Aurore Chabot is an American ceramist. Born in Nashua, NH, Chabot received her bachelor's degree in fine arts from the Pratt Institute in 1971, followed by a master of fine arts degree from the University of Colorado in 1981. She has taught at the University of Vermont, and since 1988 has been a professor at the University of Arizona, where she headed the ceramics program. She has completed two major national public art commissions, received two NEA individual artists grants, been invited to numerous visiting artist engagements, and her work has been included in over 100 national and international exhibitions and numerous books and periodicals. Included in many public and private collections, her work was included in an international invitational exhibition at the Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum in Taiwan where one of her sculptures was purchased for their collection. Chabot was publications director for the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) National Board of Directors from 2001 to 2004 and was appointed to the NCECA Nominations Committee for fall 2012 and spring 2013.
Aurore Chabot
Studios
Eastman
Aurore Chabot worked in the Eastman studio.
Thanks to the generous support of MacDowell Fellow and board member Louise Eastman, this century-old farm building was reinvented as a modern, energy efficient live and workspace for visual artists. Originally built in 1915 to house a forge and provide storage when the residency program was expanding, this small barn was simply converted for…