What types of art do you specialize in?

We specialize in contemporary ceramics from the 1950s onward, including clay and porcelain sculptures.

Do you offer collection services?

Yes, we work with private collectors and artist archives to organize, document, and appraise ceramic art collections for deacquisition or placement.

Can you help with exhibition development?

Absolutely, we collaborate with museums and cultural institutions to develop and present ceramic art exhibitions.

Do you provide touring programs?

Yes, we curate and organize touring exhibitions for contemporary ceramic artists.

What are legacy projects?

Legacy projects include customized services for artists, such as retrospective catalogs, exhibitions, and museum acquisitions.

TOURING COLLECTION: Ferrin Contemporary Historical Collection

ABOUT THE FERRIN CONTEMPORARY HISTORICAL COLLECTION

Imprinted: Illustrating Race includes works from the Ferrin Contemporary Historical Collection as well as recent contemporary works from Ferrin Contemporary artists. The collection includes souvenir objects and plates, designed and produced in England in the 19th and early 20th century, Made in Occupied Japan, and later produced in America. These objects were exhibited at the Normal Rockwell Museum in the 2023 location of “Imprinted”, and in Ferrin Contemporary’s traveling exhibition, “Our America/Whose America” (2022 & 2024).

“Cumbrian Blue(s) New American Scenery, A Souvenir of Selma AL” by Ferrin Contemporary artist Paul Scott is an example of one of the contemporary works included in Imprinted: Illustrating Race which seeks to reference objects in the Ferrin Contemporary’s Historical Collection. The piece celebrates the 2018 anniversary walk in Selma, AL– the annual even commemorating “Bloody Sunday”, March 7 1965, when John Lewis & Hosea Williams led 525 peaceful civil rights protestors across the bridge in Selma. En-route to Montgomery, they were stopped by State Troopers and Sheriff’s Deputies, who brutally set upon them, indiscriminately gassing + beating men, women, & children. This piece, and the contemporary light it shines on an important turning point in American history, presents concepts that the exhibition serves to highlight through illustrative transferware.