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Carol Sarkisian Artist Born Dec. 22 1936 Died Jan. 12 2013

Born Carol Anne McPhee in south Boston, Massachusetts to Joseph Francis McPhee and Mary Rose McPhee. She attended Massachusetts School of Art and the Boston Museum School where she studied Ceramics. In 1957 she meet Paul Sarkisian, a painter from California, who she married. They moved to Pasadena, California in 1958. While there they cofounded the seminal Aura Gallery with fellow artists Richard Pettibone, Gorge Herms. SHe became known throughout the West coast gallery scene and developed friendships with fellow potters John Mason, Peter Voulkus and Paul Scoldner. IN 1965 her only son, Peter, was born.