Studio Potter Online Event Calendar!

Do you have a Virtual Ceramics event or are you looking for one?  Introducing the SP Events Calendar.  In reaction to the multitude of ways our Ceramics community has come together virtually, we have created a common place for online lectures, openings, and events to be listed.  Please share your event on the SP Events Calendar, and use it to find events to attend. It’s completely free to list and view for everyone.

 

VIRTUAL CUPS – LIVE BIDDING BEGINS!

NCECA‘s first monthly eBay Cup Exhibition and Sale opens for bidding tomorrow, Thursday May 21st at 4pm MDT* and closes on May 31st. This inaugural auction is a wonderful opportunity to add to your cup collection or purchase beautiful gifts for those you care about while advancing the field of contemporary ceramic art and learning. Proceeds benefit NCECA’s Fund for Artistic Development which supports creative research and diversity fellowships, international residencies, and student scholarships. Visit this link on and after May 21st to see and bid on cups that are available for purchase at auction. If you are interested in bidding but not yet a user of the eBay platform, you may wish to review this brief instructional video and this page on the auction site.

Each year, NCECA provides more than $50,000 in direct support to artists and students. Beginning tomorrow, new cups will be featured each month on NCECA’s website and NCECA’s eBay Seller Page. Cup makers will retain possession of their works until a winning bid is determined at the close of each month’s auction. NCECA provides makers with a prepaid shipping label to transport the cup to its new owner.

If you missed the deadline to have your cup featured in the first month of auction items, don’t despair. You can still contribute your work through the participation form at this link.

Archie Bray Online Sale live today!

The Archie Bray Foundation will be having an online Spring Sale May 9, beginning at 10 am through May 29, featuring the work of our resident artists. With the cancellation of our annual Mother’s Day Pots and Plants Sale on campus, we are excited about the opportunity to bring you a wide variety of vases, planters and functional pottery as well as sculpture, jewelry and 2D work.

New work will be added weekly, so be sure to check back often and watch the Bray Instagram (archie_bray) or Facebook page for updates on new pieces.  Work can be shipped internationally and local pick up options will also be available.

Click here to shop anytime after 10 am MST Saturday, May 9th. Stay up to date by joining the Bray’s mailing list here.

These planters and many more are available on archiebraygallery.org

Critical Function exhibition online.

Critical Function 2: Shop the Exhibition

Thank you for visiting Critical Function 2, an online gallery hosted by the Visual Arts of Richmond that features one of NCECA’s concurrent exhibitions for the 2020 conference year. Curated by Alex Kraft and Melanie Shaw and juried by Carole Epp, Jill Foote-Hutton, Garth Johnson, Bernadette and Neil Mansfield, Critical Function 2 interprets functional ceramics through the works of almost 40 artists spanning across 3 continents. Although this exhibition was originally a part of NCECA’s Annual Conference for 2020 in Richmond, VisArts and the organizers of Critical Function 2 felt that it was important to feature this diverse exhibition online to support artists and NCECA’s efforts. Works are available for purchase online and will help support both VisArts and the artists directly. Thank you for your support!

Images above: Ashley Kim, Japneet Kaur and Marney McDiarmid.

See the whole show HERE.

Starts Today!!! CCACA Is Online

This year, the Ceramics Conference will be happening May 1st – 3rd online!

We will be holding a free, larger scheduled event with more participants than ever. Instead of six artists, there will be 15 from all around the world. You will receive an online, live experience of artists giving lectures, demonstrations and tours of their own studios via Zoom.

Our staff has been working tirelessly to bring all of us together during this difficult time. We are eager to maintain the original dates of the conference and continue the ceramics conference after 32 years of tradition.

For updates, please follow us on Facebook here and Instagram here.

We send all of our love to the ceramic community and hope everyone stays healthy and safe. We encourage this time for artists to be creative and create beautiful work. Upward and onward.

Full details and links can be found HERE.