Joe Bova
Jessikah Ann makes functional wheel thrown decorative porcelain forms. Often her pottery has illustrations of animals, plants and human figures. She paints a silhouette in underglaze, then uses sgraffito and slip-trailling ...
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- Biography
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Jessikah Ann makes functional wheel thrown decorative porcelain forms. Often her pottery has illustrations of animals, plants and human figures. She paints a silhouette in underglaze, then uses sgraffito and slip-trailling techniques to add detail to the design. Ann primarily fires her ceramics using wood or salt firing methods.
She is inspired by the texture and design of Japanese woodblock prints. She prefers woodfireing techniquesthat she says, ?are chosen to allow the lively movement of the flame to add color and unpredictability to my otherwise highly controlled design?.
" - Apprenticeships & Residencies
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-1996
Artist-in-Residence, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Edgecombe, Maine
-2000Artist-in-Residence, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
-2004Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, NCECA | International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary
-2008Lewallen Resident Artist Fellowship, Santa Fe Preparatory High School, Santa Fe, New Mexico
-2016Class of 1936 Artist in Residence, William and Mary University, Williamsburg, Virginia
- Primary Work Experience
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1960-1964
United States Air Force
1969-1971Assistant Professor of Art, Nichols State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana
1971-1990Professor of Art (Emeritus), Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1990-1997Director, School of Art, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
1997-2006Professor, School of Art, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
2006-2007Director, School of Art, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
2014-2015Visiting Professor, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
-2016Visiting Professor, William and Mary University, Williamsburg, Virginia
Other
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Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Broussard Memorial Art Galleries, Old State Capitol, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina
International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary
Irish National Collection, Dublin, Ireland
Lamar Dodd Art Center, La Grange, Georgia
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Loyola University, The Loyola Collection, New Orleans, Louisiana
Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, Texas
St. George Roman Catholic Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
State of Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Bibliography
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Ceramics Southeast 1984. Visual Arts Gallery, Athens, GA: University of Georgia, 1984.
Levin, Elaine. The History of American Ceramics: From Pipkins and Bean Pots to Contemporary Forms, 1607 to the Present. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams Publishing, 1988.
Lynn, Martha Drexler. American Studio Ceramics: Innovation and Identity, 1940 to 1979. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2015.
Morgenthal, Deborah, and Suzanne J. E. Tourtillott. The Penland Book of Ceramics: Masterclasses in Ceramic Techniques. New York, NY: Lark Books, 2003.
Tourtillott, Suzanne J. E. 500 Animals in Clay: Contemporary Expressions of the Animal Form. Juried by Joe Bova. New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Company, 2006.
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Citation: Joe Bova, "The Marks Project."
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