| 1935 | Born Fergus Falls, Minnesota. |
| 1957 | B.A. Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota. |
| 1959 | M.S.W. Columbia University, New York, New York. |
| 1959-62 | University of Minnesota, Minnesota (pottery with Warren Mackenzie). |
| 1973 | M.F.A. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio (ceramic sculputre with Roy Cartwright). |
| 1973-1998 | Instructor, 3D Department (ceramics) at the Emily Carr Institue of Art and Design, Vancouver, British Columbia. |
| 1976-94 | Fourteen research field trips to Mexico, southern Europe (1983), India and Nepal (1991) to view pre-Columbian, terra cotta and other ceramic arts, temples, museums, pottery villages and terra cotta gardens. |
| 2000-01 | Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico: Works in Bronze Canada-Mexico Ceramic Exchange (2000 - Puebia, Mexico; 2001 - Banff, Alberta). |
| 2002 | Ceramic study trip to Turkey. |
Exhibition History
| 1979 | "Sally Michener: Ceramic Sculpture"; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia. |
| 1983 | "Sally Michener"; Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia. |
| 1984 | "Painted Garden"; Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, Alberta. |
| 1985 | "Insideout" (solo exhibition); Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, British Columbia. |
| 1986 | "The Company She Keeps"; University of British Columbia Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia. |
| 1988 | "Keeping in Touch" (permanent installation); Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario. |
| 1989 | "Feat of Clay: The Fifth Anniversary of the Permanent Collection"; Burlington Art Centre. |
| 1997 | "FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; Burlington Art Centre. |
| 1998 | "FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan. "Beyond the Surface: ECIAD Collaborations"; Charles Scott Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia. |
| 2000 | "FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia. "The Mexico-Canada Exchange Exhibit"; Museo Poblano Virranal, Pluebla, Mexico. "Voyage: 9th National Biennial of Ceramics"; Trois-Rivières, Québec. |
| 2001 | "FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; The Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan. "Ceramica del Norte"; The Works, Edmonton, Alberta. |
| 2002 | "FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario. "ProCLAYmation"; Sunshine Coast Art Gallery, Sechelt, British Columbia. |
Publications
Fired Sculpture. Illyas Pagonis, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1974.
Sally Michener: Insideout. Surry Art Gallery, Surrey, British Columbia, 1985.
Ontario Crafts, Garden of Earthly Delights, Summer 1990.
Chronology: Vancouver Art and Artists 1931-1983. Vancouver Art Gallery, Norah Kember, Editor.
