Jack Earl's Work Travels to

John Michael Kohler Arts Center (July 2009)

RAM has loaned seven works by ceramist Jack Earl to the John Michael Kohler Arts Center for their exhibition American Story."This exhibition serves as a reminder that the United States is a country united by its faith in the individual and in each person's right to shape her or his own life," states Ruth DeYoung Kohler, Director of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. "The artists' stories, brought to life in paintings, sculptures, textiles, multi-media works and large-scale installations, tell personal stories; taken as a whole, they embody our shared American story."

Jack Earl is one of the finest storytellers working in clay. For more than 40 years he has created narrative sculptures that revolve around his life in rural Ohio.

RAM is home to more that 20 examples of Earl's work documenting this artist's development. A collection catalogue is available for purchase in the RAM Museum Store for $5 and $4 to RAM members.

Jack Earl

Carrot Finger, 1981

White earthenware with china paint

27 x 8 x 6 inches

Racine Art Museum, Gift of Karen Johnson Boyd

in Honor of William B. Boyd on the Occasion of

their 25th Wedding Anniversary

Photography: Michael Tropea, Chicago, IL