AMOCA plans open house Sunday afternoon

The American Museum of Ceramic Art will host an open house Sunday at what will be its future home - 399 N. Garey Ave. - the former PFF Bank building.

Between 2 and 4 p.m. visitors will be able to take a look inside the former bank building which contains a 77-foot by 7-foot Millard Sheets mural titled "Panorama of Pomona Valley."

David Armstrong, AMOCA founder, and his wife Julie recently purchased the building, according to museum statement. The building will be adapted to meet the museum's needs with work expected to be completed next year.

Plans call for creating an exhibit hall where the museum's permanent collection of ceramic art will go on display, the statement said. Another section will be available for rotating exhibits.

The building will hold a 3,000-volume reference library focusing on ceramics, the statement said.

Future plans include establishing a ceramics school and offering studio space that artists will be able to rent.

Sunday afternoon Armstrong along with Museum Director Christy Johnson will offer a presentation on the building.

Tours of the building along with information on artist studio sign-ups, planned giving and co-sponsorship opportunities will also be available Sunday.