Past Exhibitions

2022 Annual High School Ceramics Exhibition The 2022 Annual High School Ceramics Exhibition features works by 99 students from 50 cities in 16 states – a vibrant sample of the next generation of ceramic talent in the United States. This program generously funded provided, in part, through grants from Ruth and Joseph C. Reed Foundation […]

High Resolution Images • Press Release (pdf) On View:September 10, 2022–March 12, 2023Member Preview:September 9, 2022, 2–4 PMReception:September 10, 2022, 4–6 PMCurator Talk:October 9, 2022, 1–2:30 PMMembers Tours: December 14, 2022, 12-1 PM & February 8, 2023, 12–1 PMRecorrido en Español:February 4, 2023, 11:30 AM–12:30 PMRoundtable Discussion:March 9, 2023, 11 AM–12 PMCatalog:Breaking Ground: Women in

50 Bowls, 50 States, 50 Woodfires Exhibition On View:February 12–July 24, 2022Virtual Artist Talk:April 30, 2022, 12–1 PM 50 Bowls, 50 States, 50 Woodfires is artist Elaine Olafson Henry’s investigation into the influences of woodfire. The exhibition presents 50 thrown porcelain bowls, each created by the artist using the same clay block, the same building

Pictured: Peter Callas, Vase: 0134, 2016. Wood Fired Stoneware. 11.5 x 11 x 11 inches. Exhibition On View:February 12–July 24, 2022Member Preview:February 11, 2022, 2–4 PMArtist Talk & Reception:February 12, 2022, 4–6 PMCatalog:Peter Callas, An Enduring Legacy Exhibition Overview Regarded as one of the preeminent ceramic artists in the American Studio Ceramics tradition to work

Pictured: two works included in the exhibition Connected Spaces. Pictured left: Michael F. Rohde, Heart (detail), 2016. Tapestry: wool, silk, natural dyes. 36 x 32 inches. Photo by Andrew Neuhart. Pictured right: Cheryl Ann Thomas, Gold Cipher, 2020. Porcelain. 34.5 x 17 x 15 inches. On View:March 12–August 21, 2022Member Preview:March 11, 2022, 2–4 PMReception:March

2021 Annual High School Ceramics Exhibition The 2021 juried exhibition features 100 students from 38 High Schools in 17 states – a vibrant sample of the next generation of ceramic talent in the United States. This program generously funded provided, in part, through grants from the DEW Foundation. Exhibition View the Exhibition Juried Artists Join

Pictured left-to-right: work in the MIND+MATTER exhibition by Arthur Gonzalez, Nancy Selvin, Robert Brady, Richard Shaw, and Beverly Mayeri. On View:August 14, 2021–January 23, 2022Curator Gallery Walk:August 14, 2021 • 4–5 PMReception:September 11, 2021 • Reception and Gallery Talk Since the 1950s, the Bay Area has provided fertile ground for ceramic experimentation and innovation. Abstract

The exhibition Don Reitz: Life is not a Dress Rehearsal features the work of Don Reitz, an artist broadly recognized as one of the most influential American ceramic artists of the last century.