Photo Credit: Tim Burleson

Artist

Karen Karnes (Primary)

Title

Casserole

Date

circa 1953

Medium & Support

Ceramic

Dimensions

Overall: 6 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.

Style

Studio Crafts

Object Type

Ceramics

Class System

Decorative Arts & Design

Class 1

Functional

Credit Line

Black Mountain College Collection, gift of the Black Mountain College Project and Lorna Blaine Halper

Accession Number

2012.26.027

Copyright

In Copyright, Rights Holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable
© Estate of Karen Karnes

ON VIEW

Karen Karnes Brooklyn, NY 1925–2016 Morgan, VT Casserole dish, circa 1953 Glazed stoneware Black Mountain College Collection, gift of the Black Mountain College Project and Lorna Blaine Halper, 2012.26.27

Exhibition Title: Intersections in American Art
Label Date: 11/2019
Type: Object Label
Written by: Whitney Richardson

Ceramics at Black Mountain College Ceramics became a formally taught subject at Black Mountain College in 1949, even though the college was founded in 1933. The head of the school, Josef Albers, disliked ceramics because of its malleable nature—he believed it offered no challenge to the student trying to mold it. But, after Albers’s resignation in 1949 and at the request of students, Robert Turner came on staff to teach and produce ceramics. He moved to Black Mountain from Alfred University’s College of Ceramics and stayed until 1951. Then, in 1952, former Black Mountain College student Karen Karnes was appointed ceramics instructor. She and her husband, fellow potter David Weinrib, stayed at the college until 1954 and during that time sold their pottery with the Southern Highland Craft Guild.

Exhibition Title: Intersections in American Art
Label Date: 11/2019
Type: Extended Chat
Written by: Whitney Richardson

Photo Credit: Tim Burleson

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