Shirley Johnson

1928 Born, Excelsior, Minnesota 

2010 Died Excelsior, Minnesota 

EDUCATION 

BA  St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota 

MA  University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 

APPRENTICESHIPS & RESIDENCIES 

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE 

1973-1982 Production Assistant,  WarrenMacKenzie, , Stillwater, Minnesota 

Editor and contributor for Craft Connection Magazine  

Studio Potter 

BIOGRAPHY 

Shirley Johnson is known to have made high fire functional stoneware pottery.  

Johnson worked under famed Minnesota potter Warren MacKenzie while taking classes at the University of Minnesota and went on to work in MacKenzie’s studio as a production assistant. Johnson started working out of a studio at the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota when it opened in 1990. 

Johnson also worked as an editor and contributor to Craft Connection Magazine. Archives of Johnson’s work for the magazine can be found through the Minnesota Digital Library.