399 N Garey Ave Pomona, California 91767 Japan’s ceramic traditions are among the most revered in the world, shaped over centuries by regional and ancient kilns, tea culture, ikebana, devotional practices, and a profound respect for material and process. On view at the American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA), Tōgei: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics highlights technical […]
Plastic has become an ever-present part of daily life. From takeout containers and grocery bags to soda bottles, it is now the default material through which we consume. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, humans produce more than 400 million tons of plastic annually, with more plastic waste entering the ocean than is recycled. […]
What a feeling, looking up at the powdery blue sky, light splintering through puddles of clouds clustering around the sun, opening into a blinding wound. Or listening to the faithful waves of the ocean kissing the shore, again and again, until a fight erupts, screaming cymbals crashing. And what a world we exist in now, […]
Theaster Gates is a potter, a poet, a performer, and a social practice artist, and he has a beautiful voice. Born and bred in Chicago in 1973, Gates has made a name for himself on the international art stage and has a chest full of blue-chip awards, grants, and residencies. In 2025, his home city […]
12345 College Blvd, Overland Park, KS 66210 At the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Love & War: A Fifty-Year Survey 1975–2025 charts Linda Lighton’s evolution from a keen observer of the everyday into a fearless critic of power, gender, and violence. Her work convincingly demonstrates defiance and a precise understanding of the cultural forces that […]
524 W 19th St New York, NY 10011 Jeanne Jaffe, a multidisciplinary artist, has been creating ceramic work for almost fifty years. Clay is at the root of nearly everything she makes. Her hand-sculpted ceramic figures serve as the basis for large-scale resin and fiberglass heads, all of which come to life in her videos, […]
The Clay Studio1425 N American StPhiladelphia, PA 19122 Clay as Care: Ceramic Art and Wellness, on view at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia from October 9 to December 31, 2025, is a groundbreaking, multi-faceted project that examines the powerful ways ceramic art can promote individual and communal well-being, healing, rest, and resilience. Co-curated by The […]
World of WondersPolsky Building225 S Main StAkron, OH 44308 In 2021, Curated Storefront became the steward of a significant portion of Clayton Bailey’s fanciful and bizarre sculptures and ephemera, shortly after the artist’s passing. The arts organization, based in Akron, Ohio, moved quickly to display the newly acquired collection and reproduce an environment of curiosity […]
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art20 S. West TempleSalt Lake City UT 84101 Main text by Les Roka, with additional analysis by Richard Notkin and commentary by Wendy Tarlow Kaplan. Continuing through the end of May, the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) in Salt Lake City is hosting True and Real, the National Council on […]
The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery251 E. 11th St. ClaremontCalifornia 91711 The unfolding history of California ceramics is on view at Scripps College in Claremont, CA, at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery until April 6, 2025. Selections from two prominent collections highlight the evolution of the artistic use of clay from 1940 to today. Many pieces […]
