Lineage: Mentorship & Learning highlights the impact and importance of the teacher/student relationship. This exhibition illustrates the thread connecting multiple generations of ceramic artists from Peter Voulkos to today’s students.
For decades there has been an impressive variety and strength in California’s colleges and universities ceramic programs. AMOCA invited 25 current educators from the state to participate in Lineage. In addition to inviting the educators to exhibit their own work in the show, we asked them to identify their most influential instructors or mentors and to nominate their most promising students or recent alumni. A panel then reviewed the nominations and selected the artists to include in the exhibition. The artwork in Lineage ranges from functional to sculptural with the artists exploring a wide range of forms, techniques and narratives.
AMOCA is proud to feature the work of the past, present, and future of ceramics and education.
Ralph Bacerra John W. Hopkins Ken Price
Brandon Bateman Stephen L. Horn Don Reitz
Tanya Batura Stanton Hunter Jeffrey Richards
Timothy Berg & Samuel Jernigan Jenny Rosen
Rebekah Myers Shane Keena Jerry Rothman
Luis Bermudez David Kiddie Adrian Saxe
Kelsey Bowen Jungmok Sona Lee Jay Schmidt
Richard Burkett Sam Lopez Tiffany Schmierer
Johann Choi Lauren Ashley Lowrey Nancy Selvin
Benjamin Cirgin Nathan Lynch Carly Slade
Patsy Cox Pedro Magaña Paul Soldner
Patrick S. Crabb Tony Marsh Victor Spinski
Jessica Rae Crocker Timothy Martinez James Stewart
Val Cushing John Mason Vincent Suez
Audry Deal-McEver Jim Melchert Howard Tollefson
Rick Dillingham Robert Miller Elizabeth Torrance
Jeff Downing Gerardo Monterrubio Monica Van Den Dool
Benjamin Joseph Dunmire Joe Morales Peter Voukos
Camila Friedman-Gerlicz Crystal Morey Evan Walker
Keiko Fukazawa Kevin Myers Andrea Williams
Forrest Gard Ron Nagle Mary Cale A. Wilson
Alina Hayes Rosa Novak John Wood II
Katherine Hermida Michael Peed Kelsey Zwarka
