Jano "Jane" Walley
“Shandelier” earrings, c. 1950. Metal, beads, string. Jano Walley, Chicago. Courtesy of Chicago History Museum, collection item 1985.708.27a-b
FOCUS
Art/ Design/ Craft
ROLE
Guest Faculty
ATTENDANCE
1949 - 1949
Jano Walley taught ceramics at the 1949 Summer Art Institute.
Jano Walley was a ceramics and jewelry designer. Jano Walley studied at the Institute of Design and taught jewelry and ceramics at various Midwest art institutions, including Black Mountain College and the University of Illinois at Navy Pier. Both Jano and her husband, John Walley, were major contributors to the Chicago arts scene in the 1940s and 1950s and often held arts-related events at their studio and apartment.
Relationships
Husband, fellow BMC guest faculty, John Walley
Collections of visual materials for Jano and John can be found in many institutions in Chicago, including the Chicago History Museum.
Author
Amanda Hartman
Amanda Hartman is the creator of BMC Yearbook, serving as the lead director, engineer, and researcher. She holds a MLIS in archive/ collections management, MA in art/ museum education, and BA in design. After working in museums and archives for a decade, she made the transition to tech and is now a software developer specializing in applications for museums, archives, and higher education.
Her interest in Black Mountain College began while working as a digital archivist with the Asheville Art Museum's BMC archive collection. She transcribed and digitized over 1500 documents created by the college. While working closely with these archives, she began independent research on the interracial program and Negro Week activities BMC, writing biographies of lesser known students and staff members. That research transformed into this BMC Yearbook project.
