John Stephenson

Born: 1929, Waterloo Iowa USA

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About

Apprenticeships & Residencies
Primary Work Experience: 1991
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1993

Interim Dean, School of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1959
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1995

Professor of Art, School of Art, University of Michigan

1995

Catherine B. Heller Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan

Other
Public Collections: Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan
Faenza International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan
Icheon World Ceramic Center, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
International Ceramic Center, Musee Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland
Keramion Museum, Frechen, Germany
Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, Michigan
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Oregon
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Praha, Czech Republic
Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Arts, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Bibliography: Clark, Garth. American Ceramics, 1876 to the Present. New York, NY: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1978.
Conrad, John. Contemporary Ceramic Techniques. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1979.
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Glick, John. "Twelve Potters from Detroit." Studio Potter (Winter 1973).
Hopper, Robin. Making Marks. Iola, WI: Krause Publications 2004.
John Stephenson: After the Fire, A Retrospective, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Museum of Art and the University of Michigan School of Art and Design, 1995.
Keller, Martha. "John Stephenson." American Ceramics (Fall 1983)
Nelson, Glenn C. Ceramics, A Potter's Handbook. Fifth Edition. New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984.
Nordness, Lee. Objects: USA. New York, NY: Viking Press, 1970.
Pasfield, Veronica. "Studio Visit," Detroit Monthly (March 1992)
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Perryman, Jane. Smoke Fired Pottery. London, England: A & C Black Publishers Limited, 1995.
Peterson, Susan. The Craft and Art of Clay. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1992, 1995, 2000
_______________. Contemporary Ceramics, New York, NY: Watson-Guptill, 2000.
Rhodes, Daniel. Clay and Glazes for the Potter. Radnor, PA: Chilton Book Company, 1973.
Schwartz, F.R. "Five Potters, Albion College." Craft Horizon, (January 1968)
Slowinski, Dolores. "John and Susanne Stephenson." Ceramics Monthly, (September 1989).
Stephenson, John. "Form and Color - A True Symbiotic Relationship." Studio Potter (June 1983).
_______. "Weightless Form: John Stephenson." Ceramics Monthly (Sept 1983).
_______. "Potters on Color." Studio Potter (Spring 1986).
_______. "National endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowships 1986." American Craft (1986).
_______. "Art, Money and the NEA." Ceramics Monthly (Feb 1987).
_______. "Perception/ Inner and Outer Vision.” Studio Potter (December 1988).
_______. "Time, Place and a Taste of Clay." Studio Potter (December 1993).
________. "Simple Pleasures," Ceramics; Art and Perception, no. 43 (2001).
_________. "Lou Xiaoping, Work on the Scholar's Desk" Ceramics Art and Perception, no 47 (1992)
Zakin, Richard. Ceramics, Mastering the Craft, Radnor, PA: Chilton Book Company, 1990.
______________. Electric Kiln Ceramics, Second Edition. Radnor, PA: Chilton Book Co., 1994.
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Website(s): www.stephensonceramics.com
Tags (related topics): Ann Arbor, Michigan