TeaImmersion at Clay Art Center

On Saturday, March 1 from 1-4pm, CAC will host Tea Immersion. Three presentations from known authorities will offer their personal perspective on tea culture. Leslie Ferrin, Author of Teapots Transformed; Exploration of an Object, will present an overview of contemporary ceramic teapots, Ulysses Dietz, Senior Curator at the Newark Museum will offer an historical survey of the teapot both as a functional form and as an artistic challenge in the West, and Michael Harney, VP of Harney & Sons Master Tea Blenders, will speak about tea tastes and traditions in various tea  growing lands and how that has influenced tea pots in several countries. A panel discussion will follow the lectures moderated by Judith Schwartz, Professor of Art & Art Professions at NYU. Tea tastings will culminate the event hosted by poured by Harney & Sons. Fee: $25 members.