FOR DECEMBER 31 –

PHIL ROGERS POTTERY EXHIBITION – NO CUTS –

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BOSTON, MASS. — Pucker Gallery is presenting the third exhibition of works by renowned Welsh potter Phil Rogers. This exhibition is presented under the honorary patronage of HM Consul General John Rankin of Great Britain and is accompanied by a 24-page color catalog. It opens January 8 and runs through January 31. There will be an opening reception on January 8 from 3 to 6 pm. The public is invited to attend. The artist will be present.

Rogers seamlessly unites the elements of function and beauty with his simple, utilitarian forms and rich earthy glazes. He creates pieces in both stoneware and porcelain using ash glazing and salt and wood firing. Combining medieval British ceramic techniques with elegant Japanese and Korean influences, many of Rogers’ works are decorated with hakeme slip, incised designs and fluted patterns.

His subtle glazes and strong forms recall the Japanese Mingei and British folk traditions of master potters Shoji Hamada and Bernard Leach. Leach’s influence is most evident in Rogers’ balanced, graceful pitcher handles. His forms remain understated, yet outstanding for their texture (many with feldspar inclusions), their range of rich glazes from green pine ash to pale nuka, and their accessibility to be held and used.

Rogers recently completed construction of a two-chamber wood firing kiln, and is the author of three books: Throwing Pots, Ash Glazes and Salt Glazing. He lives and works in the rustic Welsh countryside in a 500-year-old farmhouse. His art work has been featured in two documentary videos and is included in the permanent collection of several museums, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Boston Museum of Fine Art, the Cleveland Museum of Fine Art, the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Mingei International Museum.

Pucker Gallery is at 171 Newbury Street. For information, 617-267-9473 or www.PuckerGallery.com.

12-31 ADMISSION FREE AFTERNOONS AT THE CONCORD MUSEUM

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ADMISSION FREE AFTERNOONS AT THE CONCORD MUSEUM –

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CONCORD, MASS. — Admission free afternoons are being offered at the Concord Museum on Sunday, January 9, and Sunday, January 16, from 1 to 4 pm, sponsored in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

With one of the oldest collections of Americana in the country, the museum is renowned for its national treasures. In the history galleries and period rooms of the museum, visitors discover the famous lantern hung in the steeple on the night of Paul Revere’s ride in 1775, the contents of Henry D. Thoreau’s house at Walden Pond, including the desk on which he wrote Civil Disobedience and Walden, and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s study, where he wrote his influential essays and met with other distinguished writers and thinkers during the American literary renaissance.

A nationally significant collection of Concord-made clocks, furniture and silver and other decorative arts serve to illustrate three centuries of Concord’s domestic life. A 15-minute film, Exploring Concord, is offered and there are special history treasure hunts for younger children and hands-on activities in many of the galleries of the museum.

Winter hours are in effect January 3–March 31. They are Monday–Saturday, 11 am to 4 pm; Sunday, 1 to 4 pm.

The Concord Museum is at the intersection of Lexington Road and Cambridge Turnpike. For information, 978-369-9609 or www.Concord Museum.org.

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NEW YORK CITY — Kestenbaum & Company has postponed its January auction. Forthcoming auctions for Kestenbaum & Company are Tuesday, February 8, with the sale of fine Judaica, printed books and an extensive collection of autographed letters and manuscripts from the collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg of Greenwich, Conn.; and Tuesday, April 5, with the sale of the library of the late Professor Abraham J. Karp.

For information, 212-366-1197 or www.kestenbaum.net.