Frink School

The Frink School of Figurative Sculpture was named after Elisabeth Frink, British Sculptor, and was a small intimate academy with a specific discipline of study closer in spirit to a "master and apprentice" structure than an educational institution. Directed by the British Sculptor Rosemary Barnett, other sculptors involved in its educational role included Harry Everington, Alan Thornhill, Ken Ford and the painter Jack Skinner.

Harry Everington met Rosemary Barnett in 1990 at the Sir Henry Doulton School of Sculpture in Stoke on Trent. When, in 1993, the funding was removed from the Doulton School, they both set about establishing a successor to it, which would try to give some balance to the trend towards conceptual work in Sculpture Schools.

The Frink School opened in 1996 in Longton/ moving to Tunstall in 1999.

Initially running a two year full time course, about 4-9 students entered the School per year.

It ceased running full-time courses in 2005.

Associates of the school include British sculptors Anthony Beetlestone [http://www.antbeetlestone.com/] , John Sydney Carter FRBS [http://www.johnsydneycarter.com/] , Jon Edgar, David Klein, Rita Phillips, Caro Sweet [http://carosweet.com/] , Sarah Smith [http://www.sarahsmith.org.uk/] , Sophie White, and Simon Everington [http://simoneverington.com/default.aspx] based in Japan.

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External links

* [http://www.creativestoke.org.uk/02-interview.html "Creative Stoke" interview with Director Rosemary Barnett]