{{short description|American artist|bot=PearBOT 5}} <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:'Anhinga', by Annette Corcoran (born 1930), 1987, hand-built glazed porcelain, Honolulu Museum of Art, accession TCM 1988.23.JPG|thumb|right|300px|''Anhinga'' by Annette Corcoran, 1987, hand-built glazed porcelain, Honolulu Museum of Art]] -->
'''Annette Corcoran''' (born 1930) is an American artist who was born in Inglewood, California. She earned a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1952, and continued post-graduate studies at California State University, Long Beach, California Polytechnic State University, Saddleback College, and the College of Marin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.annettecorcoran.com/about.php|title=Annette Corcoran|website=www.annettecorcoran.com|accessdate=February 12, 2024}}</ref>
She worked as a graphic artist for 15 years before turning to ceramics.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.askart.com/artist/Annette_Corcoran/102263/Annette_Corcoran.aspx|title=Annette Corcoran - Biography|website=www.askart.com|accessdate=February 12, 2024}}</ref> She then spent 25 years making ceramic teapots. Although originally functional, they evolved into non-functional works of art.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.acga.net/cgi-bin/DJmbr_showmbr.cgi?T=member.html&MBR=00204 |title=Association of Clay and Glass Artists of California |access-date=2014-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409084926/http://www.acga.net/cgi-bin/DJmbr_showmbr.cgi?T=member.html&MBR=00204 |archive-date=2014-04-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
''Anhinga'', in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, is typical of her teapots, which usually incorporate birds into the design. It is made of hand-built porcelain, employing both underglazes and overglazes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.annettecorcoran.com/process.php|title=Annette Corcoran|website=www.annettecorcoran.com|accessdate=February 12, 2024}}</ref> The Everson Museum of Art (Syracuse, New York), the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the National Museum of Ceramic Art (Baltimore, Maryland), the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Racine Art Museum (Racine, Wisconsin) are among the public collections holding work by Annette Corcoran.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.montereyart.org/current-exhibitions/|title=Current Exhibitions (Monterey Museum of Art)|first=|website=Monterey Museum of Art|accessdate=February 12, 2024}}</ref><ref name="auto"/> ==Sources== * Corcoran, Annette, ''Annette Corcoran, Birds and Teapots, 1987 - 1996'', Dorothy Weiss Gallery, 1996
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Corcoran, Annette}} Category:20th-century American ceramists Category:21st-century American ceramists Category:1930 births Category:Living people Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni Category:Artists from Inglewood, California