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DESCRIPTION:Michelle Erickson\nwill present at the Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. 
 Horowitz Seminar on New York and\nAmerican Material Culture on Tuesday\, J
 anuary 21\, at 6 pm. Her talk is entitled\n“Making History: The Art and Po
 litics of Clay.”Erickson will discuss her practice as a studio potter in t
 he\nfields of contemporary art\, historical archaeology\, and studio ceram
 ics. Her\noeuvre is renowned for its historical depth\, technological virt
 uosity\, and\nincisive commentary. She will explain how her work gives dyn
 amic relevance to\nthe legacy of ceramics as a form of social expression\,
  referencing how makers\nand users have deployed ceramics to advocate for 
 political change and social\njustice as well as to document epic events in
  human experience.Michelle Erickson\nhas a BFA from the College of William
  and Mary and is an independent ceramic\nartist and scholar. International
 ly recognized for her mastery of techniques\nused during the American colo
 nial era\, her work reinvents historical ceramics\nto construct contempora
 ry social\, political\, and environmental critiques. Her\npieces are in th
 e collections of major museums in the United States and\nBritain\, includi
 ng the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City\, the Seattle\nArt Museu
 m\, the Potteries Museums in Stoke-on-Trent\, and the Victoria and\nAlbert
  Museum in London. She has lectured and demonstrated at these\ninstitution
 s as well as the Philadelphia Museum of Art\, the Milwaukee Art\nMuseum\, 
 and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Profiles of Erickson’s erudite\nartist
 ry appear in numerous national and international publications. Her\ninterd
 isciplinary studies of seventeenth- and eighteenth- century ceramic\ntechn
 iques\, grounded in historical research and object-making\, have been\nfea
 tured in such journals as the Chipstone Foundation’s Ceramics in America. 
 Erickson also has designed and produced\nceramics for many museums\, insti
 tutions\, and collectors as well as major motion\npictures such as The Pat
 riot (2002)\nand HBO’s series John Adams (2008).
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: Making History: The Art and Politics of Clay
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