technical tuesday: Archaeological Study of Medalta’s Kiln Room

by | Apr 14, 2020 | technical tuesday

In 2010, an Industrial Archaeologist named Talva Jacobson came to the Historic Clay District to complete an archaeological study of Medalta’s Kiln Room. We were reasonably sure that the foundations of at least three round kilns were under the concrete floor which was constructed sometime in the 1960’s. As Talva and her team excavated, they were indeed able to find kiln foundations as well as a wealth of other archaeological information which will aid in understanding the processes of industry in the early years of the twentieth century.

Want to see more and read more about this excavation? Check it out HERE.

Virtual Clay Real Time Online Class with Adrienne Spinozzi

by | Apr 13, 2020 | workshops

 

This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program.

Adrienne Spinozzi, Assistant Research Curator of American Decorative Arts in the American Wing, is currently engaged in research and exhibition development for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s upcoming show, Stories in Clay: Stoneware from Old Edgefield District, South Carolina (scheduled to open February 2022).

This exhibition will present new interpretations of Edgefield stoneware with a focus on the enslaved African Americans whose labor enabled this industry to prosper in the nineteenth-century American South. It will highlight a range of utilitarian forms produced and used throughout the region—from the large plantation storage jars bearing verses by enslaved potter and poet David Drake and the ubiquitous functional wares of everyday life to the face vessels that continue to fascinate and confound scholars and collectors alike. Adrienne will share some of the challenges and opportunities of the project including some of her research efforts and goals for the exhibition.

Tickets must be purchased by noon of the day of the event.

Please Note: All times are Eastern Standard. An email with login instructions will be sent to all participants prior to the event.

System Requirements: High speed Internet connection, internal or external computer speaker and internal or external computer mic. For PC: Windows 7 SP1, 8, 8.1, 10 or later For MAC: OS X 10.9, 10.10, 10.11 or later.

Register HERE.

movie day: Dhaka Art Summit 2020 Existence-emitting Movements

by | Apr 8, 2020 | movie day

Dhaka Art Summit 2020
Existence-emitting Movements
is an action in which a group
of women walk directly on an installation comprised
of hundreds of raw clay vessels in different shapes and sizes inspired by traditional cerâmica traditions of Bangladesh. Most cultures, including those of the artist’s native Mexico as well as Bangladesh, perpetuate the iconic image of a woman bearing a vessel on her head to transport water or food; a symbol of the hard domestic labour weighing down women in society. Héctor Zamora disrupts the order of things by placing the vessel not upon the women’s heads, but rather beneath their feet.
By inverting the equation, what occurs is a shared space of liberation where women can turn the tide of patriarchy and recover pleasure in their lives.
Text by Diana Campbell Betancourt
Dhaka Art Summit and Samdani Art Foundation