medium
: Clay
Join us every third Saturday, March-October 2026, for our monthly docent-led tours of Pond Farm Pottery.
Immerse yourself in the inspiring story of Marguerite Wildenhain, internationally-renowned ceramicist, at her home and studio. The first woman to graduate from the Bauhaus as a Master Potter, Marguerite taught hundreds of students over 30 years in the traditions of the Bauhaus. Pond Farm is now a National Historic Landmark.
Reservations are required. Private tours are available.
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- Pond Farm Pottery, located in Austin Creek State Recreation Area in rural Guerneville, California, was the home and studio of Bauhaus-trained ceramicist Marguerite Wildenhain. For decades, Wildenhain taught summer sessions of up to 24 students, focusing on form and function, while addressing each student’s development as an artist. Wildenhain created a vast body of work of wheel thrown pieces and sculpture over her years at Pond Farm. She also authored 3 books, traveled extensively, and presented seminars, lectures, and exhibitions across the United States.
In December 2023, Pond Farm was designated as a National Historic Landmark (NHL). Today, docent-led tours bring Wildenhain’s story to life as visitors tour the grounds. The Barn Studio remains unchanged, its wheels and upstairs gallery a part of each tour. One imagines the energy, trepidation, and excitement of working under a Master Potter with high standards and equally high expectations of every student.
Now, every summer, six artists are selected for the Artist in Residence program. Surrounded by giant redwood, eucalyptus, and pines, guest artists reflect and develop ideas, finding their creative muse.
Arts in the Parks, a California State Parks initiative, brings 4th graders to experience how nature and art are inseparable. Led by docents, students hear Wildenhain’s story and create on site, linking history with their present selves.
Pond Farm is managed by volunteers from Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods.
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Founded in 2009 by Steve Dilley, MFA, The Veterans Art Project (VETART) began as a single ceramics class at Grossmont College and has grown into a nationally recognized arts-based wellness and workforce development organization serving veterans, active-duty service members, spouses, dependents, and caregivers. Rooted in the belief that creative practice builds resilience, belonging, and purpose, VETART offers free, hands-on training in ceramics, glass casting, bronze casting, painting, drawing, and storytelling.
What began as a community-based studio program has evolved into a multi-partner ecosystem collaborating with museums, universities, Vet Centers, the VA, and community organizations across Southern California and beyond. Today, VETART is the only Department of War SkillBridge-approved arts training site in the nation, preparing transitioning service members for careers in the creative economy while strengthening social connection and emotional wellness.
Through deep arts engagement, exhibitions, and public programming, VETART transforms military experience into creative leadership—building community, restoring purpose, and advancing opportunity through the arts.
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The Art of Raku
Raku is a dramatic pottery firing process in which a piece is quickly brought to a high temperature and then rapidly cooled.
Potter and gallery owner Cathie Cantara will share an inside look at several raku techniques, including American raku, horsehair raku, and more. Join us in the studio to learn about this tradition and see why raku continues to captivate artists and collectors alike.
This off-site studio visit is part of Maine by Hand: Celebrating American Craft
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Foothills Craft Guild is the oldest craft Guild in the state of Tennessee. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to support local craftspeople.
Formed in 1968, we now are over 200 members of JURIED Fine Craftartistans, however, our Guild’s charter has not changed. It was—and still is–dedicated to:
- Encouraging the development and appreciation craft artisanship of all types;
- Promoting high standards of skill and design in handicrafts;
- Conducting educational programs on handicrafts with all ages;
- Sponsoring FINE craft shows and demonstrations;
- Engaging in activities which contribute to the advancement, development, and appreciation of arts and handicrafts.
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The Vermont Crafts Council is an advocate for the high-quality craftsmanship that can be found throughout the Green Mountain State. Vermont has emerged as one of the epicenters of the crafts revival in America and it has a long tradition of producing fine craft.
Founded in 1990, the Vermont Crafts Council is a statewide membership non-profit organization. It’s most public – facing projects are two statewide Open Studio Weekends that together show the work of over 180 studio artists.
Vermont Open Studio Weekend is a self guided tour that is free and open to the public. To aid the public in planning their tours, we produce a 24 page tour booklet, and a website with local “loops” showing locations and directions to studios that can be visited in an afternoon, a day, or over the weekend.
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This exhibition brings together ceramic artists ChengOu Yu and Jing Huang, whose parallel journeys began in China and led them to North America in 2013, and whose work reflects on migration, memory, and shifting perception.
Opening reception Friday, March 6, 6 – 8 pm
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A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats reimagines a familiar adage as an ecological and social imperative, exploring the interdependence of community, climate, and collective presence through clay.
Participating artists: Katayoun Amjadi, Misty Gamble, and Claudia Poser.
Opening reception Friday, March 6, 6 – 8 pm
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802 ARTs House is a 501c3 charitable organization. Our goals are organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes in support of the arts tradition:
- Developing and coordinating promotion and marketing opportunities for visual arts in Vermont;
- Promoting resources by which Vermont artisans and their regional colleagues may stay abreast of current art offerings, research, techniques, and materials related to their art;
- Disseminating information to the public relative to current issues and practices in the art world;
- Provide artists opportunities to grow within their art medium through scholarships, workshops, and classes;
- Create opportunities for artists to share and sell their work within the larger community of Vermont and its regional neighbors;
- Working cooperatively with other visual arts organizations within the State of Vermont to promote excellence within the visual arts fields;
- Serving as an information resource to visual artists and the public throughout Vermont.
802ArtsHouse is a community of artists cultivating a high level of artistry and creativity through collaboration, promotion and advocacy for the arts.
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Join us for The Ride Home, a solo exhibition by Ceramics AiR Aaron Noble Eskridge, on view March 6–27.
Don’t miss his Artist Talk on March 20, 5–7 pm in the Lillstreet Lounge. Rooted in memories of growing up in El Paso, Eskridge’s ceramic work explores home as a space of family, vulnerability, and cultural belonging, drawing from family photos, neighborhood architecture, and sculptural car forms.
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Presented by the Ilan-Lael Foundation and curated by Brennan Hubbell, this exhibition explores the extraordinary parallel lives and creative philosophies of two brothers who forged singular artistic paths on opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean.
Born in the 1930s and coming of age in the shadow of World War II and the atomic age, James and Bert Hubbell devoted their lives to art as a moral, spiritual, and balancing force in a world marked by profound instability.
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Founded in 1935 during the height of the Great Depression by a group of artists and craftspeople banding together for mutual support. We centered our relationship to natural materials striving to create a more just and equitable society, where art and craft are valued and accessible to all. Our founders were dedicated to preserving age-old craft traditions in the making of beautiful objects of daily use, for ordinary people, and the personal and societal health that comes from doing so.
LexArt strives to infuse the arts into every aspect of civic life. We focus on inclusiveness and accessibility and find the most effective mechanism for providing opportunities for arts engagement is through our community partnerships and shared programming. We host a healthy studio instruction program, offering 130 classes and workshops each year in a broad range of disciplines. We operate publicly accessible maker-spaces in ceramics, metalsmithing, painting, weaving & woodworking and have multiple classrooms for other makers groups. We host numerous artisan fairs/markets throughout the year, promoting locally handcrafted goods. We have a monthly rotating gallery exhibition program, highlighting regional work at the intersection of fine art and craft. We seek to present and amplify the voices and experiences of those that contrast with our own and create a fertile and sympathetic space for people to come together, share, learn, and celebrate our common humanity.
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The Gallery at I Love Art Space is very happy to announce that we are participating in the Vermont Crafts Council Open Studio on May 23 and 24 from 10-5.
Our artists will be on hand to talk and demonstrate for visitors. They will be showing: watercolors, acrylics, mixed media, jewelry, photograph, potter and more!
https://iloveartspace.com/open-studio-event/
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The Many Hands, One Passion exhibition brings together the remarkable range of voices within the San Diego Potters’ Guild, artists whose styles, techniques, and creative approaches span the full spectrum of ceramic expression.
From sculptural forms to functional ware, quiet surfaces to bold gestures, each piece reflects a unique artistic journey. Together, they reveal a shared devotion to clay as a language, one capable of carrying emotion, intention, and imagination.
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Join us on Tuesday, February 24, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Aztec Student Union Theater for a special keynote presentation from Carol Sauvion, creator of the Peabody Award-winning PBS series Craft in America. The documentary series celebrates American craft and the artists who bring it to life. For over 40 years she has been the director of Freehand, her Los Angeles gallery specializing in functional craft.
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