LECTURES
2024
Howard Kottler: The Iconoclast Trouble Maker
part of the IMoDD Unforgettable Dinnerware lecture series
Presented by Judith S. Schwartz
April 10, 2024
Presented by Judith S. Schwartz
April 10, 2024
2021
Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale 2021, lecture about art education, the Art Museum of Jingdezhen Ceramic University, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, P.R.C.
November 10, 2021
November 10, 2021
Seres ‘21 V, International Ceramics, Glass, Enamel, Glaze and Pigment Congress, Turkish Ceramic Society, Eskisehir Technical University
October 13- 15, 2021
October 13- 15, 2021
Brickyard Network Podcast, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, invited guest speaker, “Episode 4: The Teacher - Judith Schwartz and April Felipe”
September 7, 2021
September 7, 2021
C24 Gallery, moderator for an online talk about the exhibition “Earthen Delights,” featuring artists Hinrich Kröger, Steven Montgomery, and Brendan Lee Satish Tang, New York, NY
July 7, 2021
July 7, 2021
Everson Museum of Art, speaker in an online talk about Howard Kottler, moderated by Garth Johnson, Syracuse, New York.
June 5, 2021
June 5, 2021
“What’s in a Mark,” Panel moderator, with Margart Carney. Mark Hewitt, Bethann Gerstein, NCECA, Richmond, VA,
March 19, 2021
March 19, 2021
2020
University of Florida, “Confrontational Ceramics”, and graduate studio critiques, Gainesville, FL
November 5, 2020
November 5, 2020
Renwick Gallery Collection Tour, JRA Craft Weekend, Smithsonian American Art Museum
October 25, 2020
October 25, 2020
National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), “What’s in a Mark”, Panel moderator with Margaret Carney, Mark Hewitt, Bethann Gerstein, Richmond, VA.
March 24, 2020 (Postponed to 2021)
March 24, 2020 (Postponed to 2021)
2019
“Inciteful Ceramics,” lecture and graduate studio critiques, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, November 5, 2019
“Inciteful Ceramics,” Beijing Technical Institute of Art & Design, Beijing, China, July 26, 2019
Beijing Technical Institute of Art & Design
“Personal Transformation Through Art,” Panel Moderator, University Council for Art Education, School of Visual Art, conference, Global Perspectives on Art and Education, May 18, 2019
2018
“Artist as Social Critic,” Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, November 12, 201
NCECA Outstanding Achievement Award for Sana Musasama, Award Presenter, Pittsburgh, PA, March 15, 2018
with Professor Sukumarl Leksawat at Chulalongkorn University
2017
ArtWorks 2017, New York City Art Teachers Association, Presenter, Beacon High School, New York, NY, October 28, 2017 click for poster
2016
“The Contemporary Artist as Provocateur in Clay and Otherwise,” Thorne-Sagenorph Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire, Keene, NH, October 13, 2016
Passed Members Memorial, IAC 47th Congress Memoriam, Design HUB, Barcelona, Spain, September 12, 2016
Design HUB, Barcelona, 2016
Preview Lecture by Judith Schwartz, “Passionate Pursuits: Defining Collector Genius,” 2016
"Passionate Pursuits: Defining Collector Genius," Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI, May 6, 2016
“Clay at the Core: NY Art, Architecture, and Design," Panel Moderator with panelists, Toby Bounagurio, Glenn Adamson, Klein Reid, Susan Tunick, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY, April 16, 2016
Clay Art Center, Clay at the Core symposium panel members: Susan Tunick, Glenn Adamson, James Klein, David Reid, Toby Buonagurio and Judith Schwartz
“InCiteful Clay,” Oklahoma State University Museum of Art, Stillwater, OK, April 5, 2016
2015
"Japanese Influence on American Ceramics," Panel Moderator, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY, March 21, 2015
”Things Love: The Legacy of Kirk Mangus,” Metro Curates, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY, January 24, 2015
2014
”Finding a Global Career,” Lecture and studio critiques, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, November 18 - 19, 2014
”An International Perspective on Contemporary Ceramics,” Series of workshops and juror of national competition, Design Festival, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, September 18 - 22, 2014
Lecture and workshop in Bishkek, Kyrgstan, Design Conference 2014
Russian language flyer for Confrontational Ceramics at Moscow State Stroganoff Academy of Design and Applied Arts, 2014
”Confrontational Ceramics,” Moscow State Stroganoff Academy of Design and Applied Arts, Moscow, Russia, September 15, 2014
”Inciteful Clay,” Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR, May 1, 2014
TeaTime Symposium, Panel Moderator with panelists Leslie Ferrin of Ferrin Contemporary, Ulysses Dietz, Senior Curator at Newark Museum and Michael Harney, Vice President of Harney & Sons Master Tea Blenders, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY, March 1, 2014
”Inciteful Clay,” Foosaner Art Museum of Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, February 22, 2014
”InCiteful Clay: The Artist Provacateur,” Gallery Square Circle Visual Theater Auroville, India, January 9, 2014
“Inciteful Clay” lecture at Foosaner Museum, 2014
Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai, India
2013
“InCiteful Clay: The Artist Provacateur,” Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai, India, December 28, 2013
“InCiteful Clay: The Artist as a Social Critic,” Musee Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland, September 27, 2013
"Craftivism, and Ceramic Technologies," Clay Forum III Symposium, NYU Barney Building, Eisenstein Auditorium, April 13, 2013
2012
“Watershed Legends,” University of Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA, November 8, 2012
“Ceramic Education/Innovation and Strategies in Clay,” 32nd Art Education Conference, New York City Art Teachers Association / United Federation of Teachers, Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School, October 13, 2012
Watershed's 25 Years of Residencies exhibition
IAC Conference Panel, Santa Fe, NM. Panel at IAC meeting American Ceramics: Four Perspectives
“American Ceramics: Four Perspectives,” Panel Moderator and Lecturer, International Academy of Ceramics biennial meeting, Santa Fe, September 18, 2012
“InCiteful Clay: The Artist Provacateur,” National Gallery of Modern Art Sanskriti, New Delhi, India January 21, 2012
InCiteful Clay, Delhi
Smithsonian Panel on the Japanese Influence on American Craft - with panel members Halsey North, Don Friedlich, Jack Lenor Larson and Judy Schwartz, March 2012
“Japanese Influence on American Craft,” Smithsonian Panel with Halsey North, Don Friedlich and Jack Lenor Larson, March 2012
2011
“Confrontational Ceramics,” “How the Galleries Function for Crafts, NYC and Globally,” “Guiding a Global Career,” series of lectures for Fulbright Senior Scholar residency, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland, October 18, 2011
Panel discussion, Kilkenny, Ireland with Neil Read (left) and Henry Pim (right)
Panel discussion, The Grennan Mill Craft School, Thomastown Co. Kilkenny, Ireland, October 21, 2011
Panel discussion, National Craft Gallery, Castle Yard, Kilkenny, Ireland, Oct 22, 2011
Five-day writing retreat for Doctoral and Masters students on Craft practice and research skills in collaboration with Dr. Anna Moran, Eleanor Flegg, and Dr. Francis Halsall, Cill Rialaig, Co. Kerry, Ireland, October 24 - 28, 2011
with NCAD students at Cill Rialaig
Eskisehir, Turkey, 2011
Panel discussion, The Grennan Mill Craft School, Thomastown Co. Kilkenny, Ireland, October 21, 2011
Panel discussion, National Craft Gallery, Castle Yard, Kilkenny, Ireland, Oct 22, 2011
"Migration of Creation," KOCEF Biennale, International Ceramic Forum, Incheon, Korea, September 24, 2011
Korean Biennale 2011
NCECA Innovation Conference 2010, Philadelphia
2010
“Collecting Ceramic Art,” Westchester Craft Show, White Plains Convention Center, October 15, 2010
“Guiding a Global Career,” European Ceramic Context 2010, Bornholm Danish Design School, Bornholm, Denmark, September 12, 2010
“Art Deco Ceramics: The Noritake Years, 1921-1932,” National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Innovation Conference, Philadelphia, PA, April 2, 2010
2009
Greenwich House Pottery, “Confrontational Ceramics,” New York, NY, October 23, 2009
Sculptural Objects and Fine Arts (SOFA) Lecture Series, Navy Piers, “The Ceramist as Social Critic: An International Perspective,” Chicago, IL, November 7, 2009.
“The Artist as Social Critic: An International Perspective,” Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, June 4, 2009
“The Artist as Social Critic: An International Perspective,” Hongik University, Seoul, Korea, April 27, 2009
“The Artist as Social Critic: An International Perspective,” University of Miami, Miami, FL, March 6, 2009
“Howard Kottler, Howeird,” The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, February 7, 2009
“Inside the New York Art World: A Curator’s Perspective,” Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, Norway, January 29, 2009
“Guiding a Global Career: Don’t Be ‘Lost In Translation’,” Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, Norway, January 28, 2009
“Guiding a Global Career: Don’t Be ‘Lost In Translation’,” Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Bergen, Norway, January 26, 2009
Why Clay? Symposium, 2008
2008
“Why Clay?,” Symposium, SUNY Purchase College, Purchase, NY, October 26, 2008
“Ceramic Education: Innovation and Strategies in Clay,” Workshop, Westchester Teacher Institute, Westchester Community College, Westchester, NY, July 7 - 11, 2008
"Confrontational Ceramics”, The Artist as Social Critic: An International Perspective,” Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, June 29, 2008
“The Ceramist as Social Critic: An International Perspective,” 19th Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art (CCACA), Davis, CA, April 26, 2008
Westchester Teacher Institute 2008
2007
“Margaret Keelan, Figurative Dolls,” Sculptural Objects, Functional Art (SOFA), Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY, June 2, 2007
SOFA Chicago 2006
2006
“Contemporary Korean Ceramics and the World Ceramic Exposition Foundation: The Total Ceramic Experience,” SOFA Lecture Series, Chicago, IL, November 11, 2006
“WOCEF: The Total Ceramic Experience and Model for the Future of the Ceramic Arts,” National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Explorations and Navigations: The Resonance of Place, Portland, OR, March 10, 2006
2005
“The State of the Crafts in the New Millennium,” Craft Symposium, Syracuse University, Department of Studio Arts, NY, November 19, 2005
“The Legacy of Rose Slivka,” Panel Moderator with Jack Lenor Larson, SOFA, NY, June 2, 2005
“An International View of Confrontational Clay,” 16th Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Davis, CA, April 30, 2005
“Money, Politics, Globalization and the Role of Institutions in 21st Century Ceramics,” 3rd International Biennial of Ceramics Symposium, Icheon World Ceramic Center, South Korea, April 28, 2005
“Look Alikes: The Decal Plates of Howard Kottler,” Panel Moderator, NCECA, Centering: Community, Clay and Culture, “Howard Kottler,” Baltimore, MD, March 18, 2005
2003
“A Moment After Now and Now,” Second International Ceramic Symposium: Creativity, Icheon World Ceramic Center, South Korea, September 2, 2003
“Politics and Social History in Ceramic Art,” Oslo International Ceramics Symposium, sponsored by The Institute of Ceramic Art, The National College of Art and Design, Oslo, Norway, June 22, 2003
2002
“Emerging Artists from America,” International Academy of Ceramics, Athens, Greece, August 27, 2002
“Passionate Pursuits: Defining Collector Genius,” Panel Moderator, SOFA, NY, May 30, 2002
2001
“Collecting Shino,” Panel Moderator, NYU School of Continuing Education, American Shino: The History, Process, Aesthetic, and Collecting of Shino-Glazed Ceramics, New York, NY, October 6, 2001
“Confrontational Clay,” Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI, April 5, 2001
“The First Amendment and Freedom of Expression,” Keynote Speaker, Symposium, American Craft Museum, New York, NY, January 27, 2001
2000
“The Future of Ceramics,” Moderator, in conjunction with the opening of the Ceramic National at the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, October 7, 2000
“Emerging Talent,” International Academy of Ceramics, Cologne, Germany, August 20, 2000
“The Teapot: High Stake Art or Kitschy Cliche?,” Moderator, The National Conference on Education in the Ceramic Arts, Denver, CO, March 24, 2000
“Woman in Ceramics,” Chairperson, Co-Organizer, and Master of Ceremonies: Symposium, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York, NY, March 11, 2000
1998 - 1999
“Confrontational Clay,” Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, FL, April 4, 1999
“Howard, Howeird,” SOFA Chicago, November 5, 1999
“Collectors on Collecting,” SOFA New York, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY, May 21, 1999
“Confrontational Clay,” Keynote Speaker, 55th Scripps Ceramic Annual, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, February 10, 1999
"Current Exhibitions and Work in Progress,” International Academy of Ceramics, University of Waterloo, Canada, August 23, 1998
Confrontational Clay catalog