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Major Exhibition on American Art Pottery Earth into Art: The Flowering of American Art Pottery
Opens October 16, 2018— China painting, at this pivotal post-war juncture in
Opens in October American history, was seen as an acceptable vocation for women, and no women were
more important to the flowering of the art pottery industry in America than Maria
WINTER PARK, FL.—The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art will open Longworth Nichols Storer (1849–1932), who founded Rookwood Pottery, and Mary
its 2018–2019 season in October with a major exhibition organized from its extensive Louise McLaughlin (1847–1939), an artist and author who promoted china painting
holdings of American Art Pottery. as a profitable pursuit for women. Their talent, business acumen, and innovations
Earth into Art—The Flowering of American Art Pottery examines the roots of the established Cincinnati as the center of the nation’s art pottery industry. This exhibition
industry in Ohio, the innovations in decoration and glazes, and the vital contributions provides a window onto key developments in American Art Pottery, including the
of women. American Art Pottery was in peak demand from roughly 1876 to 1914. contributions of Storer, McLaughlin, and others.
The work of U.S. art potteries in this period was the first truly American art to achieve Iridescence in Glass and Pottery: A Celebration
widespread acclaim both domestically and abroad. Opens February 12, 2019—
Sharing many of the values of the international Arts and Crafts movement—which During the second half of the nineteenth century, iridescence—the optical light
was a response to industrialization and mass production—these ceramic artists phenomenon natural to seashells, butterfly wings, and peacock feathers—captured the
sought a return to work by hand, dignity of labor, and unity of design. Their work, interest of glassmakers and potters in both Europe and America. The enthusiasm for
merging the fine and decorative arts, incorporated the avant-garde brush strokes of mimicking these color-changing effects followed exciting discoveries of antique glass that
French Impressionism, the exoticism of Asian motifs like dragonflies, and realistic had become iridescent after centuries of burial within mineral-rich soils. The premier
representations of plants and flowers. decorative art studios of the West, notably Louis Comfort Tiffany’s firm in the United
In preparation for this exhibition, the Morse will reinstall two adjacent galleries with States and Glasfabrik Johann Loetz Witwe in Europe, developed chemical techniques to
new selections of Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau objects from its collection. Winter reproduce iridescent rainbow colors on par with nature. In this exhibition, the Museum
exhibitions include smaller exhibitions on the popular iridescent ware of the late 19th celebrates iridescence through diverse examples from these and other companies of
and early 20th centuries, and on Osceola Lodge, Charles Hosmer Morse’s Arts and the era represented in its collection.
Crafts house in Winter Park. The Museum’s 2018–2019 schedule also includes Holiday Friday Nights November
On Friday nights from November through April, the public is invited to enjoy free 23- December 28, the 40th annual Christmas in the Park display of Tiffany windows and
admission from 4-8 p.m., along with live music, gallery tours, and more on selected open house events for Christmas Eve, Winter Park’s Weekend of the Arts, the Winter
evenings. The Museum’s extended Friday hours begin November 2 and conclude April Park Sidewalk Art Festival, Easter weekend, and Independence Day.
26. Morse museum is located at 445 North Park Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789. Museum
Works by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933)—including his chapel from the 1893 hours are 9:30 am–4:00 pm Tuesday through Saturday (Open until 8:00 pm Friday,
World’s Columbian Exposition and objects and architectural elements from his Long November through April) and 1:00 pm-4:00 pm Sunday. Information can be found in
Island country estate, Laurelton Hall—are always on view. The following are descriptions advance at www.morsemuseum.org or by calling (407) 645-5311.
of new exhibitions in the 2018–2019 season:

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