Kirk Mangus | Also Known As: Kirk S. Mangus

Born: 1952
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    Apprenticeships & Residencies
    1970
    -
    1973

    Summer Workshops, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

    1973
    -
    1976

    Earth, Air, Wind and Fire Summer Workshops, Grass Valley, California

    1975
    -
    1977

    Resident Artist, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    1980

    Resident Artist, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana

    1981, 1982, 1991, 1993

    Visting Artist, Cranbrook Art Academy, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

    1989, 1990, 1994

    Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

    1988, 2002, 2003

    Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine

    1985

    Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado

    1983

    Resident Artist, Omaha Brickworks, Omaha, Nebraska

    1999

    Summer Residency, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

    2003, 2002, 1988

    Visiting Artist, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Northedgecomb, Maine

    Primary Work Experience
    1981, 1982, 1985, 1991,1993

    Visiting Artist, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

    1983

    Resident Artist, Omaha Brick Works, Omaha, Nebraska

    1982
    -
    1983

    Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

    1984

    Summer Session New York State School of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, New York

    1985
    -
    2013

    Professor, Head of Ceramics Department, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

    1993

    Invited Artist and Lecture, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan

    2003, 2002, 1988

    Visiting Artist, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Northedgecomb, Maine

    2007

    The Pottery Workshop, Shanghai and Jingdezhen, China

    Other

    Public Collections

    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

    Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

    Finnish Craft Museum, Helsinki

    Incheon World Ceramics Center, Suwon, Korea

    National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

    rosenfieldcollection.com

    Bibliography

    “Cross Currents.” Studio Pottery Magazine 44, no.1, Winter/Spring 2013: 66-69.

    In Clay: Life & Times. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University School of Art, 1989.

    Ohio Perspectives: Explorations in Clay: Akron Art Museum, February 3 - March 31, 1996. Akron, OH: The Museum, 1996.

    Wechsler, Susan. The Raw Edge: Ceramics of the '80s. Greenvale, NY: Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, 1983.

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    Tags (related topics)

    Scripps College Ceramic Annual

    Kent, Ohio

    Shigaraki, Japan

    Northedgecomb, Maine

    Citation: Kirk Mangus, "The Marks Project."
    Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/kirk-mangus

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