Recent Acquisitions Select Works The Contemporary Clay Collection Over the past three decades, JCCC’s Nerman Musuem collection has grown to include hundreds of major pieces by contemporary artists working in clay. Recent Acquisitions highlights a few of the many extraordinary ceramics in the collection. Major installations (Collection Focus areas) of works from JCCC's contemporary ceramic collection are sited in the Regnier Center, Carlsen Center, OCB, and Hospitality and Culinary Academy. In the spring of 2016, the Nerman Museum will organize and present the 50th anniversary exhibition of the National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts. Kansas City was recently selected to host NCECA's important 50th anniversary conference. Laura DeAngelis (American, b. 1973) Toshiko Takaezu (American, b. 1922, d. 2011) Keeper, 2012 Form #15, 1990 Ceramic, encaustic and fresh water pearl Stoneware Gift of Dean E. Thompson, Overland Park, KS Juan Quezada (Mexican, b. 1940) Four Bird Head Olla Pot, n.d. Betty Woodman (American, b. 1930) Clay Persian Pillow Pitcher #6, 1981 Earthenware and glaze Shyatesa White Dove (American Indian, Acoma Pueblo, b. 1956) Ron Nagle (American, b. 1939, d. 2012) The Way Acoma Goes Is The Way The World Related to Sadie, 2003 Will Go, 2013 Porcelain with overglaze Clay, slips and natural dyes Ken Price (American, b. 1935, d. 2012) Diego Romero (American Indian, Cochiti Half Mast, 1999 Pueblo, b. 1964) Acrylic on ceramic Large bowl depicting Cochiti feast dance gold rim with water and corn design, 2011 Adrian Saxe (American, b. 1943) Native clay, native clay slips and commercial Hi-Fibre Snowball Seeking Magic Lamp, 1997 gold Earthenware, stoneware and mixed media Alberto Bautista Gómez (Mexican, b. 1965, Lydia Buzio (Uruguayan, b. 1948) d. 2007) Roofscape, 1986 Jaguar, 1970 – 1980 Earthenware Clay Richard DeVore (American, b. 1933) Peter Voulkos (American, b. 1924 – d. 2002) Untitled, 1987 – 1988 Untitled, 1977 – 1982 Stoneware Wood fired stoneware Gift of Dean E. Thompson, Overland Park, Gift of Byron and Eileen Cohen and Family, KS, in honor of David L. Stewart Kansas City, MO Rosaline Delisle (Canadian, b.1952, d. 2003) Untitled, 1992 Porcelain .