Tōgei: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics

at the American Museum of Ceramic Art (amoca.org) in Pomona, California, through January 3, 2027. 

1 Iwamura En’s Neo-Jomon-Tonosama Head, 26 in. (66 cm) in height, stoneware, glaze, 2017. Collection of the American Museum of Ceramic Art, Gift of the Artist.2 Tanaka Tomomi’s Wisp, 11¾ in. (29.8 cm) in height, black stoneware, 2015. Collection of Nick Hamatake and Ken Mariash.

3 Izumita Yukiya’s Obi Number 13, 31 in. (78.7 cm) in width, stoneware, 2011. Collection of Priscilla and Nelson Gibbs.

Noelle Hoover

at In Tandem Gallery (intandemgallery.com) in Bakersville, North Carolina, through November 21. 

1 Noelle Hoover’s jar and cup, to 9 in. (22.8 cm) in height, slip-cast white stoneware, underglazes, glazes, fired in oxidation to cone 5.2 Noelle Hoover’s lidded jar, 7 in. (17.7 cm) in width, slip-cast white stoneware, underglazes, glazes, fired in oxidation to cone 5.

Getting There

at Jill Bonovitz Gallery at The Clay Studio (theclaystudio.org) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, through December 31. 

1 Celia Feldberg’s Coastal Charms, 15 in. (38.1 cm) in height, earthenware, underglaze, glaze. Photo: Courtesy of The Clay Studio.

Sam Chung

at In Tandem Gallery (intandemgallery.com) in Bakersville, North Carolina, November 18–December 18. 

1 Sam Chung‘s Dragon Plate, 10 in. (25.4 cm) in diameter, wheel-thrown porcelain, glazes, underglazes, multiple firings to cone 6 and cone 10.

Euphorbia

at Gallery Sonder (gallerysonder.com) in Corona del Mar, California, through November 1. 

1 Theo Hirschfield’s Euphorbia 1, 11½ in. (29.2 cm) in height, ceramic, glaze, 2026. Photo: Yubo Dong.2 Theo Hirschfield’s Blue Stack, 4 ft. 7 in. (1.4 m) in height, ceramic, glaze, 2026. Photo: Yubo Dong.

Julia Isídrez: Mud is everything

at Nottingham Contemporary (nottinghamcontemporary.org) in Weekday Cross, Nottingham, United Kingdom, through January 10. 

1 Julia Isídrez’s La oveja de Juana, 2024. Photo: Estúdio em Obra (Courtesy of Gomide&Co).

50th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show

at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (pmacraftshow.org) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 6–8. 

1 Gillian Parke’s teabowls, to 1¾ in. (4.4 cm) in height, wheel-thrown porcelain with feldspar inclusions, fired in reduction to cone 10 in a gas kiln, open-stock decals, metallic luster, fired multiple times to cone 017 in an electric kiln, 2026. Photo: Courtesy of PMA Craft Show.2 Andrew Collins’ Company Housing, 18 in. (45.7 cm) in height, pigmented porcelain, 2025. Photo: Courtesy of PMA Craft Show.

Collecting by Design

at The International Museum of Dinnerware Design (dinnerwaremuseum.org) in Kingston, New York, through November 15. 

1 Delft black coffee pot, earthenware, 1710–1730. Museum Prinsenhof Delft.2 Coffee pot with lid, Imari (Japan), 1710–1730. Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics.

3 Studio Job and Tichelaars Koninklijke Makkumer Aardewerk -en Tegelfabriek N.V.’s Flower Pyramid (Pyramids of Makkum), earthenware, 2008. Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics and Fries Museum Collections.4 Arman’s Demie Tasse, manufactured by Bernardaud in Limoges, France, porcelain, 1990. Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics Collection; donated by the Friends of the Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics.

5 Anti-slavery cup and saucer, earthenware (creamware), ca. 1853–1863. Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics.1 Ruth Easterbrook’s place setting, ceramic.

2 Robert Mapplethorpe’s Calla Lily Service Plate for Swid Powell, 1984.3 Rudy Staffel’s Light Gatherer Cup. Museum Purchase.

 

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