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Daniel Frye

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Office: KDM 189 (access through KDM 185)
Office hours: Posted on instructor’s office door. Please use appointment sheet on office door to schedule an appointment during office hours. Visit KDM 160C for metals/jewelry office hours.
Phone: 278-6616
Email: frye@csus.edu

Student Galleries:
Jewelry Gallery
Metalsmithing Gallery

Furlough Schedule:
August 14 and 28
September 11 and 18
October 9, 16 (campus closed 10/16)
November 13 and 24
December 21, 22, 23 and 24

Syllabi and course materials below.

Professor Frye teaches Art Education and Small Metals (jewelry).

Dr. Daniel J. Frye is the Chair of the Art Department at California State University in Sacramento.

Dr. Frye has lived in Illinois, New Mexico, New York, Missouri, Okinawa (Japan), Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and now California. He received his B.S.ed. (1977) and M.ed. (1979) in art education from Millersville University in Pennsylvania with a major emphasis in metals for both degrees. He earned his Ph.D. in Teaching and Curriculum from Syracuse University (1991) where he was awarded an African American Studies fellow, the Burton Blatt Scholarship, and the Syracuse University Fellowship. The Provost's Outstanding Junior Faculty Teaching Award was presented to Dr. Frye in 1993 at the University of Missouri-Columbia. In 1992, he wrote a textbook manual, Art Activities for the Elementary School and in 2001 published an annotated bibliography entitled, Global Art Resource Guides: African American Visual Artists Educational Resource Materials Reference: An Annotated Bibliography.

Dr. Frye has exhibited in national and regional juried competitions and received a jurors award in the 1995 Texas "Hard and Soft" exhibition and a merit award in sculpture at the "Hoyt National Art Show" in 1997. In 1999, he received an award for General Excellence at the Newburyport Art Association Craft Exhibition. At California State University, Sacramento, Dr. Frye teaches courses in Art Education, Small Metals (jewelry), and Art Appreciation.


Syllabi and Materials - Spring 2009

Beginning Jewelry Course Notes

Art 74
Art 75
Art 174
Art 176