Past Exhibitions

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.

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.