KERAMIC STUDIO 
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Mr. Wm. D. Gates of the American Terra Cotta and Keramic 
Co., Chicago; Mr. F. Bertram Aulich, Chicago; Mrs. T. Ve- 
nette Morse of Central Art Association, Chicago. 
Mr. J. H. PLasburg, Chicago, will lecture on the " Manu- 
facture of Keramic Colors, Enamels and Glazes," May 27, 
1899, at the Art Institute, Chicago, at 2 P. M. 
The lecture will be illustrated by practical demonstra- 
tions, in which raw materials sand, lead, alkali, etc., will be 
mixed, put into crucibles, and fused in specially constructed 
furnaces at temperatures as high as 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit. 
Following is the programme: Brief history of glass; compo- 
sition of glass; classification of glass, china, pottery; classifi- 
cation of Keramic colors — basic colors, acid colors, neutral col- 
ors, fused colors, mixed colors ; incompatible combination of 
colors; how glass and fine colors are made; description of the 
apparatus; mining of the raw materials; melting the mixture 
of raw materials into colored glass; testing the progress of the 
melt; removal of the mass from crucible; grinding the colors 
(or glass) ; application of the color to china medallions ; firing 
the medallions; distribution of the fired medallions to the 
audience. 
The annual election of the National League of Mineral 
Painters takes place in the rooms of the Central Art Associa- 
tion at 1 1 A. M. 
The Chicago Keramic Association will hold its annual 
meeting and election Saturday, May 7th, in room of the Cen- 
tral Art Association, at 2 P. M. 
N. A. Cross, 
President of Chicago Ceramic Association. 
Chicago, May 1st, 1899. 
£LUB The Denver Pottery Club held its annual 
NEWS exnib ' tion > Ma Y 3 d and 4th- at the Brown 
Hotel. Miss Parks, Miss Hubbert and Mrs. 
Case will represent the club at the Keramic Congress in 
Chicago. 
At the annual meeting of the California Keramic Club, 
the following members were elected to office : Miss H. Baem, 
President; Mrs. T. S. Church, Vice-President; Mrs. T. S. 
Taylor, Second, Vice-President ; Mrs. S. V. Culp, Secretary ; 
Miss M. Taylor, Treasurer. 
The Jersey City Keramic Art Club held its meeting at 
Hasbrouck Hall. Papers were read by Madame Le Prince, 
Miss Humble and Mrs. Bull. The subject for competition 
being dogwood and Japanese lines. Medal was awarded to 
Mrs. Gluck for dogwood plate. Honorable mention to Miss 
Mulford for Japanese design. 
The Detroit Keramic Art Club held an exhibition, includ- 
ing both china and water colors, from April 17th to the 22d - 
The members were well represented. Mr. Bischoff contrib- 
uted largely to the success of the exhibition. The work shows 
more and more each year, the professional touch, both in the 
clearness of color and the individuality of the decorator. As 
the club is preparing for its second spring exhibition at the 
Museum of Art, beside that of the National League at Chi- 
cago, the members are especially busy. 
The Bridgeport League of Keramic Art held its April 
meeting at the residence of Mrs. Swan. This club follows 
very closely the League's course of study. The subject for 
criticism being, "Dogwood— the China to be Decorated being 
Pitchers." Papers on Japanese art were read by Mr. Frank- 
Muni and Mrs. Carrie Doremus. Mrs. A. B. Leonard was 
critic for the china. The May meeting was held at the resi- 
dence of Mrs. Torrey, when the business of the year was fin- 
ished, followed by a discussion on •'Woman in Art." 
The New York Society of Keramic Arts gave a private 
view of the work of members that was sent to the League Exhi- 
bition, at Chicago. The banquet room at the Waldorf was used 
for the purpose, and the members were most successful in giving 
an artistic exhibition. Quite an innovation was introduced in 
arranging the china upon polished tables, instead of the usual 
drapery. This gave an air of dignity to the exhibition, reliev- 
ing it from that frivolous look of the charity bazaar, which a 
lot of flimsy drapery invariably gives. This society would 
like its work to stand alone, without depending on the acces- 
sories. Just as work is shown in art collections at museums. 
The annual meeting of the Mineral Art League of Boston, 
was held April fifteenth. The reports of secretary and treas- 
urer showed the League in prosperous condition. The follow- 
ing officers were elected: Mrs. Grace Beebe, President ; Miss 
Emma Carrol and Mrs. Gertrude Davis, Vice-Presidents; Mrs. 
Caroline L. Swift, Recording Secretary; Miss M. M. Bakeman, 
Corresponding Secretary; Miss A. I. Johnson, Treasurer. A 
vote of thanks was tendered to the retiring officers, expressing 
appreciation of the pleasant and efficient manner in which 
they had filled the various offices. Letters were read from Mrs. 
Worth Osgood, President of National League of Mineral 
Painters, and from the Denver Pottery Club. 
JN THE Mr. A. B. Cobden gave his thirteenth annual 
STTJDTOS exn ibition of china painting, the work of his 
pupils, on May nth, 12th and 13th. Studio, 
No. 13 South Sixteenth street, Philadelphia. 
Miss Henrietta Barclay Wright of Minneapolis (member 
of New York Society of Keramic Arts), will have classes in 
Chicago for one month, commencing May 25th. 
Miss Strafer of Cincinnati, who has been closely associ- 
ated with the Rookwood pottery for a number of years, will 
open a studio in New York this autumn to pive instructions 
in miniature painting on ivory. 
Mrs. Rhoda Holmes Nicholls will have classes for out door 
sketching during the summer at Kennebunk- 
port, on the coast of Maine. Although not a 
keramist, Mrs. Nichols is in great sympathy 
with us, and advises students to make their 
original sketches in water color, when they 
can afterwards be adapted to china. 
