About the Item

Creamer from the Fred Fenster Cup

2026

Pewter

"I studied with Fred Fenster and Eleanor Moty at UW-Madison in the 1970s. Fred came to Purdue Fort Wayne and presented wokshops for my students several times in the 2000s. Learning from him and working with him was always a fun and delightful experience.
This pewter creamer is made from the basic cup pattern Fred used in his workshops. I simply turned it over and modified the design to add a spout, handle, and bottom."

9" x 4 1/4" x 2 3/4"

About the Artist

Robert Schroeder is currently teaching metalsmithing and drawing at the Department of Art and Design, Purdue University - Fort Wayne, Indiana. He also works as an independent curator. His career as a museum professional and curator is extensive and spans three institutions. He has taught metalsmithing, drawing, and design at the university level since 1994.

Schroeder came to the Fort Wayne Museum of Art to be a curator from the University Art Museum at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he held the position of Registrar. Prior to living in California, he was the Registrar/Collections Manager at the Madison Art Center in Madison, Wisconsin (renamed the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art in 2004.)

Schroeder attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison, earning a BS in Fine Arts. He began graduate study at Temple University's Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and returned to UW-Madison, finishing an MFA in Metalsmithing and Sculpture.

As Curator of Exhibitions for the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Schroeder was responsible for coordinating the Museum's exhibition program and assembling exhibitions, having worked with well known artists such as John Newman, Hollis Sigler, Mary Beth Edelson, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Hung Liu, Nick Cave, William Morris and Dale Chihuly. Along with giving gallery tours and planning exhibition-related programs and interpretive materials for exhibitions he has organized and traveled to museums nationally, he has lectured extensively on various topics of both historical and contemporary art subjects.

Leaving the museum field in 2002 to pursue making and exhibiting his own artworks, Schroeder has taught metalsmithing, drawing, and design as an Adjunct University Professor, and has also acted as an Independent Curator.

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