Past Exhibitions

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

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