AMOCA - 10 year anniversary

AMOCA – 10 year anniversary

September 25, 2014

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

In August 2014, AMOCA had its 10th anniversary. Over this time it has grown from 3,800 square feet to 51,000 square feet and now has 7000 pieces in its permanent collection.

AMOCA preserves and collects significant ceramic achievements of the world’s cultures from ancient times to the present. Their permanent collection, is currently divided into four categories:- American Studio Pottery, Sculpture, World Ceramics and British Ceramics. The museum has large collections of international and Native American ceramics, including Mettlach, Royal Worcester, Mata Ortiz and Acoma Pueblo. A selection of these will be featured in an upcoming 2015 Spring exhibition, along with works from many celebrated artists, such as mid-20th century California ceramists William Manker, Laura Andreson, Gertrude and Otto Natzler, and Rupert Deese. In addition a number of sculptural works from Paul Soldner, John Mason and Jennifer McCurdy will also featured, as well as many contemporary local artists, including Glenn Grishkoff, Biliana Popova, and Ricky Maldonado. Below are some images from the AMOCA flickr photostream of their permanent collection. See here

Current Exhibition – Chris Gustin Masterworks in Clay

November 8, 2014- February 8, 2015

Chris Gustin teapot

Chris Gustin Masterworks in Clay – opening reception at Amoca

Chris Gustin – Amoca

British Ceramics

Ann James Vase,

2003

AMOCA – Collection of Bill Burke

Betty Blandino coil built vase, 1982

AMOCA – Gift of Jo Lauria & Michael Fargo

Duncan Ross vase – terra sigillata, slip, wax

AMOCA – Collection of Bill Burke

Geoffrey Swindell contemporary vessel

AMOCA – Collection of Bill Burke 2009

Ann James -2003

AMOCA – Collection of Bill Burke

World Ceramics

Amando Silverio

Gift of Frieda Bradsher

Naimi constructed eating bowl -Kwam, c.1986

Japanese Edo Nabeshima Ware Platter, 1830

AMOCA – Gift of James and Jackie Voell

Michael Wisner earthenware pot

Gift of Frieda Bradsher 2007

Ming Celadon Vase

AMOCA – Gift of James and Jackie Voell

Sculpture

Paul Soldner

Kathleen Kneafsey, Huntington,West Virginia – ‘Rooted Home’

AMOCA – American Ceramic Society Collection

Olin Russum- High fired Sculptural Vessel – 1980

AMOCA – Gift of James and Jackie Voell

Untitled glazed ceramic figure,- c. 1970s – Joan Rappaport, California

AMOCA – Collection of Bill Burke, 2009

Untitled stoneware sculpture, 1959 – Hal Fromhold, California

2004

AMOCA – American Ceramic Society Collection

Blue Heron – Betty Davenport Ford

Gift of the Artist, 2005

Sabino Villalba Untitled effigy eartheware , 2007

American Studio Pottery:

Aysha Peltz – Shrewsbury, Massachusetts;- porcelain orange vase

1998

Ben Owen III vase

1992

AMOCA – Gift of Jan Korfmacher

Gwen Heffner porcelain bowl – Berea, Kentucky

1995-99

Bunny lid teapot – Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor

Red clay earthenware, stain, glaze teacup – Carol Wedemeyer, California

2002

AMOCA – Gift of Bill Burke

Crispin Gonzalez, stoneware vase with airbrushing, colorants, cone 3 reduction

AMOCA – Gift of MAW

Susan Peterson 1979

AMOCA – Gift of John Collins

Dorothy Hafner platter, New-York

1980

AMOCA – Gift of American Ceramic Society Collection

Lidded Jar – Doug Blechner

AMOCA

Untitled stoneware bottle, Frank Colson, Florida

1964

AMOCA – Gift of American Ceramic Society Collection

Porcelain folded vase -Eve Fleck, Yellow Springs, Ohio

1989

AMOCA – Gift of American Ceramic Society Collection

Frieda Bradsher – 2007

AMOCA

Gina Lawson Egan – Blue and Purple Dog Teapot

Harrison McIntosh ceramic display at Common Ground, ACOMA

HM100: A Century through the Life of Harrison McIntosh is currently running from 13th September to October 26 2014 . ACOMA celebrated the 100th birthday of Hamish Mcintosh on the 13th September 2014.

The mural in the background along one wall of the main gallery is by famous Southern Californian artist Millard Sheets titled “Panorama of Pomona Valley” (1956)

Raku Vessel – Harvey Sadow

1980

AMOCA – Gift of Karen and Philip Selwyn

Helen Watson mid-century sculpture 1959

AMOCA

Jane Peiser – 1978

AMOCA

Jeff Whyman – 2000

AMOCA

Joy DeMarcocup, – porcelain, sgraffito markings, black slip, semi matt clear glaze vessel

c. 2000

AMOCA – Gift of Frieda Bradshe

Karen Massaro bowl – 1980-90

AMOCA

Vase by Taylor Buxton

AMOCA – Gift of Frieda Bradsher

Stoneware raku figurative vessel, Larry White, California

1979

AMOCA, Gift Of MAW

Micheal Coffey

AMOCA

Gertrude and Otto Natzler – Common Ground exhibition

AMOCA

Otto Heino display at AMOCA Common Ground

lien – flickr

Patrick Crabb Bottle, California – 2008

AMOCA

People Pot, – Jude Odell

1993

AMOCA

Ricky Maldonado platter

AMOCA Gift Of Artist

‘Feelie’ by Rose Cabat – 1979

“A vase can hold flowers, but can’t it just be a spot of beauty?” – Rose Cabat

AMOCA

Scott Parady – Untitled woodfired stoneware vessel, California

2003

AMOCA – Gift of Bill Burke

Sunflower -Desert Series, Lee Middleman

AMOCA 2009

Shino stoneware cup, carbon trap, orange crackle, red dot – Tom Coleman

AMOCA – Gift of Frieda Bradsher

Eric Kao

AMOCA – flickr

Olin Russum – Distorted Stoneware Bowl, 1980

Gift of James W. and Jackie Voell

Large Curly Vessel, Nicholas Bernard – 2007

AMOCA

Stoneware sculpture by Ken & Pat Larson, 1988

Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota

AMOCA – Gift of American Ceramic Society Collection

Mettlach Collection

This vast collection was made possible by Robert D. and Colette D. Wilson, who accumulated a huge number of Mettlach pieces over a 30-year period. AMOCA now houses their entire 3,000 piece Mettlach Collection, the largest collection of German Mettlach wares (dating from c. 1840-1915) in the world.