Sheerer was born in
Covington, Kentucky in 1865. She studied art in Massachusetts, the
Art Students League of New York, under
Hugh Breckenridge at the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and graduated from the
Art Academy of Cincinnati. While living in Covington in the early 1890s, she worked at
Rookwood Pottery Company. Sheerer was a member of the Cincinnati Museum Association, Cincinnati Crafters Club, New Orleans Art Association, Cincinnati Women's Art Club, and the
American Federation of Arts. Her works were displayed at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904, and the
Panama–Pacific International Exposition held in
San Francisco in 1915. Sheerer was responsible for setting standards and guiding Newcomb Pottery's day-to-day production. She gave technical advice to Mississippi ceramicist
Peter Anderson. Sheerer retired from the Newcomb faculty in 1931. Post Sheerer's retirement from
Newcomb Pottery, she was awarded as a fellow of the
American Ceramic Society on March 11, 1931. She died in December 1954 in Cincinnati and is buried at Highland Cemetery,
Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. == References ==