Virtual tour of Art Museum's "Path of the Teabowl" exhibit set for Oct. 6
Alfred University Associate Professor of Art History Meghen Jones will conduct a virtual tour of the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum’s new exhibition, Path of the Teabowl, from 5 to 6 pm Wednesday, Oct. 6.
Alfred University Associate Professor of Art History Meghen Jones will conduct a virtual tour of the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum’s new exhibition, Path of the Teabowl, from 5 to 6 pm Wednesday, Oct. 6.
Jones served as curator for Path of the Teabowl, which opened Sept. 23. The exhibit traces the development of the teabowl in and beyond Asia and features more than 100 teabowls and related objects from the tenth through the twenty-first century. Early teabowls were used by Buddhist monks for powdered green tea; in the twenty-first century, ceramic artists are crafting teabowls as both functional vessels and experiments in form and process.
Funding for the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum’s Path of the Teabowl project, which includes the exhibition, a forthcoming catalogue and an online international conference, has been provided by the Museum’s Schein-Joseph Exhibition Fund and the Robert C. Turner Endowment Fund with additional support from the Levine Endowment, created by Steve, AU‘61, and Michiko Levine to encourage and support the interaction of Alfred University and Asian cultures; the New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University School of Art Design; and a grant from the Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies, in conjunction with the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission.
The Alfred Ceramic Art Museum’s Path of the Teabowl exhibition will be on view through Dec. 29. Museum hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm. Closed Mondays and Thanksgiving Day.
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