Artist's talk by Jennifer Hansen Gard

Denison’s Studio Art program welcomes artist Jennifer Hansen Gard for an artist’s talk.

Hansen Gard is the daughter of a nurse and bed and breakfast owner. Her childhood was spent cleaning, making beds, and playing on the shore of Lake Michigan. She is now considered a professional bed-maker but has always much preferred to spend her days outside doing cartwheels in the sand. Hansen Gard studied art education from 2003-2007 and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Art Education with an emphasis in ceramics at Hope College, in Holland, Michigan. She then went on to study ceramics for a year at Grand Valley State University in 2008 before teaching high school art for two years. In 2012, she graduated from the University of Florida with a Master of Arts in Art Education with an emphasis in ceramics. She is currently a candidate in the Master of Fine Arts Ceramics program at Ohio State University, where she is pursuing her research interest in ethnobotany and exploring the ceramic vessel as a form of social art practice. Hansen Gard is married to artist Forrest Sincoff Gard who recently completed his Master of Fine Arts degree at Louisiana State University. He is currently the assistant editor for Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated.