Jan Mitchell Larsen majored in Sculpture & Design at the Philadelphia College of Art.  Samples of her work can be seen in the Permanent Collection of the Smithsonian, the Thompson Museum in Kentucky, the National Guard Armory on St. Croix, Roosevelt Park on St. Thomas and Veterans Park on St. Croix.

Daily News Photos by SEAN McCOY

Govenor John deJongh Jr. and artist Jan Mitchell unveil a bust of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the revamped Franklin D. Roosevelt Virgin Islands Veterans Memorial Park in Charlotte Amalie on Monday during Veterans Day, 2007.

For the past fifteen years she has designed and crafted ornaments for the National Christmas Tree of Peace, exhibited in the International Art Glass Invitational in St. Louis, and had a VICA National Endowment to the Arts grant.

In 2007, Jan was inducted into the Virgin Islands Hall of Fame.

On St. Croix, her Lady of Justice, a life size bronze, marks the entrance to the United States Federal Court Building, a Federal Art-in-Architecture installation.

 
And, on that same island, she and her husband have set up a sophisticated workshop featuring water jet cutting equipment, and together they have developed several new techniques in the art of fusing glass. Each piece is individually designed, and they are all lead free and dishwasher safe.

Jan's spare time includes knitting, spending time at home in her workshop and helping Steffen to care for their many rescued dogs.  Her knitting hobby inspired the "knit" pick ornaments - new for 2010.