Virtual Conference: Path of the Teabowl

Friday and Saturday October 22-23, 2021

Free and open to the public

Path of the Teabowl Virtual Conference

On the occasion of the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum exhibition Path of the Teabowl, this conference explores the definitions, histories, and contexts of teabowls. For more information about the exhibition.

Conference Program

For questions about conference registration, contact Artsevents. For more information about the conference content, or to pose questions to speakers in advance of the event, contact Meghen Jones.

A conference recording will be available after the event on YouTube.

Financial support for this conference has been provided by a generous grant from the Japan–U.S. Friendship Commission and the Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies.

Image: Teabowl, ca. 1865–70. Waka poem and calligraphy: Otagaki Rengetsu, Japanese, 1791– Bowl: Heian Isso, Japanese, active 19th century Stoneware with glaze, inscribed "In the future, happiness and long life– two sprouting leaves, to grow a thousand years." Collection of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, acquired through the generosity of Ellen Avril 2007.014.001