October 9, 2010–January 8, 2011 Curated by Karen Crews Hendon The term peregrinación (pilgrimage) historically refers to the long journey of the pre-Columbian Mexica people, later known as the Aztecs, who migrated to the Valley of Mexico. AMOCA invites you to take a pilgrimage through this exhibit and explore the ceramics of Mexico. The artists represented in this […]
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July 10–September 25, 2010 Grand Opening Reception: July 10, 6-9 pm AMOCA presents Ah Leon, an international contemporary artist from Taiwan who merges Chinese Yixing traditions with his signature wood-textured trompe l’oeil style to form illusionistic installations. Originally trained as a painter at the National Academy of Fine Art in Taipei, Ah Leon became a
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May 16–July 25, 2009 Reception: Saturday, June 13, 6-9pm Special Event: Guest Artist Talk with David FurmanSaturday, June 27, 5-7 p.m. For more than 40 years, artist David Furman has created diverse works in clay that express his ideas, experiences, and perceptions through irony, empathy, and humor. His repertoire is vast: miniature room vignettes and
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The Pre-Columbian Tradition with contemporary works by Luis Bermudez and Francisco “Pancho” Jiménez February 28–May 9, 2009 Cerámica de la Tierra, presented by the American Museum of Ceramic Art, examines Mesoamerican and South American ceramics coupled with a glimpse of contemporary ceramic expressions rooted in pre-Columbian traditions. This exhibition, supported by the James Irvine Foundation,
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August 30–November 8, 2008 Artist Reception: Saturday, September 13, 6-9pm Robert Sperry, Bright Abyss is a retrospective exhibition of over 90 works of art from Sperry’s ceramic career including chargers, platters, wall plaques, sculptures, and murals. This show presents the evolution of one of ceramic’s great innovators. Sperry is known as a master of the “crawl
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May 17–July 12, 2008 To establish historical context, Pueblo Clay, America’s First Pottery begins with a representative sampling of the Native American pottery collection held by the Pomona College Art Museum. Brought together over the last 70 years, this collection is particularly rich in Southwestern ceramics, both Pre-Columbian and Historic. Select pieces from the Mogollon
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December 8, 2007–February 23, 2008 Organized by the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, Mississippi Opening Reception Saturday, December 8, 6-9pm Ohr Rising: The Emergence of An American Master is an exhibition of 40 key works by art potter George E. Ohr (1857-1918) of Biloxi, Mississippi. In his aesthetic choices, George E. Ohr was a ceramic
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contemporary Mexican pottery created in a remote Chihuahua villa June 9–August 25, 2007 Opening Reception & Book Signing by Walter Parks and Shelly Dale: Saturday, June 9, 6-9 pm Mata Ortiz Pottery: A Forty-Year Phenomenon is the inspirational story of one man, Juan Quezada, who changed the future of his extremely poor, largely abandoned community
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