Professor Jenni Sorkin on Women Ceramists
Toshiko Takaezu, Torso, Blue Black, 1980s. Princeton University Art Museum. Gift of the artist. © Toshiko Takaezu
A lecture by visiting art historian Jenni Sorkin on women’s artistic labor. Held in conjunction with the exhibition, Toshiko Takaezu: Dialogues in Clay.
In this lecture, titled "Forms and Forums: Women Ceramists, Skill, and the Classroom as Site,” Sorkin explores how twentieth-century women ceramists combined their creative practices with their community work. Introduced by Chief Curator Juliana Ochs Dweck.
Jenni Sorkin is department chair and professor in the History of Art & Architecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Held in conjunction with the exhibition, Toshiko Takaezu: Dialogues in Clay.
LATE THURSDAYS! Thursday-evening programming is made possible in part by Heather and Paul G. Haaga Jr., Class of 1970.
