IVA FENDRICK
Art Center Manager: 872-2332
BIO
Over the years, Iva has worked in a variety of mediums and
subject matter. These include portraits in pencil, and pastels,
nude figure studies, sculpted figures, abstracts in mixed media
and her latest art adventure, plein air. She is the daughter of
Vina Cross, who was one of the Bakersfield Art Association’s
founding members in 1944. Iva is also a fourth generation Kern
County resident.
Iva earned a Bachelors degree in art from California State
University, Bakersfield, having also studied at Bakersfield
College and the Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles. She
has also studied ceramics with Vic Bracke of central California
and at the Mendocino Art Center. For twenty-five years, Iva
taught in the Kern High School District, much of the time
teaching ceramics.
