Peter Scherzer
Jocelyn Y. Howard is known for figurative stoneware sculpture fired in an electric kiln. Howard's hand-built forms are modeled featuring fragmented body parts and surrogate parts including those of dolls and puppets. ...
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- Biography
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Jocelyn Y. Howard is known for figurative stoneware sculpture fired in an electric kiln. Howard's hand-built forms are modeled featuring fragmented body parts and surrogate parts including those of dolls and puppets. In the leather-hard stage, Howard layers colored slip (liquid clay), stains in various combinations and bisque fires. Glazes are applied in strategic areas and work is glaze-fired. Once out of the kiln, a layer of cold wax is applied to matte areas for protection.
Howard's subject matter includes sexuality, gender identity, and shame.
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1996-1997
Artist in Residence, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, New Jersey
1999-2001Artist in Residence, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
- Primary Work Experience
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2001
Associate Professor, Summer Term, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York
2001-2003Technical Assistant, Ceramics Department Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
2001-2003Continuing Education Ceramics Instructor, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
2004-2012Facilities and Studio Program Manager, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2014Lecturer, Ceramics Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
Other
- Public Collections
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Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Northern Clay Center, Teaching Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Bibliography
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Clark, Garth and Cindi Strauss. Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Delvecchio Collection. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012.
Daniels, Diana and Martha Drexler Lynn. The Vase and Beyond: The Sidney Swidler Collection of the Contemporary Vessel. Sacramento, CA: Crocker Art Museum, 2010.
Turner, Anderson, “Subtle Elegance: The Vessels of Pete Scherzer.” Ceramics Monthly (September, 2003).
- CV or Resume
- Website(s)
Citation: Peter Scherzer, "The Marks Project."
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