Museums and ceramics with Eva Czernis-Ryl

Object: stories of design and craft

Meet Powerhouse curator Eva Czernis-Ryl and hear

• The skills of a museum curator
• How curators select and interpret objects
• What makes a work of ceramics suitable for a museum collection?
• The unique history of ceramics collected by the Powerhouse

And hear ceramic artist and former editor of The Australian Journal of Ceramics Vicki Grima on setting up a ‘living bequest’ fund for ceramics.

Eva Czernis-Ryl is an art and design historian and curator of Arts and Design at the Powerhouse in Sydney.

Vicki Grima, OAM, was the editor of The Journal of Australian Ceramics and CEO of the Australian Ceramics Association from 2005 to February 2023. She’s also a practicing ceramic artist.

Object is a podcast of the Australian Design Centre.

We'd like to thank Visions of Australia, the Federal government’s regional exhibition touring program for funding support towards this podcast.

Object is hosted by Lisa Cahill and produced by Jane Curtis, with production support from Alix Fiveash. Sound Engineering is by John Jacobs.