Every Spring semester we take the same field trip in ceramics. We do the following, in the exactly the same order, every time: see the AMOCA show in Pomona, walk around the corner to the Armstrong gallery, drive up to Claremont, see the Annual Scripps College show, and go out to dinner. This year was better because we finally got to see the Marer collection that’s in the basement at Scripps. For those who don’t know what the Marer collection is, allow me to enlighten you.
Fred Marer has a huge collection of art, mainly ceramics, that is now housed in the basement at Scripps college. It is the greatest thing in the world because you can actually pick up the work. There are literally boxes and boxes of ceramics. You open a filing cabinet drawer and there is more ceramics. It’s crazy because you can dig through a box , pick up a huge Peter Voulkos platter, and not be kicked out like you would if you were at say, LACMA, or any other such place. To be honest, I kind of, sort of, almost dropped the lid of a Phil Cornelious piece. The guy that was taking us through the collection wasn’t even mad, he just laughed and said something along the lines of, “that’s exactly what Phil has done, turned a piece over to look at the bottom and forgot there was a lid on it.” Seeing the Marer collection made my day, possibly even my week. Go see it. It's worth the drive.
Until next time
Dana
SCRIPPS COLLEGE GALLERY
FRED MAHER COLLECTION
AMOCA
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