California Claymakers


Teapot
Learn more about California-based artists who work in clay, like the maker of today's teapot, Ralph Bacerra.

Today the Renwick Gallery is hosting a symposium called "California Clay," an enrichment program for its amazing exhibit USA Clay.

Curator-in-Charge Kenneth Trapp and panelists James Melchert, Ron Nagle, Annabeth Rosen, and Richard Shaw discuss the California ceramic movement.

Join the discussion between 10:00 A.M. and 12:30 P.M. at the Renwick's Grand Salon. The Renwick is located at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, across the street from the White House.

Pictured: Ralph Bacerra, born 1938, Teapot, 1989, glazed porcelain, 16 1/4 x 12 3/8 x 9 5/8 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance and museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program.