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Learn MoreTuesday, December 9, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Join Kevin R. E. Greenwood, Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art, for an overview of the exciting contemporary Japanese ceramics currently on view. Works by prominent ceramics artists such as Tanaka Yū, Takegoshi Jun, Miyashita Zenji, Matsuda Yuriko and others will be discussed in the context of their own work and broader trends in the field.
Registration for this free event is encouraged but not required to attend.
Image: Tanaka Yū 田中悠 (Japanese, b. 1989), A Tsutsumimono (“Wrapped Item A”), ca. 2020. Glazed stoneware. Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection, TL41.2024.6.
Access Statement:
This event will be held in a wheelchair- and rolling walker-accessible building. The lecture space is wheelchair accessible, with moveable seating. Restrooms are gender-specific and wheelchair-accessible. Listening devices and ASL are currently not scheduled for this event. Most talks will be recorded and available with closed captions on the museum’s YouTube page after the event. Please email access questions to Jill Greenwood, jgreenwo@oberlin.edu.
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