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Megan Mitchell

Biography to Display: 

Born New Hampshire

EDUCATION

1999BA Studio Art, Painting and Printmaking Concentration, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota

2012MFA Ceramics, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

RESIDENCIES

2008Summer Resident, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine

2012-2013Artist in Residence, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana

2014James Rosenquist Artist in Residence, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota

2015-2016Fogelberg Studio Fellowship, Northern Clay Center Minneapolis, Minnesota

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

2003—Professional Artist

2013Mellon Teaching Fellow in Ceramics, Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont

2014-2015Visiting Professor, Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont

BIOGRAPHY

 Megan Mitchell is known for wheel-thrown functional pottery and slab rolled wall tile installations. Both bodies of work are created using porcelain or white stoneware. Surface technique in the leather-hard stage includes a colored slip silk screen. 

Work is high fired in a reduction kiln to 2,350 degrees Fahrenheit.  Both pottery pieces and tile wall installations carry similar themes. Subject matter includes fences, doors, landscape, windows architecture, textiles, and geometry.

 

WEBSITE(S):

http://www.meganmitchellceramics.com/

Artist's Studio: Megan Mitchell

 

Typical Marks
Teapot
Materials: Porcelain
Method: Hand-Built
Surface Technique: Glaze
Courtesy Red Lodge Clay Center
Photo: TMP
Courtesy Red Lodge Clay Center
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Vase
Materials: Porcelain
Surface Technique: Glaze
Courtesy Red Lodge Clay Center
Photo: TMP
Courtesy Red Lodge Clay Center
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP

Citation: Kuratnick, Jeffrey. "The Marks Project." Last modified April 22, 2023. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/marks/mitchell-0