Catherine Hess, associate curator of European Sculpture and Works of Art at the J. Paul Getty Museum, will give a talk on "Evidence of an Earthly Muse: The 59th Scripps Ceramic Annual" on Saturday, January 25, at 4:30 p.m. in the Humanities Auditorium on the Scripps College campus. This event is presented in conjunction with the Scripps College 59th Ceramics Annual, an exhibition at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery from January 25 through April 6. Both the lecture and exhibition are free and open to the public. For additional program information or for exhibition hours, please call the Gallery office, (909) 607-3397.
Hess’ work with the extensive European collection housed at the J. Paul Getty Museum includes curating various works in glass, ceramics, furniture, and sculpture. She has written for and produced catalogues of the Museum’s Italian ceramics and European decorative arts and sculpture collections, as well as contributing to Getty Research Institute publications, such as Maiolica in the Making: the Gentili/Barnabei Archive and Looking at Ceramics 1400-1900. In addition, Hess has published articles in Ceramic Review and Burlington Magazine and is a frequent lecturer both here and abroad.
Sponsored by the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery and made possible by the Ames Fund, this lecture is presented in conjunction with the 59th Scripps Ceramic Annual. This year’s guest curator is ceramist and art historian Karen Koblitz, and she has selected pieces by 11 American artists whose works thematically explore nature’s patterns through sculptural abstraction. Included in this exhibition are sculptures by Susan Beiner, Margaret Boozer, Robert Devers, Eddie Dominguez, Cary Esser, Amanda Jaffe, Marc Leuthold, Mary Roehm, JoAnn Schnabel, Virginia Scotchie, and Mike Vatalaro. The Williamson Gallery is open Wednesday through Sunday, from 1-5 p.m, closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Admission is free.