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Opening Reception: Saturday, June 13, 2026, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Clay from the Classroom is our annual exhibition celebrating the talent and triumphs of our students and their instructors, featuring beginner through advanced ceramic art from our various classes from the past year.
All work was created with the guidance of our dedicated instructors, whose work will also be on display.
Baltimore Clayworks is proud to highlight the achievements of our creative community!
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Baltimore will host NCECA’s 61st annual conference from March 10-13th, 2027!
Join us to learn about NCECA and how we amplify the world of ceramics, create work at our clay making and wheel stations, and learn about the Baltimore ceramics community.
Brief introductions will be given by NCECA’s board and conference organizers. Local studios and artists will host demonstrations and other fun activities. Free light refreshments and snacks will be available.
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James E. Lewis Museum of Art (JELMA) is the visual arts cultural extension for Morgan State University’s fine arts and academic program. Developed to enhance the scholastic experience of Morgan students and the community’s exposure to works of art, JELMA provides opportunities to experience exhibitions, programs, and presentations.
The museum features work by artists at all levels of their careers, from students to established, world-renowned practitioners. The JELMA collection comprises art from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, dating from the 9th century to the present.
The wide range of disciplines represented includes painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, photography, mixed media and printmaking. JELMA is Maryland’s premier museum for African and Black diaspora art.
In addition to Morgan students, faculty and staff, JELMA exhibitions and events are free and open to the public, and accessible to everyone.
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The Peale is the oldest purpose-built museum in the Americas. Built in 1814, the museum once served as a space for innovation, discovery, and creativity.
The building itself has had many lives, and presently functions as The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum. We strive to be a mirror—not a lens—reflecting the cultural narrative of now, not curating a limited version of what it means to be a Baltimorean.
We serve as facilitators and advocates, not gatekeepers of knowledge or assigners of cultural value. We’re not just a physical space; we’re a community resource. We provide a place and platform for creative experimentation and serve as a co-creator for exhibits and cultural programming driven by local creators and storytellers.
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Support Baltimore Clayworks’ educational programs, artist residencies, and community partnerships by purchasing ceramic seconds generously donated by artists from across our region.
Every piece you take home helps us sustain a welcoming, creative space where all people can experience the joy of clay.
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The Baltimore Jewelry Center offers a variety of jewelry and metalsmithing classes for new to advanced level students. Classes are scheduled from 4 to 12 weeks in length. Workshops and intensive classes are held for 1-3 days. No experience is necessary in many of the courses we offer!
Many of our classes such as Waxworking and Metals + Jewelry 1 are offered almost every session. Other special topic classes are offered once or twice a year, or every other session.
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Opening Reception: March 21, 2026, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Contemporary Porcelain: From Tradition to Innovation explores the enduring legacy of porcelain while showcasing the bold ways artists are redefining this historic material today. Long celebrated for its refinement, translucency, and technical precision, porcelain has deep roots in global traditions.
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The exhibit will focus on weaving and spinning as an art form for both carrying on traditional handcraft forms and innovating new ones. It will provide educational information on the role handweaving played in early America, as well as its use today, illustrating innovations in technique and output, displaying how “traditional” methods continue to change.
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In honor of MICA’s Bicentennial, the College will be holding a one-of-a kind celebration – the Fete of Lights gala will be an explosion of creativity – lighting up the community through art installations, lighting design, costuming and performance including a runway of artistic expression.
The Fête of Light is one of the most frequently remembered events and legendary for its inventive costumes and creative atmosphere and interior design of the space.
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Maryland Institute College of Art is a nationally and internationally recognized art and design institution with a deep commitment to the City of Baltimore and to the importance of the arts in advancing the cultural and economic development of the region.
The College enrolls 1700+ students in undergraduate, graduate and continuing studies classes in programs in art and design. MICA is celebrating its bicentennial in 2026 – and is working with the broad community to activate our commitment outlined in our mission to: EMPOWER students to forge creative, purposeful lives and careers in a diverse and changing world. THRIVE with Baltimore. MAKE the world we imagine.
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The Baltimore Jewelry Center is an educational nonprofit building a vibrant creative community for the study and practice of metalsmithing and art jewelry.
We educate and inspire new and established artists, as well as promote metalsmithing and art jewelry to the general public through exhibitions, community and educational outreach.
We envision Baltimore reconnected to its rich history of metalsmithing and jewelry, valuing contemporary art jewelry and metalsmithing as visual art forms and craft.
New generations of metalsmiths and art jewelers will preserve and evolve the field through practice and education.
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Now in its 49th year, American Craft Made Baltimore is the largest juried craft fair on the East Coast. A celebrated local institution, American Craft Made brings together over 400 artists, 10,000 attendees, and dozens of local partner organizations from across the East Coast for shopping, demonstrations, hands-on experiences, and connection through craft.
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Baltimore Clayworks is a community-centered ceramics institution in the Mt. Washington neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Our organization was founded by nine artists in 1980 and in 1984 received its nonprofit 501(c)3 status. We are known for our attentiveness to our city, and possess a national and international reputation for artistic excellence, artists’ support, and community involvement.
The mission of Baltimore Clayworks is to develop, sustain, and promote an artist-centered community that provides outstanding educational, artistic, and collaborative programs in the ceramic arts. Its core values are artist-centeredness, excellence, inclusivity, integrity, and joy.
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The Potomac Fiber Arts Guild is an association of over 400 fiber artists located in the metropolitan Washington, DC area. We provide educational programs, study groups, collaboration and fellowship around a wide range of fiber arts, including weaving, spinning, knitting, quilting, felting, dyeing, surface design, as well as outreach activities for members.
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We offer private instruction, after school classes and summer camps for kids and adults. Our mission is to pass on and preserve traditional handwork skills like weaving, sewing, knitting, crocheting and needle felting.
At the FiberArt.STUDIO we are passionate about nurturing creativity and providing a supportive environment for creative expression, with a big dose of mindfulness. Since 2016 our studio is a place where both kids and adults can explore traditional and contemporary handwork and fiber arts. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced maker, there is something for everyone to explore and enjoy in our studio in the woods.
Our director Anja Seehrich-Caldwell is also an architect and designer. She comes from a long German family line of makers in the textile trades.
Getting a beginner hooked on yarn and combining traditional techniques with new designs is her passion and skillset.
Phones, glue and glitter are not allowed in the studio. If we can not sew it we do not want it.
Read about Anja Caldwell’s creative journey in the spring issue of Where Women Create Magazine
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