JOHN GLICK
MICHIGAN

Entering the passing lane again…O.K. by me.

Reflections on the start of my 40th year of following my instincts.

Someone probably told us in school way back then that this adventure called “artist” was going to be a lot of fun. As it is, I tell each studio assistant as they begin their

year with me, “ Hey, this is supposed to be fun” My attempt to pass on a good thing!

I remain very pleased to be discovering what it is that I will be doing in my work by the actual process of doing it. I love surprises and I look on every day as a chance for encountering a few to play with. Every work session provides opportunities to venture off the familiar path and I am grateful for that. It always feels a bit like pulling out into the passing lane to get going on the rest of the trip. O.K. by me.

John Parker Glick

Born: Detroit, Michigan, July 1, 1938
Wayne State University B.F.A. - 1960
Cranbrook Academy M.F.A. - 1962
United States Army - 1962 - 1964
Started Plum Tree Pottery in 1964 continuing to present time

COLLECTIONS: PARTIAL LISTING

•Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, D.C., Gift of Mr. S. Hada, a Plate, 1978,
accepted in 1985. A Sculptural Vessel, 1961, Gift of Hilbert De Later,
accepted 1996

•Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, a Bowl,
1987, a Lidded Box, 1997

Grants, recognitions

• Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant in Ceramics, 1961.

• Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant in Apprentice Assistance Program with Rostislav Eismont, 1972 - 1973.

• National Endowment Grant for the Arts for aid in writing book on
studio potting, 1974.

• Farmington Community Arts Council Artist in Residence Title and
Grant, 1977.

• Michigan Foundation for the Arts Governor’s Award, 1977.

• National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant, 1977.

• National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant, 1988.

• Michigan Council for the Arts, Individual Artist’s Grant, 1990.

• American Craft Council Fellow Elected 2001

• Governors’ Michigan Artist Award Art Serve Michigan 2001

List of Publications by John Glick

Publications Written by John Glick
•“Mentorship” “An Approach to Mentoring in Fulltime Studio Pottery
Practice” Studio Potter Magazine Vol 31, No. 2, 2003

•“Down the Spinal Canal: From Herniation to Rupture” Studio Potter
Magazine Vol 29, No. 2, 2001

•“Studio Management Revisited: Reflections on Working in My Studio During the Last Twenty Years,” Studio Potter Magazine, June 1992, Vol,
20, #2.

•“Checking the Compass,” Part 1,2. Ceramics Monthly, Portfolio,
September/October, 1990.

•“Undefeated After All These Years,” Studio Potter Magazine, June 1990,
Vol. 18, #2.

•“John Glick, Surface Decoration and Direction” Ceramic Review May -
June 1988 #111.

•“To Sciatica and Back. “Studio Potter Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 2, 1987.

•“Reflections on New Zealand Potters. “Parts 1,2, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, April, May 1985.

•“Teapot as Teapot.” Studio Potter Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 2, 1985.

•“Renewal.” Studio Potter Magazine, winter, Vol. 12, No. 1, 1983.

•“Studio Dinnerware.” Portfolio in The Ceramics Issue No. 13, Japanese
Publication Magazine, August 1981.
•Towards Humanism in Apprenticeship” Daniel Clark Foundation Studio
Potter Magazine 1981

•“Studio Dinnerware: Ceramics Monthly Portfolio, December, 1979.

•“The Extruder as a Design Tool, An Expanded Usage.” Studio Potter
Magazine, summer, 1978.

•“Some Proposals Concerning the Use of Waste Heat.” Studio Potter
Magazine, summer, 1975.

•“Studio Management.” Studio Potter Magazine, summer, 1973, Winter,
1973 - 1974.

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