Special Exhibitions

In its temporary 1500 s.f. gallery space in Binns-Merrill Hall on the Alfred University campus, the Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art offers exhibitions focusing on its permanent collections, temporary exhibits on varying topics ranging from the whiteware industry and conspicuous applications of advanced ceramics to the cutting edge of contemporary ceramics and historical exhibits as well. Related educational programming is offered which varies with each exhibition.

Museum Hours:

From April 19 through May 12, the Museum becomes a gallery for four MFA thesis exhibitions. This year’s candidates include ceramics, electronic arts and sculpture students. These exhibitions feature the student’s work in completing a two-year degree at the School of Art and Design, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University.

Exhibitions will be open to the public at 7-9 p.m. on the first day of each exhibition. The museum will be altering its regular hours; call ahead for times 607-871 2421.

Current Exhibition:

Master of Fine Arts Graduate Thesis Exhibitions
April-May 2008

Benjamin DeMott, Ceramics
Saturday - Tuesday, April 19 – 22, 2008
Public Reception, Saturday, April 19, 2008, 7-9 pm

Mark Hursty, Sculpture
Saturday - Tuesday, April 26 – 29, 2008
Public Reception, Saturday, April 26, 2008, 7-9 pm

Zorica Čolić, Electronic Integrated Arts
Saturday - Tuesday, May 3 – 6, 2008
Public Reception, Saturday, May 3, 2008, 7-9 pm

Michael Fujita, Ceramics
Friday - Monday, May 9 – 12, 2008
Public Reception, Friday, May 9, 2008, 7-9 pm

Upcoming Exhibitions:

Chris Miller
June 4 – September 26, 2008
Museum Reception: Thursday, September 18, 2008
4:30 – 6:00 p.m.

Work by Chris Miller, visiting assistant professor, Turner Teaching Fellow, will be displayed at the Museum from June 4 through September 26, 2008. A closing reception is planned for September 18th and is open to the public.

Miller was born in Hawaii in 1977. He received a BFA from the Pennsylvania State University in 2000. After graduation he was a post baccalaureate student at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and at California State University in Long Beach, California. He received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2005. He taught at Olive-Harvey Community College in Chicago for a year before accepting the position at Alfred.

The Robert Chapman Turner Teaching Fellow in Ceramic Art was established in 2006 in honor of Bob Turner, distinguished Professor Emeritus at Alfred. The Turner Teaching Fellowship is a visiting faculty and research position in the Division of Ceramic Art. The first, and current Fellow is Christopher Miller who began teaching at Alfred in the fall of 2006.

Recent Exhibitions: