Land of pots: sixteen millennia of ceramic creativity in the Japanese archipelago

On 14 March Messums West will host the 10th annual ceramic focused symposium to mark the launch day of the exhibition Yakimono: a culture of exchange. 

Symposium Schedule

11:00: Arrival

Morning Session:
11:30: Welcome and Introduction: Johnny Messum
11:35: Demonstration by Japanese ceramicist Makoto Kagoshima
12:35: Q&A with Makoto Kagoshima
13:00 – 14:30: LUNCH

Afternoon session:
14:30: Introduction: Johnny Messum
14:35: Professor Paul Greenhalgh, Art and Design historian, author of Ceramic: Art and Civilisation.
‘The Shock of the East’
15:00: Professor Simon Kaner, Executive Director, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures.
‘Land of pots: sixteen millennia of ceramic creativity in the Japanese archipelago’
15:25: BREAK
15:45: Libby Buckley, Director, Leach Pottery. The Leach Pottery, and the continuing connections after a century of ‘East meets West’
16:15: Discussion and audience Q&A with Dr Claudia Milburn, Director of Programming, Messums ORG