Ceramics & Porcelain
See Also: Decorative, Sculpture
Museums and Exhibits
AMOCA
The American Museum of Ceramic Art collects and presents significant ceramic achievements from cultures around the world dating from ancient times to the present day.
The Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art
Collections of around 8,000 ceramic and glass objects from ancient pottery shards to contemporary installations and pieces using advanced ceramic technology.
Islamic Ceramic Museum
Features masterpieces of Islamic ceramics including Fatimid’s ceramics works, Turkish acquisitions, Egyptian style works, Iranian masterpieces, and more.
Victoria and Albert Museum
The collection includes ancient clay artifacts as well as contemporary studio pottery and ceramics.
The Museum of The Imperial Porcelain Factory
Highlights from the porcelain collections (1744-1990s), The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia.
The State Hermitage Museum: Ceramics and Porcelain
Browse the digital collection online, includes porcelain, pottery, and faience/earthenware.
The Frick: Porcelain
View images of Chinese porcelains and French pottery and porcelains in the permanent collections of the Frick Museum.
French Porcelain for English Palaces
View eighteenth-century Sevres porcelain in the Royal Collection, The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace.
MFA Boston: Japanese Ceramics
An online tour from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston featuring Japanese ceramics from the Edward Sylvester Morse Collection.
The British Museum: Ceramic
View around 81 highlights from the ceramic collection online including vessels, plates, dishes, figures, and other objects.
Sun Yingzhou's
Ceramics Donation
A virtual exhibition featuring selections from Sun Yingzhou's famous collection of pottery and porcelain, presented by The Palace Museum, Beijing.
The Copeland Collection: Chinese and Japanese Ceramic Figures
View images and information about the Copeland Collection of Chinese and Japanese porcelain figurines in the Peabody Essex Museum.
Pottery
Folk Pottery Museum
Promotes one of the South's premier grassroots art forms, and explores the changing role of folk pottery in southern life.
Museum of Overbeck Art Pottery
Collection of pottery by the six Overbeck sisters of Cambridge City, Indiana produced from 1911 to 1955.
NGA: Pottery from the Index of American Design
An online tour of selected decorative pottery objects from the colonial period through the nineteenth century.
The Museum of American Pottery
A permanent collection of pottery ranging for the late 1700's to the current day with a growing index of images and information online.
Cowan Pottery Museum Associates
Covers the American art pottery created from 1912 to 1931 by R. Guy Cowan and his artists.
Pottery Figurines in the Tang Dynasty
A virtual exhibition of pottery figurines presented by The Palace Museum, Beijing.
Resources
Heilbrunn: Ceramicist
A list of around 68 ceramic artists, most entries include related thematic essays and images of works of art, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
MIA: World Ceramics
Explore the many ways ceramics have been made, used and decorated throughout the world.
MIA: Chinese Ceramics
A guide to Chinese ceramics with featured objects and a glossary.
Critical Ceramics
Articles, events, and reviews related to contemporary ceramic art.
Organizations
NCECA
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts - promotes the ceramic arts through research, education, and practice, also offers programs, exhibitions and publications.
ECERS
European Ceramic Society - a national non-governmental organization that represents individual ceramic artists.
American Art Pottery Association
Promotes an interest and understanding of art pottery while strengthening the voice of collectors and dealers.
American Potters
A searchable database of ceramic artists, search by name, studio name, state, or specialty.
