Women, Art, and Social Change

The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise

‘Women, Art, and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise‘ is the largest presentation of Newcomb arts and crafts in more than twenty-five years and offers new insights into the Newcomb community’s enduring mark on American art and industry. With 150 objects that span 45 years of production, the exhibition examines the role that the Newcomb school played in promoting art for the advancement of women and, in turn, New Orleans’ business and cultural communities, which were still struggling from the effects of the Civil War. Read more.

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