Downey High School Ceramics
Department of Visual and Performing Arts
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Ceramics Resources
The American Museum of Ceramic Art
The official website of the American Museum of Ceramic Art which was founded in 2003, in Pomona, California. The mission of the museum is to champion the art, history, creation, and technology of ceramics through exhibitions, collections, outreach, and studio programming.
Offers a wealth of information for pottery enthusiasts. For starters, they offer a daily blog with how-to articles, Q and A's with artists, and helpful tips. They also offer dozens of free guides, from pottery wheel tips to information on kilns and glazes.
You can also find ceramics recipes, information about industry events, and shop for things like books and guides. They are a partner in creating the popular CLAYflicks streaming instructional videos, which you can access for free just by creating an account. Clay Geek recommends this website for its inspiration and helpful how-to guides.
Clay Times
A magazine that comes in both a print and a digital version, but its website also has plenty of helpful information for those who love pottery. Art Show praises it for its helpful reference articles. It also includes a section for classified ads, a guide to pottery classes by state, and a shopping section with videos, guides, and teaching materials.
Ayumi Horie
Ayumi Horie is an award-winning pottery artist, and her website was named as one of the best according to the American Craft Council. Potter Joel Cherrico also names her as one of the top five potters who embody the art of business. She received a Distinguished Fellow grant by United Sates Artists in 2015, and is well known for her activism and social media savvy. Her website offers helpful instructional videos, blog posts on pottery, and an online shop featuring her unique creations.
Field Guide for Ceramic Artisans
This comprehensive online field guide covers a large amount of information important for beginning artists. It includes information on things like setting up your pottery studio, selecting kilns, shipping your work, exhibitions, and sales. It also features interviews with successful professional potters and educators. It's listed as a top pottery site according to Pottery Making Info.
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
Organization that engages and sustains a community for ceramic art, teaching and learning. In addition to deepening knowledge within the field, NCECA expands it by working to cultivate the next generation of ceramic artists and enthusiasts through programming that affects professional artists, K-12 schools, community centers, universities, museums, galleries, businesses, organizations, collectors and enthusiasts of ceramic art. Currently comprised of approximately 4,000 members from the United States and more than 20 foreign countries, NCECA reaches thousands of additional individuals each year through its programs, publications, events, exhibitions and resources.
Aardvark Clay and Supply
Local retail ceramic supply company located in Santa Ana.
Art Resources
The J. Paul Getty Museum
The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks to inspire curiosity about, and enjoyment and understanding of, the visual arts by collecting, conserving, exhibiting and interpreting works of art of outstanding quality and historical importance.
The Huntington Library
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens is a collections-based research and educational institution serving scholars and the general public.
Los Angeles Museum of Art
Located on the Pacific Rim, LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection of nearly 140,000 objects that illuminate 6,000 years of artistic expression across the globe. Committed to showcasing a multitude of art histories, LACMA exhibits and interprets works of art from new and unexpected points of view that are informed by the region’s rich cultural heritage and diverse population. LACMA’s spirit of experimentation is reflected in its work with artists, technologists, and thought leaders as well as in its regional, national, and global partnerships to share collections and programs, create pioneering initiatives, and engage new audiences.
Museum of Contemporary Art
Established in 1979, we are the only artist-founded museum in Los Angeles. We are dedicated to collecting and exhibiting contemporary art. We house one of the most compelling collections of contemporary art in the world, comprising roughly 7000 objects, and have a diverse history of ground-breaking, historically-significant exhibitions.
Museum of Modern Art
At The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1, we celebrate creativity, openness, tolerance, and generosity. We aim to be inclusive places—both onsite and online—where diverse cultural, artistic, social, and political positions are welcome. We’re committed to sharing the most thought-provoking modern and contemporary art, and hope you will join us in exploring the art, ideas, and issues of our time.
Norton Simon Museum
The Norton Simon Museum is home to one of the world’s most remarkable private art collections ever assembled. Over a 30-year period, the industrialist Norton Simon (1907–1993) amassed an impressive group of European masterworks from the Renaissance to the 20th century, and a stellar collection of South and Southeast Asian art spanning 2,000 years. Modern works from Europe and the United States, acquired by the former Pasadena Art Museum, also occupy an important place in the Museum’s holdings.
Blick Art Materials
Retail store specializing in a wide variety of art supplies.