Laura Jean McLaughlin explained

Laura Jean McLaughlin
Birth Date:27 December 1965
Birth Place:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Occupation:Ceramic Artist

Laura Jean McLaughlin (December 27, 1965) is an American ceramic sculptor, print maker, and mosaic artist. Her collaborative mosaics can be found around Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas. She has been awarded several residencies including three from the Kohler Co. in Wisconsin.[1] [2] [3]

Early life

McLaughlin is one of twelve children born to Eileen Welsh and Robert E. McLaughlin in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 27, 1965. She grew up in Shaler Township, attending and graduating from Shaler High School. She attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania from 1984–89, where she received her B.S. in Medical Technology and minored in Art, Biology, and Chemistry. She moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina where she worked in a hospital lab until continuing her higher education in August 1992, when she moved to Morgantown, West Virginia and attended West Virginia University College of Creative Arts from 1992–95. There is where she received her M.F.A. in ceramics with a concentration in printmaking and sculpture and earned her K-12 Art Teaching Certification.

Selected exhibitions

Public arts

McLaughlin has been commissioned to create and install collaborative mosaics in and around Pittsburgh, PA since 2004.[1] [14] [15]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Laura Jean McLaughlin - Center for the Arts. center.pfpca.org. 28 April 2018.
  2. Web site: Laura Jean McLaughlin - Center for the Arts. center.pfpca.org. 28 April 2018.
  3. Web site: In The Frame: Artists In Their Own Words. 28 April 2018.
  4. Web site: "Through the Years: Penland Ceramic Artists" at 18 Hands Gallery – The Penland Sketchbook. penland.org. 11 May 2018. 9 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180409232141/http://penland.org/blog/2011/06/through-the-years-penland-ceramic-artists-at-18-hands-gallery/#sthash.L1WNMrVR.dpbs. dead.
  5. Web site: Laura Jean McLaughlin Flying. www.panzagallery.com. 11 May 2018.
  6. Web site: Laura Jean McLaughlin, artist. Les Femmes Folles. 11 May 2018.
  7. Web site: 18 Hands. www.18handsgallery.com. 11 May 2018.
  8. Web site: Laura Jean McLaughlin - PF/PCA. pfpca.org. 11 May 2018.
  9. Web site: VACI bares all in 'NAKED' exhibition. 28 July 2015. 11 May 2018.
  10. Web site: morgan contemporary glass gallery - Images for Artist Laura Jean McLaughlin. www.morganglassgallery.com. 11 May 2018.
  11. Web site: LASCAUX GALLERY. 11 May 2018.
  12. http://www.begalleries.com/Artists/Pages/Laura_Jean_McLaughlin.htm
  13. Web site: Laura Jean McLaughlin - Center for the Arts. center.pfpca.org. 11 May 2018.
  14. Web site: A mosaic mural sparkles on the South Side Slopes. 28 April 2018.
  15. Web site: Artists and Cities Award Winner - Laura Jean McLaughlin. www.actionhousing.org. 28 April 2018. 15 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180615032058/http://www.actionhousing.org/index.php/about-us/news-events/260-artists-and-cities-award-winner-laura-jean-mclaughlin. dead.

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