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 Events Archive
2010
Grand Opening Reception Let's Table This: A Survey of Tabletop Vessels from AMOCA's Permanent Collection Curated by Jo Lauria & Dr. Billie Sessions, Ph.D. Saturday, February 13, 2010 from 6 - 9 p.m. *Pre-reception discussion & Tour with the Curators, 5 p.m. Saturday, February 13, 2010 from 6 - 9 p.m. in conjunction with the Second Saturday Art Walk in the Pomona Art Colony. LA Art Show 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009, 12 - 9 pm Our Paseo (just behind the museum) will be filled with original art & pottery for sale. Just in time for the holidays, support local artists and the museum by finding unique gifts. Visit AMOCA's Art and Pottery Market while enjoying Pomona's Christmas Parade. Our Paseo (just behind the museum) will be filled with original art & pottery for sale. Just in time for the holidays, support local artists and the museum by finding unique gifts. Participating Artists
Always wanted to try a potter's wheel? While you shop at AMOCA's Art & Pottery Market try handling clay on a wheel. AMOCA will have tents set up with professional artists and students to show adults and their kids how to throw clay. For those younger artists who are under-age for the wheel, AMOCA will have a hand building area.
November 7, 2009 6:30 pm AMOCA invites Mid-Century-Modern Collectors and AMOCA members to join us for our Collector's Night. Collectors will share their stories and experiences about collecting objects from this special era and bring examples from their personal collections. A Mid-Century-Modern guest specialist Gerard O'Brien, from Reform Gallery, will present a slideshow summarizing modern design, architecture, and urban development from 1930 to 1965 and why its unique style makes this era recognized by scholars and museums worldwide as a significant design movement. Find out more...
October 10, 2009 12-9pm  A benefit sale of mugs and bowls will be held in AMOCA's Paseo (just behind the museum) to help support AMOCA's educational programs. Every mug will be sold at $20 filled with a hot mocha, and brownie à la mode filled bowls are $15. All mugs and bowls are donated from local artists. VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED!
Help make this fundraiser a success by volunteering to scoop ice-cream, pour mochas or wrap artwork. To volunteer, please call (909) 865-3146.
October 10, 2009, 6-7 pm Come greet Harrison McIntosh and have him sign your book.
at his 95th Birthday Celebration Saturday, September 12, 6-9 p.m. Patio Dining with family, friends, and supporters, at the home of David and Julie Armstrong, Claremont, CA $100 reservations, $90 for members Space is limited, for reservations, please call (909) 865-3146
Sunday, August 23, 2009, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Fee: $65 for AMOCA members, $85 for non-members includes continental breakfast. To RSVP please call: 909-865-3146 or email: frontdesk@ceramicmuseum.org Recognized as one of the most important and influential ceramic artists of this century, Don Reitz is well known for reviving salt and wood-firing techniques. His life-long commitment to research, testing, and experimentation have been crucial to the development of his cutting-edge work. Reitz's distinctive use of color, surface, and gestural markings make him one of the most recognized artists in American studio ceramics. Special Event: Guest Artist Talk with David Furman - Saturday, June 27, 5-7p.m.
$5 admission; free for members To RSVP, please call 909/865-3146 or email: frontdesk@ceramicmuseum.org For more than 40 years, artist David Furman has created diverse works in clay that express his ideas, experiences, and perceptions through irony, empathy, and humor. His repertoire is vast, ranging from miniature room vignettes and small dioramas to tromp l' oeil works. Furman's recent work is focused on composite-vegetable teapots and wooden-mannequin based scenarios that portray human emotion.
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Children's Molcajete Workshop May 2nd - 12pm or 2pm Bring the kids! This children's hands-on, step-by-step workshop will introduce pre-Columbian artifacts and the molcajete, used to grind plant materials for cooking. Participants will form a tripodal bowl and decorate it with animal motifs. This event is FREE. Please call to make reservations, two repeating sessions will be conducted at 12pm and 2pm - space is limited. 909-865-3146. Must be under 18 to participate and able to sit and follow instructions for up to an hour.
April 18, 2009 5pm In 1995 he was conferred the Irving Leonard Award by the Hispanic Society of the Library of Congress. In 2005 The Ebell of Los Angeles honored him with the Life Achievement Award, 2006 he received the El Angel Award by the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts and in 2007 he was recognized by CATE (California Association of Teacher’s in English) for promoting literacy in public schools. In 2008 he was recipient of the KCET Local Heroes Award. Please join us as Gregorio Luke will give an illustrated lecture on the relationship of ceramics and pre-Columbian cuisine.
Lecture and Artist Talk ~ Members Only
Professor Manuel Aguilar, Ph.D. has traveled in four continents doing interdisciplinary studies of Art, History, Anthropology and Philosophy. Specializing in pre-Columbian Culture and Art of Latin-America, his current emphasis is in Mexico, specifically Aztec Art and “Ulama” (the Mesoamerican ballgame). Come and listen to him speak on his latest discoveries of Mexico’s ancient cultures.
Los Angeles-based artist Luis Bermudez produces compositional ceramic sculptures that tangibly reference transformative episodes from his memories. Luis Bermudez holds his Master’s of Fine Arts from UCLA and currently exhibits and teaches ceramics in Los Angeles. He will speak on ideas of ‘genetic memory’ in conjunction to the themes of his work.
March 14, 2009 6-9 pm
March 14, 2009 7pm
March 14, 2009 8pm 2008
Demonstration workshop with Frank Boyden & Tom Coleman Sunday, December 14th, 9am – 4pm, 2008 Fee $65, includes continental breakfast
Saturday, December 13th, noon-8pm The American Museum of Ceramic Art will host a chili-bowl fundraiser on December 13th, 2008 from 12 noon - 8pm. AMOCA is asking for donations of handmade ceramic bowls, which will be sold (full of chili) during this special event. The proceeds will be applied to the museum’s exhibition and events programming. Please help make this benefit event a success! Click for details
Friday, November 7th, noon-5pm & Saturday November 8th, 12pm-9pm Our paseo (just behind the museum) will be filled with original art & pottery for sale. Support local artists and the museum - find unique gifts. List of participating artists:
A film by Robert Sperry Saturday, October 11th, 4-6pm A 27 minute documentary film Refreshments will be served Free with admission Lecture with Steve Horn January 12th, 2008, 5pm Demonstration Workshop with Steve Horn January 20th, 2008, 9 - 4pm, $65 Steve Horn, a Southern California ceramic artist who executes Ohr-like pieces almost better than the master himself will demonstrate throwing, altering, and construction techniques in the Ohr style. Includes a continental breakfast. Click here to see a short video on Steve Horn's techniques. Click to see photographs from the Steve Horn Workshop. Kazegama Kiln Workshop Join our 3 Day, hands-on workshop with Steve Davis and his Kazegama or "wind-kiln." The process of introducing wood-ash into his portable gas-burning kiln yields dramatic wabi-sabi results not unlike an anagama firing. Attendees may choose to fire up to six of their own pieces of ceramic work, or be a non-firing observer.
Guest Lecture with botanical wildlife artist and preservationist, Patrick O’Hara Saturday, May 31st, 11am, free for members Mata Ortiz Pottery Demonstration Workshop with Laura Bugarini and Guadalupe Cota de López Sunday, June 15th, 9am – 4pm, $65, includes continental breakfast Mercado de Cerámica, a Mata Ortiz pottery sale Saturday, June 14th, noon – 8:30pm Sunday, June 15th, 9:30am – 3:30pm Ralph Bacerra, 1938-2008 Saturday, July 12th, noon – 8:30pm, free Guest Lecture and slide show with Hopi authority, Dr. John Collins Saturday, July 12th, 5pm, free with admission 2007 Drawing on Clay, Workshop, Saturday - February 10, 2007, 11am-4pm Referencing the way Rudy Autio embellishes his sculpture, this workshop will cover how to apply iron oxide figurative studies on clay slabs. Instruction will demonstrate how to execute the figure in a few brief strokes, and participants will be able to practice with a brush on newsprint before painting the final project. Designed for children and families, people may drop in at anytime during scheduled hours.
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts 41st Annual Conference March 14 - 17, 2007 Louisville, KY Old Currents/New Blends: A Distillation of Art and Geography AMOCA's founder, David Armstrong, will present AMOCA: A New Museum, Fri., Mar. 16, 4 pm, in Cascade Ballroom C. We look forward to seeing you at AMOCA's Booth, #T 70.
Thursday, August 16,2007 7pm - 9pm
SPENCER MACCALLUM: Art Historian & Anthropologist Speaks on the origins of Mata Ortiz pottery. Over thirty years ago, Spencer MacCallum came accross Juan Quesada's pottery in a second-hand store. Spencer will relate the phenomenon of how Juan Quezada transformed the unknown village of Mata Ortiz into a potter's village. As the final lecture in a series of informative programming at the American Museum of Ceramic Art, we are pleased to announce a Special Guest Appearance by Spencer MacCallum. Mr. MacCullum will be presenting a talk and slide show on the subject of the pottery village of Mata Ortiz.
Fall 2007 Pottery Market Ribbon Winners
Late 2006 Special Event: October 15th, 2006 - 11a.m. - 5 p.m. Guest of Honor: James Elliot-Bishop Gladding McBean expert and author of Franciscan, Catalina, and Other Gladding, McBean Wares & Franciscan Hand-Decorated Embossed Dinnerware. James will be present to answer question and sign copies of his books. James Elliot-Bishop began collecting Franciscan in 1982 when his mother gave him the family dishes purchased in the 1950's. The set was Franciscan Ivy. Many pieces were chipped or broken and had to be replaced. Though money was tight, he managed to purchase quite a few replacements before the plant closed 1984. After discovering second-hand pieces in local antique stores, the collecting madness began. In 1989, James became an employee in one of his favorite antique stores. He soon became a partner and later opened a shop of his own. James began the Franciscan Collectors Club and the Franciscan Newsletter in 1994 and, with his years of research in the history of Gladding McBean and Franciscan, wrote two definitive books: Franciscan, Catalina, and Other Gladding, McBean Wares, 2001, and Franciscan Hand-Decorated Embossed Dinnerware, 2004. Special Event: Sunday, November 12, 9am - 6pm "Raku Extravaganza Workshop." This is a rare opportunity for the public to witness a raku demonstration featuring world renowned artists Steven Branfman, Patrick Crabb, Jim Romberg, and Paul Soldner. Fee: $60.
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