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Penick Academic Complex, Art Gallery

Randy Johnston is recognized and exhibited internationally as an artist and is the recipient of numerous awards including the Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship, two Visual Artist Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Distinguished teaching award in American Arts from the James Renwick Society of the Smithsonian. He is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics. He received his MFA from Southern Illinois University and a BFA in Studio Arts from the University of Minnesota where he studied with Warren MacKenzie. He also studied in Japan at the pottery of Shimaoka Tatsuzo who was a student of Shoji Hamada. Johnston has presented hundreds of lectures and guest artist presentations worldwide. He has work in numerous international museums and private collections.

Jan McKeachie Johnston studied at the University Of Minnesota, Southern Illinois University, and University Of Wisconsin at River Falls where she earned a BFA with a major in Ceramics. Since 1979 has been very active in teaching ceramic workshops and demonstrations, and working in her Wisconsin studio. She has recently had the opportunity to teach at UWRF as an adjunct professor in ceramics. For the past 25 years she has participated in important exhibitions throughout the United States. Recent exhibitions include, Solo Exhibition, Schaller Gallery, Utility2, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA, Raw Materials, TRAX Gallery, Berkeley, CA, Gallery. Her work has also been featured in Clay Times and Ceramics Monthly, and she is represented in many private and public collections, including the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia; the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota; The Minneapolis Institute of Art; The Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA; and The Tweed museum Of Art, Duluth, MN.

Workshop: Feb 7-8, 8:00a – 4:30a in PAC Small Gym

Lecture: February 7 at 6:00p in Harvey Auditorium

Randy Johnston & Jan McKeachie Johnston