Jana Evans received her BFA from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX with a concentration in Ceramics.  She furthered her studies at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina and also worked as a studio assistant to ceramic artist Jerilyn Virden. She then moved to Lincoln, NE as a Post‐Baccalaureate student in Ceramics at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. In 2010, Jana received her MFA at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ.  Evans is currently a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT.