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Dear Baltimore Clayworks Community,
March is upon us which means spring is just around the corner and we can look forward to sunnier days ahead. We have an active calendar this month starting with the American Craft Council 2023 American Craft Made/Baltimore market March 3-5 at the Baltimore Convention Center. Join us at the ACC Local Craft Partner Pavilion (booth #1023) and enjoy a series of in person demonstrations by four of our studio artists - Shea Kister, Sam Wallace, Vanna Ramirez and Clarissa Pezone - as well as a pop-up exhibition featuring ALL of our Artists-in-Residence.
Baltimore Clayworks will travel to Cincinnati, OH on March 13-18 to attend the annual NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) Conference. While attending the conference we will participate in the Gallery EXPO representing 25 of our affiliated artists with nearly 1,000 exquisite hand-made utilitarian and sculptural ceramics for sale in addition to. staffing a Resource Hall table (#T65) to promote our four program pillars; Community Arts, Education, Exhibitions and Artist Programs.
As winter classes draw to close I would like to say “thank you” to our Teachers and Students for a fantastic start to 2023. Special thanks to our phenomenal technicians – Mr. Sam Wallace and Jeremy Wallace – without whom our studios and kilns would not produce a bounty of beautiful pottery. Spring 2023 classes begin March 12 – 24 and we have a limited seats remaining. We are proud to announce that thanks entirely to donor support we have awarded 10 Hands in Clay scholarships for the spring term!
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Last but not least, please take time to visit our three exhibitions - Lunar New Year curated by Adam Chau in the main gallery, Care•ful/less solo by Gerald A. Brown and EARTH and LIFE solo by Wayman Scott - before they close on March 25th!
Always remain curious and creative – thank you,
Matt Hyleck
Executive Director
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Baltimore Clayworks welcomes new Short Term Resident Artist - Stephanie Kim!
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Stephanie Kim is a ceramic artist from San Francisco. She originally studied computer science at UC Berkeley to eventually work full time as a software engineer. Wanting something to do after work, she took her first intro throwing class in 2018 and hasn't stopped working with clay since. Over the years, her work has been in several juried and invitational exhibitions. She now has transitioned to working part time as a Google engineer, in order to pursue ceramic residencies full time. When she's not coding or working in the studio, she can be found at home drawing on bisqueware, while watching reality TV.
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March is Youth Art Month!
“Your Art, Your Voice”
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"Youth Art Month is celebrated in March every year. This month is set aside to celebrate and promote arts and arts education across the country. The month is specifically for the visual arts, and as the name suggests, is geared toward children of all ages. Youth Art Month came together to emphasize the importance of visual arts for children."
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Baltimore Clayworks is on the move this month! Check us out at ACC and NCECA!
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Baltimore Clayworks’ Artists Show and Demonstration at American Craft Council’s American
Craft Made / Baltimore Marketplace 2023
March 3 – 5 at Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore Clayworks resident artists will conduct hand-building demonstrations during the upcoming American Craft Council’s American Craft Made Baltimore 2023. Visit Booth #1023 at the Local Craft Partner Pavilion:
- Friday March 3, Shea Kister 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. Sam Wallace 1:00 - 3:00 pm
- Saturday March 4, Vanna Ramirez 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
- Sunday March 5, Clarissa Pezone 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Plus, visit Baltimore Clayworks’ studio artists Yoshi Fujii in Booth #402 and Pamela Zhang in Booth #844.
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Find Baltimore Clayworks at NCECA this month! Visit us at the Gallery Expo & Resource Table T65
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
57th Annual Conference
Current
March 14-18, 2023 | Cincinnati, OH
NCECA Resource Table T65
Resident artists talk on Wednesday, March 15, 2:40 pm - 3:20 pm
NCECA Gallery EXPO | Baltimore Clayworks
Baltimore Clayworks Gallery EXPO #GE05
Tuesday, March 14, 6:00 - 6:30 pm Collectors Tour VIP Reception
Tuesday, March 14, 6:30 - 8:00 pm Reception
Wednesday & Thursday, March 15 & 16, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Friday, March 17, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
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Tune into the Baltimore Clayworks Resident Artist Talk series to learn more about our resident artists and the work they create!
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Join us Tuesday, march 7 from 2 – 2:30 pm
for the Resident Artist Talk with
Jenny Reed | 2020-2021 Lormina Salter Fellow
Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Jenny Reed received her BFA degree in 2014 from Northern Kentucky University. She then taught at community art centers in Louisville before completing a post-baccalaureate program at Indiana University Southeast. In 2017, she was awarded a first year fellowship to pursue her MFA at Indiana University Bloomington. She completed her MFA in May 2020. Her practice continues to progress through experimentation and the incorporation of new techniques.
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The VA Maryland Health Care System offers quarterly opportunities for their veterans to engage in connecting to their creativity with Baltimore Clayworks. We are continuously thinking through meaningful ways of curating opportunities that allow our veterans to build skills and have access to the mental health benefits of cultivating an art practice such as self-discovery, stress relief, and self-esteem.
"…really enjoyed going to the clay works in Baltimore to learn and make clay art, it was very relaxing and calming. I would recommend this as something for my mental health regiment because I was frazzled before I got there and I was so refreshed after I left." BCW Veteran Participant
“…Working with the clay was great for my stiff hands with neuropathy. It was good for mental relaxation. I was not thinking about anything else but that clay. All my other thoughts and worries dropped to the waste side during the activity.” BCW Veteran Participant
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“The veterans really enjoyed this hands on activity using touch and verbal cues to compensate for their vision loss. Many verbalized that they really enjoyed this therapeutic activity as it gave them a feeling of success to create... The staff were very involved and provided tactile feedback and step by step instructions and were hands on with the veterans…” VA Program Lead
Please contact Christina Marsh, Director of Community Arts and Engagement at Christina.Marsh@BaltimoreClayworks.org to collaborate in building a program for your community
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Check out these three exhibitons before they close later this month!
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“Lunar New Year” curated by Adam Chau is on exhibit in our Main Gallery; “Care•ful/less” a solo exhibition by Gerald A. Brown is on exhibit in our Solo Gallery; and “EARTH and LIFE” a solo exhibition by Wayman Scott is on exhibit in our Community Arts Gallery.
January 14 - March 25
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, Sunday 12:00 - 5:00 pm
Free and open to the public
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Spring Registration for Adult and Children's Programs is now open!
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Intermediate Hand-building- Coil building the human figure with Clarissa Pezone
March 22, 2023 - May 31, 2023 | Wednesday 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Jamaican Coil and Soft-slab Building with Samuel Wallace
March 23, 2023 - May 31, 2023 | Thursday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Figuratively Speaking: Expressive Faces with Emily Lamb
March 16, 2023 - June 1, 2023 | Thursday 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Into The Fire with Jeremy Wallace
March 22, 2023 - May 31, 2023 | Wednesday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Basic II / Intermediate Wheel with Yoshi Fujii
March 20, 2023 - May 22, 2023 | Monday 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Community Woodfire: May
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Summer Camp
This summer, we are offering TEN WEEKS of full-day camps for children ages, 6-10, 10-12 and half-day camps for teens ages 12-16! All camps are for one week and run Monday through Friday. Class fees include all materials and firing.
Ages 12-16
Mastering Craft: Teen Potter's Wheel with Andrew Black
March 12, 2023 - June 4, 2023 | Sunday 2:30 - 5:30 pm
Ages 9-12
Clay After School: Advanced Youth Handbuilding with Ruth C O'Mara
March 22, 2023 - May 31, 2023 | Wednesday 3:30 - 5:30 pm
Ages 6-9
Clay After School: Beginner Handbuilding with Maggie Jones
March 23, 2023 - June 1, 2023 | Thursday 3:30 - 5:30 pm
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If the classes you love have sold out – consider claying at home! Brent B wheels are available for rental! Get yours today for only $75/month and the cost is prorated! Contact
info@baltimoreclayworks.org for more information.
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Opportunities for Artists
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Applications for Artist Residencies and the Mary E. Nyburg Fund for Artist Development are open!
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Long-term Artists Residencies (1-3 years)
Our long-term residencies offer early to mid-career artists the opportunity to develop their work in a dynamic community environment for one to three years. The selection of residents is highly competitive and based on artistic excellence, potential for growth, strength of proposal, and a commitment to building a clay-oriented community. Awarded to all early to mid-career artists who have completed either undergraduate and/or graduate degrees, or have equivalent years of experience.
Lormina Salter Fellowship (1 year)
Awarded to one emerging artist producing work of the highest quality.
EMBARC Fellowship (1 year)
Founded in 2021, EMBARC (Emerging Maryland BIPOC Artist Residency in Ceramics) seeks to center the experiences and talents of Maryland based BIPOC artists. Awarded to an artist who identifies as Black, Indigenous, or a person of color. Must be a resident of Maryland for at least 1 year prior to application submission date.
Deadline April 1, 2023 at 5:00 pm
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Mary E. Nyburg Fund for Artist Development
The Mary E. Nyburg Fund for Artist Development is an endowment fund begun in 2007 by friends and family of Mary Nyburg. Mary was a respected potter nationally, a crafts advocate, a board member of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, a life-long supporter of Baltimore Clayworks, where she was at one time a Resident Artist. Following Mary’s death in April 2006, a fund was created in her honor to award a stipend each year to allow a period of devoted study that would deepen an artist’s work in clay and also strengthen the Baltimore Clayworks community. The stipend, awarded to one artist annually, helps support travel, study, and/or work in a community outside of Baltimore. Once completed, the artist is required to conduct a presentation or workshop to share their experience with the Baltimore Clayworks community.
Award Amount $1,500
Deadline March 18, 2023 at 5:00 pm
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Featured Artist: Jason Piccoli
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Jason Piccoli is a native of Colorado and grew up moving between Littleton, Denver and Arvada. He spent his youth devouring sources of science fiction, fantasy, eastern thought, and obsessing about ancient cultures. He practiced painting, drawing, and lived with guitars. He studied Fine Art at Arapahoe Community College earning his Associate’s in Art, where he found his passion for clay and a fondness for the community that surrounded it. He earned his BFA in Ceramics at Metropolitan State University of Denver, and later his MFA in Ceramics at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. In graduate school he wanted to explore the idea of bridging the functional, the sculptural, and the painted image. Water etching, underglaze painting, hand-built attachments and stacking wheel thrown porcelain forms are currently explored in his work. Currently, he teaches ceramics at Anne Arundel Community College, and at Baltimore Clayworks, while maintaining a home studio practice.
Browse In the Shop: Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, Sunday 12:00 - 5:00 pm
Online: 24/7
Members receive 10% off shop purchases every Third Thursday of the month
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The mission of Baltimore Clayworks is to develop, sustain, and promote an artist-centered community that provides outstanding educational, residency, and collaborative programs in the ceramic arts.
Thank you to all of our artists, donors, and supporters.
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