Kristin PLUCAR
BIO
Kristin Plucar is the Arts/Industry Residency Program Manager at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, WI, a position she has held since 2013. Plucar received her bachelor’s degree in ceramics from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and her MFA with a concentration in drawing from Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho. Plucar is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including two Jerome Foundation Emerging Artist Fellowships. She has participated in residency programs in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Japan. In addition to her work with the artists-in-residence in the Arts/Industry program, she gardens, keeps bees, is learning to weave, and cares for an aging Shepherd/Labrador mix. Through the use of simple drawing tools and repetitive mark making she creates drawings inspired by personal history and daily experience.