Featured Artists

Anne Currier is a ceramic artist and Professor of Professor of Ceramic Art at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in Alfred, New York.

Andrea Gill is a ceramic artist and professor of ceramic art at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in Alfred, New York.

Sherri Smith is a fiber artist and professor of weaving and textile design at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Born in 1922 in Pepeekeo, Hawaii. Toshiko Takaezu’s closed vessels and asymmetrical forms blend Eastern and Western traditions, recalling the landscape of her native Hawaii; the scale and drama of her pots demand an intimate participation from the viewer. For most of her career she divided her time between gardening, teaching, and her ceramic work.

Born in 1925 in New York. Karen Karnes continues to exemplify the pinnacle of the studio pottery movement, as she has for the past 60 years. Karnes’ ceramics move deftly between functional and abstract forms, equally intriguing and inviting in both modes. She attended Brooklyn College before studying ceramics in Sesto Fiorentino, Italy and at Alfred University in 1952.

Born in 1926 in San Francisco. Kay Sekimachi’s objects are at once simple yet crafted with an astounding complexity of detail.

Born in 1918 in Denver. June Schwarcz studied and worked in industrial design before a book on enamels inspired her to change her artistic focus. She soon began experimenting with different construction techniques and surface treatments, such as etching, electroforming, and engraving, to create forms which she then covered with transparent enamels.