Discipline: Visual Art

Ruth Fields

Discipline: Visual Art
Region: Boston, MA
MacDowell Fellowships: 1998
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Ruth Fields received her B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees from Tufts University. In addition, she was awarded a diploma and Fifth Year Certificate from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Fields has exhibited paintings and drawings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Rose Art Museum, the Berkshire Museum and the Danforth Museum. Her work has also been shown in galleries in Boston, New York, Chicago and California

In 1999, Fields received the 247th Clarissa Bartlett Traveling Scholarship from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. She has also been awarded fellowships to MacDowell and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.


Studios

Eastman

Ruth Fields worked in the Eastman studio.

Thanks to the generous support of MacDowell Fellow and board member Louise Eastman, this century-old farm building was reinvented as a modern, energy efficient live and workspace for visual artists. Originally built in 1915 to house a forge and provide storage when the residency program was expanding, this small barn was simply converted for…

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