Daniel Rhodes

2" deep, 9" diameter - museum quality

Born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Dan Rhodes began his professional art career early with summer studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. Rhodes received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago with a major in art history (1929-1933) and later attended the Art Students League of New York, studying under John Steuart Curry (1933-34). He attended both sessions of the Stone City Art Colony and pursued additional studies at the Fine Art Center of Colorado Springs (1940). Awarded the very first MFA degree from the prestigious New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 1942. (sidenote: Vivika Heino was the second person awarded an MFA from Alfred)