Janel Jacobson
Jeanne Carreau is known for wheel-thrown functional stoneware pottery. Carreau studied Japanese culture and apprenticed with Japanese ceramist Jun Oba. She was influenced by the throwing techniques learned during her time with ...
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- Biography
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Jeanne Carreau is known for wheel-thrown functional stoneware pottery. Carreau studied Japanese culture and apprenticed with Japanese ceramist Jun Oba. She was influenced by the throwing techniques learned during her time with Oba and exposure to Bizen and Hagi wares.
Returning to the United States, Carreau taught pottery both in her studio and at the Clay Art Canter in Port Chester, New York.
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1977
Summer Coursework, Pond Farm, Marguerite Wildenhain, Guerneville, California
1972Summer Coursework, Pond Farm, Marguerite Wildenhain, Guerneville, California
1974Summer Coursework, Pond Farm, Marguerite Wildenhain, Guerneville, California
- Primary Work Experience
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1972—
Studio Artist
1975—Studio Artist, Sunrise Pottery, Sunrise, Minnesota
Other
- Public Collections
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Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York
Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Scripps College, Claremont, California
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Washington, DC
Takamado Netsuke Traveling Collection, Tokyo, Japan
Tweed Art Museum, Duluth, Minnesota
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
- Bibliography
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Benesh, Carolyn L.E. “Janel Jacobson. Stirring the Dawn.” Ornament Magazine 20, no. 3 (Spring 1997).
Dietvorst, Diana. “Janel Jacobson: Celebrates Nature's Smaller Treasures.” Sculptural Pursuit Magazine 2, no.4 (Fall 2003).
Fina, Angela and Jonathan Fairbanks. The Best of Pottery. Bloomington, IN: Quarry Books, 1996.
Sessions, Billie. “Ripples, Marguerite Wildenhain and her Pond Farm Students.” Ceramics Monthly 50no. 10 (December 2002).
- CV or Resume
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Kuratnick, Jeffrey
- Website(s)
Citation: Kuratnick, Jeffrey Janel Jacobson, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/janel-jacobson
