Janel Jacobson
Janel Jacobson (born 1950 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American artist known for ceramics and woodcarving. She started her career carving porcelain and has since changed her medium to wood, most often boxwood. Her work is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art the Racine Art Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), and the Yale University Art Gallery.
Janel Jacobson
- Name
- Janel Jacobson
- Born
- 1950
- Birthplace
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Field
- Ceramic, woodworking
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- ceramicist.
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Janel Jacobson (born 1950 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American artist known for ceramics and woodcarving. She started her career carving porcelain and has since changed her medium to wood, most often boxwood. Her work is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art the Racine Art Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), and the Yale University Art Gallery.
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Several of her works were acquired by the SAAM as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.
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• Name — Janel Jacobson • Born — 1950 • Birthplace — Minneapolis, Minnesota • Field — Ceramic, woodworking • Website — janeljacobson.com
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Janel Jacobson is recorded as ceramicist.
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1950
Janel Jacobson born at Minneapolis.
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- 1.Janel Jacobson. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
- 2.Janel Jacobson. Craft in America.
- 3.Emergence, Lidded box (#245). Philadelphia Museum of Art.
- 4.Animal Magnetism: Sculpture from RAM's Collection. Racine Art Museum.
- 5.Talisman Netsuke for 2011. Yale University Art Gallery.
- 6.Savig, Mary. This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World. Smithsonian American Art Museum. 228–238. 2022. 9781913875268.
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