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Janel Jacobson

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Janel Jacobson
Born1950 (1950)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Known forCeramic, woodworking
Websitejaneljacobson.com

Janel Jacobson (born 1950, Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American artist known for ceramics and woodcarving.[1] She started her career carving porcelain and has since changed her medium to wood, most often boxwood.[2] Her work is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art[3] the Racine Art Museum,[4] the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM),[1] and the Yale University Art Gallery.[5] Several of her works were acquired by the SAAM as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Janel Jacobson". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Janel Jacobson". Craft in America. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Emergence, Lidded box (#245)". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Animal Magnetism: Sculpture from RAM's Collection". Racine Art Museum. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  5. ^ Savig, Mary; Atkinson, Nora; Montiel, Anya (2022). This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World. Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum. pp. 228–238. ISBN 9781913875268.