Janice Merendino

Class of 1974, Fine Art major

Merendino is a ceramic artist, painter, and one of five founders of The Clay Studio in Philadelphia. She's a now-retired art professor of art currently directs The Branch Out Project, an organization that offers arts-based visual literacy workshops to business executives and others. Since 1998, Merendino has been designing and teaching art workshops at the Philadelphia Museum of Art for a variety of audiences including adults with disabilities, Veterans, and people with Parkinson's disease. Her artwork is strongly influenced by Japan and Japanese art—she has been exhibited widely here and in Japan where she's studied ceramics, calligraphy and traditional "urauchi" scroll mounting, a technique currently used in her work.

Website: JaniceMerendino.com