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In 2009, the China Students' Club of Boston will celebrate its 75th Anniversary. In honor of this special year, the Club is planning an exhibition on the theme of the ceramic trade in New England. This is a wide-ranging topic which should allow us to produce an educational exhibition with the opportunity for most members to participate. The time period covered will be from the 17th century into the 20th, and both imports and exports will be considered. Members will be asked to submit items for the exhibition, and a committee will choose the most appropriate. Objects should have documentation proving that they were either made in New England, imported for specific merchants, such as the Wedgwood calendar tiles, descended through local families, matching examples found at New England archaeology sites, or were advertised in regional newspapers.
A catalogue will be written to accompany the exhibition. Members with knowledge of specific areas of the ceramic trade will be asked to contribute essays, although these will not cover all objects in the exhibition. That process should begin in Spring 2007, with essays completed by late summer. Members will be asked to survey their collections and submit pieces for consideration in early Fall 2007.
Several museums are being evaluated as possible sites for the exhibition, with the goal of finding two suitable venues. Lectures for the 2009 BCSC Program Calendar would relate to the theme, and an opening reception would be scheduled at each museum.
Possible essay and/or lecture topics:
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