Academic Metals Directory · entry

Fred Woell

Independent studio metalsmith / artist (Deer Isle, Maine); formerly taught at Boston University, Swain School of Design, SUNY New Paltz, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

last checked 2026-05-30

As archived (≈2014)

Born
1934, Evergreen Park, Illinois

Now (checked 2026)

Goes by
Fred Woell

Current role
Independent studio metalsmith / artist (Deer Isle, Maine); formerly taught at Boston University, Swain School of Design, SUNY New Paltz, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Status
Deceased

Link
www.jordanfernald.com/memorials/j-woell/2335707/obituary.php

Training

Undergraduate	University of Illinois - Urbana · 1955 to 1956 none
Undergraduate	University of Illinois - Urbana · 1958 to 1960 BA · instructor: Robert Von Neumann
Graduate	University of Wisconsin - Madison · 1960 to 1962 · instructor: Arthur Viertahler
Graduate	Cranbrook Academy of Artart & design college · 1969 to ? · instructor: Richard Thomas

Lineage

Taught at

Central Oregon Community College · 1976 to 1985State University of New York at New Paltz · 1989 to 1993University of Massachusetts / Dartmouth · 1976 to 1985

Students drawn from who lists this person as an instructor; institutions from faculty records. See the full lineage timeline →

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Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Fred_Woell https://www.jordanfernald.com/memorials/Woell-J/2335707/obituary.php https://snagmetalsmith.org/2015/04/in-memoriam-j-fred-woell/https://www.metalmuseum.org/post/2018/04/19/inside-the-collection-j-fred-woell https://americanart.si.edu/artist/j-fred-woell-5848

From the original Tyler “Academic Metals Directory” (≈2014), brought current in 2026.

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