamarind". Tamarind.unm.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  17. ↑ "ELLEN FRANK : ILLUMINATION ARTS FOUNDATION INC.". Archived from the original on April 1, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
  18. ↑ "The Illumination Atelier - Internships teaching the skills of Illuminated Art". Efiaf.org. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  19. ↑ Shattuck, Kathryn (2005-12-04). "FOOTLIGHTS - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  20. ↑ "Nassau County Museum of Art". Nassaumuseum.org. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  21. ↑ "Ellen Frank". ArtSlant. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  22. ↑ "Paintings Encourage Peace | Long Island Pulse Magazine". Lipulse.com. 2010-11-17. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  23. ↑ "Artists Flock to Guild Hall Opening". The East Hampton Star. 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  24. ↑ "Ellen Frank". Mutualart.com. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  25. ↑ "Guild Hall of East Hampton Peace Festival". YouTube. 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  26. ↑ "Guild Hall's Fiesta Showcases Latin American Culture | The Arts | On The Screen". Hamptons.com. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  27. ↑ "Cities Of Peace". Mdsm.pl. 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  28. ↑ "Press Conference - Cities of Peace Project - Naregatsi Art Institute". Naregatsi.org. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  29. ↑ "Ellen Frank: Moved to Create Art for Peace - The Sag Harbor Express". Sagharboronline.com. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  30. ↑ "Ellen Frank : Awards". Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved April 23, 2009.
  31. ↑ "The Emotional Intensity of Devotion". Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved April 23, 2009.
  32. ↑ "An Aesthetic that Balances the Visual with the Verbal". Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved April 23, 2009.
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