About Viola Frey

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    1933
    Viola Frey is born on August 15, 1933, in Lodi, California. She is raised on her family’s vineyard and attends Lodi High School, graduating in 1951.

    1952-53
    Accepts admission to University of California Berkeley for writing, but then changes her mind at the last minute. Attends Stockton Delta College in Stockton, California, with an interest in teaching art at the college level.

    1953-55
    Receives a scholarship to study at California College of Arts and Crafts (CCAC) in Oakland, California. Frey studies painting under Richard Diebenkorn, and takes classes in ceramics under Vernon Coykendall and Charles Fiske.

    1955
    Receives undergraduate degree in painting, CCAC, Oakland, ...

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