An epic event coming to the Tarheel State
CHARLOTTE, NC (PNAN) – On Saturday, September 21 on the lawn at the Mint Museum Randolph, this one-day ceramics event features works and live pottery demonstrations by North Carolina potters.…
Potter’s Shed Section
Shape it, glaze it, raku it: pottery is fun
Possibly the most popular handcraft in the nation, pottery has made amazing strides on both professional and hobby levels since the end of WWII. There are a lot of reasons…
‘Peach’ potter is a natural
Gail Russell of Lewis Center, Ohio is not only a gifted potter and workshop presenter in wheel thrown pottery, but also an Assistant Professor of Ceramics at Ohio Wesleyan…
Treasure trove has extensive works
DOVER, DE (PNAN) – “Art Deco Glass from the David Huchthausen Collection” is an exhibition at the Biggs Museum of American Art on view through Monday, February 20, 2023. Organized…
Big show of new works
ROCKEY RIVER, OH (AAPNW) – Opening Reception is Friday, February 3, 2023, from 3:00-6:00 pm for the “18th Annual Ceramic Invitational” at the River Gallery. The exhibition runs through April…
A ‘rollover’ show of wonderment
CANTON, OH (AAPNW) – Recently opened, “Thinking with Animals” is an exhibition at the Canton Museum of Art that is all about animals that have been subjects in art and…
Artifacts’ role in history
BRUNSWICK, ME (PNAN) – Still on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in the Walker, Rotunda, Assyrian and Boyd Galleries, through Sunday, February 5, 2023, “Antiquity & America:…
The gift of pottery-making lives on
CHARLOTTE, NC (AAPNW) – Ongoing, “The Cole Family: A Dynasty of North Carolina Potters” is an exhibition that for more than 200 years, members of this family have been potting…
A time travel of a show
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (AAPNW) – Opening January 13, 2023, “Rethinking Monuments: American Sculptures in its Time, 1850-2000” will be an exhibition at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. On Saturday, January…
Works of clay respond emotionally
NEW ORLEANS, LA (PNAN) – On view “Katherine Choy: Radical Potter in 1950s New Orleans” through Sunday, April 23, 2023 at the New Orleans Museum of Art is an exhibition…
Ceramic works marvelous and jaw-dropping
BANGOR, ME (PNAN) – Closing on Saturday, December 30, 2022 at the Zillman Art Museum is an exhibition, “Life & Still: Anat Shiftan” is an exhibition by this Israel-born artist,…
Decorative works of fine art
CHAMPAIGN, IL (AAPNW) – Recently opened in the Moore Gallery of Decorate Arts at the Krannert Art Museum, the exhibition “Well-Designed Beauty: Trade, Technology, and Decorate Arts” is on view…
A legacy of love for Mississippi clay
JACKSON, MS (PNAN) – On going “McCarty Pottery: Love. Life. Clay” at the Mississippi Museum of Art is an exhibition of works by Lee and Pup McCarty and how it…
Spotlight is on regional ceramic artists
FORT WAYNE, IN (NWPR) – Opening Saturday, December 10, 2022, “Fired Up: New Vistas in Ceramics” is an exhibition of work by contemporary ceramicists opening at the Fort Wayne Museum…
Same forenames, different creative ways
FLAGSTAFF, AZ (PNAN) – On view through Friday, December 23, 2002, “Reengaging Ceramics: Bohnert, Hess, and Snelson” is an exhibition at the Coconino Center for the Arts in the Projects…
Making do with what you have
BELLEVUE, WA (PNAN) – On view through January 29, 2023, “New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest: Indie Folk” is a show of works that are handmade, unpretentious and…
Preserving the way it was
BEMIDJI, MI (PNAN) – Opening at the Watermark Art Center on Thursday, December 8, 2022, “Gaa-miinigowiziyang “What We Were Given” is an exhibition featuring works by Manidoo Ogitigaan native artists…
A feast of rich traditions prevail
PORTLAND, ME (PNAN) – The 4th Annual Clever Cup is an exhibition and sale by Shop Maine Craft that provides Maine Crafts Association members with opportunities to expand their economic…
A pulp full of art in those grain
When you are an artist and your primary media is wood, thousands of images can come to mind. Vessels, carvings, sculptures, and other types of decorative art can make an…
Old methods live on in show
EAU CLAIRE, WI (PNAN) – Showing in the James W. Hansen Gallery, “Potters of the North: A Tradition in Wood Fired Pottery” at the Pablo Center at the Confluence is…
Century-old works have a voice
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO (PNAN) – Its debut was in cradle of the Indigenous Southwest in the summer 2022, “Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery” at the Museum…
Meet the clay artists
BLUFFTON, OH (NWPR) – Currently on view in the Grace Albrecht Gallery at the Sauder Visual Arts Center, “Inspiration and Innovation” is an Ohio Ceramic Invitational exhibition. A reception for…
Traditions have not detoured
CHARLOTTE, NC (PNAN) – “The Language of Clay: Catawba Indian Pottery & Oral Traditions” is a traveling exhibition organized by the University of South Carolina Lancaster. It is currently on…
Their roar of change is profound
POMONA, CALIF (PNAN) – On view through Sunday, March 12, 2023, “Breaking Ground: Women in California Clay” at the American Museum of Ceramic Art is an exhibition celebrating 44 artists…
A monumental exhibition masterpiece
NEW YORK, NY (PNAN) – “Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina” is on view through February 3, 2023 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The…
Cream of the crock show
RED LODGE, MT (PNAN) – “Objects of Desire” is Red Lodge Clay Center 2022 Holiday exhibition, featuring some of the finest utilitarian ceramic artwork being made today. Works by Kurt…
A link with ancient artisans
    Archaeologists excavating the remains of an ancient site in Israel found a surprise hidden under a floor. The 1,700-year-old footprints of artisans who laid an exquisitely detailed mosaic floor…
In Step with Anna Fisher
Creating of the Dragon The window portrays a quiet, gloomy mirror of green spotted by dark towering trees. A sudden crack of lightning has brought me upright from a…
About the Cover art as published then 2007-08 Fall/Winter Edition “The Groundling” is an earthenware sculpture, 14W ”x 10”W, by Christine Klinger, a sculptor, photographer and writer of Yellow Springs,…
In Step with Ralph Stuckman
Mastering the throw with the poises Throwing clay is an art in itself and centering clay is a most important part of throwing it properly on a wheel head.…
Clay artists keep awareness alive
The Central Maine Clay Artists is a group of professional potters and ceramic artists working in the Kennebec Valley Area. To bring forth a few, they are Neil and Barb…
Artistry is deep-rooted
The black soil farming country of Kansas where Cheri Wransoky grew up and the red clay in north Georgia where she lives and raised her children on 30 lush…
Inspiration is always within sight
Sheryl Holstein of Ellijah, Georgia receives her creative inspiration from nature’s artwork: mountains, rivers and flowing landscapes. These natural wonders are woven into her functional pottery. “Becoming a potter…
Works in Smithsonian gallery
Beth Cavener Stichter of Portage, Ohio is one of four artists exhibiting in the 2007 Renrick Gallery in the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. Lloyd E. Herman…
His travels has raised him up
Larry Watson’s artistic skills took on new heights when he became part of a Sister City Art Exchange to Nancy, France. The trip provided him with more knowledge…
Kentuckian finds creative peace on farm
Matthew Gaddie is a potter from Bardstown, Kentucky. This twenty‐six year old changed his major from painting to ceramics at the University of Evansville in Indiana. He admired Les Milley,…
Asian culture seen in potter’s works
Shirley Wassenaar has become fascinated with the beauty, symbolism and simplicity of Asian designs and it is reflected in her own pottery works. Pottery has been a useful form…
Pottery is just the beginning
Learning the basic skills of making pottery is only the beginning when you allow your mind to run free with the unlimited ideas of what clay has to offer.…
Sculptural work has new home
Chapman Cultural Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina has received a painted-steel nonobjective sculpture by the noted artist David Hayes. The multisided sculpture is painted in bright primary colors and sits…
SC: Pawleys Island
WHERE: Brookgreen Gardens WHEN: On view through November 1, 2015. 82nd Annual Awards Exhibition BRIEF ABOUT: National Sculpture Society, New York, New York jurors Kate Brockman, NSS; Jonathan Harding,…
Fraser: ‘…to be a great show’
The Lorton, Virginia Workhouse Arts Center is beaming with shouts of pride as it moves closer to its inaugural 2015 Workhouse Fall Arts Festival set to include over 100…
East and West creators to meet
Featuring the works of 35 leading ceramics artists from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar, “Earth and Fire: The 3rd Southeast Asian Ceramics Symposium” opens…
‘Prestigious group’ to show works
Opening at 6:00 pm on Friday, June 6, 2014 at the Bloomington Theatre and Art Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, “Paper and Clay” is an Invitational Ceramic Exhibition featuring the work…
‘Hearts’ of a potter are in the Hoosier
The wheat fields of Indiana are a golden flowing carpet that stretches over acres of well-worked land, broken only by lush green wooded areas that appear to watch over the…
Bro opens twin’s art world
Having more than one passion in your life doesn’t have to be confusing. Just ask Adam Reeder, a creative energetic sculptor that is taking imagination, knowledge, teaching and beauty to…
Long chosen a 2011 best
(AAPNW-OH) – Opening at the Ohio Craft Museum in Columbus with an artist’s reception and awards ceremony, from 1:00-4:00 pm on Saturday, May 1, the “The Best of 2011”…
Ceramists to ‘fire’ their works
(NWPR) – Opening Friday, September 17 at ArtSpace/Lima with an artist’s reception between 6:30-8:30 pm, the show “For The Fire: Makers of Wood-Fired Ceramics and Selections from Their Collections”…