Background
Bole, Mary Jo Staery was born on March 1, 1956 in Cleveland. Daughter of William Carnegie and Ruth Elizabeth (Staery) Bole.
Bole, Mary Jo Staery was born on March 1, 1956 in Cleveland. Daughter of William Carnegie and Ruth Elizabeth (Staery) Bole.
Bachelor of Fine Arts cum laude, University of Michigan, 1979; Master of Fine Arts, Alfred State College Ceramics, 1982.
Visiting artist, Cleveland Institute Art, 1985-1988; resident, Kohler Artists in Industry, Kohler, Wisconsin, 1988-1989; visiting artist, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1989-1990; assistant professor, Ohio State University, 1990-1996; associate professor, coordinator ceramics, Ohio State University, since 1997; resident, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics/United States of America Residency, Latvia, 1991; resident, Europpees kera mish werk centrum, The Netherlands, 1993-1994. Consultant Ohio History Society, Columbus, 1995.
Co-coordinator (for Columbus) National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts (board of directors 1997-1999).
Married Lambertus van Boekel, M ar.