Featured Artists

Born in 1921 in Summerfield, Illinois. As a major force in the evolution in of contemporary ceramic art, it’s perhaps an irony of fate that Paul Soldner, known for developing “American raku” and low temperature salt firing, never planned to be a potter.

Born in 1918 in Huntington, Pennsylvania. John Paul Miller revived the ancient technique of “granulation” — embellishing a gold surface with infinitesimal spheres of gold — and brought it to the highest degree of refinement in his work, which draws much of its inspiration from crustacean and other animal forms.

Born in 1919 in Los Angeles. Westphal is widely considered one of the seminal figures who established quilting as a fine art. A dynamic artist, her work includes a wide range of mediums, including jewelry, books, paintings, and ceramics. Her folded-paper pieces use photocopied heat-transfer techniques and often are made into seemingly unlikely wearable sculptures.

Born in 1931 in Brooklyn, New York. Arline Fisch’s jewelry is identifiable by the startling quiet of the space created in her colorful, inhabitable forms. She studied extensively in the United States and, with the assistance of two Fulbright awards, in Denmark.

Born in 1932 in San Francisco. Di Mare, a self-taught studio weaver, is a major force in American fiber art. In the 1970s his work shifted from weaving to enigmatic, often startling mixed-media assemblages using natural fibers, feathers, and handformed rag paper, which demand introspection on the part of the viewer.

Born in 1928 in Elwood, Indiana. Ken Ferguson, a powerful presence in American ceramics, melded a range of cultural traditions in his work. He is also widely considered to have been one of the most influential educators in the ceramic arts, having taught John Gill, Andrea Gill, Richard Notkin, Akio Takamori, and Kurt Weiser, among many other top professionals in the field.

Born in 1919 in Hamburg, Germany. After first working with stone, Ruth Duckworth turned to ceramics, the medium that she was to work with for the rest of her career. Duckworth’s art is perhaps most distinctive for its many permutations. Her sculpture, in both ceramic and bronze, ranges in scale from the intimate and delicate to the monumental.