Elma Johnson

1932 Born Sylvania, Georgia

2008 Died Asheville, North Carolina

EDUCATION

—BA Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois

—MFA Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1969-1971 Teaching Assistant, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois

1971-1973 Art Director, The Newfound School, Ashville, North Carolina

—Assistant Professor Ceramics and Fiber, Ceramics Department Head, University of North Carolina, Asheville, North Carolina

1979-1984 Field Faculty, Goddard College Graduate School, Plainfield, Vermont

BIOGRAPHY

 Elma Johnson was an active potter who studied with Tom Coleman, Paul Soldner and Ken Ferguson. After a stroke in 1991 she began working in glass.

Elma became the first North Carolina college professor to receive the Governor’s Award in the Arts and Sciences.