"My work is influenced by the long history of pottery traditions, from British and Japanese folk pottery to rustic medieval Italian pots and Middle Eastern slipware bowls, as well as by fabricated metal pouring pots such as oil cans, teapots and watering cans. I strive for simplicity and clarity, with a minimum of embellishment, often only a textured surface ----for glaze to play against. With these things in mind, the majority of my work is initially thrown on the wheel and then stretched, altered, cut and assembled into new shapes with simple hand-constructed elements added as details. I work slowly and usually in a series, arranging parts, varying proportions and making subtle changes in each firing cycle of pots, always trying to introduce something new." - Marlene Jack

Currently a Professor of Art at the College of William and Mary (VA), she received her BA degree from Knox College (IL) and her MFA degree from the University of Minnesota.

Jack's ceramics have been exhibited in numerous venues throughout the United States including San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts (TX), Lancaster Museum of Art (PA), Museum of Nebraska Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Tweed Museum of Art (MN), Cleveland Museum of Art (OH) and the El Paso Museum of Art (TX).