Mark Johnson

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    About
    Apprenticeships & Residencies
    2011

    Artist in Residence, Watershed Center for Ceramic Art, Newcastle, Maine

    Primary Work Experience
    1981
    -
    1983

    Graduate Teaching Assistant, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

    1985
    -
    1987

    Adjunct Ceramics Instructor, Hartford Art School, West Hartford, Connecticut

    1987—

    Professor, Ceramics Chair, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine

    Other

    Bibliography

    Arbuckle, Linda. 500 Plates and Chargers: Innovative Expressions of Function and Style. New York, NY: Lark Books, 2008.

    “A Review of the Exhibition, American Ceramics Now.”  NCECA Journal 8, no. 2 (1987).

    Bodwell, Josh. “Celebrating Ceramics.” Maine Home and Design Magazine, September 2007.

    Cushing, Val. The Ceramic Design Book. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1998.

    Down East Magazine, November 2008.

    “Emerging Talent Artists.” NCECA Journal  8, no. 1 (1987).

    Failing, Patricia, Janet Koplos, et al. A Ceramic Continuum: Fifty years of the Archie Bray Influence. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2001.

    Fina, Angela. The Best of Pottery v.1.  Rockport, MA: Quarry Books/Rockport Publishing, 1996.

    “Gallery Section.” American Craft 45, no.3 (June/July 1985).

    Gess, Terry. 500 Pitchers: Contemporary Expressions of a Classic Form. Asheville, NC:  Lark Books, 2006.

    Gustin, Chris. The Best of Pottery v.2. Rockport, MA: Quarry Books/Rockport Publishing, 1998.

    Hluch, Kevin. The Art of Contemporary American Pottery. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2001.

    Johnson, Mark. “Flower Rafts: Compose and Contain.” Pottery Making Illustrated Magazine 18, no. 3 (May/June 2015).

    Lawton, James. 500 Teapots: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design v.2. New York, NY: Lark Books, 2013.

    “Monarch National: A Ceramics Monthly Portfolio.” Ceramics Monthly 37, no.9 (November 1989).

    Peters, Lynn. Surface Decoration for Low-Fire Ceramics. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1999.

    “Portfolio.” American Craft 51, no. 6 (December 1991/January 1992).

    “Side by Side: Couples in Clay.” Ceramics Monthly 47, no. 9, (November 1999).

    Tourtillott, Suzanne J. 500 Bowls: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design. New York, NY:  Lark Books, 2003.

    __________________500 Teapots: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design. New York, NY:  Lark Books, 2002.

    “Upfront, Fifteenth Strictly Functional Pottery National Exhibition.” Ceramics Monthly 55, no. 5 (May 2007).

    “Upfront, Review of Craft Forms 2003 Exhibition.” Ceramics Monthly 52, no. 5 (May 2004). 

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    Archie Bray Foundation

    Portland, Maine

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