Ferrin Contemporary manages the ceramics collections of Private Collectors, both living and deceased, as well as the historic Collection of Leslie Ferrin. Our collections specialists work to catalog and photograph artworks with the intention of gifting, selling, memorializing, or organizing a collection-focus exhibition with one of Ferrin Contemporary’s many partner institutions.
Offerings include works from represented artists, artist archives, and individual artworks. Selections from multiple collections are available for purchase.
Victoria Schonfeld (1950-2019) was a prominent New York lawyer, collector, and philanthropist whose discerning eye was matched only by the fierceness of devotion to her family and friends. Schonfeld’s passion for the medium serves as an archive to commemorate her collection and support of ceramic artists.
Rebecca Sive (1950-2025) was a speaker and commentator on women’s political leadership and power and the author of two books. Rebecca was also a tireless advocate for women artists, and committed her life to recognizing, recording, and institutionalizing women’s contributions to contemporary ceramics.
Through their love of British ceramics and beyond, Marc & Diane Grainer became involved in the institutional infrastructure of the craft movement in the USA, taking up various leadership roles with the James Renwick Alliance in their home city, Washington DC, the American Craft Museum, and the American Craft Council. In many respects they have been exemplary of another golden generation, of motivated craft collectors who also became institution-builders.