Katherine Choy Ceramics

Originally associated with the american arts and crafts movement its potters evolved stylistically as the 20th century advanced and abstract expressionism minimalism and new technologies influenced artists works.

Katherine choy ceramics.

She is joined by her friend from mills college henry okamoto and together they open clay art center. But as much as things have changed over the decades the influence of the center s founder katherine choy is still felt. Tenore made for the arts exchange exhibit. Katherine choy a visionary 27 year old immigrant from hong kong leaves her assistant professorship at tulane university and moves to port chester new york to fulfill her dream of establishing a center for the ceramic arts.

1957 founder the clay art center for advanced study in ceramics and sculpture clay art center port chester new york katherine choy s functional wheel thrown stoneware bottles vases bowls and platters are glazed with copper red celadon and iron rich glazes which she developed. These glazes continue to be used at the clay art center. Frey supplements her income by working at new york s museum of modern art in the billing department of the business office. As a young chinese art student and immigrant to america katherine choy quickly assumed the technical and aesthetic influences of two of the most accomplished ceramic artists of the previous decade in california carlton ball and anthony prieto says american ceramics expert ronald kuchta.

Katherine choy and newcomb pottery at mid century newcomb pottery has a long and cherished history. Carlton ball at mills completing her master s degree. Choy collaborated with ball in at least one example a circa 1954 glazed stoneware. 1957 moves to port chester new york to work at the clay art center with founder katherine choy.

Choy augmented her studies in ceramics with research on ceramic glazes and demonstrated pottery techniques at exhibitions and numerous schools. For example a platter that ms. Choy worked under f.