Wanda Austin

Wanda Lea Austin is known for wheel thrown, functional red earthenware: vases, bowls, platters, pitchers, cups, plates, ashtrays, and jam pots. The brushed images on Austin?s work are motifs taken from the ...
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    Wanda Lea Austin is known for wheel thrown, functional red earthenware: vases, bowls, platters, pitchers, cups, plates, ashtrays, and jam pots. The brushed images on Austin?s work are motifs taken from the natural world.

    Her studies in art and ceramics included courses at the Art Institute of Chicago, Black Mountain College, and Kalamazoo Institute of Art.

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    Apprenticeships & Residencies
    Primary Work Experience
    1951
    -
    2006

    Potter

    1971
    -
    1977

    Social Worker

    1985
    -
    1989

    Social Worker

    Other

    Public Collections

    Salem College, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

    Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, North Carolina

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    Southern Highland Craft Guild

    Center for Craft

    Illinois

    North Carolina

    Georgia

    Illinois

    Black Mountain School

    Art Institute of Chicago

    Kalamazoo Institute of Art

    Asheville-Baltimore College

    University of Georgia

    CfC

    SHCG

    Citation: Wanda Austin, "The Marks Project."
    Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/wanda-lea-austin

    Objects
    Collections

    Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection
    Asheville, North Carolina

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