National Museum of Ceramic Art
The National Museum of Ceramic Art (N.M.C.A.) was a
, in operation from 1989 until 1993.About
Located at
The street-level, glass-walled museum opened its doors in 1989, and was active until late 1993. It closed after the 1992 opening of the
The institution's very first exhibition was "Surface and Form" in 1989. Many photographs of the ceramics shown then have been publicly posted.[2] One of the ceramic museum's early exhibits was "Ceramic Sculptures" (September 1990).[3] A display of glass objects was provided in "Personal Vision / Diverse Images: An Exhibition of Recent Sculptural Glass" (February 1991). Among the artists represented was glass sculpturist Dale Chihuly.[4] A "Regional Juried Exhibition" was held in August 1991. The jurors included William Daley and curator Frederick Brandt.[5] A subsequent exhibition was "Maryland Collects" (November 1991) which featured clay artists such as Gertrud and Otto Natzler.[6] The exhibit "Three in Clay" (March 1992) included works by potter Paula Winokur.[7] In May 1992, the pottery museum displayed "18th and 19th Century Utilitarian Porcelain and Pottery," one of its more geographically diverse exhibitions.[8] Artists of Norway were featured in "Contemporary Norwegian Ceramics" (October 1992).[9] In January 1993 various daylong workshops were provided to students of varying ages.[10] A show of wildly artistic teapots was highlighted as "The Tea Party" in February 1993.[11] One of the museum's final exhibits was "Jack Lenor Larsen: Designer / Collector -- A Retrospective" (June 1993), an exhibit featuring both terracotta and textiles.[12]
The director of this institution, sometimes later called the National Museum of Ceramic Art and Glass, was Shirley B. Brown, while the full-time
References
- ^ NMCA newsletters (1989-93).
- user-generated source]
- ^ John Dorsey (1990), September 28, Baltimore Sun.
- ^ John Dorsey (1991), February 26, Baltimore Sun.
- ^ John Dorsey (1991), August 4, Baltimore Sun.
- ^ John Dorsey (1991), November 5, Baltimore Sun.
- ^ John Dorsey (1992), March 24, Baltimore Sun.
- ^ John Dorsey (1992), May 19 & 20, Baltimore Sun.
- ^ John Dorsey (1992), October 16, Baltimore Sun.
- ^ John Dorsey (1993), January 27, Baltimore Sun.
- ^ John Dorsey (1993), February 17, Baltimore Sun.
- ^ John Dorsey (1993), June 10, Baltimore Sun.
- ^ NMCA newsletters (1989-93).