371: Janet Koplos on criticism and What Makes a Potter

Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an
interview with Janet Koplos. A noted critic and writer, Janet has
published over 2000 articles and essays since she started writing
about art in 1976. From 1990 to 2009 she was senior editor in Art
in America and has authored numerous books, including her most
recent What Makes a Potter: Functional Pottery in America Today.
In our interview we talk about the role of the critic in our
time, the key to editing other writers' words, and documenting
the lives of over fifty potters for her book. For more
information visit Janet’s author page at Schiffer publishing.


 


On today’s AMACO Community Corkboard we have the 29th Annual
Saint Croix Valley Pottery Tour happening May 7-9, 2021. The tour
will be held all online this year and feature sixty-four of the
country’s best potters. For more information visit
www.minnesotapotters.com or follow @stcroixvalleypotterytour on
Instagram for previews and updates.


 


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