Jane Kelsey-Mapel
Biography
Jane Kelsey-Mapel is a Phoenix based studio artist. She exhibits her figurative ceramic sculpture nationally and was represented by Victoria Boyce Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona. Her work has been purchased for numerous public and private collections including the Kamm Teapot Foundation of Sparta, North Carolina and the City of Phoenix Collection of Contemporary Arizona Ceramic Art at the Phoenix Airport Museum. The Chinese publication, Sculpture Magazine, and the U.S. publications, Ceramics Monthly and Phoenix Home and Garden have featured Jane's sculpture. Her work was also published in the book The Sculpture Reference Illustrated.
An Arizona native, Jane grew up in Tempe, Arizona where she completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in art at Arizona State University. She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in ceramics at the University of North Texas. A dedicated art educator, Jane has taught all ages from seniors and young adults in the community college to children in the Youth Academy of Scottsdale Artists' School. She has taught both full time and part time at universities and colleges in Texas and Arizona over the past thirty years. She is currently teaching ceramics at Glendale Community College in Glendale, Arizona.
As well as teaching and her studio work, Jane has created award winning public art. Through her work as an Artist in Residence at local schools, she has created large scale tile mural installations. One of these projects, the Madison Simis Reading Garden in Phoenix, was awarded the prestigious Crescordia Award from the Valley Forward Association. These projects were funded by grants from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture and school Parent Teacher Organizations.
In 2007, Jane worked with college students to construct a twelve foot tall abstract horse sculpture inspired by one of her porcelain horses. The tiled concrete and steel sculpture is permanently installed on the plaza of the Center for Performing Arts at Paradise Valley Community College (PVCC) in Phoenix, Arizona. Grants from the Maricopa Community College District and the Arizona Community Foundation funded this project along with support from PVCC.
An Arizona native, Jane grew up in Tempe, Arizona where she completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in art at Arizona State University. She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in ceramics at the University of North Texas. A dedicated art educator, Jane has taught all ages from seniors and young adults in the community college to children in the Youth Academy of Scottsdale Artists' School. She has taught both full time and part time at universities and colleges in Texas and Arizona over the past thirty years. She is currently teaching ceramics at Glendale Community College in Glendale, Arizona.
As well as teaching and her studio work, Jane has created award winning public art. Through her work as an Artist in Residence at local schools, she has created large scale tile mural installations. One of these projects, the Madison Simis Reading Garden in Phoenix, was awarded the prestigious Crescordia Award from the Valley Forward Association. These projects were funded by grants from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture and school Parent Teacher Organizations.
In 2007, Jane worked with college students to construct a twelve foot tall abstract horse sculpture inspired by one of her porcelain horses. The tiled concrete and steel sculpture is permanently installed on the plaza of the Center for Performing Arts at Paradise Valley Community College (PVCC) in Phoenix, Arizona. Grants from the Maricopa Community College District and the Arizona Community Foundation funded this project along with support from PVCC.
Works
Dragonfly Lady
