Table-Centric Conceptual Topics

Gail M. Busch is a ceramicist from Tucson, Arizona. She attended the Kansas City Art Institute and pursued ceramics. Her love of traveling around the world with her partner, who is also involved with ceramics, has influenced much of her work. She is currently a professor of ceramics at Texas A&M University. Corsican is a way for Busch to incorporate her interest in multi-purpose vessels into the complexity of a teapot’s form. The form of this piece is valued over function, as Busch describes her work as ”fractal.” Corsican is a work that could be on the table. 

Marian Haigh b.1951 

Lamb on Wheels   

Earthenware  

1995 

KMA97.007.1 

Marian Haigh is a ceramicist from Pittsburg, Kansas. She received a fine arts degree from Arkansas State University. She often builds ceramic vessels and teaches workshops. Her love of the natural world is prominent in her artwork, due to a childhood spent in nature and a rural cabin she keeps in Texas. Lamb on Wheels is a work that could be on the table.

Anne Clark Culbert (1940-2007) 

Rooster Tea Castle 

Porcelain  

1984 

KMA2004.07.20 

Anne Clark Culbert was a sculptor originally from New York. She attended the University of Michigan for her undergraduate degree, and then further pursued a graduate degree in the arts at Ohio University. KMA collections hosts a number of her works because of her status as a local artist in southeastern Ohio. Many of her works have figurative elements and commentary on her own personal experiences, especially in Appalachia. Rooster Tea Castle is a work that could be on the table.

David Frasier Driesbach (1922-2019) 

The Jolly Couple  

Intaglio Print  

1963 

KMA2016.01.01 

David Fraiser Driesbach was a printmaker originally from Wisconsin, before moving to Rockford, Illinois, in his early childhood. His mother was involved in the Rockford Art Association, which he often participated in as well, practicing still life and figure drawing. Due to WWII interrupting his college studies, he attended many different institutions, but eventually received both a BFA and an MFA from the University of Iowa. He was heavily involved with innovating and developing new printmaking techniques throughout his career. The Jolly Couple is a work that features people at the table.

James Karales 1930-2002 

Martin Luther King Jr. at Home with Daughter  

Gelatin Silver Print  

1962 

KMA2006.01.15  

James Karales was a photographer and photo-essayist from Canton, Ohio. He received a BFA from Ohio University in 1955. He began to work as a darkroom assistant before being hired by Look magazine, where he went on to produce much of his more famous work. He may be best known for his work that captures scenes from the Civil Rights Movement. Specifically, he photographed much of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his family life, after being given access in 1962-63. In this image, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is talking with his daughter about the color bar and segregation, which didn’t allow her to go to a local amusement park. Martin Luther King Jr. at Home with Daughter is a work that features people at the table.

Clarence H. White (1871-1925) 

Untitled (Felix Sisters) 

Black and White Photograph 

1898 

KMA78.007.14 

Clarence H. White was a photographer from Ohio. He was completely self-taught in photography yet became known for his pictorial photographs documenting American life in the early twentieth century. He also started the Clarence H. White School of Photography, which was the first institution in America to teach photography as an art form. Here, he captures a moment between two women. Untitled (Felix Sisters) is a work that features people at the table.