Jack Earl

Born: 1934, Unipolis, OH
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    Apprenticeships & Residencies
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    1974

    Arts/Industry Residency Program, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

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    1976

    Arts/Industry Residency Program, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

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    1978

    Arts/Industry Residency Program, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

    Primary Work Experience
    1964
    -
    1972

    Instructor, School of Design Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio

    1972
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    1978

    Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

    1978
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    Independent Studio Potter, Lakeview, Ohio

    Other

    Public Collections

    Arkansas Art Center, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas

    The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

    Canton Art Institute, Canton, Ohio

    Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio

    Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware

    Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedelia, Missouri

    Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York

    John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York

    Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio

    Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York

    Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin

    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.

    Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio

    Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio

    Bibliography

    Bodine, Sarah. review of “Jack Earl: The Genesis and Triumphant Survival of an Underground Ohio Artist.” Artforum, December 1985.

    Bourdon, David. “Jack Earl.” Art in America, November/December 1978.

    Gallia, Angela. “Ohio’s Jack Earl.” Ceramics Monthly (March 1999).

    Herr, Marciann. “Jack Earl: Narrative Sculptures.” Dialogue, November/December 1981.

    Kiefer, Geraldine Wojno. “Jack Earl.” Arts Magazine, 1982.

    Klassen, John. “Conversation with Jack Earl.” Ceramics Monthly (October 1981).

    Kotwal, Kaizaad. “Ceramics included in Smithsonian Archives.” Columbus Dispatch, November 2007.

    Leuthold, Marc and Sarah Wilkins. “From Average to Excellent. Ceramics Monthly (March 2008).

    Nordness, Lee. Jack Earl: The Genesis and Triumphant Survival of an Underground Ohio Artist. Racine, WI: Perimeter Press, 1985.

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    Toledo, Ohio

    Richmond, Virginia

    Lakeview, Ohio

    John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Arts/Industry

    Citation: Jack Earl, "The Marks Project."
    Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/jack-e-earl

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