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Michael Boylen

Biography to Display: 

1935 Born

 

EDUCATION

BA European History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

School for American Craftsmen, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York

1966 MFA Ceramics and Glass Blowing, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

 

APPRENTICESHIPS & RESIDENCIES

Apprenticeship - Abraham Cohn. Potters Wheel Gallery, Fish Kill, Wisconsin

 

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1980-2010 Director, Ceramics Program, Marlboro College, Marlborough, Vermont

 

BIOGRAPHY

Michael Boylen is known for stoneware plates and tiles as well as being an accomplished glass blower.

After his Bachelor of Arts Degree, Boylen studied ceramics with Frans Wildenhain and Hobart Cowles at the School for American Craftsmen. During his Master of Fine Arts studies at the University of Wisconsin, Boyden studied ceramics with Don Reitz and glass blowing with Harvey Littleton. He was mentored by Dominick Lubino, a studio glass artist.

Boylen played a significant role in the evolution of the Studio Art Glass Movement. Boylen was president of the Vermont Arts Council from 1974 to 1976.

 

Public Collections

Public Collections to Display: 

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vermont

Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York

Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware

Victoria and Albert Museum, London UK

Bibliography

Bibliography to Display: 

Bernstein, William, Andre G. Billeci, Michael E. Boylen, William H. Boysen, Vernon Brejcha, and Dale Brownscombe. 1976. New American Glass, Focus West Virginia: exhibition catalogue, June 20 through October 10, 1976, Huntington Galleries, Huntington, West Virginia. Huntington, W. Va: Huntington Galleries.

Boylen, Michael. “The Ceramics of Asger Jorn.” The Studio Potter 22, no. 2 (Dec. 1993).

Boylen, Michael. “Sculptures and Drawings,” Glass, Spring 1998.

Grover, Ray. Contemporary Art Glass. United States: Crown Publishers, 1975.

White House Conference on the Arts: Joint Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and Humanities of the Committee on Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First and Second Sessions, on H.J. Res. 600. United States: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978.

 

 

 

Center for CraftCenter For Craft

 

 

AMOCA American Museum of Ceramic ArtAMOCA American Museum of Ceramic Art

 

Citation: McGee, Donna. "The Marks Project." Last modified March 23, 2022. http://www.themarksproject.org/marks/boylen