Event #2

AMOCA MUSEUM
American Museum of Ceramic Arts

Out of all three places my classmate and I visited, this particular one was my favorite. This museum is located in my hometown Pomona, CA. It is dedicated for ceramic art and historic innovations in ceramic technology.

Just by reading the history behind AMOCA I have gained a better understanding of the connection with arts and sciences. "Ceramic technology" is a perfect example. Ceramic is art which includes beautiful pottery and well technology is scientific. It has already became obvious to me that all of the beautiful art I had the honor to see at this museum would have never been possible if technology wasn't used.

Art and science working together. On the right I posted a picture I took of some of the technology used in ceramics. Its amazing that such technology can make such beautiful art.




















One of the first things my classmate and I noticed was this masterpiece by the entrance that said Race To The Finish. This was probably one of our favorites because to the left there was a computer keyboard that showed the scientific part and to the right the keyboard showed the artistic part.

Observing the museum, we noticed the art but as we looked around and started noticing the little details we also saw the science.
 As we read the words of the artist we noticed they wrote in scientific ways. Their long paragraphs would explain the process of making their ceramics. They included details such as the temperatures of the technology to the geometric shapes. My classmate and I found it entertaining that this artist probably had no idea they were talking more in scientific than artistic terms.

Overall, I had an amazing experience at AMOCA museum. I would highly recommend this museum to anyone. We had the chance to go into a room they have that has beautiful ceramics for sale. We were so shocked to see the prices go as high as 10,000 dollars for one product. Without the ceramic technology, artist would not have been able to create such beauty. I truly hope that these artist appreciate the sciences because they will always be part of one another.