2022 Programming
SUNDAY
January 23, 2022
Dr. Jeffrey Ruda, Professor Emeritus of Art History, University of California Davis Factories and Artists: A Foundation for Studio Ceramics.
Virtual via Zoom.
Caption: Minton & Co., Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire Special mark for the ‘Naturalist’ series of transfer prints by William Stephen Coleman, 1869 SFCC member collection and photo
SUNDAY
March 20, 2022
Dr. Melanie Gibson, Convenor of the Postgraduate Degree in Asian Art at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and trustee of Leighton House
Frederic Leighton and the Making of Arab Hall at Leighton House.
Virtual via Zoom.
Caption: Detail Leighton House Photo: Melanie Gibson
WEDNESDAY
March 30, 2022
Dr. Tessa Murdoch, curator and scholar, London
Nicholas Sprimont: Designer, Goldsmith, Ceramicist and Entrepreneur.
Virtual via Zoom.
Caption: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, London, Dovecote (potpourri), 1755-56, oft-paste porcelain, height 17 in. (143.2 cm, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, (SFCC photo)
SATURDAY
May 28, 2022
Robert D. Mowry, Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art Emeritus, Harvard University Art Museum
Porcelain for the Emperors: Imperial Wares of the Song (960–1279), Ming (1368–1644), and Qing (1644–1911) Dynasties.
Virtual via Zoom.
Caption: Ming Dynasty Moon Flask with Dragon and Waves Photo: Robert D. Mowry
SUNDAY
June 19, 2022
Jeffrey Spahn private art dealer and author
Toshiko Takaezu: Abstract Expressionist Modern Ceramic Art.
Virtual via Zoom.
Caption: Jeffrey Spahn with work by Toshiko Takaezu
SATURDAY
July 24, 2022
FCC Summer Social, at the Jeffrey Spahn Gallery, Berkeley, California
SUNDAY
September 18, 2022
SFCC Pot Night: annual business meeting, report from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and member’s show and tell.
Online via Zoom.
SUNDAY
October 9, 2022
Avril Angevine, arts lecturer California art and ceramics
The Hand and the Machine in California Pottery.
Online and in person at the Gunn Theater, Legion of Honor Museum San Francisco.
Caption: Arequipa Pottery, Fairfax CA, 1911-18 Frederick Hurten Rhead, 1880-1942, designer Vase, 1912 Earthenware Oakland Museum of California (SFCC photo)
SUNDAY
November 13, 2022
Adam T. Erby, Curator of Fine and Decorative Arts at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, a double feature,
George and Martha Washington: A Ceramic Biography, and “Keep it in the Home of Washington”: The Ongoing Restoration of George Washington’s Mount Vernon.
Lectures at 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. respectively. Co-sponsored with the FAMSF American Design and Arts Forum. Online and in person at the Gunn Theater, Legion of Honor Museum San Francisco.
Caption: Unknown maker, Jingdezhen Society of the Cincinnati sugar tureen and stand, 1784-85 Hard-paste porcelain, overall 6.67 cm × 18.1 cm × 11.75 cm (Photo: mountvernon.org)