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Supported in part with funds received from the Pasadena Tournament of Roses® Foundation
Join Pasadena Museum of History volunteers for an informative lecture and to learn more about volunteer opportunities at the Museum. Each lecture will be preceded by a short presentation on the many ways you can share the vibrant history, culture, and arts of Pasadena by volunteering with students on educational field trips, becoming a docent in the 1906 Fenyes Mansion, assisting with lectures and events, or working in the Research Library & Archives.
What is it about pottery that makes it ART pottery? Don Hall, a researcher from Rochester, New York, will show how the art pottery movement began in the late 1870s as a result of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, the writings of English design theorists, and the fashionable womens hobby of china painting. Pottery styles changed during the following decades, sometimes leading popular taste, and sometimes following it, but always remaining contemporary with the times. Van Briggle pottery from the Fenyes-Curtin-Paloheimo Collection as well as works of the Rookwood Pottery of Cincinnati, Tiffany, and others will serve as specific examples.
Held offsite at the historic 1929 Maxwell House, home of the Western Justice Center, 55 South Grand Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91105. Free, advanced reservations required.
Also in the Age of Elegance Series:
Grace Nicholson: Pasadenas Merchant Princess
gracenicholsonlecture.bpt.me
Etiquette & Lifestyle in the Age of Elegance
etiquetteandlifestyle.bpt.me
Image: Don Hall surrounded by Fulper pottery (Flemington, NJ) and Rookwood pottery (Cincinnati, OH).
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LocationThe historic 1929 Maxwell House home of the Western Justice Center (View)
55 South Grand Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91105
United States
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| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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