Olive Jones
{{Short description|New Zealand potter (1893–1982)}}
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Olive Emily Jones (20 June 1893 – 26 December 1982) was a New Zealand potter.
Biography
Jones was born in Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand, on 20 June 1893.{{DNZB|last=Parker|first=John|id=5j7|title=Olive Emily Jones|accessdate=23 April 2017}}
Career
Jones was elected a life member of the New Zealand Society of Potters in 1965, together with Elizabeth Matheson and Oswold Stephens.{{DNZB|last=Coolahan|first=Kate|id=5s42|title=Oswold Counsell Stephens|accessdate=23 April 2017}} For six months between 1939 and 1940 Jones demonstrated and exhibited her work at the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition .
She exhibited with the Christchurch-based art association, The Group, in 1950.{{Cite web|url=https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/about/library/the-group/group-1950|title=The Group 1950|website=christchurchartgallery.org.nz|access-date=2017-10-08}}
Her works are held in Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, MTG Hawke's Bay and Auckland War Memorial Museum.
In 2017, works by Jones were included in an exhibition of early New Zealand female potters, held in West Auckland.{{cite news|last1=Foxcroft|first1=Debrin|title=West Auckland exhibit showcases pioneering work of early female potters|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/western-leader/97241770/west-auckland-exhibit-showcases-pioneering-work-of-early-female-potters|access-date=22 January 2018|work=Stuff|date=27 September 2017}}
References
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Category:Artists from Auckland
Category:New Zealand women potters
Category:20th-century New Zealand ceramists
Category:People associated with The Group (New Zealand art)
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