Judith Schwartz—President
judith.schwartz@nyu.edu
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
