Together we are securing the legacy of ceramic arts
Did you know that two-thirds of mid-century American potters and sculptors have NO internet presence at all?
Your gift to The Marks Project sustains our work at many different levels — from full or partial artist documentation to website design and development that allow us to maintain and grow our digital platform.
Contribute now to raise the profile of ceramic artists within national and international networks.
... I have always found the information provided online by The Marks Project to be very clear and consistently reliable. Their efforts to raise visibility of post-war potters and ceramic artists through the publication of their pottery and marks is a service to the field, and one that is deserving of support."
— Jeannine Falino
Independent Curator and Museum Consultant
Former Carolyn and Peter Lynch Curator of American Decorative Arts
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Have foresight. Sponsor TMP.
Community, corporate and individual sponsorships are vital to our success and a dynamic way to showcase your organization and support The Marks Project. TMP seeks partners who believe that maintaining the legacy of American ceramic artists today means digitally documenting their artwork, their marks, their accomplishments and their words.
With our state-of-the-art website and an ever-increasing searchable database, sponsorship provides an opportunity to showcase your philanthropy to a broad, sophisticated national and international arts audience.
With ambitious plans for future expansion of our online community, now more than ever there are many ways to support our mission—learn more below.
Volunteer to enrich your skills
We need your help to make The Marks Project the #1 source for researchers, collectors, institutions and individuals to learn more about post-war American makers. Volunteer your time now to support the growth of our research platform and to help us expand our reach.
We value the diverse experience of volunteers like you, who further our committment to all American potters being seen, their work and marks known and in time, their legacies secured.
Be a research assistant. Be a collection specialist. Be an evangelist. No experience is required, and training is offered for all opportunities.
Thank you to past and present volunteers for your service to our organization, our mission, and our community!
Finders
TMP is launching a FINDERS program asking ceramics enthusiasts from around the USA to introduce TMP to local or regional museums with mid-century and contemporary American potters and sculptor’s works collected.
Adding post 1945 regional ceramists to the record by capturing their works and marks is essential to telling the full story of American Decorative Arts.
Only FINDERS and those who support TMP’s work make it possible for TMP to keep adding marks and makers to the history of American ceramic art.
Want to make a regional museum documentation possible?
Visionary
— Elisabeth Agro
Cofounder of the Critical Craft Forum and The Nancy M. McNeil Curator of American Modern and Contemporary Crafts and Decorative Arts
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Supporters
We recognize that you advocate for The Marks Project and appreciate your efforts and support. Your generous contributions helped establish TMP as the premiere online resource for documenting the marks of American potters and clay sculptors from post-1945 to the present.
David Armstrong
Eddie & MJ Botelle
Cari Kempenich Caldwell
Donald Clark
Clayton Collie
Marietta Contadino
Lourdes Correa-Carlo
Ali Baldenebro Danker
Deborah Dearborn
Linda Perry
Ulysses Grant Dietz
Leslie Ferrin - Ferrin Gallery
Linda Garabedian
Bruno Grey LLC
Carrie Lambert
Jo Lauria
Kate Lydon
Kevin Manning
Susan Nelson
Janice Rabinowitz
Louise Rosenfield
June Sakata
Janet Schachter
Judith Schwartz
Georgia Ure
Claudia M. Velez
Julie Vida
Martha Vida
Nick Vida
