Making as Studying Ancient Greek Pottery
Attributed to an artist working in the manner of the Berlin Painter, Archaic Period (ca. 600–480 BCE), Athens, Greece, Panathenaic amphora (prize storage jar) depicting Athena between Ionic columns topped by roosters (A); chariot race (B), ca. 480–470 BCE. Princeton University Art Museum. Bequest of Mrs. Allan Marquand. Photo: Bruce M. White
A panel of experts discuss the making of ceramics and the various approaches to studying ancient Greek pottery.
How does making influence our understanding of ancient Greek pottery? How do modern (re)interpretations and adaptions help us study the vases and their makers and viewers? This event begins with a panel discussion on the making and study of ancient ceramics.
Panelists:
Eleni Hasaki (Professor of Classics and Anthropology, University of Arizona; 2025–26 Hetty Goldman Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
Gina Tibbott (Artist and Instructor, Greenwich House Pottery, New York)
Carolyn Laferrière (Associate Curator of Ancient Mediterranean Art, Princeton University Art Museum)
Caroline Cheung (Assistant Professor of Classics and Acting Director, Program in Archaeology, Department of Classics, Princeton University)
Nathan Arrington (Chair and Professor of Art and Archaeology and Hellenic Studies, Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University)
Following the panel, visit the Museum’s Galleries of Ancient Mediterranean Art to see objects on display.
The event concludes with a hands-on Greek pottery workshop led by potter Gina Tibbott in the Laporte Family Creativity Lab. Registration for this workshop is currently full. Guests are welcome to join a first-come, first-served waiting line on-site.
Cosponsored by the Program in Archaeology, the Department of Art & Archaeology, the Princeton University Art Museum, the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, and the Department of Classics.
