In 1979 she became the Director of Ceramics for the State University of New York at Albany’s College of Continuing Studies. Three years later she founded The Albany Ceramic Institute, a school that offered classes in ceramics as well as housing the Frances Simches Ceramic Gallery. The gallery was one of Albany’s first galleries dedicated to ceramics. In 1984 she moved on to become the Director of Ceramics for an evening division program in ceramics between Hudson Valley Community College and the Art Center in Troy, New York. There, she remained for twelve years, and developed a strong mutli- faceted ceramic program. During that period she also was a founding member of The Hudson River Clay Factory, a potters’ cooperative in Troy. From 1984 to 2005 Jayne taught Ceramics and Sculpture in a public high school in New York, until her retirement in 2005. Jayne presents workshops and lectures to museums, colleges, and art centers. She has had several articles published in Ceramics Monthly magazine, and continues to write articles about ceramic history and the promotion of ceramic artists. She is presently working on a fable about the prehistoric cultures that worked in clay.
Jayne has shown her wall sculptures, vessels, and pottery at numerous galleries, including the Design a la Carte, Annapolis, MD; Kent Island Federation of Art, Kent Island, MD; Farmington Valley Arts Center, CT; Lynn Kottler’s Gallery, NYC; Krasdale Foods, Corporate Headquarters, NY; Brookfield Craft Center, CT; Peter’s Valley Arts Center, NJ; Rome Art Center, NY; The Hyde Collection, NY and the Center Galleries, NY. She has exhibited her production pottery at the American Craft Enterprise, NY, Frederick Craft Fair, MD and the Pacific Design Center, CA.
Jayne has received several awards. She was awarded grants from the NY State Council on the Arts in Ceramic History research, the Studio Potter Foundation’s National Award for Excellence in Ceramic Education and for two years was an Artist In Residence with the NY Foundation For The Arts.
Jayne directed a special project between the NY State Museum in Albany and the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. The project involved teaching a group of Albany inner city children about the Holocaust.
They each painted a ceramic tile portraying their concept of the Holocaust. Some of these tiles are installed on the permanent wall at the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC for the exhibit "Remember The Children-Wall Of Remembrance".
Jayne continues to produce and sell her artwork. Recently, Jayne moved to Maryland, where she has built her permanent studio. There she continues producing, teaching and writing about ceramics.
I have been working in clay for over three decades, producing environmental art, wall sculptures, large-scale vessels and functional pottery. Over the years I have responded to the many social issues of the day, employing my art as a fierce response to political situations. Juxtaposed to this extremely vocal disclosure, I have delved into the more instinctive components of my inner being. Sensitivity to the land and the seas has nurtured my work through the imagry of organic elements such as seashells, coral, rocks and flowers. I work in varied types of ceramics including, porcelain, stoneware, terracotta, raku and primitive ware.
Although I create intimate sculptural objects, I maintain my love for the potter's craft. I produce objects for daily use and take great pleasure in the knowledge that people use my work for eating as well as adorning their environment.
These contradictory elements emanate from the duality of my being, and my work is the expression of this self. My art has been a major direction in my life, embracing me with the mysterious and the profound.
Jayne E. Shatz, artist, educator, and ceramic historian, was first introduced to ceramics as an undergraduate student at the State University of New York at Albany, where she studied with Frances Simches. Jayne has a PhD in Prehistoric Ceramics, a Masters in Art in Pottery and Sculpture and a BA in Art History. Over the past 30 years Jayne has built a reputation as an artist, educator and writer. She began her ceramic career in the early 1970’s as one of the partners of the Kilnhaus Potters, a pottery cooperative in Slingerlands, New York. In 1976 she left Kilnhaus and began a long career establishing ceramic schools, pottery cooperatives and college programs in New York.
452 Laurel Valley Ct. 
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410-757-6351 www.jayneshatzpottery.com
PROFESSIONAL Conference Coordinator, Professional Ceramist; Ceramic Historian; Writer; Director of Ceramics
ACCOMPLISHMENTS (SUNYA College of Continuing Studies, Hudson Valley Comm. College/The Art Center in Troy's Program
in Contemporary Crafts); Program Founder (Hudson River Potter's Co-op; Albany Ceramic Institute); Ceramic
Educator (Shenendehowa Schools; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute); Potter (Jayne Shatz Pottery, Kilnhaus Potters); Promoter (Professional Craft Expo)
PRESENT POSITIONS 2008-Jayne Shatz Pottery, ceramic artist
PREVIOUS POSITIONS 2005-Ceramic/Sculpture Teacher, Shenendehowa High School, NY
1995-Director of Ceramics, Hudson Valley Community College/The Art
1984 Center in Troy- Program in Contemporary Crafts, NY
1994-VICE PRES., Board of Directors and Co Founder, Hudson River Potter’s Co-op,
1986-Tutor/Evaluator in Ceramic Studies, Empire State College,
1985 State University of NY
1984- Founder-The Albany Ceramic Institute and The Frances
1982- Director of Ceramics, College of Continuing Studies, State University
1979 of New York at Albany
1976- Kilnhaus Potters, partner
WEB PUBLICATIONS 2008-“Moments in Ceramic History”, Ceramic History Presentations on
2007www.jayneshatzpottery.com
2008BLOG- “Writings From Jayne Shatz Pottery”, http://www.writingsjayneshatzpottery.blogspot.com
ACADEMIC 1992PhD in Ceramic History, Area of Specialization: Prehistoric Ceramics,
QUALIFICATIONS The Union Institute, OH
1979Master of Arts, Pottery and Sculpture, Goddard College, VT
1972 Bachelor of Arts, Art History, State University of New York at Albany
PUBLICATIONS 2007"Oxidation Reverberation", Ceramics Monthly Publishers Guide, pp 28-29
2005“The Oxidation Reverberation, How the Gas Crisis of the 1970’s Influenced American
Ceramics”, Ceramics Monthly, Sept. 2005, pp.66-69
2008- Who's Who Of American Women, 20th ed., Marquis Who's Who
1994"Aaron's Last Studio", Ceramics Monthly, Sept. 1994, pp.110-112
1992 "Ice Age Ceramics", Ceramics Monthly, Feb. 1992, pp. 78-79
1984 Ceramic History Slide Library-NY State Council on the Arts
PROFESSIONAL Potters Guild of Annapolis, President
AFFILIATIONS The Pottery Trail, PGA, Chair
The Clay Connection, member
Potters Council, The American Ceramic Society, Member
MSAC-Maryland State Arts Council, Visual Artist's Registry
AmericanPotters.com-Ceramic Registry
Art Council of Anne Arundel County, Artist’s Registry, Member
Kent Island Federation of Art, Member
ART ADMINISTRATION2008-Annapolis Pottery Trail, Chair
2008- Clay Connection, VA, Mid Atlantic Clay Conference Co-Coordinator
1994- Co-Founder and Vice President of the Board -The Hudson River
1982 Founder- Albany Ceramic Institute, wrote grants, established educational
programs, press releases, advertising
AWARDS/HONORS 1994 New York State Museum/United States Holocaust Museum, Washington, DC Exhibit-"Remember The Children for the "Wall of Remembrance", Workshop for children-created ceramic tiles on the Holocaust for the Wall in DC
1989 Studio Potter Foundation-National Award for Excellence in Ceramic Education
1987- Artist in Residence-NY Foundation for the Arts
1984 New York State Council on the Arts Grant
GALLERYThe Frances Simches Gallery, Director and Founder, Albany Ceramic Institute
Kilnhaus Galleries, Kilnhaus Potters, owned and operated two galleries, Slingerlands and Menands, NY
SELECTED 2008- Exhibits and Sales -Jayne Shatz Pottery
ART EXHIBITIONS 1976
2008-Arts Council, Anne Arundel, Gala Exhibit
2008-Commissioner’s Office, Centreville, MD
2007- Design ala Carte, Gallery, Annapolis
2007- Kent Island Federation of Art, Group Exhibit
2006- MFA- Maryland Federation of Art Annual Collector’s Choice
SUNY Albany Art Museum, NY, "Artist In The Kitchen"
Krasdale Foods Corporate Headquarters, NY" Invitational, "Artist In The Kitchen"
Lynn Kottler's Gallery, NYC, "Three Artists"
Brookfield Craft Center, CT
Albany Institute of History and Art, Invitational, NY
Farmington Valley Arts Center, CT, "Ceramics of Jayne Shatz"
Peter's Valley Craft Gallery, NJ
Mohawk Hudson Regional Sculpture and Painting Show, SUNY Albany
Two River's Gallery, Roberson Art Center, NY
The Hyde Collection, NY
WHOLESALE Pacific Design Center, CA
CRAFT American Craft Enterprises, NY
SELECTED “ Ceramic History Lectures Series” Hood College, MD
CERAMIC “Moments in Ceramic History”, lecture series, www.jayneshatzpottery.com
HISTORY "History of the American Ceramic Tradition", The Art Center, Troy, NY
LECTURES
"Women's Contribution to the Ceramic Field", Broward Community College, FL
"The Funk Period of the 60's and it's Effect on Contemporary Ceramics", Albany Ceramic Institute, NY
"Japanese Ceramics", Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY
"History of Ceramics: Ancient Times to the Present", Brookfield Craft Center, CT
"History of Ceramics" Eight-week lecture series, SUNY Albany, NY
SELECTED "Environmental Ceramics Adorning Your World in Clay- How to Create Tiled Tables,
STUDIO Wall Murals and Decorative Garden ware”, Greenbelt Pottery, MD; Jayne Shatz Pottery, MD
“Ceramics for the Wall as Abstract Form and Representational Figures”, Jayne Shatz Pottery, MD
“Strategies For A Successful Business in Art”, Creative Clay Studios, VA
"Ceramic Art For The Wall", Montgomery Potters, MD
"Large Scale Vessel Making, The Traditional Japanese Fire Technique Using a Contemporary Blow Torch", Creative Clay Studios, VA; Broward Community College, FL; Fulton Montgomery College, NY; five day intensive at Fletcher Farm Art and Craft School, VT
" Native American Pottery", Schenectady Public Schools, NY
"Glaze Calculation", Hudson River Potter's Co-op, NY
"Architectural Ceramic Sculpture: Building a Wall Mural", Broward Community College, FL; Northeast Association for the Blind, Albany, NY
"Ceramics of The Cave, Primitive Beehive Pit Firing", Berne, NY
"The Chemistry of Clay and Glazes", The Art Center, Troy, NY
"Primitive Pit Firing", The Art Center, Troy, NY
"Producing Art History Slides", New York State Art Teacher's Association
SELECTED "Strategies for a Successful Business in Art", Anne Arundel Community College, MD
BUSINESS Jayne Shatz Pottery, MD; Creative Clay Studios, VA; Peter's Valley Craft Center, NJ;
WORKSHOPS Fletcher Farm Art and Craft School, VT; DeCordova Museum, MA; Weslyen Potters, CT; Westchester YM-YWHA, NY; SUNY Albany, NY
"Business Survival Skills Seminar” (three part workshop), Knowledge Network, Albany, NY
a. "Positive Approaches to Marketing Your Art"
b. "Developing the Promotional Tools of your Business"
c. "Practical Business Procedures for the Production Craftsperson"
"The Business of Production Pottery" Peter's Valley Craft Center, NJ
"The Psychology of Success," Albany County Cooperative Extension, NY
