acrylic paints, in the work of Marie Gibbons, 2000 Nov/Dec:16‑19.
acrylic and metallic wax colors, in the work of Sonja Stoeckli, 2004 Mar/Apr:32‑35."Acres of Clay: What We Discovered in our Own Backyard", Lynice L."Achieving Visibility in the Art World" (Polly Beach), 2003 May/Jun:52‑53."Achieving Texture" (Lana Wilson), 2000 Sep/Oct:29."Get Fired" exhibition photos, 2006 Jul/Aug:14‑15."Follow the Line" exhibition photos, 2007 Jul/Aug:18‑22."The Accidental Potter" (David Hendley), 2003 Jul/Aug:52."Accessories Make the Outfit" (David Hendley), 2003 Sep/Oct:64."Accessories For Your Claywork" (Carol Caldwell-Ewart), 2004 Mar/Apr:28‑29.ACC Southeast Conference, dates, 2003 May/Jun:13.ACC Baltimore, Winter Show dates, 2004 Jan/Feb:9.Abromaitis, Karin, works photos, 2003 Mar/Apr:60.Abright, Bill, works photos, 2006 Jul/Aug:62."About Wood-fired Pottery" (Jenna McCracken) (the work of Susan Beecher), 2006 Mar/Apr:55‑58."About Pyrometers…" (Marc Ward), 2001 Mar/Apr:42.Abigail's Blue Eyes glaze c/10, 1999 Jul/Aug:35.Aberystwyth Arts Centre (Aberystwyth, Wales), "International Ceramics Festival", dates, 2001 Mar/Apr:7, 2007 Mar/Apr:16, 2007 May/Jun:15.Abel, Marianne, "Johnny Rolf: A Retrospective", 1997 Jan/Feb:32‑34.Aarons, James, works photos, 2002 Sep/Oct:41.Aaron Lee Benson's Terra Sigillata Substitute (recipe), 1998 Nov/Dec:44."A Women's Clay Project in Thailand: Building A Banana Leaf Kiln" (Barbara J.Virginia Artisans Center (Waynesboro VA). "A Tiny Studio and a Tall Extruder" (David Hendley), 2007 Nov/Dec:64."A Taste of the Fire: Hints for Attending a Wood Firing Workshop" (Judi Munn), 2008 Jan/Feb:43‑47."A Simple Handbuilt Basket" (Bill van Gilder), 2007 Nov/Dec:29‑32."A Ben Waterman Project: Reckoning of Mile", Drop City Gallery (Seattle WA), exhibition dates, 2008 Jan/Feb:17.2 at First Mennonite Church in Bluffton.A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z A seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.įuneral was Aug. three brothers, Lander Claassen of Florida, Walter Claassen of Newton, Kan., and Morris Claassen of Great Bend, Kan. Survivors include two sons, Timothy Smucker of Atlanta and Thomas Smucker of New york City a daughter, Rebecca Smucker-Blick of Douglas, Mich. Her husband, with whom she was honored by Bluffton College in 1989, died in 2001. She met her husband, Donovan Smucker - later a distinguished Mennonite academic and pastor - when she interviewed him for the newspaper. She studied library science at Rosemary College in Illinois, where she worked as a librarian.Īs a reporter for the Evening Kansan-Republican in Newton, she interviewed several celebrities who passed through town on the Santa Fe Railroad, including actors Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mary Pickford and Charles Laughton, and former president Herbert Hoover. She grew up in Newton and graduated from Kansas State University with an English degree. 1, 1915, at Newton, Kan., the daughter of Cornelius and Addie Claassen. Smucker's experiences living in Chicago during the volatile 1960s informed her novel, Wigwam in the City, an account of Native Americans trying to adjust to urban life.Īnother novel, Days of Terror, recounted the Mennonite migration from Russia. " well-wrought book should be read by all children." "Barbara Smucker has impeccable civil rights credentials," a New York Times reviewer wrote in 1978. The book, based in part on stories Smucker heard as a child from a former slave, was noted for its scrupulous documentation and emphasis on little-known slave histories. Smucker's first novel, Henry's Red Sea, was published in 1955.īut it was her account of a young fugitive slave, Runaway to Freedom, that earned Smucker some of her best reviews.
Other awards include the Canada council Award and the Vicki Metcalf Award. Smucker had received numerous awards for her writing, including an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Bluffton College in 1989. A final book, Selina and the Shoo Fly Pie, was published in 1999. One of Smucker's books, Underground to Canada, was named one of the 50 best books of all time in Canada.
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