Sarah Jaeger

Biography to Display:

1949Born West Simsbury, Connecticut

EDUCATION

1970 BA English Literature, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1985 BFA Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri

APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES

1985–1987 Resident Artist, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1987— Studio Potter, Helena, Montana

1996 Individual Artist Fellowship, Montana Arts Council

2006 Target Fellowship, United States Artists

1999 Pomona College, Claremont, California

2000 New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, New York

2002 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska

BIOGRAPHY

Sarah Jaeger is known for functional porcelain ware. The forms are voluminous and suggest capacity. Jaeger’s work is thrown on the potter’s wheel, altered by hand and fired in gas kiln, in either an oxidation or reduction atmosphere, depending on the glaze. The pieces exist in the balance between single color pots that emphasize form, and highly decorated functional objects that rely on saturated colors, repeated patterns and loose designs that complement each form.

In 2007, Jaeger was one of the artist’s profiled in the PBS documentary Craft in America. The Artist’s segment is available at: http://www.craftinamerica.org/shorts/sarah-jaeger-segment/

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display:

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display:

“A Sense of Connection.” Studio Potter 24, no. 2 (1996).

Biskeborn, Susan. Artists at Work: Twenty-five Northwest Glassmakers, Ceramists and Jewelers. Eugene, OR: Pacific Northwest Publishing, 2001.

Fina, Angela and Jonathan Fairbanks. The Best of Pottery, Rockport, MA: Quarry Books, 1996.

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

Newby, Rick and Chere Jiutso. A Ceramic Continuum: Fifty Years of the Archie Bray Influence. Edited by Peter Held. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2001.

Throwing, Altering and Glazing for Function and Beauty with Sarah Jaeger. Instructional DVD. Westerville, OH: Ceramic Arts Daily, 2012.