biography of Alfaretta Donkersloa SHIRLEY (1891-?)

Birth place: New Jersey

Addresses: Short Hills, NJ

Profession: Craftsman, sculptor, teacher

Studied: NY School Fine & Applied Art; Parsons School Design; Columbia Univ. (B.S., M.A.); Alfred Univ., with Charles F. Binns.

Exhibited: Syracuse Mus. FA; Arch. Lg.; Montclair Art Mus.; Newark Mus.; NY Ceramic Soc. traveling exhib.; Rutgers Univ.; Millburn-Short Hills AC

Member: CAA; NY Ceramic Soc.; Nat. Assn. Art Educ.; AAUW; Artist-Craftsmen of NY; Millburn-Short Hills AC; Nat. Educ. Assn.; New Jersey Educ. Assn.; Newark AC.

Comments: Position: ceramics instructor, Newark School Fine & Indust. Art, 1921-34; instructor of art & art history, Barringer H.S., Newark, NJ, 1935-56; Parsonage Hills Studio, 1956-.

Sources: WW59; WW47.