Past Exhibitions

Kukuli Velarde: Plunder Me, Baby On view: September 16, 2017–February 11, 2018Opening Reception:Saturday, September 16, 6–9PMArtist Lecture: Saturday, September 16, 6:30PM This is the first West Coast exhibition by the U.S.-based Peruvian artist Kukuli Velarde, who was born in Cusco in 1962 and moved to the U.S. in 1988. The Plunder Me, Baby ceramic sculptures […]

On View:September 9–November 5, 2017Mata Ortiz Sale:November 2–5, 2017Closing Reception:Saturday, November 5, 3–5PMDiego Valles Workshop:November 4–5, 2017 Diego Valles has always believed collaborative artwork was the result of individual introspection. However, when it comes to collaboration in clay between partners in life, collaboration is truly the work of love, resilience and bad memory. Carla Martinez

Image: Patti Warashina, Kimchi Chaos, 9.5″ x 17.5″ x 17.5,” 2013. From AMOCA’s Permanent Collection. We the People: Serving Notice On View: August 5, 2017–March 18, 2018Opening Reception:Saturday, August 12, 6–9PMArtist Talk with Nuala Creed & Courtney Mattison:Saturday, August 12, 6:30PM Our current political and social climate is arguably one of the more divisive and

Photo Ceramica is the first major exhibition of photographer and ceramicist Peter Olson.

Point of View features the work of artists and friends Bobby Free and Andrew Gilliatt. The two met five years ago while their artist residencies overlapped at the Red Lodge Clay Center in Montana.

Kristen Erickson’s Community in Blue aims to shed light on the severity of our homeless issue and to support efforts to facilitate change.

On View:January 14–April 2, 2017 This exhibition showcases the ceramics work of the late, legendary Don Reitz and his last assistant Ben Roti. Transitions explores the close relationship between the artist and his assistant.

Warmer ocean temperatures prompted bleaching events of the world’s coral reef habitats, turning healthy colorful coral into weakened ghostly white coral, which is susceptible to disease and death. These changes are visual warnings of thermal stress caused by global climate change and are often referred to as a sort of “canary in the coal mine.” Climate change is a global ecosystem catastrophe, not a political issue. Takayama-Ogawa’s exhibition Climate Change includes abstract figurative white coral reef sculptures and white lighting installations, calling for the reversal