Ceramic bowl and cups set
Bowl 4.25" diameter x 2" height
Two cups 3.25" diameter x 3.5" height each
by Jeni Gard Hansen

Jeni Hansen Gard grew up in a small bed and breakfast in Grand Haven, Michigan. She has an integrative art practice that focuses on using the ceramic vessel as a catalyst for bringing people together, often asking participants to reconsider their relationship to food and each other.

Using this combination of craft and engagement as an avenue to pursue her research interest in ethnobotany (the human/plant relationship), she is working to challenge our current food system to help build an equitable and sustainable future.

Jeni's community-focused approach to ceramics and education led her to become a founding member of the Socially Engaged Craft Collective, a craft and social practice organization.

She received her MFA from Ohio State University and MA in Art Education from the University of Florida. Jeni was the recipient of the MJ Wood DO GOOD residency at Red Lodge Clay Center in Montana and has completed residencies at the Archie Bray Foundation, also in Montana, and the Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center in Denmark.

Jeni began her work as a vessel maker and now defines herself as an experience-maker with vessel in hand. She sees herself as a facilitator working in the space between people and the food they consume.

Learn more at https://jenihansengard.weebly.com/about.html

ABOUT PICKUP AND SHIPPING
All silent auction items will be available for pickup by appointment at Dublin Arts Council after the close of the auction. If packing and shipping is needed, it will be handled by a professional shipper who is experienced in handling artwork. This cost will be the responsibility of the winning bidder.