Visiting Artists Program

Jerome Visiting Artists

In 1981 Saint John's Pottery initiated a complementary program involving visiting and emerging artists.

With the support of the Jerome Foundation, two or three artists were invited to Saint John's each year to produce portfolios of work for major exhibitions and to experience an indigenous approach to art.

Many of the young artists who received Jerome Foundation stipends went on to distinguished careers. Through the Jerome Foundation and various other arts award programs, more than 100 major established and emerging American artists visited the Pottery Studio from 1979 to the present 

These artists not only helped establish a national and international reputation for the Pottery Studio, but they served as extraordinary role models for apprentices and art students who were on campus at the same time.