The Fine Art of Japanese Clay

Thursday, September 24 1:00-3:00 p.m. PT Speaker: Hollis Goodall, Japanese art curator, writer, and lecturer Virtual Event This lecture will examine the paths to contemporaneity in Japanese ceramics by looking at works in the current exhibition, Tōgei: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, which runs at the American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, California, until May 2027. The lecture considers the ergonomics of utilitarian wares, the development of sculptural clay, and the various approaches to modernity that have brought us to the present. Speaker Bio: Hollis Goodall retired in 2023 as Curator of Japanese Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where she worked for 42 years and curated 276 exhibitions and installations. Her exhibition on contemporary Kyoto ceramics is currently installed at LACMA. Prior to curating Tōgei: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, which is open until May 30, 2027, at the American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) in Pomona, Goodall curated Rising Sun/Falling Rain: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at the Hammer Museum for the autumn of 2025; A Brittle Bounty: Ceramic Works by Mishima Kimiyo for the exhibition and catalogue Radical Clay: Contemporary Women Artists from Japan, which debuted in 2023 at the Art Institute of Chicago, and Radiating Beauty: Sculpture by Shozo Michikawa for the catalogue Shozo Michikawa, produced by Hostler Burrows Gallery in Los Angeles in 2022. Please note, this session will be conducted virtually via Zoom. Save your spot by clicking on this link. All participants will be sent the Zoom link via confirmation email with instructions once you secure your place. Save my spot! Sponsored by the Asian Arts Council. Featured at top right: Higashida Shigemasa, Large Platter, ca. 2014. Stoneware with Oribe glaze. Raulee Marcus Collection. Photo by Pam Aliaga, American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA).