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Meghen Jones, Alfred University Associate Professor of Art History, to join panel on artist Ogawa Machiko

Meghen Jones, Alfred University Associate Professor of Art History, will be part of a Zoom panel next week discussing the groundbreaking career of acclaimed clay artist Ogawa Machiko and her trailblazing path to achieving critical success within Japan and internationally.


Meghen Jones, Alfred University Associate Professor of Art History, will be part of a Zoom panel next week discussing the groundbreaking career of acclaimed clay artist Ogawa Machiko and her trailblazing path to achieving critical success within Japan and internationally. The Zoom panel will begin at 5 pm Thursday, Sept. 15.

Machiko can be called a true master of her medium. Her long, illustrious career is characterized by bold sculptural forms that recall archaeological finds, excavated minerals, and volcanic remains. In her latest body of work, Red Earth, at Joan B. Mirviss LTD, Ogawa explores the concept of a vessel (utsuwa) in a deep red color inspired by the red earth of Burkina Faso, West Africa.

Jones will be joined by: Sophie Makariou, Présidente, Musée national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet, Paris; Shirley Rendell, collector of Japanese ceramics; and Yamauchi Tokutaro, Director of the Shibunkaku Gallery, which represents Ogawa in Japan. The panel discussion will be moderated by Joan Mirviss.