Introduction
Sandra Jean Blain (born 1941) is an American ceramicist, sculptor, and educator. She is known for her hand built and thrown pottery. Blain was teaching faculty at the University of Tennessee, and has served as director at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. She lives in Arizona.
Biography
Sandra Jean Blain was born in 1941, in Chicago. She received a B.S. degree (1964) in education from Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, as well as an M.S. degree (1967) in art and a M.F.A degree (1972) in ceramics from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
She was faculty at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee (from 1969 to 2004). Blain was the director at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee (from 1980 to 2001). She served as the World Crafts Council's 1978 U.S. delegate to Japan. Blain also served on the board for the International Ceramic Symposium.
In 1997, Blain was named an honorary fellow by the American Craft Council.