Jeanne Carreau

Megan Mitchell is known for wheel-thrown functional pottery and slab rolled wall tile installations. Both bodies of work are created using porcelain or white stoneware. Surface technique in the leather-hard stage includes ...
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    Megan Mitchell is known for wheel-thrown functional pottery and slab rolled wall tile installations. Both bodies of work are created using porcelain or white stoneware. Surface technique in the leather-hard stage includes a colored slip silk screen.

    Work is high fired in a reduction kiln to 2,350 degrees Fahrenheit. Both pottery pieces and tile wall installations carry similar themes.Subject matter includes fences, doors, landscape, windows architecture, textiles, and geometry.

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    Apprenticeships & Residencies
    1974
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    1976

    Apprenticeship to Jun Oba, Tokyo, Japan

    Primary Work Experience
    1971
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    1974

    Ceramic Instructor, Palo Alto Recreation Center, Palo Alto, California

    1978
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    1982

    Ceramics Instructor, Hong Kong International School & The German-Swiss School, Hong Kong, China

    1980
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    1984

    Occupational Therapy and Ceramics Lecturer, Hong Kong, China Polytechnic College, Hong Kong, China

    1986
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    1988

    Independent Ceramic Instructor, personal studio, Pelham, New York

    1988
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    Instructor, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York

    2000
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    Instructor, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, New York

    2005
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    Instructor, Clay Art Center, Port Chester New York

    2014

    Wheel Throwing Instructor, Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, New York

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    Bibliography

    Carreau, Jeanne N. The Japanese Ceramic Tradition, Bizen and Hagi, Two Expressions. Berkeley, CA: University of California at Berkeley, 1978.

     

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    Carolyn Herrera

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    Stanford University, California

    Jun Oba

    University of California, Berkeley

    Clay Art Center

    Bizen ware

    Hagi wares

    Citation: Carolyn Herrera Jeanne Carreau, "The Marks Project."
    Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/jeanne-n-carreau

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