Elegance of Form: Selections of American Art from the Permanent Collection
Ongoing

The artworks featured in this exhibition reflect an emphasis on the formal elements of art – live, shape, color, texture and form. Contemporary American ceramics and two-dimensional works of art from the Permanent Collection are juxtaposed to illustrate similarities and differences in medium and design.  Building on its holdings of works by American and Northwest artists, the Museum has acquired a substantial collection of contemporary and historical ceramics through the gift of 165 objects from John Takehara, a respected ceramist and long-time professor of ceramics at Boise State University. To augment the collection, the Museum has added works by well-known regional ceramists such as Larry Elsner, Jim Romberg, Anne Hirondelle and Frank Boyden, as well as American ceramics pioneersPeter Voulkos, Rudy Autio and Robert Sperry.

Harrison McIntosh
Bowl, c. 1990, stoneware
Gift of John Takehara