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Nan Bangs McKinnell
Nan Bangs McKinnell
Born	Nan Bangs; July 1, 1913; Stanton, Nebraska, U.S.
Died	August 9, 2012 (aged 99)
Alma mater	Teacher’s College in Wayne, Nebraska (now Wayne State College), ; University of Washington
Known for	Ceramics
Spouse	James McKinnell (married 1948–2005)

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Nan Bangs McKinnell (1913–2012) was an American ceramicist and educator. Nan was a founding member of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, a member of the American Craft Council College of Fellows, along with receiving several awards for her work. James "Jim" McKinnell (1919–2005), her spouse, was also a ceramicist and they made some collaborative work.

Early life and education

Nan Bangs was born July 1, 1913, in Stanton, Nebraska.^[1] As a child, her mother started Nan and her brother on piano lessons, an appreciation for the arts at a young age. As Nan got older, this skill served her well and was able to earn money playing for churches and performances.^[2] Nan was always drawn to the arts, spending her free time either at the piano or painting and drawing. Her parents encouraged her artistic spirit, providing her with private art lessons at nine. After graduating high school, Nan aspired to become a teacher, however with money being tight and higher education for women being uncommon at the time, her father was unsure. Being determined, Nan found a job working at the student supply store at Wayne State Teacher's College. The woman who ran the store, having just lost her shop hand, hired Nan on the spot and offered her room and board. Being in the right place at the right time and now employed, Nan was able to convince her father to help with tuition while she worked to earn her teaching certificate.^[3] Nan taught at a one-room school house for a year before returning to college and received her BFA in Music and Education. She taught at a town school in Nebraska for several years after graduating, but by 1940, she was dissatisfied with life and work in Nebraska and decided to move to Seattle.^[2]

In Seattle, Nan began working as a teacher once again, earning money to help support her family back in Nebraska. It wasn't long until Nan was applying for graduate school, and after a few years in Seattle, she was taking summer classes at the University of Washington where she started her art. While the men were away at war, Nan began teaching in an architectural drawing and design classes at the university. As she continued her own studies, Nan realized that painting and design were not her forte and took an introductory class in ceramic engineering and was drawn to clay as an artistic medium.

In 1946, European ceramist Paul Bonifas came to found a ceramics department at the University and Nan. Despite only having minimal training in clay and French was asked to be his assistant. While working as Bonifa's assistant, Nan met James "Jim" McKinnell [Wikidata], a student in one of his classes.^[4] The two shared a love for the beauty in pottery and had a strong intellectual appreciation for developments in form, function, and technology. They dated in college and were married in 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland,^[5] after Nan had completed her senior thesis project. She attended college in Wayne, Nebraska gaining a bachelor's degree in music and education and later received a M.F.A. degree in ceramics from the University of Washington.^[1]

Career

Nan's style was heavily influenced by contemporary and industrial design and her early work had a heavy focus on functionality. Her master's thesis project was a full tea set designed for mass production.

Nan and Jim spent much of their married life traveling and creating together.^[4] The two are remembered as artistic partners with most of their work having been made collaboratively. The two traveled across America and the world, working at colleges and artist's colonies while developing their craft. In 1953, Nan and James attended a ceramics workshop at the Archie Bray Foundation and decided to stay and work there for several years. It was at the Bray where Nan began developing glazes. Nan's deep copper glaze is still widely used today.^[1] Her glaze-making also opened up an appreciation for the decorative side of ceramics. As Nan and Jim began working more collaboratively, Nan's decorative eye came out more. In their process, often one would throw a piece on the wheel and the other would decorate it, combining their two separate artistic eyes and influences. Nan was drawn to natural shapes and forms, drawing on flowers, leaves, insects, and other animals.^[6]^{[better source needed]}

Themes

Nan had a certain affinity for teapots. She loved sharing tea with friends and collected teapots and tea sets made by friends and colleagues as well as making many of her own. She often used teapots as teaching tools for examples of functionality, form, technique, glazing and decoration.^[6]^{[better source needed]}

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

1993 – "Clay and Fire: A Journey", a retrospective of both Nan and Jim McKinnell's work, Vicki Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, U.S.^[7]
2003 – "Still Fired Up", The Evergreen Gallery, Evergreen, Colorado, U.S.
2012 – "Tea Time with Nan McKinnell", Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.^[1]
2013 – "The Clay Connection: Jim and Nan McKinnell", American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA), Pomona, California, U.S.^[8]

Group exhibitions

1963 – "9th International Exhibition of Ceramic Art," invitational, Kiln Club of Washington, DC at the Smithsonian Institution
1970 – Archie Bray Foundation Exhibition, Smithsonian Institution Sales Gallery, Washington, DC, U.S.
1974 – "The Second Chunichi International Ceramic Art Exhibition," Oriental Nakamura Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
2011 – "Uncommon Ground: Impact and Influence," NCECA with Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, Colorado, U.S.
2012 – "Women of Influence: Colorado Artist's and Curators," Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, Colorado, U.S.^[9]

Public collections

ASU Art Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.
Archie Bray Foundation Ceramics Collection, Helena, Montana, U.S.
CU Art Museum, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Trellis Vase (2004), Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art, Denver, Colorado, U.S.^[10]
History Colorado Center, Decorative Arts Collection, Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
James and Nan McKinnell cup (1962), National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, U.S.^[11]^[12]
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Awards and honors

In 1977, Citation of Merit and lifetime Honorary Membership from the National Council of Ceramic Arts, alongside Jim McKinnell.^[1]
In 1988, inducted into the American Craft Council College of Fellows, alongside Jim McKinnell.^[13]
Founding member of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.
Received the Colorado Artist Craftsmen's first Lifetime Service Award.
Received the Colorado Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities.
"Time in Tandem" (2003) a video documentary on the McKinnell's and their legacy.^[13]

Bibliography

Armstrong Schoch, David W.; Armstrong Schoch, Susan (2013). The Clay Connection: Jim and Nan McKinnell. American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA). ISBN 978-0981672892.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Heller, Dulcey (2012-08-24). "Remembering: Nan Bangs McKinnell". American Craft Council. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
^ ^a ^b The Clay Connection. American Museum of Ceramic Art. 2013. ISBN 978-0-9816728-9-2.
^ "Oral history interview with Nan McKinnell, 2005 June 12-13". www.aaa.si.edu. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
^ ^a ^b Paglia, Michael (2005-04-28). "Firing Line". Westword. Denver Westword, LLC. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
^ "Hand-Built Slab Vessel". Kirkland Museum. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
^ ^a ^b "Login to library resources | St. Catherine University Libraries". login.pearl.stkate.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
^ "Vicki Myhren Gallery's exhibition archive project". Vicki Myhren Gallery, Denver University. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
^ "The Clay Connection: Jim and Nan McKinnell". American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA). 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
^ "Colorado Art Show Openings, 9/7//2012". The Denver Post. 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
^ "Collection: Trellis Vase". Kirkland Museum. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
^ "James and Nan McKinnell cup". National Museum of American History. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
^ "James and Nan McKinnell cup". National Museum of American History. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
^ ^a ^b "The Clay Connection: Jim and Nan McKinnell". American Craft Council. Retrieved 2019-05-21.

External links

"Oral history interview with Nan McKinnell, 2005 June 12-13", from Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

[:0-1] Heller, Dulcey (2012-08-24). "Remembering: Nan Bangs McKinnell". American Craft Council. Retrieved 2019-05-07.

[:1-2] The Clay Connection. American Museum of Ceramic Art. 2013. ISBN 978-0-9816728-9-2.

[3] "Oral history interview with Nan McKinnell, 2005 June 12-13". www.aaa.si.edu. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2019-05-11.

[:2-4] Paglia, Michael (2005-04-28). "Firing Line". Westword. Denver Westword, LLC. Retrieved 2019-05-21.

[5] "Hand-Built Slab Vessel". Kirkland Museum. Retrieved 2019-05-21.

[login.pearl.stkate.edu-6] "Login to library resources | St. Catherine University Libraries". login.pearl.stkate.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-11.

[7] "Vicki Myhren Gallery's exhibition archive project". Vicki Myhren Gallery, Denver University. Retrieved 2019-05-21.

[8] "The Clay Connection: Jim and Nan McKinnell". American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA). 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2019-05-21.

[9] "Colorado Art Show Openings, 9/7//2012". The Denver Post. 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2019-05-21.

[10] "Collection: Trellis Vase". Kirkland Museum. Retrieved 2019-05-21.

[11] "James and Nan McKinnell cup". National Museum of American History. Retrieved 2019-05-21.

[12] "James and Nan McKinnell cup". National Museum of American History. Retrieved 2019-05-21.

[:3-13] "The Clay Connection: Jim and Nan McKinnell". American Craft Council. Retrieved 2019-05-21.

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-'''Nan Bangs McKinnell''' was an American ceramicist and educator born in Stanton, Nebraska. She attended college in Wayne, Nebraska gaining a Bachelor's degree in music and education and later received a M.F.A. in ceramics from the University of Washington.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://craftcouncil.org/post/remembering-nan-bangs-mckinnell|title=Remembering: Nan Bangs McKinnell|website=American Craft Council|language=en|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> Nan was a founding member of the [[National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts]], a member of the [[American Craft Council]] College of Fellows, along with receiving several awards for her work.
+'''Nan Bangs McKinnell''' (1913–2012) was an American ceramicist and educator. Nan was a founding member of the [[National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts]], a member of the [[American Craft Council]] College of Fellows, along with receiving several awards for her work. James "Jim" McKinnell (1919–2005), her spouse, was also a ceramicist and they made some collaborative work.
 == Early life and education ==
-Nan Bangs McKinnell was born July, 1, 1913 in Stanton, Nebraska. As a child, her mother started Nan and her brother on piano lessons, an appreciation for the arts at a young age. As Nan got older, this skill served her well and was able to earn money playing for churches and performances.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=The Clay Connection|last=|first=|publisher=American Museum of Ceramic Art|year=2013|isbn=978-0-9816728-9-2|location=|pages=}}</ref> Nan was always drawn to the arts, spending her free time either at the piano or painting and drawing. Her parents encouraged her artistic spirit, providing her with private art lessons at nine. After graduating high school, Nan aspired to become a teacher, however with money being tight and higher education for women being uncommon at the time, her father was unsure. Being determined, Nan found a job working at the student supply store at [[Wayne State College|Wayne State]] Teacher's College. The woman who ran the store, having just lost her shop hand, hired Nan on the spot and offered her room and board. Being in the right place at the right time and now employed, Nan was able to convince her father to help with tuition while she worked to earn her teaching certificate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-nan-mckinnell-12178|title=Oral history interview with Nan McKinnell, 2005 June 12-13|website=www.aaa.si.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref> Nan Taught at a one-room school house for a year before returning to college and received her BFA in Music and Education. She taught at a town school in Nebraska for several years after graduating, but by 1940, she was dissatisfied with life and work in Nebraska and decided to move to Seattle.<ref name=":1" />
+Nan Bangs was born July 1, 1913, in Stanton, Nebraska.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://craftcouncil.org/post/remembering-nan-bangs-mckinnell|title=Remembering: Nan Bangs McKinnell|last=Heller|first=Dulcey|date=2012-08-24|website=American Craft Council|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> As a child, her mother started Nan and her brother on piano lessons, an appreciation for the arts at a young age. As Nan got older, this skill served her well and was able to earn money playing for churches and performances.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=The Clay Connection|last=|first=|publisher=American Museum of Ceramic Art|year=2013|isbn=978-0-9816728-9-2|location=|pages=}}</ref> Nan was always drawn to the arts, spending her free time either at the piano or painting and drawing. Her parents encouraged her artistic spirit, providing her with private art lessons at nine. After graduating high school, Nan aspired to become a teacher, however with money being tight and higher education for women being uncommon at the time, her father was unsure. Being determined, Nan found a job working at the student supply store at [[Wayne State College|Wayne State]] Teacher's College. The woman who ran the store, having just lost her shop hand, hired Nan on the spot and offered her room and board. Being in the right place at the right time and now employed, Nan was able to convince her father to help with tuition while she worked to earn her teaching certificate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-nan-mckinnell-12178|title=Oral history interview with Nan McKinnell, 2005 June 12-13|last=|first=|date=|website=www.aaa.si.edu|publisher=Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref> Nan taught at a one-room school house for a year before returning to college and received her BFA in Music and Education. She taught at a town school in Nebraska for several years after graduating, but by 1940, she was dissatisfied with life and work in Nebraska and decided to move to Seattle.<ref name=":1" />
-In Seattle, Nan began working as a teacher once again, earning money to help support her family back in Nebraska. It wasn't long until Nan was applying for graduate school, and after a few years in Seattle, she was taking summer classes at the [[University of Washington]] where she started her art. While the men were away at war, Nan began teaching in an architectural drawing and design classes at the University. As she continued her own studies, Nan realized that painting and design were not her forte and took an introductory class in [[ceramic engineering]] and was drawn to clay as an artistic medium. In 1946, European ceramist Paul Bonifas came to found a ceramics department at the University and Nan, having minimal training an clay and French was asked to be his assistant.
+In Seattle, Nan began working as a teacher once again, earning money to help support her family back in Nebraska. It wasn't long until Nan was applying for graduate school, and after a few years in Seattle, she was taking summer classes at the [[University of Washington]] where she started her art. While the men were away at war, Nan began teaching in an architectural drawing and design classes at the university. As she continued her own studies, Nan realized that painting and design were not her forte and took an introductory class in [[ceramic engineering]] and was drawn to clay as an artistic medium.
-While working as Bonifa's assistant, Nan met James (Jim) McKinnell, a student in one of his classes. The two shared a love for the beauty in pottery and had a strong intellectual appreciation for developments in form, function, and technology. The two dated in college and were married after Nan completed her senior thesis project.
+In 1946, European ceramist Paul Bonifas came to found a ceramics department at the University and Nan. Despite only having minimal training in clay and French was asked to be his assistant. While working as Bonifa's assistant, Nan met {{III|James McKinnell|lt=James "Jim" McKinnell|WD=Q106629619}}, a student in one of his classes.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.westword.com/arts/firing-line-5084555|title=Firing Line|last=Paglia|first=Michael|date=2005-04-28|website=Westword|publisher=Denver Westword, LLC|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref> The two shared a love for the beauty in pottery and had a strong intellectual appreciation for developments in form, function, and technology. They dated in college and were married in 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirklandmuseum.org/collections/work/hand-built-slab-vessel/|title=Hand-Built Slab Vessel|website=Kirkland Museum|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref> after Nan had completed her senior thesis project. She attended college in Wayne, Nebraska gaining a bachelor's degree in music and education and later received a M.F.A. degree in ceramics from the [[University of Washington]].<ref name=":0" />
 == Career ==
 Nan's style was heavily influenced by contemporary and industrial design and her early work had a heavy focus on functionality. Her master's thesis project was a full tea set designed for mass production.
-Nan and Jim spent much of their married life traveling and creating together. The two are remembered as artistic partners with most of their work having been made collaboratively. The two traveled across America and the world, working at colleges and artist's colonies while developing their craft. In 1953, Nan and James attended a ceramics workshop at the [[Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts|Archie Bray Foundation]] and decided to stay and work there for several years. It was at the Bray where Nan began developing glazes. Nan's deep copper glaze is still widely used today.<ref name=":0" /> Her glaze-making also opened up an appreciation for the decorative side of ceramics. As Nan and Jim began working more collaboratively, Nan's decorative eye came out more. In their process, often times one would throw a piece on the wheel and the other would decorate it, combining their two separate artistic eyes and influences. Nan was drawn to natural shapes and forms, drawing on flowers, leaves, insects, and other animals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://login.pearl.stkate.edu/login|title=Login to library resources {{!}} St. Catherine University Libraries|website=login.pearl.stkate.edu|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref>
+Nan and Jim spent much of their married life traveling and creating together.<ref name=":2" /> The two are remembered as artistic partners with most of their work having been made collaboratively. The two traveled across America and the world, working at colleges and artist's colonies while developing their craft. In 1953, Nan and James attended a ceramics workshop at the [[Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts|Archie Bray Foundation]] and decided to stay and work there for several years. It was at the Bray where Nan began developing glazes. Nan's deep copper glaze is still widely used today.<ref name=":0" /> Her glaze-making also opened up an appreciation for the decorative side of ceramics. As Nan and Jim began working more collaboratively, Nan's decorative eye came out more. In their process, often one would throw a piece on the wheel and the other would decorate it, combining their two separate artistic eyes and influences. Nan was drawn to natural shapes and forms, drawing on flowers, leaves, insects, and other animals.<ref name="login.pearl.stkate.edu">{{Cite web|url=https://login.pearl.stkate.edu/login|title=Login to library resources {{!}} St. Catherine University Libraries|website=login.pearl.stkate.edu|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=May 2019}}
 [[File:McKinnell Dolphin Vase.jpg|thumb|337x337px|"Dolphin Vase" by Nan Bangs McKinnell]]
 === Themes ===
-Nan had a certain affinity for teapots. She loved sharing tea with friends and collected teapots and tea sets made by friends and colleagues as well as making many of her own. She often used teapots as teaching tools for examples of functionality, form, technique, glazing and decoration. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://login.pearl.stkate.edu/login|title=Login to library resources {{!}} St. Catherine University Libraries|website=login.pearl.stkate.edu|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref>
+Nan had a certain affinity for teapots. She loved sharing tea with friends and collected teapots and tea sets made by friends and colleagues as well as making many of her own. She often used teapots as teaching tools for examples of functionality, form, technique, glazing and decoration.<ref name="login.pearl.stkate.edu"/>{{Better source needed|date=May 2019}}
-== Solo Exhibitions ==
+== Exhibitions ==
+=== Solo exhibitions ===
-* "Still Fired Up" , The Evergreen Gallery, Evergreen, CO (2003)
+* 1993 – "Clay and Fire: A Journey", a retrospective of both Nan and Jim McKinnell's work, Vicki Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, U.S.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://portfolio.du.edu/Exhibitions/page/47650|title=Vicki Myhren Gallery's exhibition archive project|last=|first=|date=|website=Vicki Myhren Gallery, Denver University|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
+*2003 – "Still Fired Up", The Evergreen Gallery, Evergreen, Colorado, U.S.
+*2012 – "Tea Time with Nan McKinnell", Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.<ref name=":0" />
+*2013 – "The Clay Connection: Jim and Nan McKinnell", American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA), Pomona, California, U.S.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.amoca.org/the-clay-connection/|title=The Clay Connection: Jim and Nan McKinnell|last=|first=|date=2013-05-18|website=American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
-== Group Exhibitions ==
+=== Group exhibitions ===
+* 1963 – "9th International Exhibition of Ceramic Art," invitational, Kiln Club of Washington, DC at the Smithsonian Institution
+*1970 – Archie Bray Foundation Exhibition, [[Smithsonian Institution]] Sales Gallery, Washington, DC, U.S.
+* 1974 – "The Second Chunichi International Ceramic Art Exhibition," Oriental Nakamura Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
+* 2011 – "Uncommon Ground: Impact and Influence," NCECA with Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, Colorado, U.S.
+* 2012 – "Women of Influence: Colorado Artist's and Curators," [[Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities]], Arvada, Colorado, U.S.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2012/09/06/colorado-art-show-openings-972012/|title=Colorado Art Show Openings, 9/7//2012|date=2012-09-06|website=The Denver Post|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
-* "9th International Exhibition of Ceramic Art," invitational, Kiln Club of Washington, DC at the Smithsonian Institution (1963)
-* Archie Bray Foundation Exhibition, [[Smithsonian Institution]] Sales Gallery, Washington, DC (1970)
-* "The Second Chunichi International Ceramic Art Exhibition," Oriental Nakamura Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan (1974)
-* "Uncommon Ground: Impact and Influence," NCECA with [[Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities]], Arvada, CO (2011)
-* "Women of Influence: Colorado Artist's and Curators," [[Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities]], Arvada, CO (2012)
-<br />
 == Public collections ==
+* [[Arizona State University Art Museum|ASU Art Museum, Arizona State University]], Tempe, Arizona, U.S.
+* [[Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts|Archie Bray Foundation]] Ceramics Collection, Helena, Montana, U.S.
-* [[Arizona State University Art Museum|ASU Art Museum, Arizona State University]], Tempe, AZ
+* CU Art Museum, [[University of Colorado Boulder|University of Colorado at Boulder]], Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
-* [[Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts|Archie Bray Foundation]] Ceramics Collection, Helena, MT
+* [[Everson Museum of Art]], Syracuse, New York, U.S.
-* CU Art Museum, [[University of Colorado Boulder|University of Colorado at Boulder]], Boulder, CO
+*Trellis Vase (2004), [[Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art]], Denver, Colorado, U.S.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirklandmuseum.org/collections/work/trellis-vase/|title=Collection: Trellis Vase|last=|first=|date=|website=Kirkland Museum|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
-* [[Everson Museum of Art]], Syracuse, NY
-* [[History Colorado Center]], Decorative Arts Collection, Denver, CO
+* [[History Colorado Center]], Decorative Arts Collection, Denver, Colorado, U.S.
-* [[Minnesota Museum of American Art]], St. Paul, MN
+* [[Minnesota Museum of American Art]], St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
+* James and Nan McKinnell cup (1962), [[National Museum of American History]], [[Smithsonian Institution]], Washington, DC, U.S.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_585193|title=James and Nan McKinnell cup|website=National Museum of American History|language=en|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_585203|title=James and Nan McKinnell cup|website=National Museum of American History|language=en|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
-* [[National Museum of American History]], [[Smithsonian Institution]], Washington, DC
 * [[National Museum of Scotland]], Edinburgh, Scotland
-== Awards and nominations ==
+== Awards and honors ==
+* In 1977, Citation of Merit and lifetime Honorary Membership from the National Council of Ceramic Arts, alongside Jim McKinnell.<ref name=":0" />
+* In 1988, inducted into the [[American Craft Council|American Craft Council College of Fellows]], alongside Jim McKinnell.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://craftcouncil.org/post/clay-connection-jim-and-nan-mckinnell|title=The Clay Connection: Jim and Nan McKinnell|website=American Craft Council|language=en|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>
-* Citation of Merit and lifetime Honorary Membership from the National Council of Ceramic Arts in 1977.
-* Inducted into the [[American Craft Council|American Craft Council College of Fellows]] in 1988.
 * Founding member of the [[National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts]].
-* Received the Colorado Artist Craftsmen first Lifetime Service Award.
+* Received the Colorado Artist Craftsmen's first Lifetime Service Award.
-* Received the Colorado Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities.
+* Received the Colorado Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities.
+*"Time in Tandem" (2003) a video documentary on the McKinnell's and their legacy.<ref name=":3" />
+== Bibliography ==
+* {{Cite book|title=The Clay Connection: Jim and Nan McKinnell|last=Armstrong Schoch|first=David W.|last2=Armstrong Schoch|first2=Susan|publisher=American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)|year=2013|isbn=978-0981672892|location=|pages=}}
 == References ==
-{{Reflist}}
+{{reflist}}
-== External links ==
+==External links==
+* [https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-nan-mckinnell-12178 "Oral history interview with Nan McKinnell, 2005 June 12-13"], from Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
+{{American Craft Council|state=collapsed}}
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+{{DEFAULTSORT:McKinnell, Nan Bangs}}
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v t e American Craft Council College of Fellows
Honorary Fellows are listed in italics.
1975	Adda Husted Andersen Dorothy Meredith Ed Rossbach Frans Wildenhain Harvey Littleton Lenore Tawney Lili Blumenau Peter Voulkos Sam Maloof Toshiko Takaezu Trude Guermonprez Florence Eastmead Francis Sumner Merritt Margaret Patch Mary Lyon Maurine Roberts Rudolph Schaeffer
1976	Charles Loloma Else Regensteiner John Paul Miller Karen Karnes Laura Anderson Ronald Hayes Pearson Ruth Penington Anna Wetherill Olmsted Lloyd Kiva New
1977	Alice Kagawa Parrott Daniel Rhodes Don Reitz John Prip Mary Caroline Richards Ramona Solberg Robert C. Turner Aileen Osborn Webb
1978	Alma Eikerman Bob Stocksdale Dominick Labino Frederick Miller Jack Lenor Larsen L. Brent Kington Mary Walker Phillips Rudolf Staffel Rudy Autio Eugenia Campbell Nowlin
1979	Arline Fisch George Nakashima Gerry Williams Hans Christensen Katherine Westphal Joan Mondale Margery Anneberg Rose Slivka William Brown
1980	Bernard Kester Joel Myers Margret Craver Mary Nyburg Tage Frid Warren MacKenzie Eudorah Moore Robert W. Gray
1983	Douglass Morse Howell F. Carlton Ball Mary Ann Scherr Ruth Duckworth Sheila Hicks Marian Heard Susan Peterson
1985	John Mason Kay Sekimachi Marianne Strengell Maurice Heaton Richard Thomas Ted Randall Harold Brennan Sydney Butchkes
1986	Dale Chihuly Kenneth Ferguson Wendell Castle
1987	Beatrice Wood Claire Zeisler Dominic Di Mare Edward Moulthrop Heikki Seppä June Schwarcz Richard DeVore Robert Sperry Val Cushing Carlyle Smith James Wallace Jonathan Fairbanks LaMar Harrington
1988	Albert Green Arthur Carpenter C. Carl Jennings Frances Senska Fritz Dreisbach Glen Kaufman Harrison McIntosh Mark Peiser Mary Scheier James McKinnell Nan Bangs McKinnell Paul Soldner Phillip Fike Polly Lada-Mocarski Ted Hallman Walter G. Nottingham William Daley C. Malcolm Watkins James Melchert Lloyd Herman Marion Stroud Swingle Paul J. Smith Rudy Turk
1990	Edris Eckhardt Frances Stewart Higgins Francis Whitaker Gertrud Natzler Lillian Elliott Margaret Tafoya Michael Higgins Otto Heino Otto Natzler Viktor Schreckengost Vivika Heino Blanche Reeves R. Leigh Glover
1992	Cynthia Schira David Shaner Edgar Anderson Joyce Anderson James 'Mel' Someroski Karl Martz Kurt Matzdorf Marvin Lipofsky Robert Arneson Stanley Lechtzin Walker Weed Helen Drutt English Mildred Constantine Ruth DeYoung Kohler
1993	Betty Woodman Gerhardt Knodel Jere Osgood John Marshall Kenneth Price Margarete Seeler Oppi Untracht Robert G. Hart
1994	Albert Paley Henry Halem John McQueen Merry Renk Patti Warashina Robert Ebendorf Rude Osolnik Stephen De Staebler Viola Frey Lee Nordness
1995	Charles Counts Ferne Jacobs Fred Fenster J. Fred Woell Karl Drerup Richard Marquis Wayne Higby Michael Monroe
1996	Betty Cooke Claude Horan Garry Knox Bennett Helena Hernmarck Jun Kaneko Kenneth Bates Mark Levine Mary Lee Hu Jean Griffith Virginia Harvey
1997	Chunghi Choo Jack Earl Ka Kwong Hui Lia Cook Bob Winston Ron Nagle Tommy Simpson William Keyser Sandra Blain
1998	Dan Dailey Edwin Scheier Eleanor Moty James Bassler Judy McKie Richard Mawdsley Richard Shaw William Harper Paulus Berensohn
1999	Dorothy Gill Barnes Helen Shirk Irena Brynner Nancy Crow Paul Marioni Ralph Baccera Therman Statom Fred Marer
2000	Adrian Saxe Anne Wilson Cynthia Bringle Eugene Pijanowski Hiroko Sato-Pijanowski James Krenov Joyce Scott Marjorie Schick Paul Stankard Christa C. Mayer Thurman Theodore Cohen
2001	David Ellsworth Gary Noffke Joan Livingstone John Glick Michael James Norman Schulman Thomas Patti Warren Seelig Alice Rooney
2002	Harlan Butt Jane Sauer John Cederquist Paula Winokur Robert Winokur Garth Clark
2003	Ana Lisa Hedstrom James Tanner Kurt Weiser Norma Minkowitz Tom Joyce Albert LeCoff
2005	Alphonse Mattia Flora Mace Gary Griffin Joey Kirkpatrick Linda Threadgill Patricia Hickman Martha Longenecker
2006	Akio Takamori Howard Ben Tré Jason Pollen Kiff Slemmons Walter Hamady Stuart Kestenbaum
2007	Arturo Sandoval Marilyn da Silva Mark Lindquist Richard Notkin Robert Brady William Morris Nanette Laitman
2008	Adela Akers Glenda Arentzen Gyöngy Laky John Horn Robyn Horn Tony Hepburn Toots Zynsky Wendy Maruyama Lois Moran
2009	Benjamin Moore Bernard Bernstein Carol Shaw-Sutton Jamie Bennett Louis Marak Rosanne Somerson Robert Pfannebecker
2010	Ginny Ruffner John Garrett John Stephenson Rebecca Medel Ron Ho Susanne Stephenson William Hunter Janet Koplos
2012	Andrea Gill Anne Currier Dante Marioni Lewis Knauss Sharon Church Sherri Smith Thomas Loeser Bruce Pepich
2014	John Gill Jane Lackey Michael Hurwitz Judith Schaechter Bruce Metcalf William Carlson Tina Oldknow
2016	Nick Cave Michael Cooper Françoise Grossen Chris Gustin Myra Mimlitsch-Gray Hank Murta Adams Edward S. Cooke Jr.
2018	Mark Burns Thomas Gentille Thomas Hucker Mary Jackson Beth Lipman Consuelo Jimenez Underwood Susan Cummins Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada
2020	Sonya Clark Lisa Gralnick Katherine Gray Annabeth Rosen Bob Trotman Patricia Malarcher
2022	Teri Greeves Karen Hampton Nancy Koenigsberg Keith Lewis Kristina Madsen Mark Pharis Preston Singletary Tip Toland Carolyn Mazloomi Howard Risatti Lowery Stokes Sims
2024	Syd Carpenter Michael A. Cummings Einar and Jamex de la Torre Yuri Kobayashi Mark Newport Michael Puryear Diego Romero Lynda Watson Diana Baird N'Diaye Cindi Strauss
Recipients of the Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship Dorothy Liebes (1970) Anni Albers (1981) Harvey Littleton (1983) Lucy M. Lewis (1985) Margret Craver (1986) Peter Voulkos (1986) Gerry Williams (1986) Lenore Tawney (1987) Sam Maloof (1988) Ed Rossbach (1990) John Prip (1992) Beatrice Wood (1992) Alma Eikerman (1993) Douglass Morse Howell (1993) Marianne Strengell (1993) Robert C. Turner (1993) John Paul Miller (1994) Toshiko Takaezu (1994) Rudolf Staffel (1995) Bob Stocksdale (1995) Jack Lenor Larsen (1996) Ronald Hayes Pearson (1996) June Schwarcz (1996) Wendell Castle (1997) Ruth Duckworth (1997) Sheila Hicks (1997) Kenneth Ferguson (1998) Karen Karnes (1998) Warren MacKenzie (1998) Rudy Autio (1999) Dominic Di Mare (1999) L. Brent Kington (2000) Cynthia Schira (2000) Arline Fisch (2001) Gertrud Natzler (2001) Otto Natzler (2001) Don Reitz (2002) Kay Sekimachi (2002) William Daley (2003) Fred Fenster (2005) Dale Chihuly (2006) Paul Soldner (2008) Katherine Westphal (2009) Albert Paley (2010) Stephen De Staebler (2012) Betty Woodman (2014) Gerhardt Knodel (2016) Jun Kaneko (2018) Joyce J. Scott (2020) Jim Bassler (2022) Lia Cook (2022) Richard Marquis (2022) Judy Kensley McKie (2022) John McQueen (2022) Patti Warashina (2022) Nick Cave (2024) Wendy Maruyama (2024) Anne Wilson (2024)