by Carole Epp | Apr 6, 2026 | monday morning eye candy
Getting back to collecting images for #mondaymorningeyecandy is likely my favorite part of this blog, no lie. It’s basically as though I were creating the largest, dreamiest exhibition of ceramic ever, and considering who and why to include work. Coming back to the blog after so many years I wasn’t sure where to begin. So I did a random thing. I picked a time in the archives and opened the links and the first random monday morning eye candy I found was this one about the artist Roberta Massuch.
I was thinking it’s be fun to do a sort of then and now post. Anyone from past monday morning eye candy posts you’d like to see again? Were you an artist that was previous featured? Drop me a line. Till then enjoy these pieces by Roberta.
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“Influenced heavily by the architecture of her surroundings, Roberta Massuch (Philadelphia, PA) creates functional pottery, sculpture, and 2d artworks. Massuch received her BFA in ceramics from Northern Illinois University and her MFA from Louisiana State University. Teaching positions include The Clay Studio (Philadelphia, PA), Tyler School of Art (Philadelphia, PA), and the Community College of Philadelphia. She has participated in residencies at The Clay Studio, The Wharton Esherick Museum (Malvern, Pennsylvania) Tyler School of Art, Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis, MN), and Arquetopia Foundation (Puebla, MX). Her work has been exhibited at universities, institutions, galleries, and museums across the United States.” (via her website)
by Carole Epp | Apr 3, 2026 | call for entry
This year’s contest theme, “Bold Choices,” will include work from across our field from makers unafraid to stand out. Whether you express yourself with vivid colors, exciting forms, eye-catching surfaces, grand adornment, or bold concepts, we want to showcase the many ways makers use their work to communicate with courage and drama. Deadline is June 21, 2026!
Submit your work here.
by Carole Epp | Oct 18, 2022 | exhibition, workshops
We are pleased to announce “Commonly Uncommon: Selections from the Museum of Contemporary Craft Collection”, a three-part exhibition of objects and archives on view November 3 – December 10, 2022.
Co-curated by Hannah Bakken Morris, Sara Huston and Abby McGehee.
Please join us for a public reception on Thursday, November 3 from 5-8-pm and return in the following weeks of November for a panel discussion and film viewing.
The Museum of Contemporary Craft served as a vital nexus for the consideration of art, craft and design in Portland from its founding in 1937 to its dissolution in 2016. The permanent collection and the institutional archives, under the stewardship of PNCA and Willamette University, remain important resources for these continued and ever-shifting conversations. This exhibition presents objects that illuminate issues of function, use, the nature of labor, and methods of production. Viewers can engage with both objects and archives to understand the way in which they inform one another as well as the multiple ways makers, curators and audiences appreciate and define an institution and its place in a regional artistic ecology.
A complimentary panel discussion about the collection, craft, and community-building will take place on Thursday, November 17, 2022 from 6:30-8pm at the Lemelson Design and Innovation Studio on the 1st Floor of PNCA. This discussion will be moderated by Namita Gupta Wiggers (past Curator for the Museum of Contemporary Craft) and will include exhibiting artists Hilary Pfiefer, Joe Feddersen, Charissa Brock and other exhibiting artists. This event is open to the public, free of charge.
Additionally, please join us a week earlier to attend a screening of “Handmade Nation: The Rise of D.I.Y. Craft, Art and Design”, a film made by exhibiting artist Faythe Levine, in the PNCA Mediateque on Thursday, November 10th at 5pm. This film is the culmination of nationwide research and interviews for which its archive will be displayed in the Dane Nelson and Ed Cauduro Collection Studies Lab at PNCA, as part of the Commonly Uncommon exhibition. This event is open to the public, free of charge.
by Carole Epp | Oct 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
Want to move to Canada and have a dream studio/gallery shop space? Look no further:
Artists! a rare and golden opportunity! This iconic yellow artists’ house in the heart of Annapolis Royal, on the Annapolis Royal Farmers and Traders Market has been a gathering place for folks to display, look at and purchase art and fine craft for years and years. Or, if you’ve ever wanted to take a peek inside, here’s a tour.
by Carole Epp | Oct 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
We are pleased to announce our inaugural Early Career Fellowship for BIPOC Ceramic Artists. The Fellowship has been established to support artists of color who are embarking on a career in functional ceramics.
We are a dedicated group of professional potters in Western Massachusetts. Every year since 2004 we have opened our studios to customers for the Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail, held on the last weekend of April. The Trail has continually grown in attendance and sales and has a forward momentum that we feel excited to share with the recipients of the Fellowship. We invite you to apply and experience the thriving pottery community and creative economy in Western MA.
Our customers and collectors travel from near and far to shop, learn, and explore the region. We mail our event brochure to over 10,000 homes and reach thousands through our email and social media campaigns. We feel confident about offering an excellent opportunity to an early career artist through this fellowship.
Recipients will join the 2023 Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail on April 28th-30th 2023 as guest potters at one of our host studios.
https://asparagusvalleypotterytrail.com/…
