Frederick Carlton Ball
Frederick Carlton Ball is known for thrownvessels that were glazed and decorated by his collaborators; first his wife Kathryn Uhl Ball and then Aaron Bohrod.
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- Biography
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Frederick Carlton Ball is known for thrownvessels that were glazed and decorated by his collaborators; first his wife Kathryn Uhl Ball and then Aaron Bohrod.
Ballinspired by the work of Diego Rivera, went to the University of Southern California to study mural painting. While there he studied pottery with Glen Lukens. It is believed he learned to throw on the wheel by watching Marguerite Wildenhain. He often worked in collaboration first with his wife, Kathryn Uhl Ball. In 1950 when Ball moved to Madison, Wisconsin to open the ceramics studio program, he met Aaron Bohrod, a painter with whom he would collaborate until Ball?s move to Washington state in 1968. As his career progressed he began making large-scale thrown pieces some of which are six feet tall. Ball is also known for his interest in jewelry. He often wrote articles about media and process that were published in numerous national magazines.
" - Apprenticeships & Residencies
- Primary Work Experience
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-1936
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
1939-1950Mills College, Oakland, California
1950-1951University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
1951-1956Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
1956-1967Professor of Art, University of Southern California
1968-1977University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington
Other
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Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California
Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), New York, New York
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California
- Bibliography
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Ball, F. Carlton and Janet Lovoos. Making Pottery Without a Wheel: Texture and Form in Clay. New York, NY: Van Nostrand, 1965.
____________. Decorating Pottery with Clay, Slip and Glaze. Ceramics Monthly Professional Publications, 1978.
Clark, Garth. American Ceramics: 1976 to the Present. New York, NY: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1987.
Levin, Elaine. The History of American Ceramics from Pipkins and Bean Pots to Contemporary Forms. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1988.
Nordness, Lee. Objects: USA. New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1970.
Perry, Barbara. American Ceramics: The Collection of Everson Museum of Art. New York, NY: Rizzoli International, 1989.
- CV or Resume
- Website(s)
Citation: Frederick Carlton Ball, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/frederick-carlton-ball
Objects
Collections
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California
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American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California
