Fredrica Hastings Fields

Background

Fields, Fredrica Hastings was born on January 10, 1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Theodore Mitchell and Carolyn Corlies (Baily) Hastings.

Education

Student, Wellesley College, 1930—1932. Student, Art Students League, 1933.

Career

Designer craftsman in stained glass, 1948-1992. Exhibited in one man show Artists Mart, Washington,1955, First Presbyterian Church, Stamford, Connecticut, 1976, Concordia College, Bronxville, New York, 1982, Greenwich (Connecticut) Young Women's Christian Association, 1982. Exhibited in group shows National Society Arts and Letters, Washington, 1951, Smithsonian Institution, 1951, 53, 54, 57, 58, Corcoran Gallery Art, 1955, 56, National Conference.on Religious Architecture, New York City, 1967, Washington, 1970, Greenwich(Connecticut) Art Society Annual Exhibitions, 1968-1978, Stamford (Connecticut) Art Society, 1972, Danbury (Connecticut) Public Library, 1974, Stained Glass International, New York City, 1982, Stained Glass Association American-Corning Museum Glass, 1987, The Gallery at Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, 1990.

Represented in permanent installations at Washington Cathedral, Marie Cole Auditorium, Greenwich Library, Young Women's Christian Association, Greenwich, Association for Research and Enlightenment Meditation/Prayer Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Connecticut Hospice Incorporated., Branford, Concordia College, Bronxville, New York, Church of Holy Comforter, Kenilworth, Illinois, many private collections.

Teacher classes in stained glass, Washington, 1950, Young Women's Christian Association, Greenwich, 1966, at studio, 1968-1971.

Achievements

• Fredrica Hastings Fields has been listed as a notable artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Stained Glass Association American (contributor to reference and technical manuals volunteers 1 and 2), Greenwich Art Society Died March 4, 1992.

Connections

Married Kenneth East. Fields, July 10, 1934. Children: David Edward (deceased), Luellen, Stephen Francis.

Father:

Theodore Mitchell Hastings

Mother:

Carolyn Corlies (Baily) Hastings

Spouse:

Kenneth East. Fields

child:

Stephen Francis Fields

child:

David Edward Fields (deceased)

child:

Luellen Fields