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The Temptation to TouchConsiderations in Curating Pottery Exhibits
http://www.theonion.com/articles/struggling-museum-now-allowing-patrons-to-touch-pa,2821/
Synthesis: NCECA International Resident Artists2009 NCECA Annual Conference, Phoenix, Arizona
The White Pedestal Expectation
MacLachlan, Malcolm. Embodiment: Clinical, Critical and Cultural Perspectives on Health and Illness. Open University Press, 2004. (pp. 11-13)
The Importance of Touch
Blakeslee, Sandra, and Matthew Blakeslee. The Body Has a Mind of Its Own: How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better. Random House LLC, 2008. (pp.139-141)
The Importance of Touch
Curating Functional Pottery in a Museum Setting
If the objects on display cannot be touched for practical reasons, find smaller or less valuable pieces that can be handled.
Curating Functional Pottery in a Museum Setting
Visually and physically separate the spaces in the exhibit where touch is or is not allowed.
Curating Functional Pottery in a Museum Setting
Include aspects of the process. Let visitors:
•Handle tools and brushes
•Touch clay in various stages
(wet, dry, bisque, glazed)
•Experience diverse textures: wet slip vs. rough surface of fire bricks
Curating Functional Pottery in a Museum Setting
Melted Ash: Michiana Wood Fired PotteryMathers Museum of World Cultures, Indiana University, 2013
Curating Functional Pottery in a Museum Setting
Think outside the white pedestal!
In exhibits of historical objects or objects from other cultures, consider the contexts for which these pots were intended.
Thinking About Context
Todd Pletcher PotteryMichiana Pottery Tour2012
Thinking About Context
Unloading Mark Goertzen’s KilnMichiana Pottery Tour 2013
Dick Lehman
Melted Ash: Michiana Wood Fired Pottery
Mathers Museum of World Cultures, 2013
Thinking About Context
Curating Functional Pottery in a Museum Setting
Plan events to enhance the exhibit experience.
Curating Functional Pottery in a Museum Setting
Plan events to enhance the exhibit experience.
http://www.raku-yaki.or.jp/e/museum/special_program.html
Curating Functional Pottery in a Museum Setting
Think outside the box!
Object Focus: The BowlMuseum of Contemporary Craft, 2013Curated by Namita Gupta Wiggers
http://mocc.pnca.edu/exhibitions/5412/
Curating Functional Pottery in a Museum Setting
Think outside the box!
http://mocc.pnca.edu/exhibitions/5412/
Educational Options:
•Studio Art•Art History
Also consider:•Folklore•Museum Studies•Arts Management•Anthropology•Library Sciences•Education
www.indiana.edu/~folklore
“The Museology of Everyday Life”
~Pravina Shukla
Is it really enough to just look at beautiful pots?
Many thanks to the Michiana-area potters (particularly Dick Lehman, Mark Goertzen, Todd
Pletcher, and Justin Rothshank) for their involvement with the Melted Ash exhibit!
For more information about this presentation, contact:
Meredith McGriffDepartment of Folklore and Ethnomusicology
Indiana [email protected]