1979 Wind Challenge Artist
Ruth Wolf was born in Philadelphia. She attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, earning the PAFA Certificate along with a BFA, in the coordinated degree program with the (then) Philadelphia College of Art. In 1976, she received an MFA from the University of Wisconsin, which she attended as a Teaching Assistant, teaching Basic Art Experiences. When Ruth returned to Philadelphia, she studied the aesthetic theory of Dr Albert Barnes at the Barnes Foundation with Violette deMazia. Then many years later, in 2002, she continued these studies with a grant from the Violette deMazia Foundation until 2009.
