Exhibition Fact Sheet
Frans Wildenhain 1950-75: Creative and Commercial
American Ceramics at Mid-century
Artist: Frans Wildenhain (1905-1980); trained at the Bauhaus; taught at Rochester Institute of
Technology, School for American Craftsmen (SAC); partner in retail craft store Shop One;
awarded Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (1958)
Exhibition dates: August 20, 2012 through October 2, 2012
Location of exhibition: Simultaneously at Bevier Gallery and Dyer Arts Center, both located
at the Rochester Institute of Technology campus, Rochester, N.Y. For more information, please
visit http://www.rit.edu/cla/wild/the-exhibition/exhibition-galleries
Number of works on display: About 150, including ceramics, two dimensional art
Exhibition Catalogue: Approximately 150 color photographs of Wildenhain pottery and 45
black and white archival photos, approximately 300 pages, hardbound. Five chapters: Biography
of Frans Wildenhain; History of the School for American Craftsmen; Wildenhain's Work in the
Context of Mid-century Studio Ceramics; Selling Craft in Midcentury America: Marketing the
Merch at Shop One; Interview with Collector Robert Bradley Johnson.
Website for exhibition: www.rit.edu/WILD. Exhibition details and related information about
Wildenhain also available on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn
Exhibition organizer: Bruce Austin. He was organizer and curator for The American Arts &
Crafts Movement in Western New York, 1900-1920, an exhibition with catalogue presented in
the Bevier Gallery, Dec. 9, 1991 through Jan. 22, 1992. He also initiated and organized three
international conferences on moving image preservation, access and use (Fast Rewind: The
Archeology of Moving Images).
Contact: Bruce Austin
phone: 585-475-2879
email: [email protected]
www.rit.edu/wild
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Rochester Institute of Technology
College of Liberal Arts
92 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623