Northwest Modern: Revisiting the Annual Ceramic Exhibitions of 1950-64

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David Shaner, Garden Slab, 1964; slab built stoneware

Dan Kvitka

Jurors Walter Gordon, Barbara Weber (Secretary), Paul Soldner, Maurine Hiatt Roberts, Manuel Izquierdo, Tenth Biennial Exhibition of Northwest Ceramics, 1962.

Museum of Contemporary Craft Archives

Jurors Rachael Griffin, Robert Sperry and Jan Zach, Eleventh Biennial Exhibition of Northwest Ceramics, 1964.

Museum of Contemporary Craft Archives

Installation view, Fourth Annual Exhibition of Northwest Ceramics, 1953.

Museum of Contemporary Craft Archives

Seventh Annual Exhibition of Northwest Ceramics, unknown seated patron and jurors (L to R) Betty Feves, Lydia Herrick Hodge and Richard Petterson, 1956

Musuem of Contemporary Craft's Photo Archives

Installation view, Seventh Annual Exhibition of Northwest Ceramics, 1956.

Museum of Contemporary Craft Archives

Ruth Halvorsen and Rachael Griffin with Sixth Annual Exhibition of Northwest Ceramics jurors Dr. Francis J. Newton, Hilda Morris and Maija Grotell, 1955.

Musuem of Contemporary Craft's Photo Archives

Catalog cover image, Ninth Biennial Exhibition of Northwest Ceramics, 1960.

Museum of Contemporary Craft Archives

Frances Senska, Black Bottle, 1952; stoneware

Dan Kvitka

Peter Voulkos, Babe the Blue Ox, 1954; ceramic

Dan Kvitka

Eric Norstad, Untitled carved bottle, 1956; stoneware

Dan Kvitka

Betty Feves, Three Figures No. 4, 1955; stoneware

Dan Kvitka

Peter Voulkos, Striped Vase, c. 1953, earthenware

Dan Kvitka

Peter Voulkos, Carved Pot, 1951; stoneware

Dan Kvitka

Rudy Autio, Enormous Jar, 1954; stoneware

Photo by Dan Kvitka

Ken Ferguson, Yellow Plate, 1962; wheel-thrown stoneware, reduction fired, with yellow glaze and iron oxide

Dan Kvitka

Robert Sperry, Warrior Urn #2, 1960; stoneware

Dan Kvitka

Northwest Modern: Revisiting the Annual Ceramic Exhibitions of 1950–64, installation view, 2011, Museum of Contemporary Craft.

Justin Tunis

Northwest Modern: Revisiting the Annual Ceramic Exhibitions of 1950–64, installation view, 2011, Museum of Contemporary Craft.

Justin Tunis

Northwest Modern: Revisiting the Annual Ceramic Exhibitions of 1950–64, installation view, 2011, Museum of Contemporary Craft.

Justin Tunis

Northwest Modern: Revisiting the Annual Ceramic Exhibitions of 1950–64, installation view, 2011, Museum of Contemporary Craft.

Justin Tunis

Northwest Modern: Revisiting the Annual Ceramic Exhibitions of 1950–64, installation view, 2011, Museum of Contemporary Craft.

Justin Tunis

Northwest Modern: Revisiting the Annual Ceramic Exhibitions of 1950–64, installation view, 2011, Museum of Contemporary Craft.

Justin Tunis

Northwest Modern: Revisiting the Annual Ceramic Exhibitions of 1950–64, installation view, 2011, Museum of Contemporary Craft.

Justin Tunis

Northwest Modern: Revisiting the Annual Ceramic Exhibitions of 1950–64, installation view, 2011, Museum of Contemporary Craft.

Justin Tunis

Northwest Modern: Revisiting the Annual Ceramic Exhibitions of 1950–64, installation view, 2011, Museum of Contemporary Craft.

Justin Tunis

Northwest Modern: Revisiting the Annual Ceramic Exhibitions of 1950–64, installation view, 2011, Museum of Contemporary Craft.

Justin Tunis

Northwest Modern: Revisiting the Annual Ceramic Exhibitions of 1950–64, installation view, 2011, Museum of Contemporary Craft.

Justin Tunis

Northwest Modern: Revisiting the Annual Ceramic Exhibitions of 1950–64, installation view, 2011, Museum of Contemporary Craft.

Justin Tunis