Millennium Magazine_7th Ed

40 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine ARTS, MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT A sculptor of more than 55 years, Freda Coffing Tschumy excels as an independent artist in Miami, Florida. Interested in art from a formative age, she used clay from stream banks to create small figures in her youth. Earning a BA from Vassar College in 1961 after taking studio courses in stone carving with Prix de Rome winner Concetta Scaravaglione, she completed two years of coursework at the Art Students’ League in New York and studied abroad for nine months at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome, Italy. An educator at several universities, Ms. Tschumy taught sculpture at the Bass Museum of Art, sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum School, painting at Barry University, sculpture at the Continuum Gallery, sculpture at the Upstairs Gallery and ceramics at the Grove House. While teaching, she studied under Professor Ward at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, where she learned how to weld and cast bronze and run a foundry. Citing these experiences as career highlights, she attended the university on a full-ride and teaching fellowship, thus obtaining her MFA in 1990. While studying at the University of Miami, Ms. Tschumy was a teaching assistant from 1988 to 1990, and after obtaining her MFA, an adjunct professor of sculpture from 1991 to 2003. Drawing upon her mastery of casting, she was also the director of the university’s foundry from 1992 to 2003 and founding director of the Foundry Guild between 1993 and 2003. Following her academic retirement, she was vice president and instructor of ArtSouth’s foundry in Homestead, Florida, from 2004 to 2006. Ms. Tschumy received the 1972 Award of Excellence from the Downtown Development Authority and the 1972 Award of Excellence from Sculptors of Florida. In 1999, she earned a Fine Art Achievement Award from Binney & Smith, Inc., having formerly received First Prize at the WCA Biennial II All Florida Exhibition in 1987. A former board of directors member and first vice president of her local chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art, Ms. Tschumy maintains affiliation with the International Sculpture Center and Lowe Art Museum. FREDA COFFING TSCHUMY ARTIST, LECTURER University of Miami Miami, FL