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PHOTO COURTESY OF: SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT MUSEUM

 CURRENT EXHIBITIONS          PAST EXHIBITIONS          PRESS

CURRENT AND UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

"June Schwarcz: Unconventional Enamels. Featuring Works from the Forrest L. Merrill Collection"

SFO Museum, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California

July 202023 - May 5, 2024

 

"Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abtraction"

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

September 17, 2023 - Jaunary 21, 2024

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

March 17 - July 28, 2024

National Gallery of Canada Ottawa

November 8, 2024 - March 2, 2025

Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York

April 20 - September 13, 2025

(Catalog published with the same name)

"Kay Sekimachi: Weaving Traditions. Featuring Works from the Forrest L. Merrill Collection"

SFO Museum, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California

November 4, 2023 - July 14, 2024

"Toshiko Takaezu"

The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, Long Island City, New York

March 20 - July 28, 2024

Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

September 11, 2024 - January 12, 2025

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

March 2 - May 18, 2025

Chazen Museum of Art

September 8 - December 23, 2025

Honolulu Museum of Art

February 13 - July 26, 2026

(Catalog published with the same name)

EXHIBITIONS
PAST

                                                                        PAST EXHIBITION

168. "The Pottery of Marguerite Wildenhain", Robert Agrella Art Gallery, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California

        February 5 - March 15, 2024

166. "Weaving at Black Mountain College: Anni Albers, Trude Guermonprez and Their Students", 

        Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, Asheville, North CarolinaSeptember 29, 2023 - January 6, 2024.

        (Catalog published with the same name).

163. "Born Too Tall: California Women Designers, Postwar to Postmodern", R & Company Gallery, 

        New York City, New York, November 4, 2022 - January 27, 2023.

162. "Breaking Ground: Women in California Clay", American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

        September 10, 2022 - March 12, 2023. (Catalog published with the same name).

161. "Dead Lecturer/distant relative: notes from the Woodshed c. 1950-1980", Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University,

        New York City, New York, July 9 - October 1, 2022.

160. "This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World", Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington D.C., May 13 - April 2, 2023.

        (Catalog published with the same name).

159. "No Monument: In the Wake of the Japanese American Incarceration"The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City,

        New York, March 16 - May 15, 2022.

 

158. "M.C. Richards Tribute"Clay Art Studio 814, Sacramento, California, March 15 - 19, 2022.

157. "Ruby's Legacy: A Community in Clay"Ruby's Clay Studio, San Francisco, California, March 11 - 27, 2022.

156. "Cultivation Through Clay: The Work of Marguerite Wildenhain from the Forrest L. Merrill Collection", California State Library,            Sacramento, California, March 9 - April 1, 2022.

155. "The Candy Store: Funk, Nut, and Other Art with a Kick"Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California,

         February 2 - May 1, 2022. (Catalog published with the same name).

 

154. "Scandinavian Design and the United States, 1890-1980", Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden,

       October 14, 2021 - January 9, 2022; Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, Norway, March 18 - August 7, 2022;

      Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, October 9, 2022 - February 5, 2023;

      Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukie, Wisconsin, March 24 - July 23, 2023. (Catalog published with the same name).

153. "Forge the Future", ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, California, October 9 - November 7, 2021.

152. "Kay Sekimachi: Geometries"UC Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California, May 28 - October 24, 2021.

151. "Crafting America"Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, February 6 - May 31, 2021.

        Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, June 29 - September 12, 2021.

        (Catalog published with the same name).

150. "Inaugural Installation of Contemporary Craft for the Kinder Building"The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas,               November 21, 2020 - October 2022. 

 

149. "OBJECTS Redux"Form & Concept Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, January 31 - March 27, 2020.

148. "OBJECTS Redux: How 50 Years Made Craft Contemporary"Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas

         September 28, 2019 - January 5, 2020.

147. "California Cool: Mid-Century Modernism on the Central Coast", Museum of Ventura County, Ventura, California

         September 20, 2019 - February 23, 2020.                        

146. "Coming Home: The Ceramic Art of Vivika and Otto Heino", Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire,

         August 2 - October 15, 2019 (Catalog published with the same name).

145. "California Studio Craft: Featuring Works from the Forrest L. Merrill Collection", SFO Museum, San Francisco International              Airport, San Francisco, California, June 15, 2019 - February 23, 2020.

144. "In the Vanguard: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 1950 - 1969", Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, May 24 

         September 8, 2019; Cranbrook Academy of Arts, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, December 14, 2019 - March 8, 2020

         (Catalog published with the same name).    

143. "We Were Always Here: Dialogues Between Artists of Japanese Descent", Heather James Fine Art, San Francisco,                            California, April 4 - August 15, 2019 (Catalog published with the same name).

142. "California Visionaries: Seminal Studio Craft Featuring Works from the Forrest L. Merrill Collection",

         The Craft in America Center, Los Angeles, California, March 2 - May 4, 2019 (PBS Episode "Craft in America: Visionaries").

141. "Bulbs: Preparing for Spring, 21st Annual Botanical Art Exhibition", Filoli, Woodside, California, March 1 - May 5, 2019.

140. "Coille Hooven: Dancing for the Moon", Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California, November 15, 2018 - February 18, 2019.

139. "Kay Sekimachi Master Weaver: Innovations in Forms and Materials Council of 100 Distinguished Woman Artist 2018",

         Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California, July 13, 2018 - January 6, 2019 (Book published with the same name).

  

138. "The Domestic Plane: New Perspectives on Tabletop Art Objects"

         Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, May 20, 2018 - January 13, 2019.

  

137. "Celebrating Trees 2”, NCalSBA members show, Marin Art and Garden Center, Ross, California,

         May 20 - June 24, 2018, Loaned work by Kristin Jakob.

    

136. "Past and Future Connections to Pond Farm Pottery", Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California,

         March 30 - May 6, 2018.

  

135. "Found in Transition: Design in California and Mexico", 1915-1985”, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles,                        California, September 17, 2017 - April 1, 2018. (Book published as DESIGN IN CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO, 1915 – 1985).

  

134. "Exuberant Earth: Ceramics by Ruth Rippon", Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California,

         October 29, 2017 - February 4, 2018. (Book published with the same name).

 

133. "A Line Can Go Anywhere", James Cohan Gallery, New York, New York,

         September 7 - October 14, 2017.

 

132. "At Home with Arts and Crafts", SFO Museum, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California,

         April 14 - December 11, 2017.

 

131. “June Schwarcz: Invention and Variation", Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D. C.,

         March 10 – August 27, 2017. (Book published with the same name).

130. "Kay Sekimachi: Simple Complexity, Works From the Forrest L. Merrill Collection", Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles,            California, September 25, 2016 - January 8, 2017.

 

129. "The Erik Gronborg Experience", Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California, August 6, 2016 – March 12, 2017.

128. "Bob Stocksdale and Kay Sekimachi: Forrest L. Merrill Collection", Fresno Art  Museum, Fresno, California,

          May 20 – August 28, 2016.

127. "A Potter’s Life: Marguerite Wildenhain at Pond Farm", SFO Museum, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco,                     California, December 17, 2015 - October 16, 2016.     A History of Pond Farm in Pictures >

126. "Exquisite Beauty: The Ceramics of Ralph Bacerra", Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California,

          September 26 – December 6, 2015; San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, California, February 3 - April 1, 2017.

125. "In the Abstract: Mid-Century San Diego Painting & Sculpture", Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, California,

          August 15 – November 1, 2015.

124. "Art and Other Tactics: Contemporary Craft by Artist Veterans", San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco,              California, September 26, 2015 – March 27, 2016 & Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California, 

         May 24 – September 6, 2015.

123. "Sparks: California Glass Networks", San Jose City College Fine Arts Center Gallery, San Jose, California,

          May 13 – June 8, 2015. 

 

122. "Clay and Glass Biennial Exhibition", Brea Art Gallery, Brea, California, January 22 – March 6, 2015.

 

121. "Dirk van Erp: An Exhibition"California Historical Design, Berkeley, CaliforniaNovember 8 - December 13, 2014.

         

120. "Service: Selected Highlights from the Episode", The Craft in America Center, Los Angeles, California           

          November 1 – November 29, 2014. Works from this exhibition are featured in the television episode "Service" aired on PBS.

119. "In the Realm of Nature: Bob Stocksdale and Kay Sekimachi", Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California,

          September 13, 2014 – March 15, 2015 & Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington, July 3 – October 18, 2015.

           A book featuring works from this exhibition is currently available for purchase. Click here for information about purchasing the book >

118. "HM100: A Century Through the Life of Harrison McIntosh", American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California,

         September 13 – October 26, 2014.

117. "Big Ideas 1950-1970: Influences in Modern Ceramics", Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California,

          September 11 – October 25, 2014.

 

116. "Game Changers: Fiber Art Masters and Innovators", Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts,

          July 7 – November 23, 2014.

 

115. "Turn, Weave, Fire, + Fold: Vessels from the Forrest L. Merrill  Collection", SFO Museum, San Francisco International                        Airport, San Francisco, California, January 25 – June 1, 2014. (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

114. "Struck by Modernism: C. Carl Jennings, California Artist-Blacksmith", Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California,

          August 24, 2013 – February 23, 2014. (Book published with the same name.)

 

113. "Fifteenth Annual Botanical Art Exhibition", Filoli, Woodside, California, April 16 – June 16, 2013.

 

112. "Plants Illustrated", NCSBA members show, University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, California,

          January 19 – February 8, 2013.

 

111. "Bay Area Copper 1900-1950: Dirk Van Erp and His Influence", California Historical Design, Berkeley, California,

          November 3 – December 15, 2012. (Book published with the same name.)

 

110. "Drawing from Nature", NCSBA members show, Thoreau Center for Sustainability, The Presidio of San Francisco, San

          Francisco, California, June 28 – August 31, 2012.

 

109. "A Culture Within: The Japanese American Experience Through Art", Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, California,

          April 6 – May 29, 2012.

 

108. "In Conversation: June Schwarcz and John Chiara", Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California, April 3 – June 2, 2012.

 

107. "Modern Form: Scandinavian Ceramics from the 1930’s – 1960’s", SFO Museum, San Francisco International Airport, San    

          Francisco, California, March 31 – September 30, 2012.

 

106. "Fourteenth Annual Botanical Art Exhibition", Filoli, Woodside, California, March 27 – June 24, 2012.

 

105. "Sourcing the Museum", The Textile Museum, Washington, D. C., March 23 – August 19, 2012.

 

104. "Generations: Betty Feves", Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon, March 14 – July 28, 2012.

 

103. "Pasadena to Santa Barbara: A Selected History of Art in Southern California, 1951-1969", Santa Barbara Museum of Art,

         Santa Barbara, California, February  11 – May 6, 2012.

 

102. "Space-Light-Structure: The Jewelry of Margaret De Patta", Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California,

         February 4 – May 13, 2012; Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York, June 5 – September 23, 2012.

 

101. "Good Company: Great Clay and Glass in California, 1940-2012", Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, California,

         January 20 – March 4, 2012.

 

100. "Common Ground: Ceramics in Southern California, 1945-1975", American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California,

          November 12, 2011 – April 14, 2012.

 

99. "Gold: American Craft Council Gold Medalists: 1994 – 2010", Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, November 3 – November 6, 2011.

 

98. "Crafting Modernism: Mid-Century American Art & Design", Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York,

        October 11, 2011 – January 15, 2012; Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York,

        February 25, 2012 – May 20 2012. (Book published with the same name).

 

97. "San Diego’s Craft Revolution: From Post-War modern to California Design", Mingei International Museum, San Diego,

        California, October 16, 2011 – April 15, 2012.

 

96. "California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way", Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California,

        October 2, 2011 – June 3, 2012; National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan, March 20 – June 13, 2013; Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New

        Zealand, July 7, 2013 – September 29, 2013; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, November 2, 2013  – February 9, 2014;

        Peabody Essex Museum, Salem Massachusetts, March 29 - July 6th, 2014; (Book published with the same name.)

 

95. "The Alchemy of June Schwarcz: Enamel Vessels from the Forrest L. Merrill Collection", Craft and Folk Art Museum,

        Los Angeles, California, September 25, 2011 – January 8, 2012.

 

94. "The Golden State of Craft: California 1960-1980", Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California,

        September 25, 2011 - January 8, 2012. (Book published with the same name.)

 

93. "The House That Sam Built: Sam Maloof and Art in the Pomona Valley, 1945-1985", The Huntington Library, San Marino,

        California, September 24, 2011 – January 30, 2012.

 

92. "Beatrice Wood, Career Woman - Drawings, Vessels, Paintings, and Objects", Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica,

        California, September 10, 2011 – February 25, 2012.

 

91. "All Things Considered VI", Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts, July 30 – September 12, 2011.

        (Catalog published with the same name.)

90. "Toshiko Takaezu from Private Collections: The Memorial Exhibition", Long House Reserve, East Hampton, New York,

        April 30 – July 9, 2011.

 

89. "Big Creek Pottery: A Social History of a Visual Idea 1967-1983", The Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center,

        Santa Cruz, California, March 26 – July 17, 2011.

 

88. "Family Tree: Sixty-five Years of Woodworking in Northern California", Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma, California,

        January 21 – March 13, 2011.

 

87. "The Nature of Entanglements", Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, California, January 11 – March 21, 2011.

 

86. “By Hand: The Fine Art of Craft”, Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga, California,

        October 10 – December 12, 2010.

 

85. "Bob Stocksdale: Woodturner", Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, California, September 11 – October 17, 2010.

 

84. "Life of Making", Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, California, December 13, 2009 – March 14, 2010.

 

83. "Transformed by Fire: June Schwarcz Enamel Vessels from the Forrest L. Merrill Collection", Mingei International Museum,

        San Diego, California, October 22, 2009 – July 3, 2010.

 

82. "Sueños / Yume: Fifty Years of the Art of Dora De Larios", Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California,

        September 27, 2009 – January 10, 2010. (Catalog published: “The World According to Dora”.)

 

81. "Harrison McIntosh: A Timeless Legacy", American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California,

        September 12 – January 9, 2009. (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

80. "Kay Sekimachi: Works in Paper and Linen", Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, California,

        August 14 – September 27, 2009.

 

79. "Fred Ball Enamels", Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, California, July 24 – October 4, 2009.

       (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

78. "Den eigenen Vorstellungen Gestalt geben - Marguerite Friedlaender-Wildenhain un das Bauhaus – Keramik und

       Porzellan", Museum fur Angewandte Kunst Gera, Gera, Germany, June 22, 2009 – September 20, 2009.

 

77. "Synchronies: Undercurrents in European and American Postwar Abstraction", Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco,

       California, January 8 – February 28, 2009. 

 

76. "Matt Kahn: Artist and Educator", Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, California, May 8 – July 12, 2009.

75. "June Schwarcz: Expressionism's Fire and the Resonant Form", Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California,

        September 12 - November 2, 2008. (Gallery notes published with the same name.)

 

74. "American Pop", Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California, August 16 – November 2, 2008.

 

73. “Scandinavian Modernism: In pursuit of Function and Beauty”, SFO Museum, San Francisco International Airport,

        San Francisco, California, June 16 – November 3, 2008.

 

72. "Loom and Lathe: The Art of Kay Sekimachi and Bob Stocksdale", Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California, March 16 - April

        27, 2008; Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation, Alta Loma, California, June 4 – August 24, 2008; Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton,

        Massachusetts, February 5 – September 11, 2011. (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

71. "From Fire to the Forefront: Selections from the Forrest L. Merrill Collection", Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, California,

       January 27 - April 27, 2008. (Gallery notes published with the same name.)

 

70. "Saturn Returns: Back to the Future of Fiber Art", San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, California,

        October 16, 2007 – January 6, 2008. (Catalog published with the same name.)

69. "Tom McMillin Retrospective: 1958-2007", California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, California,

        September 23 – November 3, 2007. (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

68. "Breaking New Ground: The Studio Potter and Black Mountain College", Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center,

        Asheville, North Carolina, September 21, 2007 - January 19, 2008. (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

67. "Far From The Tree: An Evolutionary View of Contemporary Woodworking", Messler Gallery, Center for Furniture

        Craftsmanship, Rockport, Maine, September 14 - November 22, 2007; American Association of Woodturners Exhibition Gallery, St.

        Paul, Minnesota, January 11 - April 18, 2008; Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio, July 13 - August 10, 2008; Southern Ohio

        Museum, Portsmouth, Ohio, September 5 - October 30, 2008.

 

66. "Echoes of the Earth: Ceramics by Toshiko Takaezu", Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California, May 18 - August 19, 2007;

        Hartnell College Gallery, Salinas, California, September 10 - October 18, 2007. (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

65. "Craft in America: Expanding Traditions", Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, April 13 – June 24, 2007; Museum of

        Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon, July 22 – September 23, 2007; Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California,

        October 20, 2007 - January 27, 2008; Cranbrook Art Museum at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan,

        June 4 – September 14, 2008; National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,

        October 11, 2008 – January 28, 2009; Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts, February 21 – May 25, 2009.

        (Book published: CRAFT IN AMERICA: CELEBRATING TWO CENTURIES OF ARTISTS AND OBJECTS.)

 

64. "Pattern and Form: Wood Work by Sharon Doughtie and William Ichinose", Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center,

        Honolulu, Hawaii, February 9 – May 29, 2007.

 

63. “Creatures of Magic and Myth”, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, California, January 13 – February 25, 2007.

 

62. "Painting With Fire: Masters of Enameling in America, 1930-1980", Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California,

        January 12 – August 19, 2007. (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

61. "Beatrice Wood: Art and Alchemy", Ventura County Museum of History and Art, Ventura, California, March 17 – June 10, 2007.

 

60. "Marguerite Wildenhain: Bauhaus to Pond Farm", Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, California,

        January 20 - April 15, 2007. (Catalog published with the same name.)

59. "The Presence of Absence: Exploring the Void in Contemporary Wood Sculpture", SOFA Chicago, Chicago, Illinois,

        November 9 - 12, 2006. (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

58. “Transforming Vision: The Wood Sculpture of William Hunter, 1970-2005”, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach,

        California, (purchased bowl and sculpture at exhibition) October 6 – December 10, 2006; Oakland Museum, Oakland, California,

        January 20 – March 18, 2007; Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama, April 20 – June 17, 2007; The Wood Turning Center,

        Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 6 – December 8, 2007; Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts,

        January 19 – May 4, 2008. (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

57. "Craters from Fire: Ceramics by James Lovera", Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California, July 22 - October 8, 2006.

        (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

56. "Masters of California Ceramics", The Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, California, April 6 – May 7, 2006.

 

55. “Woodturning on the Edge”, Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, February 22 – April 1, 2006. Loaned wood

        bowl by James Prestini. (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

54. "The Art of Seeing", Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California, February 18 – June 4, 2006.

 

53. "The Sensuous Curve: Scandinavian Modernists and their Influence on Contemporary California Design", Museum of Craft

        and Folk Art, San Francisco, February 9 - April 23, 2006.

 

52. "West Marin Wild", EAC group show, The Red Barn, Point Reyes, California, September 2 – 5, 2005.

 

51. "The Art of Vivika and Otto Heino", Oakland Museum, Oakland, California, July 23 – October 16, 2005; Mingei International

        Museum, San Diego, California, November 20, 2005 - February 19, 2006. (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

50. "Eighth Annual Botanical Art Exhibition", Filoli, Woodside, California, July 8 – August 28, 2005.

 

49. "Homecoming: Kay Sekimachi and Bob Stocksdale", The Arts and Crafts Cooperative, Incorporated Gallery, Berkeley, California,

        May 12 – June 3, 2005.

 

48. "A. Kristin Jakob: Botanical Prints", solo exhibition, Mill Valley City Hall Chambers, Mill Valley, California, May 1 – 31, 2005.

47. "The Art of Win Ng: A Retrospective", solo exhibition, Chinese Historical Society of America, San Francisco, California

        April 13 – July 24, 2005. (Catalog published with the same name)

 

46. "Ceramic Masters: The Art of Vivika and Otto Heino and Their Contemporaries", Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles,

        California, March 10 - July 3, 2005. (Catalog: “The Art of Vivika and Otto Heino”.)

 

45. "Otto Heino: Celebrating 90 Years", Ventura County Museum of History and Art, Ventura, California, March 4 - May 22, 2005.

        (Catalog: “The Art of Vivika and Otto Heino”.)

 

44. "Hal Riegger: A Lifetime of Form", Trax Gallery, Berkeley, California, November 27 – December 30, 2004.

        (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

43. "Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions / Contemporary Expressions", Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California,

        August 11 – October 31, 2004.

42. "Seventh Annual Botanical Art Exhibition", Filoli, Woodside, California, July 30 – August 28, 2004.

 

41. "Wild Lilies, Irisis, and Grasses; Illustrations of California Monocots", solo exhibition, Helen Crocker Russell Library of

        Horticulture, San Francisco Botanical Gardens at Strybing Arboretum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California,  

        April 1 – June 30, 2004.

 

40. "The Art of Bob Stocksdale: Selections from the Collection of Forrest L. Merrill", Contemporary Crafts Museum, Portland,

        Oregon, March 13 – May 2, 2004. (Gallery notes published.)

 

39. "Feats in Clay: Five Decades of Jerry Rothman", Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California,

        November 2, 2003 – February 29, 2004. (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

38. "Brilliant: Masters of Fired Enamel", Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, California, June 21 – September 7, 2003. Loaned enamel

        vessels by Käthe Ruckenbrod.

 

37. "June Schwarcz: Enamel Vessels", Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, California, June  21 - September 7, 2003. (Gallery notes:

       June Schwarcz: Enamel Vessels from the Forrest L. Merrill Collection 1969-2003.)

 

36. "Bob Stocksdale: Memorial Celebration Display", Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, California, February 15, 2003.

 

35. "Exotica: Plant Portraits From Around the World", St. Mary’s College of California, Moraga, California,

       January 11 – February 23, 2003.

 

34. “Kay Sekimachi: Fiberworks”, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California, April 3 – May 28, 2002.

 

33. "Ripples: Marguerite Wildenhain and Her Pond Farm Students", Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, California State University

        San Bernardino, San Bernadino, California, January 24 – March 13, 2002; Nora Eccles-Harrison Art Museum, Utah State

        University, Logan, Utah, May 23 - July 31, 2002; The Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, New York State College

        of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, New York, October 3 - December 15, 2002. (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

32. "Kay Sekimachi: An Intimate Eye", Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California, June 16 – November 25, 2001; Craft      

        and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California, April 3 – May 28, 2002.

 

31. "Bob Stocksdale: Eighty Eight Turnings", Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, California,

        April 4 - May 27, 2001; Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California, June 16 - November 25, 2001; Craft and Folk Art      

        Museum, Los Angeles, California, April 3 – May 28, 2002. (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

30. "Across the Grain: Evolutions in North America Wood Turning since 1930", Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

        September - December, 2000.

29. "June Schwarcz: Forty Years / Forty Pieces", Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, California, June 6 - August 9, 1998.

        (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

28. "Natives and Endangered Plants of the Pacific Coast", ASBA regional members show, Helen Crocker Russell Library of

        Horticulture, San Francisco Botanical Gardens at Strybing Arboretum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California,

        April 1 – June 30, 1997.

 

27. "Marguerite Wildenhain, 1896-1996: A Survey Exhibition", Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California,

        September 6 - December 1, 1996.

 

26. "What You Give Away You Keep Forever: The Vivika and Otto Heino Retrospective", The Museum of Ceramic Art at Alfred,

        New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York, October 19 – December 10, 1995.

        (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

25. "Otto and Vivika Heino: Master Potters", Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, California, June 3 - August 6, 1995.        

24. "Roi Partridge: Works from 1911 – 1952", Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California, March 10 – May 7, 1995.

 

23. "First Annual Botanical Art Exhibit", Freestone House Gardens Fine Art Gallery, Freestone, California,

        June 17 – September 16, 1994.

 

22. "The Etchings of Roi Partridge: 1911-1952", Luther College, Preus Library, Decorah, Iowa, April 5 – August 21, 1994.

 

21. "50 Etchings by Roi Partridge", Grinnell College, Burling Library, Grinnell, Iowa, March 1994.

 

20. "Marriage in Form: Kay Sekimachi and Bob Stocksdale", Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California,

        September 26, 1993, - January 2, 1994; Arkansas Arts Center Gallery, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas,

        August 14 – September 25, 1994; The Forum for Contemporary Art, Saint Louis, Missouri, November 26 – December 30, 1994;

        Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, January 15 – February 26, 1995; Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,

        Washington, D. C., March 31 – June 18, 1995; American Craft Museum, New York, New York, July 13 – October 8, 1995; Museum

        of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, November 24, 1995 – February 4, 1996. 

        (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

19. "Nine Decades: The Northern California Craft Movement 1907 to the Present", San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum,

        San Francisco, California, September 4 – October 24, 1993. (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

18. "From the Fire: Three Exhibitions in Clay - Lyrical Vessels", Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, California,

        January 17 - April 25, 1993.

 

17. "Roi Partridge Etchings", Pacific Union College Rasmussen Art Gallery, Angwin, California, October 6 – 28, 1990.

16. "The Quiet Eye: Pottery of Shoji Hamada and Bernard Leach", San Francisco Craft & Folk Art, San Francisco,

        California, September 1 – October 28, 1990; Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, California,

        January 12 – April 17, 1991. (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

15. "Marguerite Wildenhain: Integrity in Clay", Pacific Union College, Rasmussen Art Gallery, Angwin, California, 1989.

14. "The Arts and Crafts Studio of Dirk Van Erp", San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, California,

        September 2- October 29, 1989.

 

13. "Etchings by Roi Partridge: A Retrospective Exhibition", Mills College Art Gallery, Mills College, Oakland, California,

        October 14 – December 11, 1988.

 

12. "Kristin Jakob", solo exhibition, Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture, San Francisco  Botanical Gardens at Stribing

        Arboretum, San Francisco, California, May 1 – June 30, 1986.

 

11. "Ceramics by Herbert Sanders", Antonio Prieto Gallery, Mills College, Oakland, California, March 5 – April 13, 1984.

 

10. "Kristin Jakob", solo exhibition, Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture, San Francisco Botanical Gardens at Stribing

        Arboretum, San Francisco, California,  September 1 – October 31, 1983.

 

9. "Laura Andreson: A Fifty-Year in Clay", Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California, April 17 - June 27, 1982. (Catalog:

     “Laura Andreson: A Retrospective in Clay”.)

 

8. "Glen Lukens: Pioneer of the Vessel Aesthetic", California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, January 4 –

      February 11, 1982; The Fosdick  Nelson Gallery, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York,

      November 6 – November 23, 1982; American Craft Museum, New York City, January 14 – May 4, 1983.

      (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

7. "Southern California Ceramics: The Post-World War II Renaissance, 1945-1960", Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los

      Angeles, California, August 21, 1980 – January 4, 1981. (Included artists: Andreson, McIntosh, G. + O. Natzler.) 

 

6. "Marguerite: A Retrospective Exhibition of the Work of Master Potter Marguerite Wildenhain", Herbert E. Johnson Museum of

      Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, April 27 – June 8, 1980; The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California,  

      August 26 – October 19, 1980; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, March 22 – May 17, 1981.

      (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

5. "Harrison McIntosh Studio Potter: Retrospective Exhibition", Rex W. Wignall Museum-Gallery, Chaffey Community College,

      Rancho Cucamonga, California, May 11 – June 23, 1979. (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

4. "Eight California Potters", Antonio Prieto Gallery, Mills College, Oakland, California, January 22 – March 2, 1979. Included artists:

      Andreson, Lukens, McIntosh, G. + O. Natzler, Netherby, Sanders, M. Wildenhain.

 

3. "The Potter's Art in California: 1885-1955", Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California, August 22  - October 1, 1978;

      Lang Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California, November 5 - December 18, 1978. (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

2. "Contemporary British Pottery From the Collection of Forrest L. Merrill", Antonio Prieto Gallery, Mills College, Oakland,

      California, March 2, 1977 – April 15, 1977.

 

1. "Form and Fire: Natzler Ceramics 1939-1972", Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.,

      July 27 - October 22, 1973. (Catalog published with the same name.)

 

 

 

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