The Art of Reading: “Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay”

Personal memory and cultural history combine in Christopher Benfey’s New York Times Notable Book and connections to the Mint’s ceramic collections abound. Characters and times range from Anni and Josef Albers and their residence at Black Mountain College to Josiah Wedgwood’s quest for Carolina Cherokee clay to the history of Seagrove potters.
“A pottery vessel…is meant to fulfill a purpose…held in the hand and drawn into the movement of practical life.” –Georg Simmel
Guided tour, Mint Museum Randolph: Portals to the Past and Ancient Americas galleries to see connections to our art through the lens of someone tracing identity through touch, material, and inherited memory.