Past Exhibitions

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

Cheyenne Chapman Rudolph, Center-Peas, still from video. Image courtesy of the artist. Exhibition Dates:October 8, 2016–February 26, 2017Opening Reception:Saturday, October 8, 5-8 PMCurator’s Talk:Saturday, October 8, with Garth Johnson, Curator Opening Reception and Lecture are free and open to the public. Recorded Matter: Ceramics in Motion features twelve internationally-based ceramic artists who integrate video into

On View: September 10–October 30, 2016Opening Reception:Saturday, September 10, 5–8PMLunch & Lecture:Saturday, October 13, 1–2PM Alison Petty Ragguette’s OUTCAST stages a tribe of hybridized objects made of cast porcelain and silicone that are playful, alien, chaotic, and messy; together these objects celebrate the awkwardly beautiful aspects of life. This installation incorporates unconventional objects that evoke

On View: September 10, 2016–July 31, 2018 Folktales have been found in cultures throughout the world. Many folktales emerged simultaneously and independently of one another, suggesting that cultures shared parallel narratives. The Roman historian Strabo recorded one of the earliest versions of Cinderella in the first century B.C. The classic fairy tale Hansel and Gretel

On View:October 8–November 27, 2016Opening Reception:Saturday, October 8, 6–9PM The American Museum of Ceramic Art is proud to announce its inaugural AMOCA Ceramics Juried Annual. The theme for 2016 is biomorphism and highlights current trends of biomorphic exploration in the field of ceramics. The exhibition includes sculptural and functional biomorphic work investigating form and surface

On View: April 9–September 18, 2016 The American Museum of Ceramic Art is proud to present Dirk Staschke: Nature Morte, an exhibition of transgressive and lavish sculptures inspired by the unsettling and beautiful Flemish and Dutch Vanitas still-life paintings of the 16th and 17th centuries. These works offer a stunning commentary on contemporary craving, overconsumption,