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American Museum of Ceramic Art / AMOCA

Name: American Museum of Ceramic Art / AMOCA
Address: 399 N Garey Avenue, Pomona, CA, 91767, US
Telephone: (909) 865-3146
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AMOCA champions the art, history, and creation of ceramics through exhibitions and programming.
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We're currently open to the public Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 11am-4pm, and most weekdays for tours and school groups.

10/20/2026

🐾🦇 Witches, cats, and bats! This spooky coaster from the early 1900s was a souvenir for Ye Remembrance Shop in Salem Massachusetts. Created at the Villeroy and Boch in the early 1900s, it is still getting us excited for Halloween here at AMOCA over a century later. 🐾🦇

Villeroy & Boch, Salem Massachusetts souvenir coaster, no mold #, print under glaze, c.1905-1912

10/19/2026

What will you see at our Re-Opening celebration on Sunday, November 15?

All our exhibition halls will be open, and you can explore Tōgei: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics; Fractured Foundations: 250 Years of American History; Stop, Drop, & Pose: Clay in Motion; and A Change in Our Nature: Villeroy & Boch.

Plus, we'll be unveiling and activating our newly-renovated spaces, including an expanded Education Hall, a new Kids Makerspace, a Collection Study Room, a Curatorial Preparation Space, and a Reading Lounge!

Bring the family and join the fun! Spend the day at AMOCA to enjoy:

🌟free admission
🌟family fun
🌟gallery tours
🌟 art activities
🌟live music
🌟clay demos
🌟more!

Learn more and reserve your free ticket at https://www.amoca.org/events/re-opening-celebration/

Pictured: Guests exploring AMOCA's current exhibitions, Tōgei: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics and Fractured Foundations: 250 Years of American History.

10/18/2026

Celebrate Halloween and Dia de los Mu***os with handmade ceramics 🎃

You can find one of a kind artworks, jewelry, cards and more in the AMOCA Museum Store all spooky season long! Currently featuring pieces by local southern California artists .glitch and .leaders alongside much more to explore during your visit.

⏰ AMOCA is open every Friday - Sunday from 11am - 4pm
📍 399 N Garey Ave Pomona CA 91767

10/16/2026

Coming soon to a ceramic museum near you next year. “Pocket Change” will be an interactive vending machine exhibition featuring two ceramic artists each month. Each artist will be creating a limited edition series of small works, all available for purchase through the museum’s vending machines while supplies last.

“Pocket Change” artists include Jeffery Sun Young Park, Liyao Liao, Reilly Talbots, Nooree Kim, Sebastian Monte’s-Schiff, Madelynn De La Rosa, Anna Liang/ Kuurimi, Allie Bonifacio/ Allifacio, Sergio Noe Perez Reyes, and Jane Wong.

Jeffery Sun Young Park (박선영)
✦ Liyao ✧
Reilly
Nooree Kim
Sebas
Maddie Cakes 🎂🪄
Allie ☁️🇵🇭🧸🎀
kuurimi (❀❛ ֊ ❛„)♡
Sergio Noé 🏁
Jade 🍵

10/15/2026

An excellent presentation of our exhibition Tōgei: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics is live thanks to our friends at the Museum of Ceramic Art / New York -- head over to their page to dive into exhibition information and images from Tōgei: https://moca-ny.org/2026/09/10/togei-true-to-clay-free-with-form/

If you're in Southern California, be sure to stop by and visit Tōgei: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics in person! We've extended the exhibition through May 30, 2027, and the museum is open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 11am-4pm.

🕚 AMOCA is open every Friday - Sunday from 11am - 4pm
📍399 N Garey Ave Pomona CA 91767

10/14/2026

Are you a matcha lover? 🍵 Guess what you missed out on 👀

This past month AMOCA hosted a Japanese tea ceremony workshop, led by our wonderful instructors, Dr. Rebecca Corbett and Dr. Michelle Liu Carriger. As scholars and practitioners of chanoyu (Japanese tea ceremony), Corbett and Carriger guided participants in preparing their own bowl of matcha with a side of traditional Japanese sweets, while sharing their expertise on the history and practice of Japanese tea ceremony 🍃

We are thankful for all the wonderful participants that showed up and engaged with our instructors in learning and experiencing such a beautiful tradition! Our Tea Ceremony and Whisking Workshop was an incredible time thanks to our collaborators and guests, and AMOCA is always introducing educational and exciting workshops on our events schedule 💚

Let us know if you want us to bring back our Matcha Workshop below!

Don't miss out and see our website for upcoming events:
www.amoca.org/events/

⏰ AMOCA is open every Friday - Sunday from 11am - 4pm
📍 399 N Garey Ave Pomona CA 91767

10/13/2026

Take a closer look at work from "Fractured Foundations: 250 Years of American History." Here's a detail from Irvin Huang's "You Have to Discard," currently on view at AMOCA.

"Fractured Foundations" coincides with the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. For this exhibition, we invited ceramic artists to reconsider historical events through the lens of contemporary art, challenging historical narratives and offering a fuller perspective on our country.

Huang's piece, a set of 144 ceramic tiles evoking the game of mahjong, responds to the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Ac. This was the first significant law to restrict immigration into the US, and the first to forbid entry to specific ethnic and national groups.

In Huang's piece, "in addition to traditional suits and values, each tile depicts an archetypal Chinese or white American character. In mahjong, player win by making sets of three and discarding tiles that are deemed not to fit in a hand. By depicting people of different races on each tile, a hand of tiles becomes a community or a populace, whose composition changes over the course of a game. Decisions on which tiles to keep and which to discard thus become an exercise in determining who belongs and who is alien. A small number of tiles depict stereotypical alien cartoon figures, which further emphasize the dehumanizing effect of these decisions."

Pictured: Irvin Huang, "You Have to Discard," 2026. Ceramic. 20 x 20 x 1"

10/12/2026

Mark your calendar and join us on Sunday, November 15 for AMOCA's Re-Opening Celebration! We're so excited to unveil our new and renovated spaces. Spend the day at AMOCA to enjoy:

🌟free admission
🌟family fun
🌟gallery tours
🌟 art activities
🌟live music
🌟clay demos
🌟more!

Admission to the event and Museum galleries is complimentary with advance registration. Learn more and reserve your free ticket at https://www.amoca.org/events/re-opening-celebration/

About the Renovation:
Since 2021, AMOCA has undergone a 7,000+ square-foot renovation, expanding our Education Hall and building a new Kids Makerspace, a Collection Study Room, a Curatorial Preparation Space, a Reading Lounge, accessibility ramps, and gender-neutral accessible bathrooms. We’ve also built a new Studio Classroom and partnered with renewable energy company ReJoule to install 100 solar panels and a battery system, partially funded through a state grant for sustainable energy initiatives. These transformative upgrades will strengthen AMOCA’s ambitious education, community, and family programs, offering more space for creative engagement in the Greater Los Angeles area.

Pictured:
1. Family activity at AMOCA
2. Guests exploring Fractured Foundations: 250 Years of American History, work by Connor Czora
3. Family activity at AMOCA
4. Villeroy & Boch, Stein, boy playing with birds as train passes in background, mold # 2104 and decor # 952, dated 1895
5. Recent tour at AMOCA
6. Family activity at AMOCA
7. Exhibition view, Tōgei: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
8. The AMOCA museum store

10/10/2026

AMOCA membership is a great way to support the museum you love! Plus, members can visit the museum for free, as often as they like, for an entire year!
We have four ceramic exhibitions currently on view, and many special events for members are coming up at the museum:

✊🏾On Saturday, October 24 join us at noon for a special Artists in Conversation talk in the Gallery, featuring "Fractured Foundations" artists Akinsanya Kambon and Bianca MacPherson. This event is complimentary for members.

🎨On Sunday, November 15, members are invited to a special Member Welcome at 10:00am, before the public Re-Opening Celebration begins at 11. This event is complimentary for Members.

🏺Save the date, and join us for the Treasure Sale coming up December 4, 5, & 6! Member Preview Hours will be available on Fri. Dec 4 and Sat. Dec 5 from 10-11am.

Learn more about these and other other coming events at amoca.org/membership/ or by following the link in our bio.

Not yet a member? Today's a great day to join! Join online, get your membership at the store when you visit, or give us a call during regular business hours to purchase or renew your membership today.

Pictured:
1. Shimizu Keiichi, Vase. Tanba ware: Stoneware, slip, glaze. c. 2019. Collection of Priscilla and Nelson Gibbs. On view in Tōgei: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
2. Guests explore Tōgei: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
3. Akinsanya Kambon, Wall Street. Glazed ceramics, raku. 2015 On view in Fractured Foundations
4. Bianca MacPherson, Counted. Ceramic, luster, glaze, acrylic. 2026. On view in Fractured Foundations
5. Exhibition view, Fractured Foundations.
6. Guests enjoying a reception at AMOCA
7. Villeroy & Boch, Hunting dog, c.1874-1909, mold #126/1044, handpainted plaque, design attributed to Jean Beck . On view in "A Change in Our Nature"
8. Treasure Sale shoppers

10/08/2026

Join us for an in-person conversation featuring artists Akinsanya Kambon and Bianca Macpherson, who are both included in our current exhibition Fractured Foundations: 250 Years of American History.

Kambon and Macpherson’s practices both defy the erasure of Black histories and underrepresented communities by studying archives, photography, or collective stories to inspire their work.

Kambon is a storyteller whose work draws from his experiences as a Black Panther, encounters with the criminal justice system, and his commitment to documenting Black histories and resistance. Bianca Macpherson similarly examines identity and history, and reexamines those systems of power through archival photography and the use of abstraction to evoke double consciousness.

Artists in Conversation with Akinsanya Kambon and Bianca Macpherson
In Person at AMOCA
October 24th, 2026
12 PM - 1:30 PM

Black Panther Coloring Book pages illustrated by Akinsanya Kambon will be distributed after the talk.

Image 1
Picture of Akinsanya Kambon in his studio, 2024. Photography by Sean Rowry
Image 2
Picture of Bianca MacPherson
Image 3
Bianca MacPherson, Counted Ceramic, luster, glaze, acrylic, 2026.
Image 4
Akinsanya Kambon, Wall Street,Ceramic, glaze, raku, 2015.

Address

399 N Garey Avenue
Pomona, CA
91767

Opening Hours

Friday	11am - 4pm
Saturday	11am - 4pm
Sunday	11am - 4pm

Telephone

(909) 865-3146

Website

http://www.amoca.org/

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