American Museum of Ceramic Art’s latest exhibition, “Fractured Foundations: 250 Years of American History,” opens June 27, with a free and public opening reception at 4 p.m. at 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona.

The show is part of the nationwide initiative “Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026,” ahead of the U.S.’s 250^th birthday. In it, ceramicists were asked to “reconsider a historical event through the lens of contemporary art,” according to a news release. “The work selected for this exhibition demonstrates resilience, injustice, triumph, and the impact of federal, state, and/or local policies, while also reflecting upon or referencing an event in US history.”

Featured artists include Natalia Arbaelez, Lisa Cecere, Nuala Creed, Connor Czora, Chotsani Elaine Dean, Reniel Del Rosario, Morel Doucet, Marianna Haniger, Irving Huang, Salvador Jiménez-Flores, Akinsanya Kambon, Cathy Lu, Roberto Lugo, Michele Martinez, Bianca MacPherson, Kristy Moreno, Mercy Neumark, Janet Neuwalder, Peter Olson, Alexis Oltmer-Bergmann, Vick Quezada, Jenny Rosen, Jos Sances, Nathan Stanfield, Kukuli Velarde, and Patti Warashina.

“This exhibition refuses to let the past stay past. It addresses the distance between America’s founding promises and its lived realities, a gap that is not incidental but structural, not historical but ongoing,” wrote AMOCA’s Executive Director Beth Ann Gerstein in a statement. “The work in this exhibition explores government actions across centuries and communities. The incidents explored here are not isolated episodes; they are a pattern of who is counted, who is protected, and who is expendable.”

Admission is $7-$14. The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday. RSVP for the reception at amoca.org/events. Visit amoca.org or call (909) 865-3146 for more info.