Clay in Context presented by Greenwich House Pottery

Floor 3, Theater

Open to all ages

The Whitney Museum of American Art is proud to partner with Greenwich House Pottery for the premiere of Clay in Context, a screening of four short films by Kate Parvenski and Paraphrase Studio spotlighting the 2024 Greenwich House Pottery Artists in Residence: Daniel Barragán, Carson Culp, Kristy Moreno, and Gina Tibbott.

Through vivid cinematography and personal storytelling, Clay in Context offers an intimate lens into each artist’s creative practice, revealing how their time at Greenwich House Pottery shaped their work. From deep explorations of cultural identity and border politics to reinterpretations of ancient forms, the films document the unique ways these artists use clay as a vehicle for expression, reflection, and transformation.

The forty-minute screening will be followed by a live Q&A with the featured artists, who will reflect on their residences and discuss their evolving relationships with the ceramic medium.

This screening is presented in conjunction with Ceramics Now.

Ceramics Now, on view at Greenwich House Pottery’s Jane Hartsook Gallery May 8–June 13, showcases artworks by Barragán, Culp, Moreno, and Tibbott during their 2024 artist residencies. Located at 16 Jones Street, the historic home of Greenwich House Pottery, the exhibition invites visitors to witness the diverse visions and techniques that emerged from each artist’s time in the studio.

About the Artists

• Daniel Barragán uses painting and sculpture to explore issues of identity, ownership, and resistance. At GHP, he turned to the visual language of the U.S./Mexico border and the American Southwest, fusing traditional southwestern pottery with punk and metal motifs.
• Carson Culp brings a reverence for handcraft to his functional pottery. A former apprentice at Leach Pottery, Culp used his residency to mentor others and further refine his voice as a maker.
• Kristy Moreno blends folklore, 1990s cartoons, and SoCal subcultures to imagine decolonized futures. During her residency, she experimented with glaze techniques that deepened the impact of her vibrant figurative sculptures.
• Gina Tibbott draws on her background as a field archaeologist to reimagine ancient forms. During her residency, she used Gisela Richter’s 1923 manual The Craft of Athenian Pottery—written with technical insights from GHP’s first director, Maude Robinson—as a springboard to create her work.  

About Greenwich House Pottery

Founded over a century ago, Greenwich House Pottery (GHP) is a leading ceramic arts center committed to fostering artistic growth and expanding public engagement with the ceramic medium. The GHP Artist Residency Program has supported more than eighty artists over nearly seventy years, offering a rare and vital space for experimentation, community, and craft.