Rose Cabat

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Rose Cabat (b. 1914, New York City) is an American potter. She is known for her "feelies" — small, fine, narrow-necked porcelain pots with soft glazes that feel feathery to the touch. Now in her 90s, Rose has been working with clay since she was a child. After several decades with her craft, Rose continues to refine and experiment with her forms and glazes. Mrs. Cabat uses the fomulation of the glaze by her late husband Erni, which produces brilliant purples, pinks, greens and a silky finish, hence the feelies' name. Her work has been honored in numerous retrospective museum shows and is highly sought after by collectors.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1987 Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona, “Rose and Erni Cabat Retrospective.” January – March 1986 Gallery Indigenous, Armadale. Melbourne, Australia. October

 Modernism: A Century of Style & Design: 1860 – 1960 New York. November 

1985 “Women Who Create” (invitational), Flagstaff, Arizona. May – June 1984 Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona, “Happy Birthday Arizona.” February – April

 Gallerie D. H. Sawyer, Paris, France, Invitational Exhibition. March 

1983 College of Wooster Art Museum, Ohio, “Functional Ceramics.”

 Three-museum tour: Gallerie Inge Donath, Cologne, Germany 

1982 Musee Des Arts Decoratifs De la Ville, DeLausanne, Switzerland (invitational). February – April

 Sylvia Ullman’s American Crafts, Cleveland, Ohio. March 
Utah State University, Logan, “Eleventh Annual Ceramics West Exhibition.” October- November 

1981 Wichita Art Association, Kansas, “Decorative Arts-Ceramics Retrospective Exhibition.” March – April

 Diamonds Department Store, Tucson, Arizona. July – September 

1980 Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, “Tabriz VII.” February

 Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., “American Porcelain: New Expressions in an Ancient Art.” National tour 
 Beverly Haas Gallery 191 Presidential Blvd., Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 

1979 College of Wooster, Ohio, “Functional Ceramics invitational.” April – May

 Copper Craft Show, Santa Cruz Valley Art Association, Tubac Center of the Arts, Arizona 

1977 Union Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, “1977 National Cone Box Show.” National Tour

 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, “Philadelphia Craft Annual.” (invitational) 

1975 Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona, “Women/Arizona.” March – April

 Fairtree Gallery, New York, Miniature “feelie” exhibition. April – May 
 Traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibition at Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona. November 

1974 American Crafts Council, New York, “Christmas Ceramic Show.” November – January 1973 One-person exhibition, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah

 John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, National Ceramics Exhibition 
 The Government of the Province of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, “Ceramics International ’73.” 
 The Hand and The Spirit Gallery, “Rose Cabat Bowl Show.” Scottsdale, Arizona 

1972 California State College, Long Beach, “The Intricate Object.” Jan. – Feb.

 Wisconsin State University, Whitewater, “Fourth Annual Whitewater Ceramic Invitational.” February 
 One-person exhibition, Pensacola Junior College, Florida. February 
 One-person exhibition in Brazil courtesy USIS. Traveled to Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Bahia and Porto Alegre. May – June 
 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., One-person invitational. April – Dec. 
 Iran-American Society (invitational), Tehran, Iran. 

1970 Tucson Art Center, Arizona, “Encounter Arizona Craft.” March. (Award) 1969 ASNA, Tucson, Arizona. January. (Award)

 Lee Nordness Galleries, New York, Craft Exhibit. January 
 Honolulu Academy of Art, Hawaii, “The Excellence of the Object.” (Invitational) National Tour 
 Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico. June – Sept. (Award) 
 Prieto Memorial Collection, Mills College, Oakland, California. August 
 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., “Objects, U.S.A.: The Johnson Wax Collection.” National Tour 

1968 Wichita Art Association, Kansas, “Twentieth Annual National Exhibition.”

 The Egg and the Eye Gallery, Los Angeles, California. (Invitational) March 
 Interfaith Southwestern Religious and Liturgical Art Festival, Tucson, Arizona. March – April 
 Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona, “Tenth Arizona Annual.” June – July. (Honorable mention) 

1967 Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, “Decorative Crafts.” Jan. – Feb. (Award)

 “Media.” Walnut Creek, California. April – May. (Honorable mention) 
 Phoenix Art Museum, “Ninth Arizona Annual.” June – July. (Permanent Collection and AID award) 
 Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, “Southwestern Craftsmen’s Exhibition.” July – September. (Honorable mention) 
 Salt Lake Art Center, Utah, “International Craft.” November – December 
 Delaware Art Center, Wilmington, “Contemporary Crafts.” November – December 
 Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, “Color Pots.” December. (Invitational) 

1966 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, “Craftsmen U.S.A.”

 Museum West, San Francisco, California. Two-year traveling show. 
 Wichita Art Association, Kansas, “Nineteenth Annual National Exhibition.” April – May 
 Yuma Fine Arts Association, Arizona, “First Southwestern Invitational.” May 
 State College of Iowa, Cedar Falls, Summer invitational. 
 Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock and Phoenix Museum, Arizona, “Eight Arizona Annual.” 
 Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, “Twenty-fourth Ceramic International.” May 
 State College of Iowa, Cedar Falls and Tucson Art Center, Arizona, “Tale of Two Cities.” July – November 

1965 “Media.” Walnut Creek, California. February

 Art Gallery, Scripps Collage, Claremont, California, “Twenty-second Annual Invitational.” March – April 
 Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, “Ceramics, the New and the Old: Second Heard Museum Invitational.” March – April 
 Tucson Art Center, Arizona, “Arizona Crafts ’65.” (Cash award, AIA award) 
 Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, “ Southwestern Craftsmen.” June – September (honorable mentions) 
 Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, “Far Western Designer-Craftsmen Invitational.” October 
 Ceramic League of Miami, Florida, “Seventh National Ceramic Exhibition.” November 

1964 Wichita Art Association, Kansas, “Eighteenth Annual National Exhibition.” April – May. (Purchase award)

 Century 21, Seattle, Washington, “First Annual Western Craft Competition.” June – September 
 St. Paul Art Center, Minnesota, “Fiber, Clay and Metal.” November – December (Two purchase awards) 
 Achievement award, Purchase award – Catherine Lancaster Memorial award. 
 “Fifth Annual Arizona Designer-Craftsmen Exhibition.” Scottsdale, Arizona. November – December 
 Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, “Twenty-third Ceramic International.” November – January 

1963 Tucson Art Center, Arizona, “Arizona Crafts, ’63.” February – March

 Arizona State Fair, Phoenix.  April – May 
 Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, “First Heard Museum Invitational.” October 

1962 Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, “Third Annual Arizona Designer-Craftsmen.”

 St. Paul Art Center, Minnesota, “Fiber, Clay and Metal.” (Award) 

1961 Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, “Contemporary Crafts of the Far West.” September – November

 Crafts of Western United States, Del Mar, California 

1960 Laguna Beach Art Gallery, California, “Media Arts Explored.” Invitational

 San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, California. Invitational 
 Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, “First Arizona Designer-Craftsmen Invitational.” Also shown at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. 
 Tucson Art Center, Arizona, “Crafts in Arizona.” February 
 University of Arizona Museum of Art, “ADC First Craft Exhibition.” April 
 Arizona State Fair, Phoenix, Arizona.  April – May 

1959 Tucson Art Center, Arizona, “Crafts in Tucson.” January – February

 Arizona State Fair, Phoenix. October 

1958 Tucson Art Center, Arizona, “Discover Crafts Exhibition.” February – March. (Honorable mention)

 Syracuse Museum of Art, New York, “Twentieth Ceramic International.” October – December 

1957 Tucson Art Center, Arizona, “Tucson Crafts in Use.” January. (Award) 1956 Exhibition Temple Fine Arts Gallery, Tucson, Arizona. December

 University of Arizona Student Union, Tucson. December 
 Tucson Art Center, Arizona, “Tenth Annual Independent Open Show.” October. (Award) 
 Syracuse Museum of Art, New York, “Nineteenth Ceramic National.” November – December 
 Arizona State Fair, Phoenix. October. (First Prize) 

1955 Pima County Fair, Tucson, Arizona. October 1954 St. Paul Art Center, Minnesota. December

 Tucson Art Center, Arizonan, “Tucson Crafts in Use.” December 

1952 Arizona State Fair, Phoenix. April – May

 Tucson Fine Arts Association, Arizona, “Second Annual Festival Art Exhibit.” 

1951 Tucson Fine Arts Association, Arizona, Craft Show. November – December. (Award)

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sunset Magazine, April, 1986, Page 245. Tucson Lifestyle Magazine, February, 1986, Cover. The Age, Melbourne, Australia, December 15, 1985. Women Who Create (catalogue), Flagstaff, Arizona, May, 1985. Sunset Magazine, March, 1985, Page 228. Tucson Guide, Fall – Winter, 1985, Cover, Pages 47 – 51. Tucson Combined Professional Arts Program, Tucson Symphony, Arizona Theatre Company, Arizona Opera, Arizona Ballet Theatre, 1984 – 1985, Covers. Arizona Daily Star, Sunday Supplement, “Weddings ’84,” January 29, 1984, Cover. Ceramic Monthly Magazine, October, 1983, Page 36. Tucson Lifestyle Magazine, July – August, 1983, Cover, Page 60. Arizona Daily Star, “Faith and Art,” Lifestyle, Section D, Page 1. Arizona Arts and Lifestyle, Winter 1982. American Craft, April – May, 1982, Page 86. Arizona Arts and Lifestyle, February, 1982, Page 78. Musee Des Arts Decoratifs, De la Ville de Lausanne, Switzerland: Catalogue. Feb – April, 1982. Harold’s Herald, Reno, Nevada, November, 1981, Cover, Page 2. Commodities Magazine, August, 1981, Cover. Nevada Magazine, “Comstock Impressions,” July – August, 1981, Page 87. Gazette-Journal, Reno, Nevada, “Casinos as Objects D’Art?,” March 31, 1981, Page 3F. Nevada Magazine, March, 1981, Front and Back Covers. Indianapolis Magazine, Guide to Living, February, 1981, Cover and Page 16a. Porcelain, Jan Axel and Karen McCready (Watson-Guptill, 1981). American Porcelain: New Expressions in an Ancient Art, Lloyd E. Herman (Timber Press, 1980), Page 23. Studio Potter, Volume 8 #2, July, 1980, Pages 24, 25. Indianapolis News, Indiana, “Traveler Fosters Creativity,” May 5, 1980, Page 11 Arizona Dispatch, Casa Grande, Arizona, “Artist of the Year,” Mach25, 1980, Page 5. Southwest Art Magazine, “Line and the Stories it Can Tell,” R. M. Quinn, February, 1980, Pages 70 – 77. The College of Wooster (Ohio), April, 1979, Catalogue, Page 39. The Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio, April 6, 1979. Contemporary Ceramic Techniques, John W. Conrad, (Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1979), Crystalline Section. Tucson Citizen, Focus, February 2, 1979, Section B, Page 1. La Luz Magazine, December 1978, Cover, Pages 15 – 17. Arizona Daily Star, “Momentarian,” September 17, 1978, Section G., Page 1. Ceramics Monthly Magazine, September, 1978, Page 81. The Washington Post, August 3, 1978, Page 3. The Container Book, Thelma R. And Jay Hartley Newman, (1977), Page 246. Ceramics Monthly Magazine, “Arizona Designer-Craftsmen,” April. 1977, Page 91. Scottsdale Daily Progress, December 14, 1975, Page 30. The Arizona Post, “Local Artists Tour Israel with Brush,” June 1, 1973, Page 9. Tucson Daily Citizen, “At the Galleries,” April 24, 1973, Page 20. Salt Lake Tribune, Utah, January 28, 1973. The Tehran Journal, Iran, November 24, 1972. Arizona Daily Star, Lifestyle Section, “Tucsonan in Brazil,” August 20 1972, Section D. Page 11. Craft Horizons, January – February, 1970, Page 8. Buying Art on a Budget, Joanne Eagle, (1968), Page 359. American Home Magazine, “Today’s Originals,” October, 1967, Page 9. Los Angeles Times, Home Section, March 26, 1967, Pages, 14, 17. Arizona Daily Star, “Art Center Show,” November 4, 1966 The College Eye, Cedar Falls, Iowa, “Sculpture Feelies, and ‘Animools’ in Art Exhibiti,” July 22, 1966, Page 1. The College Eye, Cedar Falls, Iowa, “Creativity, Wonder Urged by Visiting Art Profesor,” July 8, 1966, Page 1. Los Angeles Times, Home Section, February 27, 1966, Pages 60, 61. Ceramics Monthly Magazine, October, 1965, Cover, Pages 5, 26. Tucson Daily Citizen, “New Fountain Downtown,” April 12, 1965, Page 12. Phoenix Gazette, “Crafts Take Fun Twist,” March 31, 1965, Page 67. Arizona Republic, “Culture in Clay,” March 14, 1965, Cover, Pages 2, 41, 43. Tucson Daily Citizen, “The Turn of the Wheel,” January 30, 1965. Arizona Daily Star, March 25, 1962, Section C, Page 1, 11. Correio Braziliense, Brasilia, Brazil, April, 1960. Arizona Daily Star, February 16, 1958, Section D, Page 12. Arizona Daily Star, February 9, 1958, Section B, Page 9.