About the Artist
Fran Abrams, a resident of Rockville, MD, has an undergraduate degree in art and architecture and a graduate degree in urban planning. In January 2000, after making a New Year's resolution to return to her roots as an artist, she began studying and working with polymer clay. She retired from her day job in July 2010 after 41 years of public service in government and nonprofit agencies and is focusing on her art. She is a member of the Foundry Gallery in Washington, DC. She also is the manager of the new Betty Mae Kramer Gallery and Music Room in the Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans' Plaza in downtown Silver Spring, MD.
Recent Awards
Honorable Mention, Fine Crafts, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA, December 2011
Two Honorable Mentions, The Power of Color III, Gallery West, Alexandria, VA, August 2011
Third Place, Laurel Art Guild Regional Juried Show at Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD, March - April 2011
Third Place, Annual Strathmore Members' Juried Exhibition, The Mansion at Strathmore, N. Bethesda, MD, March 2010
First Place in Polymer Clay, Creative Crafts Council 27th Biennial Exhibition,The Mansion at Strathmore, N. Bethesda, MD, June 2009
Judges' Choice Award & Children's Choice Award, Virginia Fall Foliage Festival, Waynesboro, VA, October 2009
First Place, Annual Strathmore Members' Juried Exhibition, The Mansion at Strathmore, N. Bethesda, MD March 2008
Recent Exhibits
Patuxent Art League 21st Annual Open Juried Art Exhibition, Juried Group Show, Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD December 2011
The Power of Color III, Juried Group Show, Gallery West, Alexandria, VA, August 2011
Summer Salon Show, Group Show, The Artists' Gallery, Frederick, MD August 2011
Committee Members' Group Show, Gallery Har Shalom, Potomac, MD, July - August 2011
Works on Paper and of Clay, National Juried Group Show, d'Art Center, Norfolk, VA, April - June 2011
Laurel Art Guild Regional Juried Show, Group Show, Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD March - April 2011
20th Annual Strathmore Members' Juried Exhibition, Group Show, The Mansion at Strathmore, N. Bethesda, MD, March - April 2011
Colorful Clay, Solo Show, Temple Rodef Shalom, Falls, Church, VA, January - February 2011
Clay Squared, Solo Show, Howard Avenue Arts Incubator, Kensington, MD, December 2010
Clay on the Wall, Solo Show, Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC, November 2010
Polymer Revolution, National Juried Group Show, Parsons Gallery, Lexington Arts & Crafts Society, Lexington, MA June 2010
Many Textures, Many Colors, Invitational Group Show, Dennis & Philip Ratner Museum, Bethesda, MD, May 2010
Visions, Invitational Group Show, Bodzin Gallery, Jewish Commuity Center of Northern VA, Fairfax, VA, January - February 2010
Feb Four, Group Show, Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC, February 2010
19th Annual Strathmore Members' Juried Exhibition, Group Show, Mansion at Strathmore, N. Bethesda, MD, March - April 2010
