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American Folk Pottery: Art and Tradition

Exhibition Info
Storage Jar 1958-162
American Folk Pottery: Art and TraditionJune 14, 2020 to present

Nineteenth- and twentieth-century folk potters from Maine to Texas and Ohio to Georgia fashioned an amazing array of plates, jugs, sculptures, and other ceramic bodies. This exhibition explores the cultural and artistic expressions embedded in these wares. While many of these vessels were functional - storing food or liquids - their creators often enhanced visual appeal with whimsical ornament and color. A simple three-gallon cream pot is hard to resist when decorated with a smiling turnip! These objects are also direct links to the diverse peoples who made them. Included are works by multi-generational potting families, women from the Zia Pueblo of New Mexico, free and enslaved African American artisans, Germanic potters, and much more.

This exhibition was made possible through the generosity of Senator and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller IV.

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2009.900.4, Bottle
1850-1860
Bottle 2015.900.2
1820-1830
Bottle 2015-343
ca. 1823
Cooler 2018.900.2
ca. 1825
Cream Pot 1975.900.4
1852-1854
Dish 2008.900.2
ca. 1790
Dish 1992.900.3
1832-1840
Pig Flask 2005.900.7
ca. 1865
NEA catalog image not for publication.
1882-1892
Pot 2019.900.2
ca. 1960
2021.900.4, Jar
1965-1975
Storage Jar 2009.900.1
1835 - 1845
Face Jug 2014.900.1
ca. 1862
2023.900.2, Jug
1998 (dated)
1959.900.2, Jug
1812 - 1830
1984.900.1, Jug
1825-1829