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There is some more data in this article which could be incorporated into wikipedia. http://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/may/07/howardyana-shapiro-seeds-change-interview

Howard-Yana Shapiro

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Is there any information to connect or disconnect this person with the Howard-Yana Shapiro identified as a "Potter. Object Maker. Raku Master. Faculty Knoxville College." holding a Fulbright and living for a time in Rome, who published and was written about in the 1970s in the magazine Craft Horizons? Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 00:13, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

When I expanded the article in 2017, I found it difficult to pin down information about Shapiro. It's clear he's had a somewhat unconventional career path. I assume this is the same person. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 09:38, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The article I pulled from Organic Gardening gives some clues as does this Website: [1]
  • University Professor aged 21 (so 1968-ish)
  • Doctorate in Anthropology
  • Worked with the Ford Foundation... presumably on accreditation of African American colleges in the 1960s.
Catfish Jim and the soapdish 15:10, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Also appears to have taught pottery at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge: "Recently shown there was fine raku pottery by Howard Yana Shapiro , a young potter who teaches at the state university in Baton Rouge . Shapiro's work combines sturdiness with an expressive quality usually reserved for sculpture." ARTnews, vol. 74, p. 88, 1975 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help). Then gone on to work at the Chicago Art Institute: [2] Catfish Jim and the soapdish 15:54, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Was publisher of The New Art Examiner. Quite a career change. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 20:01, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I've seen mentions of a Howard-Yana Shapiro married to Nancy and to a Howard Shapiro, ceramicist, married to Alice. I'm inclined to think they are two different people. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 16:57, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]