04/16/2026
Book design, exhibition graphics, postcard, 2026
112 page catalog for the 81st Scripps College Ceramic Annual at Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery
Curated by Reniel del Rosario, Means to an End challenges notions of “real ceramics” , showcasing “artists who not only work with clay as a medium, but also incorporate other forms of media in their pieces.”
While the design system forefronts the artists’ works by presenting images as large as possible, Still Room uses typography to show the confrontational nature of the exhibition with broken grids, shifted baselines, and bent text boxes, using a combination of odd, angular serif Fugit, open source Selectric Mono (via Use & Modify) skewed AND rotated, and super standard Akzidenz Grotesk.
Alongside del Rosario, gallery director Erin Curtis and editor Liz Hamilton completed the dream team for this publication.
Means to an End considers contemporary artists’ enduring fascination with clay, a medium that demands precision, patience and resilience. The artists in this exhibition embrace clay’s challenges, using ceramics as a springboard for innovation and dialogue across diverse media.
Del Rosario has selected artists who integrate ceramics into broader artistic approaches, combining clay with video, collage, painting, performance and more. Their work challenges conventional ideas about the utility and limitations of the medium and demonstrate its unique dynamism.
Works by Debra Broz, Paola de la Calle, Cathy Della Lucia, Fred DeWitt, Matt Goldberg, Dana Hemenway, Stephanie Temma Hier, Haylie Jimenez, Sahar Khoury, Karen Kuo, Cathy Lu, Kari Marboe, Patrick Martinez, and Victor Saucedo challenge conventional ideas about the utility and limitations of the medium and demonstrate its unique dynamism.
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Typefaces
Fugit
Selectric Mono (Use & Modify)
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