Karen Massaro
Megan Hart makes wheel thrown and slab built functional pottery. Her earliest work was in porcelain, high-fired in a reduction atmosphere. This work is characterized by blue-white porcelain with underglaze curvilinear, frequently ...
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- Biography
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Megan Hart makes wheel thrown and slab built functional pottery. Her earliest work was in porcelain, high-fired in a reduction atmosphere. This work is characterized by blue-white porcelain with underglaze curvilinear, frequently overall, floral motifs. Since about 1990, Hart has experimented with stoneware and mid-range firing in oxidation.Her drawings have expanded to include chickens, rabbits, and deer.
Megan Hart?s motifs are influenced by her love of flowers and animals, especially horses. She began painting horses on her pottery when she no longer had her own horses.
" - Apprenticeships & Residencies
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1976, 1979
Arts in Industry, Kohler Company, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
- Primary Work Experience
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1972—
Studio Artist
1972-1977Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin
1976, 1978Lecturer, Art Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
1977Visiting Artist, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1980Visiting Faculty, Scripps College, Claremont, California
Other
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Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin
Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas
J. Orton, Jr. Ceramic Foundation, Columbus, Ohio
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Kansas University, Lawrence, Kansas
Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California
Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz County, California
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Plains Art Museum, Morehead, Minnesota
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Topeka & Shawnee Co. Public Library Collection
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
- Bibliography
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Fina, Angela and Jonathan Fairbanks. The Best of Pottery. Rockport, MA: Quarry Books, 1996.
Logan, Kristina. 1,000 Beads. New York, NY: Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing, 2014.
Herman, Lloyd. Art That Works. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1990.
Hluch, Kevin A. The Art of American Contemporary Pottery. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2000.
Hopper, Robin. Making Marks: Discovering the Ceramic Surface. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2004.
___________. Functional Pottery, Form and Aesthetic in Pots of Purpose. : Krause Publications, 2000.
Hunt, Bill, ed. 21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada. The American Ceramics Society, 2003.
Kohler, Ruth. Arts/Industry: Collaboration and Revelation. Sheboygan, WI: John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 2014.
Massaro, Karen Thuesen. “Big Creek Pottery.” Ceramics Monthly (April 2011).
___________________. “A Potter’s Throwing Rib.” Studio Potter 36, no.2 (2008).
Nelson, Glenn and Richard Burkett. A Potter’s Handbook. Harcourt Brace, 2003.
Peterson, Susan and Jan Peterson. The Craft and Art of Clay, 5th Edition. London, England: Laurence King Publishing, 2012.
Sadler, A. L. The Japanese Tea Ceremony. Charles E. Tuttle Company, 2008.
Santiago, Chiori. “Real/Surreal, the Ceramics of Karen Thuesen Massaro.” American Craft (June/July 2000).
Zakin, Richard. Electric Kiln Ceramics, 3rd Edition. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2004.
____________. Ceramics, Mastering the Craft. Radnor, PA: Chilton and Company, 1990.
- CV or Resume
- Website(s)
Citation: Karen Massaro, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/karen-massaro
Objects
Collections
rosenfieldcollection.com
Dallas, Texas
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rosenfieldcollection.com
Dallas, Texas
