Judith
Schwartz—President
jschwartz@moca-ny.org
Judith Schwartz Ph.D., is Associate Professor
in the Department of Art and Art Professors at New York University,
where she directs the Sculpture Craft Media area and teaches courses
in ceramic art. She publishes in both national and international journals,
and has curated numerous exhibitions including Confrontational Clay,
which was on national tour through 2002. She co-chairs conferences and
has juried numerous national and international exhibitions. Dr. Schwartz
lectures frequently on contemporary ceramics to museums, professional
conferences and art fairs. She is the former President of Watershed
Center for the Ceramic Arts, serves on the board of Studio Potter, and
is an elected member of the International Academy of Ceramics. She also
serves on the board of the International Museum of Ceramic Art at Alfred
University. Schwartz has been presented with the prestigious Everson
Museum Award for service and excellence in the field of ceramic education.
She is currently writing a book on Noritake Art Deco Porcelain, and
is the trustee of the estate of the late ceramic artist, Howard Kottler.
Arthur
Goldberg—Vice President
agoldberg@moca-ny.org
Arthur F. Goldberg, M.D., after retiring
from his practice of medicine, has devoted more time to his passion
and love of ceramics and the decorative arts. While serving in the U.S.
Navy, he was stationed in Japan where he was exposed to and influenced
by eastern pottery. This stimulated his search for an America equivalent,
which resulted in an exhibition of selections from his broad and historical
collection of American stoneware at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in
1985. A member of the American Ceramic Circle, he has lectured on American
stoneware and art tiles at the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Wadsworth
Athenaeum, and Winterthur. As a member of the Tile Heritage Foundation,
Dr. Goldberg curated an exhibition of Arthur Osborne’s Plastic
Sketches for the Low Art Tile Works in Chelsea, Mass., and the Erie
Art Museum in 1999, for which he is writing a catalogue. His article
“Highlights in the Development of the Rockingham and Yellow Ware
Industry in the United States” was recently published in Ceramics
in America. He lectured on “High Points in the Evolution of American
Stoneware” at Winterthur Museum’s Ceramics in America Conference.
Examples of his ceramic and tile collection have been exhibited at the
Whitney Museum of American Art, Winterthur, the High Museum of Art,
the Museum of American Folk Art, Craftsman Farms Museum and elsewhere.
In recent years he has been creating pottery on the wheel.
Ronald
Kuchta—Advisory
rkuchta@moca-ny.org
Ronald Kuchta is the Editor of American
Ceramics. He is the recipient of many honors and awards including the
award for Contributions to American Art from the Fonda del Sol Arts
Center in Washington, D.C. He is the former chairman of the Urban Arts
Commission in Syracuse, New York, and was the Commissioner of Art at
the New York State Fair four years in a row. Mr. Kuchta is a trustee
of Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, and a member of the International
Academy of Ceramics. He has tremendous experience in raising major funding
for exhibitions, publications, endowments and acquisitions. He lectures
at museums and galleries, and curates and juries exhibitions throughout
the world. He has published numerous catalogs, book essays and articles
on the ceramic arts.
Patricia
Pelehach—Advisory
ppelehach@moca-ny.org
Patricia Pelehach is an independent fund-raising
consultant registered with the state of New York. She assists a number
of clients with strategic planning, institutional development, and fundraising.
She holds degrees from Smith College and Brown University and has held
senior development positions at a variety of organizations including
the Buten Museum of Wedgwood, Moore College of Art, the University of
Pennsylvania, the Institute for EastWest Studies, and New York University.
She is the author of numerous articles on Wedgwood ceramics and more
recently has turned her attention to Japanese and Asian ceramics. Recent
articles include “Confidence and Freedom: The Art of Yasuhiro
Kohara”, Ceramics: Art and Perception, Issue 60, June 2005, p.
85-87; “Lee Gee-Jo at Tong-In Gallery”, American Ceramics,
14/4, (2005) p. 59; “Peter Callas: Thirty Years in Clay”,
Ceramics: Art and Perception, number 56, 2004; and “Yasuhiro Kohara
at Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd.”, American Ceramics, 14/2, (2002) p. 56.
A student of Japanese language, brush painting and calligraphy, Ms.
Pelehach collects contemporary Japanese ceramics, and is herself a ceramic
sculptor.
Bruce
Sherman
bsherman@moca-ny.org
