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Get matched →Juliane Shibata is the 2026 Mid-Career Project Grantee, awarded $10,000 by Forecast (supported by the McKnight Foundation) to create "Taking Shape," a collaborative large-scale ceramic public art installation in conjunction with the Japan America Society of Minnesota (JASM) for the 2026 Obon Festival. The project features over a thousand floral-shaped ceramic pieces made by over 45 community participants, most without prior art or ceramics experience.
Since February, Juliane has led three pairs of workshops for community participants. In the first workshop, participants designed a stamp out of clay visually communicating an element of their heritage. After bisque firing, they used the stamps to transfer designs onto clay slabs and created cherry blossom-shaped installation components using cookie cutters.
On August 16, the ceramic pieces will be displayed in an architectural installation where viewers are invited to reflect on identity and multiculturalism. Participants and the public are encouraged to touch, manipulate, and move some components, allowing the installation to evolve as an interactive work of art.
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Juliane Shibata is a ceramic artist and educator based in Northfield, Minnesota. Her work is informed by the Japanese concept of mujō (mutability and impermanence) and the Pattern & Decoration movement. She holds an MFA from Bowling Green State University and has been a resident artist at multiple institutions including Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Art Omi, The Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, Starworks Center, and the University of Minnesota. Her installations have been commissioned by Abbott Northwestern Hospital and the Four Seasons Hotel Minneapolis.