Typical Marks
About
- Apprenticeships & Residencies
- Primary Work Experience
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1979-1985
Academic Dean and Faculty, Crossroads School, Santa Monica, California
1985-presentAssociate Professor, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California
2010-presentCeramic Coordinator, Otis College of Art and Design
Other
- Public Collections
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American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Celestial Seasonings Tea Company, Boulder, Colorado
deYoung Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California
George Ohr Museum, Biloxi, Mississippi
Hallmark Collection, Kansas City, Kansas
Smithsonian Institution, Renwick Gallery, Washington D.C.
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California
Princessehof Leeuwarden Nationaal Keramiekmuseum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Icheon, South Korea
- Bibliography
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American Craft Magazine. “Joan Takayama-Ogawa.” Portfolio, April/May 1996.
Clark, Garth. The Artful Teapot. New York, NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2001.
Clayton, Peirce. The Clay Lover’s Guide to Making Molds. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1998
Ferrin, Leslie. Teapots Transformed. GUILD.com, 2000
Harvey, Victoria Woodward. "Joan Takayama-Ogawa: Climate Change." Ceramics Monthly (February 2018).
Lauria, Jo. Color and Fire Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics 1950-2000. New York, NY: Rizzoli International Publications, 2000.
Levin, Elaine. "Keiko Fukazawa and Joan Takayama-Ogawa: A Confluence of American and Japanese Cultures." Ceramics Monthly, December 1994.
Lovelace, Joyce. "The Ubiquitous Teapot." American Craft, April/ May 1994.
Ostermann, Matthias. The Ceramic Surface. London, England: A&C Black Publishers Ltd, 2002.
Ostermann, Matthias. Masters: Earthenware Major Works by Leading Artists. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2010.
Perry, Sara. The Tea Book. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1993.
Peterson, Susan. The Craft and Art of Clay. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1992.
Peterson, Susan. Contemporary Ceramics. New York, NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000.
Peterson, Susan. "Smashing Glazes." GUILD.com, 2001.
Peterson, Susan. Working with Clay. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998.
Seckler, Judy. "Recollecting the Past Joan Takayama-Ogawa's Wit and Whimsy." Ceramics Monthly (February 2005), pp. 37-41.
Seckler, Judy. “Tea Time.” Pasadena Weekly, July 15, 1999.
Snyder, Jeffrey B., ed. Ceramics Today. Pennsylvania: PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2010.
Triplett, Kathy. Handbuilt Ceramics. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1997.
Watabe, Hiroko. "Joan Takayama-Ogawa: Japanese Inspired, American-Fired." Pronto. May 1990.
- CV or Resume
- Website(s)
Citation: Joan Takayama-Ogawa, "The Marks Project."
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