JAPANESE WOMEN CERAMIC ARTISTS Taking Space Making Space | A Panel Discussion of Radical Clay

ZOOM Gallery Talk Taking Space, Making Space: Japanese Women Ceramic Artists in conjunction with Radical Clay, opening at the Art Institute of Chicago and our presentation at The Winter Show 2024 at the Park Avenue Armory Recorded December 14, 2023 Coinciding with Radical Clay: Contemporary Japanese Women Artists, which opens at the Art Institute of Chicago just a few days later, this ZOOM Gallery Talk explores the vital role of 20th and 21st century Japanese women clay artists within Japanese ceramics today. Drawn from the Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection and featuring work by 20 of our gallery artists, the museum exhibition celebrates the achievements and profound influence of these creative visionaries on a traditionally male-dominated ceramics field. Panelists for this event include key figures who contributed to this important exhibition, including collector and museum patron Carol Horvitz, curator and Radical Clay catalogue contributor Hollis Goodall, and two prominent gallery artists featured in the exhibition, Tashima Etsuko and Tomita Mikiko, who represent different generational perspectives. PANELISTS: HOLLIS GOODALL, Former Curator of Japanese Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), CA CAROL HORVITZ, Japanese art collector and museum patron, MA TASHIMA ETSUKO, Gallery artist and Professor of Ceramics at Osaka University of the Arts, Japan TOMITA MIKIKO, Gallery artist interpretation provided by DANIEL BORENGASSER moderated by JOAN MIRVISS 0:00 Welcome and introduction to the impact of Japanese women ceramic artists - JOAN MIRVISS 9:44 Creating a new womens’ show distinct from predecessors - CAROL HORVITZ 16:21 The groundbreaking artistry of Mishima Kimiyo - HOLLIS GOODALL 27:00 A career defined by originality and bold ideas, from the 1980s to present - TASHIMA ETSUKO 41:08 Unique personal history translates to original artworks - TOMITA MIKIKO 47:16 Factors to consider in selecting works from the Horvitz Collection - CAROL HORVITZ 52:01 The challenges of color to a younger generation of artists - TOMITA MIKIKO 57:23 Becoming one of the first female ceramic professors at a major university in Japan - TASHIMA ETSUKO 1:01:06 Working with museums for acquisitions, donations, and programming - CAROL HORVITZ 1:05:58 How does a museum collection expand to include Japanese women ceramic artwork - HOLLIS GOODALL 1:14:36 Q & A - everyone 1:21:21 Museum exhibitions, catalogues, gallery updates - JOAN MIRVISS Visit the Art Institute of Chicago’s exhibition page for Radical Clay The video that Hollis Goodall mentioned regarding Mishima Kimiyo’s large installation is here Event produced and edited by Bonnie B Lee, Joan B Mirviss LTD Visit Joan B Mirviss LTD website at Follow us on Instagram You can also find us on Facebook