Join us every second Friday of the month for Gallery Perspectives! Every second Friday of each month, we invite special guests to offer unique takes on a current exhibition at the Museum, as interpreted through their individual lenses and disciplines.

This month, we’re excited to have friend of the Museum, guest curator, and Polk State College professor Andrew Coombs in the Dr. Alan and Linda Rich Gallery discussing our colorful exhibition Surface, Service, And Splendor: Decorating History in Clay.

Bio:

Andrew Coombs began his ceramic career making pinch pots in his father’s pottery studio. His academic career ranged from chemistry to philosophy and back to pottery, and he earned his MFA in ceramics in 2008 from the School for American Crafts at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

He has taught at the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, NY and the University of South
Carolina in Columbia, SC, and is currently a Professor of Art at Polk State College in
Winter Haven, FL. He enjoys making functional pottery, giving people the opportunity to interact and form personal connections with his work.

FREE program. No registration is required.