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Sally Fletcher-Murchison

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Sally Fletcher–Murchison
Born
Sally Jane Fletcher

1933 (age 90–91)
Sacramento, California, U.S.
Other namesSally Fletcher Murchison
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BFA), University of Hawaiʻi (MFA)
OccupationVisual artist
Known forCeramics
Round, Round, hand-built stoneware sculpture by Sally Fletcher-Murchison, 1967, Hawaii State Art Museum

Sally Fletcher–Murchison (born 1933) is an American ceramic artist and teacher.

Early life and education

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She was born in 1933, in Sacramento, California, where she grew up.[citation needed]

She received a Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) degree in advertising art from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1955.[citation needed] She worked as a designer before moving to Hawaii. She studied ceramics at the University of Hawaiʻi, where she received a Master of Fine Art (MFA) degree in 1966.[citation needed]

Career

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She has taught at the Hawaii Potters' Guild,[1] the University of Hawaii Lab School, the Hickam Air Force Base Craft Center, and the Honolulu Museum of Art. She is known for her massive hand-built stoneware sculptures that resemble pots, but are nonfunctional, such as the "End Without End" in the collections of the Honolulu Museum of Art.

In 1991, Fletcher–Murchison was part of the juried group exhibition, Artists of Hawaii '91 at the Honolulu Academy of Art;[2] and in 1998, she was part of a three-person exhibition at Leeward Community College in Pearl City, including Doug Doi and Mark Miller.[3]

The Hawaii State Art Museum, and the Honolulu Museum of Art are among the public collections holding work by Fletcher–Murchison.[4]

Publications

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References

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  1. ^ "Ceramics pieces are gifts from the heart". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. September 12, 2004. p. 80. Retrieved November 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "'Absentee' juror weakens 'Artists of Hawaii '91'". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. November 24, 1991. p. 100. Retrieved November 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "British juror praises Honolulu Printmakers show". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. May 17, 1998. p. 62. Retrieved November 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Yoshihara, Lisa A., Collective Visions, 1967–1997, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1997, 105