Object of the Week: Mãe d’Àgua by Arnie Zimmerman
Object of the Week: Mãe d’Àgua by Arnie Zimmerman Posted on: 2019-03-15 14:51:42 Share: Arnie Zimmerman (b.1954) is a sculptor and ceramist currently based in Hudson, New York. In the 1970s, Zimmerman apprenticed as a...
From the Archives: First Ceramic National Exhibition
From the Archives: First Ceramic National Exhibition Posted on: 2019-03-11 11:36:40 Share: Today we launch a new blog series, From the Archives! The Everson’s archives document its long history, beginning with the institution’s founding as...
Object of the Week: Self Portrait by Charles Loring Elliott
Object of the Week: Self Portrait by Charles Loring Elliott Posted on: 2019-01-08 14:01:18 Share: Charles Loring Elliott (1812-1868) was a prolific portrait painter from Central New York. Born in Scipio, NY, Elliott spent most...
Object of the Week: The Dancer by Sorcha Boru
Object of the Week: The Dancer by Sorcha Boru Posted on: 2019-02-21 17:36:09 Share: Sorcha Boru (1900-2006) was an American ceramist from the San Francisco bay area. Born Claire Everett Jones, she used Sorcha Boru...
Object of the Week: Untamed by Bernard Frazier
Object of the Week: Untamed by Bernard Frazier Posted on: 2019-02-19 08:55:12 Share: Born on a ranch near Athol, Kansas, Bernard Frazier (1906-1979) grew up raising cattle and horses and farming wheat. Frazier expressed interest...
Object of the Week: Jar by Kim Ellington
Object of the Week: Jar by Kim Ellington Posted on: 2019-02-11 15:50:20 Share: Kim Ellington (b. 1954) lives and works in Vale, North Carolina and is known for his use of local clays, ash glazes,...
Object of the Week: Vase by Niloak Pottery Company
Object of the Week: Vase by Niloak Pottery Company Posted on: 2019-02-04 09:35:26 Share: The Eagle Pottery Company of Benton, Arkansas produced Niloak Pottery in the first few decades of the twentieth century. Eagle Pottery...
Object of the Week: The Cow with the Silver Horns by William Swallow
Object of the Week: The Cow with the Silver Horns by William Swallow Posted on: 2019-01-25 14:32:09 Share: In 1946, William Swallow won several prizes at the 11th Ceramic National at the Syracuse Museum of...
Object of the Week: Handled Vase by Fulper Pottery Company
Object of the Week: Handled Vase by Fulper Pottery Company Posted on: 2019-01-23 15:47:50 Share: Fulper Pottery Company grew out of Hill Pottery, which was founded in 1814 in Flemington, New Jersey. Hill Pottery used...
Object of the Week: Tiles by the Mueller Mosaic Company
Object of the Week: Tiles by the Mueller Mosaic Company Posted on: 2018-12-11 15:34:21 Share: The Mueller Mosaic Company was one of several tile manufacturers located in Trenton, New Jersey in the early twentieth century....
Object of the Week: Magician’s Case, by David Benge
Object of the Week: Magician’s Case, by David Benge Posted on: 2018-12-04 16:04:06 Share: David Benge (1936-2002) was an American ceramic artist from Los Angeles, California. He began his career in ceramics in 1965, training...
Object of the Week: Cat, by Carl Walters
Object of the Week: Cat, by Carl Walters Posted on: 2018-11-20 13:10:11 Share: Carl Walters (1883-1955), a seminal figure in American sculptural ceramics, begun his career as a painter. He first studied at the Minneapolis...