Wednesday, September 27, 2023 11:30 a.m.
Opening Program and Luncheon
The Hope Club
6 Benevolent Street
Providence, RI 02906
Allison Newsome's Most Recent Different and Exciting Work: Spectacular RainKeep Sculptures
Allison Newsome
Sculptor, Ceramic Artist
Pottery and Porcelain Club Member
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 11:00 a.m.
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Metcalf Auditorium
20 North Main Street
Providence, RI 02903
The Celestial City: Newport and China
Nicole Williams
Newport Mansions
Informal Dragon Robe (detail)
Chinese, late 19th century
Gift of Mr. Edward Lee Cave
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 11:00 a.m.
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Metcalf Auditorium
20 North Main Street
Providence, RI 02903
Toshiko Takaezu: Shaping Abstraction
Nonie Gadsden
Katherine Lane Weems Senior Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture
Art of the Americas
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Installation image, Women Take the Floor (2019-2021). Photo courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Friday, December 8, 2023
6:00 p.m. Reception
6:45 p.m. Dinner
8:00 p.m. Lecture
Let Them Eat Flowers: The Gardens of Paris
The Hope Club
6 Benevolent Street
Providence, RI 02906
CeCe Hancock
Landscape Architect
Lecturer, Writer
Locust Valley, New York
New York, NY
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 11:00 a.m. Via Zoom
Via Zoom
Via Zoom
Via Zoom
Tulips and Treasures: Queen Mary's Legacy in Delftware
Via Zoom
Via Zoom
Robert Aronson
Aronson Antiques
Via Zoom
Zoom information will be emailed to membership in early January.
Non members please use the contact page for more information.
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 Museum of Art
China, Korea, and Japan: Distinct but Overlapping Ceramic Traditions
China, Korea, and Japan: Distinct but Overlapping Ceramic Traditions
China, Korea, and Japan: Distinct but Overlapping Ceramic Traditions
Tea-Leaf Storage Jar
Japanese; Muromachi period, 15th century
Shigaraki ware: light gray stoneware with natural ash glaze
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
China, Korea, and Japan: Distinct but Overlapping Ceramic Traditions
China, Korea, and Japan: Distinct but Overlapping Ceramic Traditions
Maebyeong Bottle with “Thousand Crane” Décor
Korean; Goryeo dynasty, early 13th century
Light gray stoneware with decoration inlaid in black and white slips under celadon glaze
Kansong Museum of Art, Seoul
Circular Dish
Chinese; Ming dynasty, mid-15th century
Porcelain with copper red glaze
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rdCollection, The Asia Society, New York
Robert D. Mowry
Retired Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Harvard University
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 11:00 a.m.
Peter Voulkos and the Idea of Avant-garde Modernist Clay
Ezra Shales, PhD
Professor of Art History
MA College of Art and Design
Boston, MA
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Metcalf Auditorium
20 North Main Street
Providence, RI 02903
Peter Voulkos
Jar, 1956
Museum of Modern Art
Gift of Mrs. Gifford Phillips
Wednesday, May 15, 2023 11:30 a.m.
Annual Meeting
Wannamoisett Country Club
96 Hoyt Avenue
Rumford, RI
Buffet Luncheon followed by Artist's Talk
Cali Almy
Ceramic Artist, Educator
Studios in Providence and Weatport