The Vashon Heritage Museum is excited to present it's mini-exhibit Vashon Pottery of the 1970's and 80's, part of Akio Takamori | Clay on Vashon, a month-long collaborative celebration of clay and the pottery community of Vashon between the Museum, Vashon Center for the Arts, and Mukai Farm & Garden.

Vashon Pottery of the 1970's and 80's takes a look at the tight-knit community of Vashon potters and clay artists and tells the story of the state of the ceramic art throughout the 1970's and 1980's. The display includes early Vashon brick works and the history of artist Akio Takamori's time on Vashon.

Other exhibits and activites of Akio Takamori | Clay on Vashon include:

Vashon Center for the Arts

• Akio Takamori: Time is a retrospective of Takamori's illustrious work in Seattle with special focus on his time and work on Vashon Island from 1988 to 1994. He writes [wrote], "I am mostly interested in the fact that vessels create a space that mentally affects me as containers. Containers gives us the strong notion of holding, hiding and protection."  Opens Friday, May 6, 12:00 pm. First Friday Reception May 6, 5:00 -8:00 pm. Runs May 6-29. See the show online.
• Bringing Life to Clay. Art historian Barbara Johns had the exceptional opportunity to interview Akio Takamori over the last year and a half of his life. She will talk about their conversations, Akio’s stories of his life, and his art work. She will be joined by Patti Warashina, who knew Akio as a colleague and friend, and Vicky Takamori, who will share stories of Akio as a husband and father, and his studio on Vashon. Co-sponsored by Mukai Farm & Garden. Saturday, May 7, 2:00 pm. $15 – 20. Get your tickets early!
• New Work from Vashon Ceramic Artists in the Gallery Shop. Opens May 6, 12:00 pm. Runs May 6-29.

Mukai Farm & Garden

• Mother's Day. Come spend Mother’s Day afternoon in the garden and celebrate the life of Akio Takamori. Sunday, May 8th, 1:00-4:00 pm.  www.mukaifarmandgarden.org
• Takamori Figures. Five “almost life size” 2D replicas of Akio’s figures from 1997, 1998, & 2015 that depict Japanese life - drawn from memory in his own home town will be on display for the month of May in the Garden.