Our annual CUPful show brings in a large group of collectors, coffee and tea lovers, and introduces first-time buyers to the joy of sipping from a handmade vessel.    Whether they purchase the pieces as art, enjoy their first jolt of coffee at the breakfast table, sip tea while reading a good book, toast a friend’s accomplishment, or drink beer while watching the big game, you can be sure that they will use their favorite cups and mugs. And if you ask, they will have a story to go along with it. Two of our favorite stories are they make sure to let everyone know “Don’t touch my mug!” and potter Jennifer Stas ask “Who do I want to have coffee with today?”

For more information: https://cedarcreekgallery.com/

We invite you to Cup: The Intimate Object XIX. This annual international exhibition brings together excellent established artists as well as exciting new faces making cups using a wide variety of techniques and aesthetics.

https://charliecummingsgallery.com/

Date TBD, Summer 2023

Definition of Yunomi (U-No-Me): a cup with a trimmed or turned foot, without a handle. Unlike the more formal Chawan tea bowl, which is used during the Japanese tea ceremony, the Yunomi is made for daily (or informal) tea drinking. While a Chawan is not too tall or narrow for vigorous whisking of tea and is held with two hands, a Yunomi is taller, not as wide, and used mostly to drink tea made with tea leaves and is held with one hand. Remember, this tea bowl is not a tumbler, a sake cup, or a noodle bowl. Each artist is encouraged to make their own interpretation of the Yunomi using their personal style.

Cedar Creek Gallery’s National Teapot Shows have a history of drawing a sizeable national audience of collectors, press, and visitors who view the shows in the gallery and online. Anticipation for Cedar Creek Gallery's National Teapot Show XII has already begun to grow.

Started by potters Sid and Pat Oakley in 1968, Cedar Creek Gallery is more than a gallery.  With over ten onsite potters and glassblowers, we are a community of both artisans and people dedicated to maintaining the culture of craft.   Our guiding principles are based on representing the highest quality craft, supporting artisans and exposing the public to the joy of fine craft. 

Sid Oakley's idea to host the first National Teapot Show was born to highlight a diverse range of artists tackling the design challenge of a common theme, whether the form built upon years of honing the details of functional pottery or evolved from a conceptual idea into a purely sculptural piece. 
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact either of us by telephone or email.

https://cedarcreekgallery.com/

The Empire Room

1225 N. Riverfront Blvd. 

Dallas, Texas 75207

For more information call 

214.649.9004

https://www.dallaspotteryinvitational.com/

We invite you to Cup: The Intimate Object XVIII. This international exhibition brings together excellent established artists as well as exciting new faces working in a wide variety of techniques and aesthetics, and the show gets better every year.

For more information: https://charliecummingsgallery.com/

To celebrate Touchstone Center for Crafts 50th anniversary as an organization, Fallingwater will be hosting an exhibition of Touchstone Artists in their Speyer gallery. Six invited artist will be asked to create a one of a kind piece of art work inspired by Fallingwater and the extensive Kauffman art collection. The artwork created for this exhibition will be donated to Touchstone Center for Crafts to be auctioned during the duration of the exhibition in support of their 50th Anniversary Campaign.

More information is coming soon

Clay Art Center is pleased to present The Family Portrait Exhibition
Guest Juried by Kukuli Velarde

In the Gallery & Online September 1 - October 15, 2022

Join us for the opening reception on Thursday, September 15th from 6 - 8pm.

The Family Portrait explores the meaning and definition of the family unit in contemporary culture and society. Guest Juried by Kuki Velarde, participating artists have responded to the theme by creating ceramic works that define what family means to them. The works presented explore the family unit in the broadest context that address and challenge traditional conceptions of what a family is, or could be.

This exhibition presents work from artists drawn from across the United States, and includes emerging and established ceramic artists. By using historical and cultural references in works that range from figurative to functional, and conceptual to playful, these artists invite us into a deeper conversation about the shifting landscape of the family unit.

Participating artists: Jocelyn Armstrong, Teela Banker, Yoko Sekino-Bové, Jamie Charles, Mya Cluff, Jane Neuss Cohen, Jill Cohen-Nuñez, Emily Downes, Sean Lutz, Marga McBride, Mac McCusker, Richard Nickel, Teddy Osei, Kristyn Rohrer, Shirah Rubin, Elisa Soliven, Kourtney Stone, Sara Torgison, Blake Williams.

For more information: https://www.clayartcenter.org/events-at-clayartcenter/2022/10/the-family-portrait-exhibition-juried-by-kukuli-velarde

The artist’s voice is often constructed with the materials, structures, colors, surfaces, and techniques he or she chooses to use. This workshop will be about discovering and developing your voice and telling your stories through clay. Materials, functions, tools, and firing methods will be discussed and demonstrated to improve your technical skills. Since ceramic work often presents stories of its own, your creative challenge in this workshop will be to establish a conversation with it and discover where that dialogue leads. All levels welcome.

For more information: https://www.touchstonecrafts.org/https://www.touchstonecrafts.org/

March 16-19, 2022 at the

SAFE Credit Union Convention Center
1400 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

More information is coming soon

Plant Pots is an exhibition of flower pots and planters. Many of us choose to share our homes with our green neighbors, and handmade pots compliment our plants and bring thoughtful design and craftsmanship to their display and care.

More information is coming soon.

Our 18th Biennial Teapot Exhibition, Reflection Tea, is co-curated by Fong Choo. The exhibition will open January 21, 2022 in the Staenberg Gallery. This exhibition is our most anticipated exhibition, and we ware thrilled to present this Craft Alliance tradition.

This year we are exploring the tea set. We are asking each artist to submit a tea set that reflects your tea culture. We all come to the table with different tea traditions. Some are formalized rituals, and others are casual customs. Throughout the world, many different adaptations of drinking tea have developed, from the ceremony, to practice, and rich traditions. Sharing our tea cultures brings us together and allows us to learn from one each other, strengthening our community. This exhibition invites the viewer to explore myriad ideas of tea culture.

Tea culture is about being present. We rarely carve time between the hustle and bustle of our fast-paced lives to be in the moment with one another. Experiencing tea with a loved one is about sharing and being patient. Each tea set assembles a group of objects that all play an important role. It is a service of gratitude and respect.

For more information: https://craftalliance.org/exhibitions/reflection-tea-18th-biennial-teapot-exhibition

Our Lives in Clay II is a special exhibition exploring the iconography of the ceramist and a life immersed in the culture of handmade ceramics. This is not a ceramics exhibition just about our life; this is a ceramics exhibition about our clay life. The artworks in this exhibition explore what it means to be a ceramic artist, to use handmade pottery, to teach our skills to others, what it means to choose a life in clay.

The kiln, the potter’s wheel, the warm cat on your lap, the faithful studio dog at your feet, a favorite cup on the studio table, and the view out the studio window are symbols of a clay artist’s life. The neatly arranged rows of cups on the shelves of a beloved cup collection are immediately recognizable to collectors who choose to fill their lives with handmade ceramics. Tables full of gorgeous wares and sculpture the speak of ceramist’s booths at art festivals and the bountiful collections found at ceramics galleries. These images describe a life lived in appreciation of enduring things produced by human hands with great time investment and skill to be used an enjoyed intimately in the home and proudly shared with all who will touch them and all who will listen. This exhibition will focus on self-referential ceramics that celebrate and examine the life we’ve chosen working with clay. No specific imagery is required for this exhibition, simply that which evokes your experience living a life in clay.

More information is coming soon.

Our galleries and Shop will be filled with one-of-a-kind, hand-made items by local, regional and national ceramic artists. No need to wait for cargo ships to unload. Find great gifts right here!

For more information: https://baltimoreclayworks.org/event/winter-fest-annual-holiday-market/

Prepping Pittsburgh: Art Sustaining Community

BNY Mellon Satellite Gallery, Downtown, Pittsburgh

Prepping Pittsburgh: Art Sustaining Community showcases the collaboration between Contemporary Craft, artist George Bowes, 10 nationally recognized ceramicists, and Community Kitchen Pittsburgh (CKP). The exhibition features 327 handmade prep bowls – one to represent and honor each of CKP’s graduates.

For more information: https://contemporarycraft.org/exhibition/prepping-pittsburgh-art-sustaining-community/

Jul 02, 2021 - Jul 31, 2021

Artist’s Reception: Friday, July 2, 2021 from 5-7 pm MT (if possible)

Exhibition Posted Online: Monday, July 5, 2021 by 10 am MT

For more information: https://www.redlodgeclaycenter.com/exhibition/featured-artist-yoko-sekino-bove/

The Functional Canvas VI is an exhibition exploring the vessel’s surface as a unique opportunity for drawing, illustration, and design in concert with form. Now in its fifth year, this exhibition has become one of our most eagerly anticipated annual shows. It is well known for featuring both exciting young and excellent established artists using the ceramic vessel as a functional canvas to explore the imagery that inspires them.

For more information: https://charliecummingsgallery.com/the-functional-canvas-v.html (2020)

Small Favors engages artists' creativity in new and exciting ways with the challenge of making pieces on a very small scale. For some artists, the work they create is similar to what they normally make, but at a reduced scale. Others use it as an opportunity to break away from what they create in their daily studio practice. The works exhibited are incredibly varied in material, form, and aesthetics. Though small in scale the artworks created for this exhibition are huge in impact.

For more information: https://www.theclaystudio.org/apply/artist-program/small-favors-2021

The dates of the CUPful show are January 16 through February 28, 2021

For more information: http://www.cedarcreekgallery.com/

Participating artists: Laurie Caffery, Carole Epp, Michelle Ettrick, Diana Fayt, Amy Halko, Annemiek Hamelink, Nichole Hess, Keok Lim, Renee LoPresti, Louise Lovelace, Michelle Lowe, Thomas Lucas, Marisa Mahathey, Dominique Mediak-Pirigyi, Brooke Millecchia, Nikki Mizak, Sara Morales-Morgan, Djouka Kassi  Nathalie, CJ Niehaus, Yana Payusova, Ted Saupe, Gabrielle Schaffner, Kate Schroeder, Yoko Sekino-Bove, Ian Thomas, Sue Tirrell, Paul Wandless, and Alana Lea Wilson

For more information: https://charliecummingsgallery.com/our-lives-in-clay.html

A solo exhibition in Bonovitz Gallery at the Clay Studio in Philadelphia, PA.

For more information, please contact the Clay Studio at: https://www.theclaystudio.org/

We invite you to Cup: The Intimate Object XVI this fall. This international exhibition brings together excellent established artists as well as exciting new faces working in a wide variety of techniques and aesthetics, and the show gets better every year.

For more information: https://charliecummingsgallery.com/

Tea Time showcases a selection of teapots from Belger Crane Yard Studio’s gallery paired with pieces from the Belger collection. As we enter into our 6th month of social distancing, these objects celebrate times of togetherness, sharing space, and serving one another. Unified amongst their function, this unique grouping highlights a vast diversity of artistic styles and approaches to making teapot forms.

Teapots hold a special place in the tradition of ceramic art and pottery making. Whether considering the social and cultural overtones of preparing and serving tea, to acknowledging the technical mastery required to construct the complex object, teapots have played a vital role in the conversation between art and craft, form and function. We are grateful to have all of your teapots as examples of the continuation of this legacy.

Featuring work by Dan Anderson, Robert Archambeau, Scott Bennett, Shae Bishop, Margaret Bohls, Julie Bond, Leah Bowring, Mariko Brown Harkin, Amanda Bury, Barb Campbell, Nancy Cervenka, Sam Chung, Bede Clark, A. Blair Clemo, Jim Connell, Bowie Croisant, Glenn Dair, Marc Digeros, Rachel Donner, Jana Evans, Susan Filley, Delores Fortuna, Yoshi Fujii, Martha Grover, Chris Gustin, Rena Hamilton, Ben Harle, Mike Jabbur, Tom Jaszczak, Jake Johnson, Denise Joyal, Stephanie Kantor, Roberto Lugo, Paul Mallory, Lorna Meaden, Ashley Morrison, Richard Notkin, Debra Oliva, Kristin Pavelka, Sandi Pierantozzi, Don Reitz, Eric Rempe, Ilona Romule, Audrey Rosulek, Bonnie Seeman, David Shaner, Yoko Sekino-Bové, Jane Shellenbarger, José Sierra, Linda Sikora, Ginny Sims, Shawn Spangler, Susan Speck, and Eric Van Elmeren.

Online Opening: Friday, June 12, 2020, 10am

Please check their website for the details: https://www.clayakar.com/collections/yunomi-invitational-june-2020

Cedar Creek Gallery has hosted this show every three years for the past thirty years. All media are represented and over 150 artists from across the United States and few from Canada will be featured. Some of the past participants include Ron Meyers, Fred Johnston, Lanny Bergner, Cynthia Bringle, Ben Owen III, Shelley Jones, Deborah G. Rogers, Garrett Keisling, Cliff Lounsbury, Janet & Jay O'Rourke. Over the years, we have developed quite a following of teapot collectors now awaiting the opening of this show.

Please contact the gallery for the details at : http://www.cedarcreekgallery.com/national-teapot-show-xi

Please check their website for the details: https://charliecummingsgallery.com/

An introduction to glaze science workshop (in English with a Spanish translation)

Querido Ceramista,

Recibimos con emoción a Yoko Sekino-Bové (Osaka, Japón) en Guadalajara. Yoko realizó estudios de Maestría en Artes Plásticas en Cerámica y se ha especializado en la química de esmaltes impartiendo talleres en diversas universidades. Sus piezas han sido exhibidas en galerías y museos de Estados Unidos, Japón, Korea de Sur, Portugal, Canadá, Letonia, Turquía y República Dominicana.

Su trabajo aparece en “500 Cups”, “500 Platters and Chargers”, “500 Teapot Volume 2”, “Humor in Craft”, y “Cast”. Escribe artículos para “The Pottery Making Illustrated Magazine” y “Ceramics Monthly”.

En el taller tendremos oportunidad de trabajar y profundizar en la química de esmaltes así como técnicas decorativas. Yoko cuenta con mas de 500 recetas probadas de alta y media temperatura, trabajaremos para conseguir los esmaltes idóneos para utilizar en piezas decorativas, utilitarias o uso rudo para restaurantes. Con sus recetas aprenderemos técnicas para cambiar, modificar y mejorar las mismas. Adecuaremos esmaltes de acuerdo a la pasta y la necesidad de la superficie cerámica.

Estaremos quemando en horno de gas en reducción de oxígeno (cono 9 -10) y eléctrico en oxidación (cono 6-8) para comparar las posibilidades estéticas y utilitarias de los esmaltes. Se explorarán diferentes técnicas abordando combinaciones de esmaltes y pastas (química del esmalte y propiedades de las pastas) para obtener resultados consistentes y repetitivos.

Día 1: Realización de esmaltes y engobes, inicio de primeras quemas en horno de gas y eléctrico.
Día 2: Química en esmaltes, realización de pruebas cruzadas. Por la tarde: realización de esmaltes.

Día 3: Esmaltes, química en esmaltes (modificando óxidos, pigmentos, utilizando distintas bases de esmaltes y cantidades de óxidos, opacificantes, etc.) para obtención de variedad de tonalidades y texturas. Aprender a ajustar los esmaltes comprendiendo la ciencia simple de un esmalte.

Día 4: Apertura de horno, comienzo de segunda quema. Revisión de resultados de las primeras quemas.
Día 5: Química en esmaltes, demostración de torno (estilo Asiático) con porcelana.
Día 6: Química en esmaltes, técnicas de diseño sobre superficie cerámica.

Día 7: Apertura de horno, resultados y conclusiones (maridaje de pastas con esmaltes, texturas, tonalidades, efectos).

Horario: 10am a 2pm y 4:30 a 7:00.

Tipos de esmaltes que se realizarán y explorarán en el taller: - Esmaltes decorativos
- Esmaltes funcionales de uso alimenticio
- Esmaltes con efectos especiales

- Engobes
- Incorporación de materiales locales para obtener los mismos resultados.

Yoko nos ofrece revisar inquietudes personales sobre esmaltes. Nos solicita que le hagamos llegar con anticipación cualquier duda para prepararse con anticipación al curso.

Cada alumno traerá sus fichas elaboradas con pasta de alta temperatura cono 9-10 con las que obtendrán una gama de esmaltes de media y alta temperatura.

Durante el taller:
Se decorará con distintas técnicas de dibujo sobre fichas.
Se harán quemas en reducción de oxígeno siguiendo gráficas de quema.
Podremos experimentar y modificar esmaltes a partir de los resultados sobre las fichas de cada uno.

16th Biennial Teapot exhibition “Tea and Cookies”

For this biennial teapot exhibition we are interested in the idea pairing teapots with cookie jars. This pairing becomes an investigation around the idea of the container, both in construction and what it means to us culturally.  In Britain they have tea and biscuits, but here in America, we talk about the union of a warm beverage with a delicious cookie.  We could say that this is essentially the same idea, but with different socially economic status attached to it. Actually the cookie jar is an iteration of the biscuit barrel, a British container of biscuits. As this jar form was introduced to the States and Canada, it took on the name, “Cookie Jar”.

For more information, please visit the site: https://craftalliance.org/

Yoko will be serving one month residency at New Harmony Clay Project in New Harmony, IN, in order to work on her Porcelain Pillow series. For more information on the residency program, please contact the New Harmony Clay Project.

https://nhclayproject.org/