50 Women: A Celebration of Women’s Contribution to Ceramics

Opens concurrently with 50^th Anniversary Conference for National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The upcoming exhibition – 50 Women: A Celebration of Women’s Contribution to Ceramics – is a landmark exhibit featuring all women ceramic artists, including local, national and international figures.

The exhibition will be held at The Changing Gallery at the American Jazz Museum, 1616 E. 18^th St. from March 16 to May 13. The Exhibition Opening Reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 17 at the Jazz Museum.

The event, sponsored by the University of Missouri-Kansas City Women’s Center and the American Jazz Museum, will open concurrently with the 50^th Anniversary Conference for National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA).

“The significance of this exhibit is immeasurable. We wanted to organize an exhibit for only women to give them a space where their unique achievements in the ceramic arts can be showcased and celebrated,” said Arzie Umali, assistant director, UMKC Women’s Center. “UMKC is a co-sponsor of this historic ceramics celebration, which opens in conjunction with the 50^th Anniversary Conference of NCECA. We’re featuring 50 women because this is the 50^th Anniversary conference. Never before in the conference’s history has an exhibit of this scale, featuring only women, been presented.”

Cheptoo Kositany-Buckner, the new executive director of the Jazz Museum, shared her delight in hosting the exhibit.

“The American Jazz Museum is proud to be partnering with the UMKC Women’s Center, and we’re excited to have the 50 Women exhibit in our Changing Gallery,” said Kositany-Buckner.