Dorothy Hafner
Dorothy Hafner (born 1952) is an American ceramist and glass artist.
Dorothy Hafner
- Name
- Dorothy Hafner
- Born
- 1952
- Birthplace
- Woodbridge, Connecticut
- Education
- Skidmore College
- Known for
- ceramic and glass artist
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- ceramicist · glass artist · designer · textile artist
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• Name — Dorothy Hafner • Born — 1952 • Birthplace — Woodbridge, Connecticut • Education — Skidmore College • Known for — ceramic and glass artist • Notable Works — two works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum Dorothy Hafner (born 1952) is an American ceramist and glass artist.
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Born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, Hafner earned her bachelor's degree from Skidmore College in 1974, also completing graduate work at that institution.
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She next worked as a production manager for the International Craft Film Festival, and beginning in 1976 served as director of the international department of the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York City. For the two years following she was artist-in-residence at Artpark in Lewiston, New York. In 1979 she set up the firm Art in Dining in New York City, under which banner she designed porcelain tableware for such firms as Neiman Marcus and Tiffany & Co.; beginning in 1982 her work was also carried by Rosenthal. Her work has won numerous honors and awards. Hafner began her career as a ceramist, but in 1997 turned exclusively to glass work. Two of her works are in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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- 1.Routledge. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. 19 December 2013. 978-1-135-63882-5.
- 2.Dorothy Hafner. Schantz Galleries.
- 3.Durrell, Brad. Each piece 'is its own journey,' Norwalk glass artist Dorothy Hafner says of her work. Connecticut Post. 24 January 2021.
- 4.Artist - Dorothy Hafner. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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