Since 2014, AMOCA has hosted an annual juried exhibition showcasing the remarkable talents of high school students studying the ceramic arts. This year more than ever, we believe students deserve to be honored for making work, and teachers deserve to be honored for educating those students despite the difficult circumstances of distance learning. That is why, …
2021 High School Ceramics Exhibition – Call for Entry Read More »
As you may have heard, Governor Newsom announced on July 1, 2020 that museums and other indoor venues in LA County and 18 other counties will remain closed at this time. Although we have been busy preparing to welcome you back, we look forward to seeing you soon. In the meantime, we hope you will …
10 am to 5 pm • $350 Click here for more information or to register. Heesoo Lee will be demonstrating her hand-building skills and beautiful surface decorations to you this coming May. Participants will be able to build pottery using Heesoo’s techniques and also apply her glazing methods to a piece of bisqueware that you …
We supply all of the tools, supplies (air dried clay), project ideas, and instruction to be creative at home. $20 per kit (includes shipping). Click here to purchase online.
On View: August 8, 2020 – March 21, 2021 A museum is distinguished by a collection of objects that form the core of its exhibitions, education, and research programming – its permanent collection. AMOCA’s permanent collection comprises more than 10,000 objects including functional, sculptural, industrial, and production ceramics from around the world. …
On View: January 9 – April 18, 2021 Reception: January 9 • Artist Talk @ 7:00 p.m. “The eye sees what it is trained to see.” John McPhee, Assembling California Ashwini Bhat’s new work, “Assembling California,” is a documentation of her personal, artistic field survey of California’s ecology in this time of climate change, shifting …
Nicole Seisler’s practice centers on the materiality of clay and its metaphoric resonance with human experience. The haptic, malleable, ephemeral, and permanent qualities of clay make it possible for the material to track and trace time, thereby absorbing and marking our existence. Her sculptural, site-responsive, performative, and participatory work forefronts these characteristics, usurps traditional roles …
Nicole Seisler • Hand Pressed Souvenirs • August 8, 2020 Read More »
Updated July 1, 2020 Dear AMOCA Community, In times of stress and uncertainty, museums and studios strive to offer a respite from the challenges of the world. The staff and board continue to monitor the spread of COVID-19 using the best information available, including from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease …
