Pottersville

Christopher Knight’s article “A Visible Crack in a Fragile Art” (July 23) was an accurate account of recent ceramic history, but his contention that the next generation was absent from the current LACMA show “Color and Fire” missed the point.

The young ceramists working in California and nationally are just beginning to carve out their careers. They are teaching, running workshops, and exhibiting. “Color and Fire” is a blockbuster for half a century of work in clay. Hopefully, there will be another show that features those who have followed and learned from the masters.

ELAINE LEVIN

Northridge

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I would suggest that some of the really innovative pottery being made today is born from the merging of ancient traditions and modern thinking among young Pueblo potters. That Juan Quesada and the potters of Mata Ortiz were omitted from the show is indicative of a real lack of interest in cultural diversity, Magdelena Odondo’s glorious pot notwithstanding.

LESLIE THOMPSON

Ojai