Past Exhibitions

En Iwamura: Legacy in the Vault • April 20 – June 30, 2019

Silver Splendor: The Art of Anna Silver examines over forty-five years of studio work

AMOCA’s 15th AnniversaryExhibition Dates: October 5, 2018 – March 31, 2019Opening Reception: October 6, 2-5pm                       AMOCA is celebrating its 15th anniversary. Building a Collection features work from our permanent collection. Artists include: Demetrio Garcia AguilarDavid AmstrongLaura AndresonRudy AutioSara AyersRalph BacerraMichel BayneErnst Bohne SohneCharles Boyd CravenBill BurkeCynthia ConsentinoPhillip CorneliusMichael CorneyBurlon B. CraigDon CraigDwayne CraigDora De LariosTom Coleman

Exhibition Dates: January 12 – April 7, 2019Opening Reception: January 12, 6-9pmCurator: T Robert-Pacini During the mid-1950s, the ceramics department at Otis Art Institute (then Los Angeles County Art Institute) was a place of artistic vitality and innovative energy. At Otis, Peter Voulkos led a “revolution in clay” by questioning the tradition that ceramic forms

Exhibition Closes: June 11, 2023 Villeroy and Boch was founded in 1836 when a French ceramics company founded by Jean François Boch (1782-1858) merged with a German ceramics company started by Nicolas Villeroy (1759-1843). The merging of the two companies reduced competition between them and allowed them to increase production while lowering overall cost, thus

October 6, 2018 – June 23, 2019 Opening Reception: Sunday, October 7th • 2-5pm Artist Presentation @ 3pm Describing the multifaceted life of John Toki often feels like a geological expedition. Grounded in his cultivated Bay Area upbringing, Toki’s parents placed a great importance on art and education. From that foundation, Toki became an artist,

Exhibition Dates: September 8 – November 11, 2018 Opening Reception: Saturday, September 8th, 6pm-9pm Artist Presentation • 7:00pm All Second Saturday events are free and open to the public. They outnumber us, predate us, and can have a large impact on our functioning. Over the past decade, new research has emerged shedding light on the

The Incongruous Body On view:August 11, 2018–February 17, 2019 Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging toany but the pure scientific mind. -E.B. White Humor, as E.B. White suggests, is often an uncooperative topic to explore critically. Like our bodies, it is