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1912 Born April 15 near Aransas Pass, Texas
1916 Family moved to San Antonio
1929 Graduated from Breckenridge High School
1929-30 Attended San Antonio Junior College
1931 Joined Archaeological Society of the Witte Museum, San Antonio, and participated in excavations of ancient Basketmaker Indian mounds and caves in the Big Bend area of Texas
1933 Taught by Rudolf Staffel to make wheel-thrown pottery. Set tip studio in a streetcar behind Wirte Museum and began teaching children’s ceramic classes
1937-39 Appointed Superintendent of Ceramic Installation for N Y A /W P A reconstruction project in San Antonio
1943 Moved from streetcar studio to new facilities in the reconstrncted Ruiz House on the grounds of the Witte Museum Began firing to stoneware temperatures
1947-54 Exhibited each year in the annual National Ceramic Exhibition, Syracuse Museum of Art
1951 Exhibited at the National Museum of Art, Washington, DC
1952 Toured ceramic centers throughout the United States
1953 “Opening the Door to Copper-Reds” by Harding Black, published in January issue of Ceninncs Monthly “Harding Black Profile” published in February issue of Ceramics Monthly
1954 “Iron Spotted Glazes” by Harding Black, published in February issue of Ceramics Monthly
1955 Built present studio at 8212 Broadway, San Antonio Retired from teaching at the Witte Museum
1956 Exhibited at the National Museum of Art, Washington, DC
1961 “Lava Glazes” by Harding Black, published in October issue of Ceramss Monthly
1964 “Harding Black Texas Potter” by Jean R Lange, published in November issue of Cenamics Monthly
1971 The Meyer Family Master Potters of Texas, co-authored by Harding Black and Georgeanna H Greet
1980 Harding Black’s biographical information entered into the archives of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D C
1983 Harding Black traveled throughout China
1984 Awarded Glaze Research Grant by Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio
1985 Solo exhibition at the Southwest Crafts Center
1987 Selected as Artist of the Year by the San Antonio Art League
1988 Incarnate Word College, San Antonio, establishes Harding Black Fund to aid ceramics students
1990 “Harding Black Pottery Pioneer” by Thomas Turnquist published in the Journal of the American Art Pottery Association (Volume V, No 5)
1991 Elected Honorary Member of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Artists (NCECA) Retrospective Exhibition presented in the Martin Museum of Art.
Black, H , “In Search of the Basketmakers,” San Antonio Monthly, March, 1987
“Iron Spotted Glases,” Ceramics Monthly, February, 1954
“Lava Glazes,” Ceramics Monthly. October, 1961
“Opening the Door to Copper-Red Glazes,” Ceramics Monthly, January, 1953
Greer, G. and H. Black, The Meyer Family Master Potters of Texas, Trinity University Press. 1971
“Harding Black Profile,” Ceramics Monthly, February, 1953
Juvan-Savoy, C , “Molding His life’s Work,” Sunday Express News, San Antonio, January 23, 1983
Lange, J , “Harding Black Texas Potter,” Ceramics Monthly, November, 1964
Turner. T “Harding Black Toward a Future Understanding,” Artist of the Year Exhibition, 1987, San Antonio Art League, 310 West Ashhy, San Antonio, Texas 78212
Turnquist, T , “Harding Black Pioneer Potter,” Journal of the American Art Pottery Association, Septembet-Octoher, 1990
Young, M ,“Feats of Clay,” San Antonio Monthly, March, 1986
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