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Professor John Gargano is a ceramic sculptor who became head of the ceramics program at ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½°²×¿Æƽâ°æ Lafayette in 2000. He has exhibited work at museums and galleries in 14 states and received awards and artist fellowships in Ohio and Louisiana. Gargano earned a B.F.A. with Honors from the Center for Creative Studies in 1992 and a M.F.A. from the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

John has taught in the Studies Abroad Paris Program at ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½°²×¿Æƽâ°æ Lafayette, participated in a residency at Watershed in 2011, given numerous workshops and lectures at regional universities and at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York, and the Ohio State University. His grant-writing efforts funded the creation of an outdoor kiln yard for the ceramics area at ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½°²×¿Æƽâ°æ Lafayette. He built and maintains a 1200 square foot personal studio in Broussard, Louisiana, spends free time playing music with his band, and is often in Costa Rica surfing.

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B.F.A. with Honors
Center for Creative Studies (1992)

M.F.A.
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH