Jay Kvapil

Kvapil earned a bachelor of arts degree in literature, with honors, from the University of the Pacific in 1973. Shortly thereafter, he traveled to Japan to study tea ceremony ware at Takatori Seizan Pottery in Kyshu, achieving the rank of Journeyman Potter in 1975. Kvapil returned to the United States to earn a master of arts in ceramics in 1979 and a master of fine arts in plastic arts in 1981 from San Jose State University.​