Ceramicist Katherine Choy Profile (2022)
Art Rocks!
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Art
Place Covered: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2022-06-17
Duration: 00:08:20
Subjects: Arts | Newcomb pottery | Ceramics
Contributors:
- Fox-Smith, James Host
- Kendrick, Dorothy Producer
- Buchanan, Mel Interviewee
Description
This segment from the June 17, 2022, episode of the series “Art Rocks!” features Dorothy Kendrick’s profile of Katherine Choy, a Chinese-born potter who served as the director of ceramics at Newcomb College in New Orleans during the 1950s. Kendrick interviews Mel Buchanan, a curator at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), who discusses Choy’s role in transforming Newcomb pottery by introducing new forms, color, and design to her students. Host: James Fox-Smith