Sally Fletcher-Murchison is an American ceramic artist who was born in Sacramento, California in 1933. She grew up there and received a Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) in advertising art from the

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in 1955. She worked as a designer before moving to Hawaii. She studied ceramics at the University of Hawaii, where she received a Master of Fine Art (MFA) in 1966. She has taught at the Hawaii Potters’ Guild, the University of Hawaii Lab School, the Hickam Airforce Base Craft Center and the Honolulu Museum of Art. She is known for her massive hand-built stoneware sculptures that resemble pots, but are nonfunctional, such as ''End Without End'' in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art. The

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and the Honolulu Museum of Art are among the public collections holding work by Sally Fletcher-Murchison.Yoshihara, Lisa A., ''Collective Visions, 1967–1997'', Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1997, 105

References

* Honolulu Advertiser, "'Personalities' surveys humanity's highs, lows", Sunday, September 14, 2003. * Yoshihara, Lisa A., ''Collective Visions, 1967–1997'',

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, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1997, 105.

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1933 births American potters American women ceramists American women sculptors Ceramists from Hawaii Living people Women potters 21st-century American women artists 21st-century ceramists University of Hawaiʻi alumni {{us-artist-stub