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EDUCATION
1942 BA Economics and Sociology, Mills College, San Francisco, California
1976 Honorary Doctorate of Humane Arts, Mills College, San Francisco, California
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1952-1985 Potter, Travel Agent
1985-2005 Travel Agent
BIOGRAPHY
Jade Snow Wong is known for wheel thrown functional stoneware, fired in reduction in a gas kiln. According to Wong, “Incised design through slip is a favorite way of decorating (for me).”1 Wong worked in clay from the early 1950s though 1985.
F. Carlton Ball was her instructor at Mills College. In addition, Wong attended a seminar with guest instructor Bernard Leach. She is known to have collaborated with Katherine Choy, founder of the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, New York, while both were students at Mills College.
Wong is also well known for functional work in copper and enamel.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wong, Jade Snow. Fifth Chinese Daughter. New York NY: Harper and Brothers, 1945.
Wong, Jade Snow, Maxine Hong Kinston, Kathleen Hanna, and Forrest l. Merrill. Jade Snow Wong: A Retrospective (catalog). San Francisco CA: Chinese Historical Society of American, 2002.
Wong, Jade Snow. No Chinese Stranger. New York NY: Harper & Row, 1975.
Citation: McGee, Donna. "The Marks Project." Last modified July 21, 2024. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/marks/wong-0