Susanne Stephenson Ceramics

Susanne has been a guest artist at many institutions and still regularly participates as an artist and educator.
Susanne stephenson ceramics. Susanne and john are also both members of the international academy of ceramics. From cranbrook academy of art. I ve known susie s work forever. She received her bfa from carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh.
John and susanne stephenson s ceramics studio. Stephenson s ceramics typically begin as a functional vessel forms made of woodman low fire terracotta. March 9 may 13 2018 susanne stephenson has been an important contributor to the field of ceramics for six decades. Terra cotta ceramic size.
The recipient of many awards including a national endowment for the arts fellowship she was granted an. 2016 jun 30 utforska jody kamphorsts anslagstavla john stephenson på pinterest. One of her students was tom phardel who now chairs the ceramics department at the college for creative studies and curated transfigurement. Mediums clay recognition college of fellows susanne stephenson was born in 1935 in canton ohio.
The news section lists upcoming residencies exhibitions and workshops for susanne and john. She received her bfa from carnegie mellon university and her mfa from cranbrook academy of art. She also did foreign study in japan spain and peru. Susanne stephenson the continuing focus of my work in ceramic lies in abstracting landscapes through low fire terra cotta clay.
20 x 12 x 10 susanne stephenson received her bfa from carnegie melon university pittsburgh pennsylvania and her mfa from cranbrook academy of art bloomfield hills michigan. She shapes the clay using a combination of techniques including throwing coiling and slab building. Susanne stephenson is known for functional forms that carry abstract expressioist surface decoration. To john stephenson s gallery.
Stephenson began teaching at eastern michigan university in 1963 shortly after receiving her m f a. I use a brilliant range of colored ceramic slips and engobes applied in thick juicy applications.