Past Exhibitions

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

Jeff Picou: Cracked On view:July 7–August 26, 2018Opening reception:Saturday, July 14, 7–9 PM Jeff Picou’s work explores the duality between the aspects he can control and those he leaves to chance. He is tempted to try to dictate the outcome of every element of a creation, but he finds innate beauty in letting the forces

Brent Hendry: Frayed On view:May 12–June 24, 2018Opening reception:Saturday, May 12, 6–9 PMArtist Presentation:Saturday, May 12, 7:30 PM Finding inspiration from textural contrasts found in nature, Brent Hendry builds pottery that explores the organic form of bulbous plants. Defined by varying surfaces and smooth transitions, his work exhibits the subtlety between the bulb and the

Making It Work: Production by Design On view: April 7–September 8, 2018Opening Reception:April 8, 2–5 PM Making it Work: Production by Design is a complementary exhibition to Discovering Saar Ceramics. It extends the model of the artist/entrepreneur practiced at mid-20th century by Richard Saar into our current culture. Showcased are design collections created by potters

On view:April 7–September 16, 2018Opening Reception:April 8, 2018, 2–5 PM It is not often that a curator discovers an artist whose work hovered below the horizon and remained invisible to art history for more than fifty years. But such is the discovery of Richard Saar and Saar Ceramics. Today the Saar name is synonymous with

Fahrenheit 2018 Bienniel • March 10–July 22, 2018 On View:March 10–July 22, 2018Opening Reception:Saturday, March 10, 6-9 PMJuror Presentation by Patti Warashina:Saturday, March 10, 7 PM The American Museum of Ceramic Art is pleased to announce Fahrenheit 2018. Patti Warashina served as the juror for the exhibition and selected work from 80 artists from across

Patsy Cox: Mouthpiece On View:January 13–April 29, 2018Opening Reception:Saturday, January 13, 6–9 PMArtist Presentation:Saturday, January 13, 7 PM Mouthpiece is quite literally a collective assembly of mouths biting their lips without voice or sound in frustration and angst. They are either shrinking or growing and it’s not clear where one mouth ends and one begins.