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.

Project Tag: Mara Superior Past

May

2017

MENDED WAYS | The Art of Inventive Repair

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

MENDED WAYS: The Art of Inventive Repair

A special exhibition presented by Andrew Baseman

January 21–24, 2016
New York Ceramics & Glass Fair
Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street, New York, NY

An exhibit of repaired historic pieces from Baseman’s collection complemented with work from contemporary ceramic artists whose work imitates, replicates, or honors the inventive repairs of the past.

“Before the invention of Krazy Glue, broken household items were brought back to life with flair and ingenuity.” Examples of repaired historic pieces from Baseman’s collection will be complimented with work from contemporary ceramic artists whose work imitates, replicates, or honors the inventive repairs of the past.

Baseman presented a lecture at the New York Ceramics & Glass Fair 2016.
Click here for part one and part two.

RE—Reanimate, Repair, Mend and Meld

This curated exhibition examines the contemporary artistic interest in repaired ceramics. It focuses on materially related forms and graphic material by leading contemporary artists who exploit and explore the surrounding issues of conservation, restoration, overconsumption, reuse, and recycling.

May

2017

NCECA 2015 Conference: “Lively Experiments”

NCECA 49th ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Lively Experiments
March 25 to 28, 2015
Providence, RI

The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) presents its annual conference “Lively Experiments” March 25 through 28 in Providence, Rhode Island, with a pre-conference symposium, lectures and discussions, collector’s tour, and related events in the area.

PRE-CONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM

Sat & Sun, Mar 21 & 22, 8–5
Of Earth, Sea & Fire: A Symposium of Makers
Join sixteen artists for a weekend of lively discussion, demonstrations, and lectures.
Sergei Isupov to speak Sat, Mar 21, 4–5
New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA
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SOME PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Thurs, Mar 26, 9
Roundtable Discussion:
Pass the Peas: Food, Objects and the Making of Community
Vipoo Srivilasa is one of five panelists who will discuss themes explored in the keynote and share their insights on the complex ways that we understand place and memory through objects, food, and community engagement.
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Thurs, Mar 26, 1:30
Panel: The Social (Media) Experiment
Leslie Ferrin joins Amanda Barr, Brian Harper, and Justin Rothshank to address the myriad of ways today’s ubiquitous social media can be utilized in ceramic education, studio practice, and curation.
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Thurs, Mar 26, 2:30
Panel: Willows, Waterworks, and Wild Roses
Paul Scott, Andrew Raftery, and Sarah Carter will examine the historical contexts of transferwares depicting North American scenery produced in the early nineteenth century as well as their political and cultural functions, highlighting their relevance to contemporary artistic practice.

Click here for full program listing.

COLLECTORS TOUR

Sun, Mar 22–Fri, Mar 28
Leslie Ferrin (curator and specialist in contemporary ceramics) and Paul Sacaridiz (president elect of NCECA) will take collectors behind the scenes to visit private collections, enjoy talks, and discover new works by established and emerging artists.

Visit the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (with curator Emily Zilber); The Clark and Lacoste Galleries in Concord, MA; Harvard Ceramics (with Kathryn King); the New Bedford Whaling Museum; Chris Gustin Studio; and Anagama Firing. And other special events.

EVENTS CONCURRENT WITH NCECA

Of Earth + Sea: Contemporary Artists Respond to the New Bedford Whaling Museum Collection
A group show including the work of Sergei Isupov
New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA
Mar 12–Aug 12, reception Thurs, Mar 26, 5:30–8
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Paul Scott & Andrew Raftery: Transferware Scenery — Gardens, Bridges, Trucks, Turbines, and Willows
An exhibition of new work rising from transferware’s rich history of image and meaning.
Mar 25–28 or Mar 22–April 4, reception Thurs, Mar 26, 5–9:30
Benson Hall Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
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A Porcelain Menagerie: solo show of work by Mara Superior
Featuring painted porcelain platters, teapots and sculptures celebrating the beauty and fragility of the animal world.
Co-curated by Dana Salvo and Leslie Ferrin.
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Ceramics at Clark: Bruce Barry, David Furman, Linda Huey, Allison Newsome
Clark Gallery, Mar 10–31, Lincoln, MA
extended hours during NCECA: Mar 22–29, Sun–Sat, 10–6
reception during NCECA: Monday, Mar 23, 5–7

May

2017

NEW YORK CERAMICS & GLASS FAIR 2015

Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street
(between 1st & 2nd Avenues)
New York, NY

SELECTED WORKS FROM CURRENT PROJECTS
Ferrin Contemporary booth on the 4th floor

MADE IN CHINA: THE NEW EXPORT WARE
Ferrin Contemporary Special Exhibition Booth on the 3rd Floor

EVENTS

MEET THE ARTISTS
in the Special Exhibition Booth on the 3rd Floor

Join us for a conversation about MADE IN CHINA: THE NEW EXPORT WARE with artists Sin-ying Ho and Robert Silverman. The discussion will be moderated by Leslie Ferrin, curator of MADE IN CHINA and director of Ferrin Contemporary. A tour of the exhibition with the artists and curator, will follow.

MADE IN CHINA ARTIST & CURATOR LECTURES

Friday, January 23, 2015

12 noon
ARTIST TALK: Paul Scott
Duchess, Dogs, Detroit, Dragons, Handles and Cherrypickers: Re-Animating the Transferware Archives of an Industry with Paul Scott: artist, author, and professor at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts Norway

1:30 p.m.
BOOK SIGNING: Paul Scott
Join us! Paul Scott will sign and present his new book Horizon, Transferware and Contemporary Ceramics.

2 pm
CURATOR TALK : Leslie Ferrin
Made in China: New Export Ware from Jingdezhen with Leslie Ferrin, curator of MADE IN CHINA and director Ferrin Contemporary

4 pm
ARTIST TALK: Garth Johnson
I’m So Fancy: Young Artists Take On Historical Ceramics with Garth Johnson, Curator of the Arizona State University Ceramics Research Center and Director-at-Large of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA).

Saturday, January 24

12 noon
LECTURE: RON FUCHS II
The Most Dangerous Imitations: Fake Chinese Export Porcelain of the 1920s and ’30s with Ron Fuchs II, Curator of the Reeves Collections at Washington and Lee University.

3pm
CONVERSATION and TOUR with artists and curator

Click here to view press release.
Click here for downloadable pdf of press release.

SELECTED WORKS FROM CURRENT PROJECTS

Frances Palmer

Bonnie Smith

This group exhibition brings together work by several top ceramic artists represented by Ferrin Contemporary. Included will be pieces by Stephen Bowers, Claire Curneen, Steven Young Lee, Frances Palmer, Paul Scott, Bonnie Smith, Vipoo Srivilasa, Mara Superior, and Kurt Weiser. Form and surface merge in various constructions embodying elements of the human form, of animals, and of abstracted thought. The work in this exhibit gives a taste of the broad range of work being created in ceramics today.

MADE IN CHINA: THE NEW EXPORT WARE

Julie Bartholomew