Karen Koblitz, ceramist, professor, and guest curator of the 59th Ceramics Annual Exhibit at Scripps College, will present the slide-lecture “A Not So Still Life” on Wednesday, January 22, at 2:00 p.m. in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons on the Scripps College campus. This event is presented in conjunction with the Scripps College 59th Ceramics Annual, an exhibition at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery from January 25 through April 6. Both the lecture and exhibition are free and open to the public; for additional program information, please call the Malott Commons Office, (909) 607-8508. For directions to the Gallery or for exhibition hours, please call the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Office, (909) 607-3397.
Koblitz’s presentation will explore her various experiences in the art world, from her position as American Art Ambassador to Moscow to her various Southern California public arts projects to her current teaching position as Head of Ceramics for USC School of Fine Arts. Koblitz will also discuss the inspiration and influences that have shaped her own ceramic artwork.
Koblitz’s ceramics have been exhibited internationally and are included in such prestigious permanent collections as the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and Skirball Cultural Center, also in Los Angeles. Recent public commissions include work at the Sunland-Tujunga Public Library, Inglewood California Cultural Arts, and the Irmas Campus of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Los Angeles.