Object of the Week: Maki’s Shoulder Bag, by Marilyn Levine
Object of the Week: Maki’s Shoulder Bag, by Marilyn Levine Posted on: 2018-04-10 13:41:39 Share: Born in Alberta, Canada, Marilyn Levine developed an interest in math and science as a child and earned Bachelor and...
Object of the Week: Vase, by Gertrud and Otto Natzler
Gertrud and Otto Natzler are one of several collaborative husband and wife teams that made a significant impact on American ceramics in the twentieth century. After meeting in Austria in 1933, they immediately began a...
Object of the Week: Untitled Jar, by Adrian Saxe
Based in Los Angeles, Adrian Saxe combines traditional materials with unconventional or personal iconography to create technically brilliant sculptures that often contain subtle elements of humor. Inspired by the history of ceramics, contemporary culture, and...
Object of the Week: Gleam through like heaven through a needle, by Angela Fraleigh
Object of the Week: Gleam through like heaven through a needle, by Angela Fraleigh Posted on: 2018-03-19 10:23:14 Share: Based in New York City and Allentown, Pennsylvania, Angela Fraleigh co-opts the techniques and styles of...
Object of the Week: Freight Yards, by Gifford Beal
Object of the Week: Freight Yards, by Gifford Beal Posted on: 2018-03-12 09:17:10 Share: Born to a wealthy family in New York City, Gifford Beal (1879-1956) began studying painting at the age of twelve with...
Object of the Week: Helen Taylor Sketching, by John Sloan
Object of the Week: Helen Taylor Sketching, by John Sloan Posted on: 2018-03-06 13:20:06 Share: John Sloan (1871-1951) began his career as an illustrator for Philadelphia newspapers before moving to New York City in 1904,...
Object of the Week: The Lonely Knight, by Coille McLaughlin Hooven
Object of the Week: The Lonely Knight, by Coille McLaughlin Hooven Posted on: 2018-02-27 10:16:30 Share: Coille McLaughlin Hooven was born into an important pottery heritage. Hooven’s great aunt Mary Louise McLaughlin was instrumental to...
Object of the Week: Black and White Jar, by Vivika and Otto Heino
Vivika and Otto Heino are one of several collaborative husband and wife teams that made a significant impact on American ceramics in the twentieth century. Vivika had extensive academic training in the medium; she studied...
Object of the Week: Large Plate, by Myrton Purkiss
Blog Object of the Week: Large Plate, by Myrton Purkiss Posted on: 2018-02-12 10:22:45 Share: Myrton Purkiss moved from Canada to the United States at age twelve, and eventually attended the University of Southern California...
Object of the Week: Buffalo Dance, by Elsie Driggs
Blog Object of the Week: Buffalo Dance, by Elsie Driggs Posted on: 2018-02-05 14:12:37 Share: Born into a family that valued fine art—her mother made many visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art while pregnant...
The Elephant Slide
Blog The Elephant Slide Posted on: 2018-02-02 10:39:22 Share: In the late summer of 1971, the Everson Museum of Art erected a life-size elephant-shaped playground slide on the grounds just east of the Museum. Designed...
Object of the Week: Ellamarie Woolley\’s No End
Over the course of her thirty-year career, Ellamarie Woolley created innovative work that significantly advanced the field of enamel arts. Woolley, along with her husband Jackson, first encountered the art of enameling through a demonstration...