American Pottery Festival

Save the date for the 25th Annual American Pottery Festival, September 8 – 10, 2023! Our annual fundraiser will once again gather ceramic artists from all over the US who represent the best in the field and offer a wide array of ideations, processes, forms, and surfaces. The event kicks off with our Opening Night Party on Friday night, September 8, 2023–YES, we are bringing it back!

The American Pottery Festival is Northern Clay Center’s annual fundraiser. All contributions support NCC’s mission of advancement of the ceramic arts for artists, learners, and the community through education, exhibitions, scholarships, and grant programs. It serves as a mindfully-forged platform to bring together makers, clay lovers, learners, collectors, and simply the curious, to play and be inspired.

Annually, NCC extends invitations to artists with diverse representation as a priority. These artists represent rich, lived experiences and varying perspectives whose pots display a vast array of techniques, aesthetics, and materials as well as pathways to a career in clay. The richness of experience, knowledge, and generosity represented by 2023’s artists will provide learning opportunities for everyone, from student to collector to fellow maker. The weekend is filled with opportunities to engage directly with artists during image presentations, workshops, lectures, panel discussions, and casual gallery chats. Scholarships are available for all workshops.

American Pottery Festival 2023 Invited Artists:
Chris Alveshere, Kristina Batiste, Bekah Bliss, Michaela Bromberek, Mike Cerv, Darcy Delgado, Donna de Soto, Nancy Green, Bianka Groves, Michelle Im, Shikha Joshi, Yeonsoo Kim, Lee Love, Mary Martin, Didem Mert, Kim Murton, Lizbeth Navarro, S.C. Rolf, Tricia Schmidt, Hitomi Shibata and Takuro Shibata of Studio Touya, Taylor Sijan, Olivia Tani, Minsoo Yuh, and Sunkoo Yuh.

Schedule

Daily in-person and virtual workshops & free artist lectures

Thursday, September 7

12 – 4 pm
$80 In-person workshop
$40 In-person for students and educators
$40 Virtual content only

Details on presenting artists to follow.

100% scholarship available to BIPOC attendees.
50% scholarship available to any who identify as experiencing financial need.
NCC Members receive $10 discount.

Friday, September 8

12 – 4 pm
$80 In-person workshop
$40 In-person for students and educators
$40 Virtual content only

Details on presenting artists to follow.

100% scholarship available to BIPOC attendees.
50% scholarship available to any who identify as experiencing financial need.
NCC Members receive $10 discount.

Members Preview Hour: 5 – 6 pm
General Public: 6 – 9 pm
$25

At opening night you will see old friends and new, meet artists, and shop for great pottery!

Appetizers, a cash bar, and the first look at over a thousand amazing pots. APF is NCC’s largest annual fundraiser. Money raised at APF goes to support the advancement of the ceramic arts through our education, exhibitions, outreach, and artist services programming.

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