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justin

DON'T MISS!
 "Making Stoneware Jars in Northeast Thailand"
Presented by Daniel Johnston 
Saturday, Sept. 13, 2 PM
Freer Gallery of Art, Meyer Auditorium*
 
 
 
After finishing his pottery apprenticeship and "turning" pots in Seagrove, North Carolina, potter Daniel Johnston wanted the perspective of working with potters in another part of the world. In a village in rural Northeast Thailand, he spent two months training with men who specialize in making large jars and firing them in wood-burning kilns. He will recount his experiences living in the community of Phon Bok and learning the local traditions of forming and firing jars-and his reunion with his two teachers when they brought their skills to the Mall for the 2007 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
 
 
This lecture celebrates the exhibition Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia and the launch of the museum's first online catalogue, Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia: Collections in the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
 
*Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information on tours, talks and lectures, please visit www.asia.si.edu. 

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Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
3046 INTN
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu