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2001 Dunn’s last solo exhibition, ''Metamorphica,'' was at the Link Gallery, [[Canberra Theatre Centre]] in 2001 where she showed her later more decorative ceramic work.<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{cite magazine |date=September 2000 |title=National Showcase |page=4|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/59388239/pottery-in-australia-vol-39-no-3-september-2000 |magazine=Pottery in Australia |volume=39 |issue=3 |publisher=The Potters' Society of Australia |accessdate=17 June 2022}}</ref>
2001 Dunn’s last solo exhibition, ''Metamorphica,'' was at the Link Gallery, [[Canberra Theatre Centre]] in 2001 where she showed her later more decorative ceramic work.<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{cite magazine |date=September 2000 |title=National Showcase |page=4|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/59388239/pottery-in-australia-vol-39-no-3-september-2000 |magazine=Pottery in Australia |volume=39 |issue=3 |publisher=The Potters' Society of Australia |accessdate=17 June 2022}}</ref>


2002 ''Trademarks: 2002 accredited professional members exhibition,'' Craft ACT<ref>{{Cite web |title=Craft ACT Trademarks : 2002 accredited professional members exhibition. Craft ACT, Canberra, 2002. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35253218?keyword=%22Jan%20Dunn%22 |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=trove.nla.gov.au}}</ref>
2002 ''Trademarks: 2002 accredited professional members exhibition,'' Craft ACT<ref>{{Cite web |title=Craft ACT Trademarks : 2002 accredited professional members exhibition. Craft ACT, Canberra, 2002. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35253218?keyword=%22Jan%20Dunn%22 |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=trove.nla.gov.au}}</ref>


2003 Dunn's papers, sketchbooks and four vases donated to the [[National Gallery of Australia]]'s archives and collection.<ref>National Gallery of Australia'', [https://nga.gov.au/media/dd/documents/foundation_05-06.21dc519.pdf Foundation Annual Report 2005–2006],'' p29 </ref><ref name=":6" />
2003 Dunn's papers, sketchbooks and four vases donated to the [[National Gallery of Australia]]'s archives and collection.<ref>National Gallery of Australia'', [https://nga.gov.au/media/dd/documents/foundation_05-06.21dc519.pdf Foundation Annual Report 2005–2006],'' p29 </ref><ref name=":6" />

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Jan Dunn (23 May 1940 – 15 May 2002)[1][2][3] born in Springvale, Victoria, Australia, was a potter, ceramicist and teacher who worked from her home studio in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia.[1][4] Dunn graduated from the former Canberra School of Art in 1979 with a Diploma of Visual Arts – Ceramics, travelled to Egypt and the Middle East where she studied Arab lustreware in 1978 and 1987 and lived in Tokyo for three years (1985 –1988) studying Japanese pottery and brushwork.[1][5] She held positions on national ceramics committees and the ACT Crafts Council and taught pottery at the Australian National University (ANU) Arts Centre and Workshop, and in her own studio.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

Ceramics career

During the 1980s Dunn produced lusterware vases, pots and occasionally platters, often decorated with traditional motifs. She built two kilns in her home studio with some kiln parts bought from her time in Japan.[7] She made hundreds of sketches in her sketchbooks of flowers, seed pods, jugs, vases, symbols from various countries and preliminary designs for her own pottery.[7] In the 1990s her practice changed towards using dry glaze, making irregular vessels decorated with animals and plants. She also began studies in life drawing as her health deteriorated.[6]

Dunn maintained a network of colleagues and continued to learn from them; Australian potters and ceramicists such as Marea Gazzard, Rod Bamford, Janet deBoos, Anita McIntyre, Alan Peascod, and influential international speakers at the National Ceramics Conferences in the 1980s such as Colin Pearson, Michael Cardew and Paul Soldner.[7]

Collections and exhibitions

1979 Graduation exhibition, Canberra School of Art[12]

1980 Slides of Dunn's work were accepted into the Craft Australia (then the Crafts Council of Australia) slide library. From the 1960s to the early 1990s, Craft Australia maintained a slide library of original artwork from the Australian Studio Craft Movement representing the work of professional craftspeople.[7][13][14]

1981 Arabian lustre pots at Potters Place Gallery[15]

1982 Studio tours and openings, Craft Council of the ACT[16]

1982 Represented at Potters Place, Kingston[17]

1990, June, at the Crafts Council, Watson, ACT, Triple Treat ceramics[18][19]

1993 Crossing Over, Crafts Council Gallery, ACT[20]

1994 In Rapport , at The China Tea Club in North Lyneham[21]

1994 Pieces of Importance, Crafts Council of the ACT[22][23]

1995 The Australian Craft Show, National Convention Centre[24]

1995 Bed and Breakfast: Annual Members' Exhibition, Crafts Council of the ACT Gallery[25]

2001 Dunn’s last solo exhibition, Metamorphica, was at the Link Gallery, Canberra Theatre Centre in 2001 where she showed her later more decorative ceramic work.[6][26]

2002 Trademarks: 2002 accredited professional members exhibition, Craft ACT[27]

2003 Dunn's papers, sketchbooks and four vases donated to the National Gallery of Australia's archives and collection.[28][7]

2012 The Canberra Museum and Gallery acquired three Dunn vases created in the early 1980s from wheel-thrown stoneware, using a cobalt glaze under Arabian lustre glaze. The vases are decorated with Dunn’s adaptations of traditional motifs and decoration.[29][30]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Jan Dunn - Australian Pottery at bemboka". www.australianpotteryatbemboka.com.au. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
  2. ^ "Search the Collection". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  3. ^ Printmaking, Prints and. "Jan Dunn". printsandprintmaking.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  4. ^ Printmaking, Prints and. "Jan Dunn". www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
  5. ^ Angela Philp (1 January 1998). "Jan Dunn, Jaishree Srinivasan, Orientation (subscription required)". Ceramics: Art and Perception. Mansfield Ceramics. pp. 59–62. Retrieved 4 June 2022 – via Trove.
  6. ^ a b c Mcintrye, Anita (Winter 2002). "Obituary Jan Dunn 1940-2002". Journal of Australian Ceramics/Pottery in Australia. 41: 78 – via yumpu.com.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Jan Dunn, MS 27, Papers of Jan Dunn, National Gallery of Australia Archives
  8. ^ "Pottery classes again at Arts Centre". Canberra Times. 1983-05-23. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  9. ^ "ANU Arts Centre classes". Canberra Times. 1983-01-24. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  10. ^ "Lightening the load ANU pottery classes beg". Canberra Times. 1984-08-27. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  11. ^ "Something for everybody at Commonwealth Park Sydney cannot match Sunday in the Park". Canberra Times. 1980-11-24. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  12. ^ "Art students holding small exhibition". Canberra Times. 1979-12-05. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  13. ^ Ausglass Magazine, Winter edition, 1989, Australian Association of Glass Artists, p23
  14. ^ "Craft Australia on eHive". eHive. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  15. ^ "LIFE STYLE". Canberra Times. 1981-10-22. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  16. ^ "CRAFT". Canberra Times. 1982-07-14. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  17. ^ "Advertising". Canberra Times. 1982-05-29. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  18. ^ "Time Out", The Canberra Times, Thu 21 Jun 1990, p47
  19. ^ "Triple display of talents, mediums and philosophies". Canberra Times. 1990-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  20. ^ "PERSPECTIVE". Canberra Times. 1993-03-10. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  21. ^ "Mez off to Melbourne". Canberra Times. 1994-11-15. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  22. ^ "ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Outstanding show of pieces not for sale". Canberra Times. 1994-07-01. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  23. ^ "Stature of local craftspeople seen in works". Canberra Times. 1994-07-31. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  24. ^ "MORE TO LIFE". Canberra Times. 1995-10-31. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  25. ^ "Jewels fashioned out of everyday objects". Canberra Times. 1995-09-05. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  26. ^ "National Showcase". Pottery in Australia. Vol. 39, no. 3. The Potters' Society of Australia. September 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  27. ^ "Craft ACT Trademarks : 2002 accredited professional members exhibition. Craft ACT, Canberra, 2002". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  28. ^ National Gallery of Australia, Foundation Annual Report 2005–2006, p29
  29. ^ "Vase". Canberra Museum & Gallery. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
  30. ^ Cultural Facilities Corporation (2013). Cultural Facilities Corporation – 2012-2013 Annual Report (PDF). ACT Government. p. 149.

Vase, Canberra Museum and Gallery

Vase, Canberra Museum and Gallery

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