Winter 2023 Newsletter

WINTER

Director's Report

As we near the end of another calendar year, we are provided with the opportunity to pause and reflect on both successes and areas for growth from the past year. I am excited for all we have in store at NCC in 2023. Whether it be new endeavors and experiences for the Center, or the continuation of efforts to expand programs and accessibility—there is a great deal for all of us at Northern Clay Center to plan for in the year to come.

In the exhibition galleries, we have an exciting roster of 12 exhibitions, beginning with Emerging Artist Grant Recipients, opening the second week in January. In the spring, we'll have a pairing of exhibitions curated by Courtney M. Leonard. These exhibitions will include works that will be created during workshops lead by Leonard at local youth program sites. Continuing through the year, NCC will produce familiar exhibitions such as Seven McKnight Artists and our 25th Annual American Pottery Festival with new artists in each. In the Sales Gallery, we will continue to represent over 80 local, national, and international makers of functional, sculptural, and wearable works. More artists will join our roster through our biennial sales gallery jury process that will take place in summer.

We are excited to continue the great success of the Peter Leach Scholarship Fund, and hope to provide everincreasing access to classes in the Adult Education program for BIPOC individuals and individuals experiencing financial

hardship. In 2022, nearly 60 individuals took advantage of this program. In the year ahead, we plan to expand this program to build on our efforts. Beyond the scholarship program, we will further expand our studio monitor program to include a more robust mentorship program and to provide more opportunities for our community to be involved with the space within which they work. Our outreach programs will continue to bring clay experiences to those that can't travel by facilitating onsite opportunities with youth, aging adults, and school programs.

In the Studio Program, we are excited to bring new voices, techniques, and backgrounds to the space to build and strengthen our community. The Activity Measures requirements for studio artists will expand further to encourage action and an attitude of rigor, curiosity, and dialogue. NCC is proud to offer equipment and facilities at accessible costs to artists ranging from early career to experienced and long-term studio holders to resident and visiting artists.

There are numerous familiar names and faces working at NCC to facilitate programming and continue the advancement of the Center’s mission. Alongside those that have been at NCC for a while, we are excited to introduce a number of new additions to the team that will propel us forward through the year ahead. During the latter portion of 2022, we welcomed the following individuals to the team in their new roles:

• Abigail Cooper, Building Maintenance Technician

• Sean Lofton, Artist Services Coordinator

• Claire Miller, Education Manager

• Sarah Millfelt, Community Engagement Manager

• Katie Reeves, Outreach Technician

• Iris Smith, Digital Content, Communication, and Registration Specialist

Throughout the entire year ahead, we will continue to provide the best programming and experiences possible while continuing our mission to advance the ceramic arts for artists, learners, and the community, through education, exhibitions, and artist services. We thank you for being a part of the community at NCC, and for being a driving force behind all that we do for everyone in the field.

Kyle Rudy-Kohlhepp Executive Director

Winter Exhibition

November 13 December 24, 2022

Gallery

Annual ART@HAND Winter Open House, Sunday, November 13, 12 – 4 pm

Member Preview Hour, 11 am – 12 pm

Help us launch the giving spirit of the season, nurture your creativity, and celebrate the opening of the Winter Exhibition and MN NICE Graduates Hands-on clay activities and artist demonstrations will both inspire you and capture your attention. Masks will be required.

Winter is the season you share your curiosity and clay appreciation with those you love! We’ll have over 1000 extra pots, sculptures, and even jewelry. You will find local artists, as well as those who hail from all over the US, and who represent a diverse range of cultures, races, identities, and lived experiences. Come enjoy the space and choose the work that connects with you, or let us know if we can help offer guidance. Every purchase helps us continue programming and financially supports the individual artists in the exhibition!

We can help you choose the perfect present, gift-wrap for you, and even ship!

Shop for Gifts

• Pots, sculpture, ceramic jewelry, and handmade studio tools from over 85 artists

• Free gift wrapping available

• We ship!

Winter Guest Artists

Darcy Delgado, Maria Dondero, Kris Erickson, Delores Fortuna, Delvin M. Goode, Nancy Green, Turyia Gross, Mike Jabbur, Shaina Renae Lund, Mary Martin, Lizbeth Navarro, Kip O’Krongly, Patti Paiz-Jones, Emma Podolin, Katie Reeves (jewelry), Al Clemente Saks, Mike Stumbras, Angelique Tassistro, Sam Thompson, Joel Willson, Minsoo Yuh, Sunkoo Yuh

Clockwise from top left: Earrings, Katie Reeves. Bowl, Joel Willson. Platter, Angelique Tassistro.

Winter Mugs

This year’s winter mugs were created by two highly-respected and well-loved artists from our local art community: Carla Arnevik and Wendy Eggerman.

Each mug is just $29, gift wrapped, and includes the artist’s favorite mug-worthy recipe! It’s the perfect gift for corporate clients, friends, teachers, family, or your very own mug collection!

Mystery Gifts

If you simply can’t choose, or perhaps want to give a little surprise gift to yourself? Each gift-wrapped box contains a mug or cup from one of our gallery artists. This may include work from the year-round gallery artists, winter guest artists, or American Pottery Festival artists. Your mug dreams or cup wishes are about to come true!

Member Benefits

Member Preview Hour November 13, 11 am 12 pm

Enjoy your membership perks! NCC Members enjoy special early access to the galleries an hour before the public. Remember to use your member discount during checkout!

Share your member discount in the gallery with a friend! Invite a friend to join you for the Open House, and they will receive your discount in the checkout line as well!

Related Event

ART@HAND

Winter Open House Workshop Join us in the studio to create decorative clay creatures during the FREE HANDSON WORKSHOP at this year’s Open House. All projects will be fired and ready to give as gifts by December 12.

21AAH14: Virtual, Sunday, November 13, 2 – 4 pm FREE

Winter Mugs, Wendy Eggerman (left), Carla Arnevik (right), $29.

Clockwise from top left: Jar, Delores Fortuna. Vase, Kris Erickson. Plate, Emma Podolin. Yarn Bowl, Shaina Renae Lund.

MN NICE Graduates

November 13 December 24, 2022

Emily Galusha Gallery

Opening reception, Sunday, November 13, 12 4 pm

MN NICE is an advanced certificate program that provides rigorous, personalized instruction for artists who are driven to take the next step in their ceramic education. The program is designed to respond to the changing needs of emerging makers and to give non-traditional students high-level training in ceramic materials, history and theory, and professional practice. Through instruction and individual mentorship, artists build the skills, knowledge, and insight necessary to create a personal and cohesive body of work.

The 2021-22 cohort had an inspiring energy and easy camaraderie. Participants came to MN NICE with a wealth of art experience. In addition to three art educators, most participants came from ceramicadjacent professions. This led to many thoughtful and spirited conversations. The group was particularly interested in exploring glaze and firing effects— from developing delicate microcrystals in cone six glazes to subtle variation from atmospheric firings. This graduate exhibition celebrates their accomplishments as they step into the next stage of their artistic journey, ready to strengthen and shape the future of contemporary ceramics.

Participating artists include: Mary Zeleny Arimond is originally from Rochester, Minnesota and grew up near St. Cloud. She completed her undergraduate work in studio art and geology at the University of Minnesota, Morris and received a BS in art education from St. Cloud State

University. In addition, she earned an MEd in instructional design and technology from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Zeleny Arimond recently retired from a career as a high school art teacher where she taught courses in visual arts and design technology. She enjoys spend time with family and friends, walking and biking around Minneapolis lakes, kayaking in the Mississippi River, cooking, and

enjoying a fine cup of coffee. She volunteers as a master gardener for the University of Minnesota Extension and is active in music and the arts at her place of worship.

Carla Arnevik is a ceramicist and multimedia maker working in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Currently in the midst of exploring the integration of personal narrative in her wheel-thrown stoneware

work through layered slip surfaces and historically referenced flasks, she dreams of one day opening a solarpowered studio in the heart of the Twin Cities. Arnevik graduated in 2020 from the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design (Fredericton) with a two year diploma in ceramics and earned a BFA in acting from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 2014.

Lynda Buscis is a ceramic artist living in Minneapolis, Minnesota and works out of her studio at Northern Clay Center. She fell in love with clay in high school and reengaged with her passion thirty years later at the Tucson Museum of Art. Buscis makes functional pieces with a mid-range white porcelain. She creates her work using wheel-throwing and handbuilding techniques–or a combination of both–and alters her pieces after forming. Her work explores curves and graceful lines, creating a sense of mystery and whimsy. This interest is informed by her forty year career seeking elegant proportions and cohesive design lines, developing women’s clothing in the fashion industry. Her fashion work has been on the cover of Vogue and Women’s Wear Daily, and is on exhibition in the costume collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY). She has exhibited her ceramic work at Northern Clay Center, Edina Art Center, and Arta-Whirl in Northeast Minneapolis.

Opposite page: Pilgrim Flask, Carla Arnevik. This page, clockwise from top left: Vase, Lynda Buscis. Cup, Mary Garvie. Snake Creeps Down, Carol Patt.

Mary Garvie is originally from Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and grew up in Minnesota in the Twin Cities. She has pursued art through diverse mediums over many decades, studying architectural drafting, visual rhetoric, arts and activism, and experimental media. Garvie encountered pottery for the first time in high school and rediscovered clay some forty years later through wheel classes at Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis. After six years of wheel classes, she enrolled in Northern Clay Center’s MN NICE program. She is primarily a potter, creating unique objects as an alternative to massproduced vessels. The daughter of a brick mason, Garvie is inspired by the ancient stone facades and cobbled pavements she has encountered while visiting European cities.

Julian Gruber is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in St. Paul, Minnesota. Through making artwork that engages both sculptural and functional histories of clay he hopes to harness the material magic within ceramics to provide intriguing visual and tactile experiences. As a teaching artist and maker, Gruber aims to share the love of creating things which he views as an essential human activity. Gruber earned his BA in Philosophy of Creativity: Expression, Curation, and Aesthetics from St. Olaf College where he studied the creative arts through both an artist’s and scholar’s lens.

Jo-Anne Reske Kirkman works full time in her studio # 416, in the Casket Arts Building in Northeast Minneapolis.

She is a juried member of the National Association of Women Artists, Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association, Ming Chiao Society, and Tandava Potters. She earned her MFA from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and BFA from St. Catherine’s University, with additional studies in Paris, France. She was also a Fulbright Scholar in Japan

and a teaching fellow in Greece. During her career as an art educator, she was recognized as Minnesota Art Educator of the Year, and served as a representative of the National Association of Art Educators in delegations to Cuba and India. Her ceramic work, photographs, and paintings have been exhibited at venues including the New York Hall of

Science (Queens), Minnesota Museum of American Art (St. Paul), Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (St. Paul, MN), Grand Central Library (New York, NY), Katherine E. Nash Gallery (Minneapolis, MN), St. Catherine’s University (St. Paul, MN), Duluth Art Institute (MN), Plains Art Museum (Fargo, MN), and the Monmouth Museum (Middletown, NJ). She is currently preparing for a solo exhibition of ceramic sculpture at the Phipps Gallery in Hudson, WI.

Carol Patt is a ceramic artist who works out of her home studio in Mahtomedi, Minnesota. She was raised in California, New York and Ohio. She received her BFA at the University of Minnesota in 1978, specializing in ceramics. After receiving her MSc in art education from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut in 1988, she taught art, including ceramics courses, at private and public schools for 30 years. Patt creates sculptural vessels and vases inspired by geology, landscapes and archaeological artifacts. She uses a myriad of ceramic processes, including gas and wood firing, raku firing, and majolica.

Marty Rehkamp is a ceramic artist living in Minneapolis, MN. She creates clay sculptures that marry her background in arts education, her passion for gardening, and her love of experimentation. She began working in clay in 2012 at Northern Clay Center and has continued her journey as part of the 2022 MN NICE cohort. Her decision to work in clay was preceded by a lifetime of working in and around

the arts, earning a BFA from the College of St. Benedict (St. Joseph, MN) and a BS in art education from the University of Minnesota. Rehkamp looks at life through the lens of her garden, celebrating all stages and cycles of life. Her recent sculptures depict the beauty inherent in fading garden forms.

EXHIBITIONS

Opposite page: Paling Garden Silhouette #2, Marty Rehkamp. This page, clockwise from top left: Plate, Mary Zeleny Arimond. Vessel, Jo-Anne Reske Kirkman. Floating Cup, Julian Gruber.

Emerging Artist Grant Recipients

January 14 February 19, 2022

Main Gallery Artist talks: Friday, January 13, 4 pm (virtual)

Join us in celebrating the achievements of our 2021-22 Emerging Artist Grant Recipients. Northern Clay Center administers several grant programs designed to support artists in the early stages of their careers through residencies, grants, and education. This exhibition features the work of Z Kaplan, Andrew Rivera, Persis Wade, Jason Wang, and Joel Willson.

Emerging Artist Residencies

Northern Clay Center’s Emerging Artist Residency programs—the Anonymous Artist Studio Fellowship and the Fogelberg Studio Fellowship, and the BISQUE Residency Award— are designed to provide emerging ceramic artists an opportunity to be in residence for one year at NCC. Between September 1, 2021 and July 31, 2022 the residents had the opportunity to develop their work while exchanging ideas and knowledge with a dynamic network of ceramic artists. Among national clay art centers, NCC offers an urban experience within a diverse and supportive community.

Anonymous Artist Studio Fellowship

Persis Wade received her BFA from Indiana University Bloomington in 2021. When working through each series of work, Wade is motivated by the process rather than the product. Her handbuilt sculptures are created in a repetitive and meditative state—utilizing myriad processes at each stage of every piece. Encouraged by spontaneity and

impulse, Wade’s decisions are driven by a tactile energy. She is attracted to finger-pinching textures and the immense and intense world of glaze characteristics and color variations. Recently, Wade completed a largescale installation for her thesis show The Potter’s Field, composed of eleven large tombstones. In contemplation of morality, she created a vibrant polychromatic cemetery to honor the dead and give reverence to life.

Jason Wang is a ceramic artist currently living in Athens, OH and holds a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute. He intends his vessels and sculptures to invoke a strong emotional response in order to further the dialogue about identity, mental health, and mindfulness in contemporary America. He was awarded a scholarship to partake in a workshop at Anderson Ranch Art Center in Snowmass Village, CO and has exhibited in group exhibitions at LeedyVoulkos Art Center in Kansas City, MO.

Fogelberg Studio Fellowship

Joel Willson grew up in Pakistan and Germany, moved to Minnesota in 2008, and discovered clay during his freshman year of college. Since earning a BA in Studio Art in 2014, Willson has completed apprenticeships with S.C. Rolf (River Falls, WI) and Michael Kline (Bakersville, NC), and has taught classes and worked as a studio technician at the Dahl Arts Center (Rapid City, SD) and Northern Clay

Center (Minneapolis, MN). His work has been exhibited nationally in such venues as Charlie Cummings Gallery (Gainesville, FL), Companion Gallery (Humboldt, TN), Saltstone Ceramics (Seattle, WA) and Baltimore Clayworks (Baltimore, MD).

BISQUE Residency Award

BISQUE stands for Believe, Include, Sustain, Question, Understand, and Evolve. BISQUE is also a metaphor for makers in the early stages of development. NCC is proud to announce the second recipient of this experimental residency program, which is inspired by our desire to cultivate new voices in the field. As a community-based ceramic art center, we are in a unique position to have access to pre-emergent talent and the BISQUE Residency will offer time, space, and professional development resources, plus participation in a group exhibition in January and February 2023. The future of this program will be dependent upon funding.

Z Kaplan is a queer, Jewish, genderliberated ceramic artist from Chicago. Working with clay began as a childhood pastime, taking neighborhood park-district classes, but has since transformed into a means of expression and community, a mode of accessibility, and reparations. Since becoming Northern Clay Center’s BISQUE Resident, they have been using their resources to explore a new relationship

with clay and the firing process to form creations that are kinetic and dynamic. Kaplan incorporates their values of doikayt—or “hereness”—to invoke pieces that connect to Kaplan’s roots, and others, in ways that explore desires for grounding in a reality that is deeply diasporic. They believe ceramics should serve as a spark of play in the mundane, allowing the piece to shine and mold to its surroundings.

Pottery Museum of Red Wing Award

The Pottery Museum of Red Wing Award is presented to one maker in the local ceramics community as selected through a nominative process. Supporting their development and highlighting their achievements, this award aims to elevate the recognition of each recipient within the ceramics community.

Opposite page, top to bottom: Pillar To Stabilize Awakenings, Persis Wade. Daniel, Jason Wang. This page, left to right: Plate, Joel Willson. Vase, Z Kaplan.

EXHIBITIONS

The Pottery Museum of Red Wing Award is made possible by the Red Wing Collectors Society Foundation, and is presented by Northern Clay Center to a deserving individual pursuing a career in pottery, or studying or researching the historical aspects of the pottery industry. The Foundation endeavors to broaden appreciation of pottery—past and present—or the general public and maintains the Red Wing Pottery Museum in Red Wing, Minnesota. Northern Clay Center has awarded this grant on behalf of the Foundation since 2004.

Andrew Rivera received his BFA in ceramics and sculpture from the University of Minnesota Duluth and completed the Minnesota New Institute for Ceramic Education (MN NICE) program at Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota). Most recently, he completed a long-term residency at the Clay Studio of Missoula, Montana. He is currently a studio potter at Clay Coyote in Hutchinson, MN. Inspired by function, history, design, and culture, his wares reflect on personal identity and his Mexican heritage. Rivera currently resides in Hutchinson.

Related Event

Emerging Artist Presentations

Join us for a marathon of presentations by these five emerging artists. A detailed schedule of talks will be available on our website. X13: Virtual, Friday, January 13, 4 - 6 pm CT Free

Tortilla Warmer, Andrew Rivera.

ReCollect

January 14 February 19, 2023 Galusha Gallery

This January, in the Emily Galusha Gallery, NCC will exhibit the works currently available through our ReCollect program. While these works are available year round, this is the first time they will be offered as a comprehensive and changing exhibition, with all pieces available for immediate purchase.

ReCollect is Northern Clay Center’s secondary market program. NCC’s goal for secondary market sales is to raise revenue for our artist services and education programs. Additionally, exhibiting older pots from noted local and national artists provides us with an opportunity to educate our students and clay community on particular techniques and on an artist’s specific contribution to the field of contemporary ceramics. Our community supports this effort through donations of works, as well as through purchase of works from the collection.

The exhibition, ReCollect will showcase select donated objects (both older and more contemporary) from various private and personal collections. 100% of proceeds from these sales support a variety of opportunities for emerging artists, including the Emerging Artist Residencies, which now annually provide two artists with a fullysubsidized studio space and a modest firing/materials stipend.

NCC accepts donations of ceramic art for secondary market sales. Collectors, corporations, and artists who have been collecting great work over the years and are ready to narrow their focus or thin their collections will find that Northern

Clay Center is a natural resource for such individuals, given our reputation, gallery experience, and customer relationships.

Please enjoy Emerging Artist Grant Recipients in the main gallery, and then choose a ReCollect piece to purchase and support the future success of our residency programs!

EXHIBITIONS

Clockwise from top: untitled, Jami L. McKinnon. Triangle, Randy Johnston. Mug, Margaret Bohls. Cup, Gary Erickson.

You've Got Friends in Clay Places

Thank you for being a valuable part of Northern Clay Center and all that you have contributed to advance the growth and development of the organization. Your presence in, and support of, the community has helped to maintain the footings from which we are able to take mindful and meaningful action to fulfill our mission while we work to push boundaries and create new experiences and programs available to our local, national, and international audiences.

In 2022 we have continued to nurture and develop programs and adjacent initiatives launched in previous years including:

• Hosted over 30 visiting artists from across the US

• Held in-person receptions and events including those for the McKnight Summer Open House, the 24th Annual American Pottery Festival, and the opening reception and events related to our most recent exhibitions A Gathering: Works from ‘Contemporary Black American Ceramic Artists’ and Lisa Marie Barber

• Increased accessibility to our classes through the Peter Leach Scholarship Fund by extending nearly 60 free or discounted classes to individuals identifying as BIPOC or in need of financial assistance

• Successfully launched the Center’s inaugural BIPOC Studio Fellowship

• Implemented a Studio Monitor Mentorship program to provide an avenue through which students have the ability to become more engaged with NCC and take ownership of the studio within which they work

We look forward to your continued support through our 2022 year-end campaign and into the future. We commit to strengthening our community through discourse and to building equity in the field by engaging makers at all levels from diverse cultures, traditions, and backgrounds. We are confident that with your help, NCC will remain a leading force in the field of ceramic art and a focal point for artists, learners, and educators for years to come.

Here are a few examples of what your donation will help us achieve:

• $50 Tuition for a parent and child to attend a hands-on workshop

• $100 Kiln costs to fire projects from a multi-week outreach workshop with youth or aging populations in the community

• $250 Tuition for a youth participant in a multi-week workshop or summer clay camp

• $500 Firing NCC’s large gas kiln of work produced in the Adult Education Program

• $2,000 Costs to bring an artist to Minneapolis for a week of workshops or residency in conjunction with an exhibition

• $10,000 A year-long early career artist residency at NCC

Thank you for your incredible support of this organization and your consideration of a donation as the year comes to a close.

Make your tax-deductible one-time or recurring monthly donation by visiting our secure online platform at: https://bit.ly/SupportNCC2022

Participants creating pinch pots in a workshop with outreach partners, People Serving People.

January Featured Artists: Hibernation

On view: January 3– 29, 2023 Sales Gallery & Online

It’s a new year. It’s likely cold where you are. You could no doubt use a cuddle and a nap. This January’s featured show in the sales gallery is all about coziness in the long, dark days of winter. Mugs for steaming cider, bowls for warm stew, candlesticks, knitting bowls, and books for a favorite reading corner. NCC will partner with local businesses to offer roasted coffee beans, spices, and recipes. Come explore a space filled with warmth and 100s of works to nurture yourself.

Clockwise from top left: Mug, Sarah Haven. Bird Candle Holder, Suze Lindsay. Candelabra, Maggie Jaszczak. Yarn Bowl, Clarice Allgood.

February Featured Artists: Nathan Bray, Guillermo Guardia, Ani Kasten, Jamie Lang Jewelry Spotlight: Melissa Mencini

On view: January 31 March 5, 2023 Sales Gallery & Online

Nathan Bray

Iron, MN

Nathan Bray has taught in multiple facilities, including the Carbondale Clay Center (CO) and Bemidji State University (MN). Bray says that, to him, teaching means to drive process in his personal practice. He finds inspiration for his work in the plasticity of clay and in his passion for electricity, flowers, music, graphic art, and pop art. He uses a variety of colored slips and glazes to activate the surfaces of his terracotta pottery. Bray describes his method of making as stream of consciousness, driven by the continuous flow of new techniques and ideas.

Guillermo Guardia received his BFA in industrial design from Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima, and both his MFA in ceramics and MS in industrial technology from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks. Originally from Peru, Guardia currently lives and works in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He also creates figurative sculptures, integrating pattern and form, which are influenced by art history, his upbringing in Peru, Catholicism, his transition to living in the United States, and political events. Guardia has exhibited nationally and was awarded a fellowship from North Dakota Council on the Arts and a residency at the North Dakota Museum of Art (Fargo). His work is featured in the permanent collection of North Dakota Museum of Art in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and Fundación Puntos de Ecuentro in Bogota, Columbia.

Investigating the materiality of the clay is the foundation for all of Ani Kasten’s sculptural vessels. She writes, “in families, and these sculptural groupings explore the meeting point between natural and man-made worlds. The vessels take their influence from plants, water, rocks and clay, as well as from architecture, industry, and machinery ... They investigate the nature of change, the compiling of memory, and a feeling of profound loss—the recognition of temporal beauty bound inextricably with grief.” Since completing her ceramic training in the UK in 2001, Kasten has developed a unique studio practice in which she draws from her extensive travel experiences. Her training in England, as well as the five years she spent working in Nepal, were a formative influence on Kasten’s ceramics. She is a current host of the St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour.

Images, left to right: Mug , Nathan Bray. Cup , Guillermo Guardia. Bowl , Ani Kasten. Tile , Jamie Lang. Earrings , Melissa Mencini.

Guillermo Guardia Minneapolis, MN

Ani Kasten Shafer, MN

Jamie Lang

St. Paul, MN

Jamie Lang’s work reflects his thoughts about architecture, decoration, and memory. His mixed media sculptures are minimal geometric structures that reveal their own architectural planning. Each structure is created by casting adobe into wooden forms, Lang then adds layers of plaster, pigment, and wax to emphasize and decorate the rough surfaces of the form. The altered surfaces of each layer assert the passage of time and the burying and recovery of memories.

Austin, TX

Melissa Mencini moved to Austin, Texas in 2013 to be a full-time studio artist and educator. Since moving to Austin, she has built and established her studio and she has become a core member of the Art of the Pot annual studio tour. Previous to her move south, she taught ceramics at the University of AlaskaAnchorage. Before moving to Alaska, she moved back and forth between Montana and Washington state, working as a studio artist and teaching at both Eastern Washington University (Cheney) and at the University of Washington (Seattle). During her first stay in Montana, Mencini was a resident at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena for two years and was the recipient of the Lincoln Fellowship for one year. She became interested in art at an early age and enrolled in classes at a local art center in her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. Her current focus is making functional pottery embellished with graphic designs and decals.

CALENDAR

NOVEMBER

8 Applications open for Education Access Scholarships

13 Winter Exhibition and MN NICE Graduates open

Winter Open House, 12 – 4 pm

Member Preview Hour, 11 am – 12 pm

AAH Winter Workshop, 2 – 4 pm

15 Winter class registration opens, 10 am

25 CLOSED

DECEMBER

4 AAH: Decorative Clay Spoons!, 2 – 4 pm

24 Holiday Exhibition and MN NICE Graduates close

25 - 31 NCC CLOSED

31 Last day to make a donation to NCC's year end fundraising campaign!

JANUARY

1 - 2 NCC CLOSED

3 January Featured Artists opens

10 Chili Cook-off Cookbook submissions due, 5 pm

12 Info session: NCC grant programs, 6 pm

13 Artist talks: Emerging Artist Grant Recipients , 4 pm

14 Emerging Artist Grant Recipients and ReCollect open

27 Applications open for Warren MacKenzie

Advancement Award and Early Career Artist Residencies

29 January Featured Artists closes

30 AAH Tour of Emerging Artist Grant Recipients and Hands-on Workshop, 3 – 5 pm

31 February Featured Artists opens

FEBRUARY

4 AAH Virtual Chili Bowl Workshop, 2 - 3:30 pm

18 AAH Empty Bowl Workshop, 2 - 4 pm

19 Emerging Artist Grant Recipients and ReCollect close

MARCH

5 February Featured Artists closes

17 Applications open for McKnight Fellowships and Residencies

31 Applications due for WMAA and ECARs, 5 pm CT

Melissa Mencini

2022 24th Annual American Pottery Festival Review

The American Pottery Festival weekend always, always, gives us new reasons to appreciate the artists and all of you who support them during the weekend, and this year was no different. Far from a simple fundraiser, this event brought with it waves of talent, curiosity, inspiration, and seemingly endless acts of generosity. For the first time since 2019, we were able to invite the artists to visit us in person, and for all those who attended, the magic in the air was palpable.

• Of the 23 invited artists on this year’s roster, 22 offered virtual lectures or hybrid demonstrations and workshops to over 200 total participants from all over the country and world;

• For this year’s APF artists, the NCC staff produced a Cocktail Party, catered by Nettie Colón of Red Hen Gastrolab, and a Potters’ Pizza Party with the help of two wonderful volunteers;

• This year saw the return of volunteers in the building to help clean the building to optimum shininess, paint pedestals, prep lunches, wrap purchases, and more!

For the NCC Crew that remains at the venue after the weekend, while everyone turns off their Zoom cameras or heads back home into their everyday lives, there are endless memories and a deep well of gratitude for the contributions of so many artists, collectors, supporters, and others. A special thank you goes out to those artists who said yes to our invitation

and trusted us to represent them well. The event might be over, but we are all still recounting conversations and new friends and sending our deepest respect and genuine thanks to those who joined us this year in any way!

We are already well on our way to planning 2023 APF—be sure to mark your calendars for September 8 10! Yes! We hope to bring back the artists, volunteers, and public parties like the days of yore (2019)!

Images, top to bottom: APF artists Brent Pafford (left) and Delvin M. Goode (right) delivering a workshop to an in-person and virtual crowd. NCC staff members Sean Lofton (left), Audra Smith (center), and Samantha Gonzalez Longley (right) tossing pizza dough for our APF artist appreciation party.

Artist Grants

ARTIST SERVICES

NCC proudly facilitates six grant programs for early career makers, current students or apprentices, recent graduates, and mid-career artists.

Learn about the application process and your eligibility at a free information session hosted in NCC’s library, and via Zoom, on Thursday, January 12, from 6 - 7 pm. Limited seating available and registration for in-person attendance is required. Please watch our website for additional info sessions at sites around the Twin Cities Metro and state. Please contact us if you are interested in having a presentation at your school or organization (in Minnesota or almost anywhere in the country)—we are always happy to take our show on the road via Zoom.

Each year we want to increase our reach into the depth of talent in the region, nation, and the globe to support, celebrate, and enable ceramic artists at all stages of their career. Grants and residencies are open to those who have traveled the traditional paths of apprenticeship, have pursued academic training, and have intensely developed their practice in the studio. NCC encourages applicants who represent the full range of artistic styles, and is committed to supporting a diverse pool of artists whose work demonstrates strong artistic merit. Accordingly, awards for our grant programs will represent, as possible, artists and initiatives that are diverse in genre, expertise, gender, race, ethnicity, and geography.

Have questions about the eligibility, award packages, or how to make your application as successful as possible? Visit our website under the heading “Artist Services” or contact NCC’s Artist Services Coordinator, Sean Lofton, at seanlofton@northernclaycenter.org.

We are always available to answer questions and give feedback on your submissions. Mark your calendar today to submit your application by the following deadlines.

FELLOWSHIPS McKnight Artist Fellowship for Ceramic Artists

The McKnight Artist Fellowship for Ceramic Artists supports outstanding Minnesota ceramic artists who identify with any methodology: functional, sculptural, relational—all techniques are welcome. The intent of this program is to recognize and support midcareer artists living and working in Minnesota, who demonstrate a sustained level of accomplishment, commitment, and artistic excellence. Two $25,000 grants will be awarded in 2023. Fellowship support may be pursued for, but is not limited to: experimenting with new techniques and materials; purchasing materials and equipment; collaborating with other artists; and pursuing education, exhibition, or travel opportunities. The 2023 Fellowship recipients will be featured in a workshop and an exhibition with a corresponding catalogue at the end of their grant year in July of 2024.

This program is made possible by the generous support of the McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Founded on the belief that Minnesota thrives when its artists thrive, the McKnight Foundation’s arts and culture program is one of the oldest and largest of its kind in the country. Support for individual working Minnesota artists has been a cornerstone of the program since it began in 1982. The McKnight Artist Fellowships Program provides annual, unrestricted cash awards to outstanding mid-career Minnesota artists in 14 different creative disciplines. Program partner organizations administer the fellowships and structure them to respond to the unique challenges of different disciplines. For more information, visit mcknight.org/artistfellowships.

Applications open March 17, 2023. The deadline for the 2023 McKnight Fellowships for Ceramic Artists is Friday, May 19, 2023 at 5pm CT.

Warren MacKenzie

Advancement Award (WMAA)

The WMAA, founded in 2014, provides an opportunity for students and emerging artists to continue their ceramic research and education for a period of up to twelve consecutive months within the grant year, further expanding their professional development.

This award is available to current undergraduate or graduate students, recent graduates (within one year), or those who have completed a universityequivalent training in ceramics (including apprenticeship and mentorship programs) within the year prior to the application deadline.

During the grant year, the recipient can research a new technique or process, study with a mentor or in an

apprenticeship setting, travel to other ceramic art centers or institutions for classes and workshops, collaborate with artists of another media, and travel. Proposals to fund large capital equipment purchases will not be accepted. One cash award will be made in 2023, up to $3,000, for a project taking place between May 1, 2023, and April 30, 2024. The recipient will contribute project updates to NCC’s social media and is required to give a public presentation at their school or other institution following the completion of their grant.

This award is made possible through the support of generous individual and institutional donors in honor of Warren MacKenzie’s legacy of ceramic education, both traditional and non-traditional.

Applications open January 27, 2023. The deadline for the WMAA is Friday, March 31, 2023, at 5 pm CT.

RESIDENCIES

McKnight Artist Residency for Ceramic Artists

The McKnight Artist Residency for Ceramic Artists recognizes and supports midcareer ceramic artists whose work demonstrates exceptional artistic merit and who have already proven their abilities within the field. The program provides recipients with the opportunity to be in residence for three months at Northern Clay Center, where they can develop their work and exchange ideas and knowledge with Minnesota ceramic artists. Up to three, threemonth residencies will be awarded in 2023 through a competitive application process, and will take place during the

2024 calendar year. NCC will invite one or two other artists through a nominative process.

Each resident artist will receive a $6,000 award (for a three-month residency), studio space provided at no cost, and a glaze and firing stipend. During the residency, each artist will present a public lecture, for which they will receive an additional honorarium. At the culmination of the grant period, recipients will be featured in a catalogue and group exhibition at Northern Clay Center that will travel to 3 5 sites around the state of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Recipients are also required to submit a final report at the end of the grant period.

This program is made possible by the generous support of the McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis.

Applications open March 17, 2023. The deadline for the McKnight Artist Residency is Friday, May 19, 2023, at 5 pm CT.

Early Career Artist Residencies (ECAR)

The Early Career Artist Residency program encompasses three unique fellowships, designed to provide up to four ceramic artists with the opportunity to be in residence at Northern Clay Center for one year, where they can develop their work and exchange ideas and knowledge with other ceramic artists.

Each recipient will have a furnished studio space with 24/7 access to NCC’s facilities. In addition to the workspace, each fellowship includes an annual materials and firing stipend as well as professional development and enrichment opportunities offered through NCC’s education, exhibitions,

and sales gallery programs. A group exhibition featuring work produced during the fellowship period will take place at Northern Clay Center, following conclusion of the grant period in January 2025. Additionally, recipients have the opportunity to present a brief slide lecture on their work in conjunction with the exhibition.

Anonymous Artist Studio Fellowship

The Anonymous Artist Studio Fellowship will be awarded to two early career ceramic artists working in a functional, sculptural, relational, or installationbased manner. Fellows will share a furnished studio space with 24/7 access to NCC’s facilities from September 1, 2023, to August 31, 2024.

BIPOC Studio Fellowship

The BIPOC Studio Fellowship will support one early career ceramic artist of color who is working in a functional, sculptural, relational, or installationbased manner. The 2023 recipient will share a furnished studio space from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024 and will be provided additional resources to pursue mentorship opportunities including participation in the NCECA conference, support more robust materials and firing use, and to buttress the cost of living.

Fogelberg Studio Fellowship

The Fogelberg Studio Fellowship will support one early career ceramic artist working in a strictly functional manner, who is a Minnesota or Wisconsin resident, and interested in pursuing a career in studio pottery. The 2023 recipient will have access to a furnished private studio space from September 1, 2023, to August 31, 2024.

Artist Services & Grant Programs Eligibility Table

ARTIST SERVICES

Early Career Artist Residencies

• • • • • March 31, 5 pm

• • • • March 31, 5 pm Warren MacKenzie Advancement Award

McKnight Ceramic Artist Fellowship

MN NICE (fees apply)

NCC Studio Program (fees apply)

• • May 19, 5 pm

• • May 19, 5 pm McKnight Ceramic Artist Residency

• • • • • April 7, 5 pm

• • • • • Ongoing

These programs are made possible by generous contributions from several anonymous donors, as well as various secondary market sales at Northern Clay Center, with the intention to nurture the creative expression of aspiring ceramic artists.

Please note: you must indicate which of the three awards you are applying for. One application may be submitted for multiple opportunities and eligibility varies for each opportunity

Applications open January 27, 2023. The deadline for NCC’s Early Career Artist Residencies is Friday, March 31, 2023, at 5 pm CT.

What is an early career artist?

We use a broad and elastic definition of “early career” when assessing eligibility for the WMAA and ECAR programs.

There is no exact and singular definition of an early career artist. Our programs support those artists who show significant potential, yet are under-recognized.

Early career artists:

• are the principal creators of new work

• take risks and embrace challenges

• have voices revealing significant potential

• are rigorous in their approach to creation and production

• have some evidence of professional or artistic achievement

• are not recognized as established artists by other makers, curators, producers, critics, and arts administrators

Career stage is a factor but not a limiting one. Many artists fall into the early career category, but not all do. Age is not a factor in determining an early career artist.

Good luck to everyone!

Program Early Career Artists Mid-career Artists MN Artists Non-MN Artists

College/ University Students

Recent College Graduates Deadline

OUTREACH

Partnership Spotlight: Southeastern Libraries Cooperating

This is just some of the wonderful feedback from library staff members regarding these clay experience with SELCO:

“The kids and adults had a lot of fun! They loved they got to pick what they wanted to do. She was patient and took the time for everyone. It was a great program!”

“The instructor was very good with the groups we had which ranged in age from 6 to adult. Even younger siblings were included and made their own creations.”

“She was very professional, knowledgeable about the topic, gave thorough and easy to follow instructions, and worked well with all the age groups present.”

“Excellent. Booking was easy. Presenter knowledgeable and people friendly.”

“We really loved the clay workshop! Thank you for having it!”

“I loved that my kids were able to try a new form of art that I would not know how to teach them!”

This summer, NCC teaching artists were all over the southeastern corner of Minnesota, providing clay workshops to youth and aging adults through Southeastern Libraries Cooperating (SELCO). From Blooming Prairie to Le Crescent, Albert Lea to Caledonia, NCC teaching artists logged many miles on the ClayToGo Van with clay on the way and creations coming back.

Though the distance from NCC means this is often the only activity the artists can teach that day, these opportunities are highly sought after by our teaching artists. Even better, at the end they get to bring the wonders of ceramics to a new group of kids!

“What a fun program and NCC is so easy to work with! Teacher was great

“The NCC instructor, Priya, was awesome and worked quickly and non-stop moving around the tables to help advise and shape projects so they would work out the best for the kiln. Parents were very happy with the opportunity and we had a mix of kids new to clay working and a few who'd done some projects before.”

Participants also loved the classes: “Fun, relaxing environment to experience and work with a medium I can't experiment at home.”

“Glad for classes like this, keep them coming!”

One-time workshops are two-hours in length for up to 25 participants. Participants are able to make and decorate a unique clay creation of their own during the workshop, with support and guidance from the NCC teaching artist. NCC provides all the clay materials, knowledge and instruction through one of our wonderful teaching artists, as well the equipment (kilns) technical know-how to finish fire (twice) and clear glaze the work so it is food safe and ready for use. Partner sites just provide tables, chairs, and access to water. Projects are generally ready two to three weeks after the workshop date.

If you work with a school or other organization that is interested in having a clay experience, touring NCC's facilities, or seeing a clay demonstration, please contact us at outreach@ northernclaycenter.org.

Chili Cook-off Update

For 14 years, even during the limitations of a pandemic, we gathered—at NCC or virtually—to come together as a commu nity and warm up with chili and heated competition. We partnered with local businesses and chefs; expanded the cook-offs to bake-offs; and enjoyed over 400 gallons of chili and countless brown ies and cornbread servings. The Chili Cook-off grew quickly to become the staff’s favorite annual event each year.

This year, for what would have been the 15th Annual Chili Cook-off, we have accepted that we cannot create a way to host this event indoors safely in the middle of winter. It’s time to say so long for now.

But, because we are the State of Slow Goodbyes, we are honoring the end of the Chili Cook-off with one heckuva cookbook. We’ve collected YEARS of winning and optimistic recipes from all of you, and we hope you’ll enjoy it!

If you would like to submit a recipe to this historical publication, please do so by January 10, 2023. You may send your recipe(s) and any images to nccinfo@northernclaycenter.org.

The cookbook will be available for pur chase online in February.

Thank you for years and years of crock pots, antics, and friendship!

Winter Classes & Workshops

Welcome to a new year ripe with fresh possibilities in clay. Whether you’re new to clay and eager to get your hands dirty, or a seasoned learner, we’ve got the resources and inspiration to keep your hands making, your head ever-curious, and your heart hooked. As a learning community devoted to the education and advancement of the ceramic arts for learners of all levels, our education team works to keep programming innovative and to offer unique opportunities for artists and learners to grow their tools and develop their voice by learning from a broad and diverse cast of experienced teaching artists through a colorful spectrum of perspectives and approaches to clay.

We offer open studio time allowing you the space to digest demonstrations and practice your craft independently. Adult students generally have access to our studios from 9 am to 9 pm four days a week, from 4:30 to 9:30 on Mondays when space is available, and from 9 am until midnight on Tuesdays and Thursdays (subject to other NCC events and programming). Our open studio schedule will continue as an online sign up in order to regulate the number of people in our facilities at any given time. Browse our open studio schedule online to check the most up-to-date listing of available studios.

NCC will continue to require masks to be worn inside our facilities at all times. Our offerings may continue to evolve as public health concerns continue. Class sizes may continue to be limited and appropriate safety initiatives will remain

in place. We encourage you to register early as our in-person classes will fill up quickly. Please visit our website for the most up-to-date information.

Education Access Scholarships

Applications open Tuesday, November 8 NCC is committed to maintaining accountability and pursuing action to build meaningful diversity, impactful equity, and genuine inclusivity in the ceramic community. We recognize that there are significant systemic racial and economic impacts that impede participation in the arts, and resulting financial barriers contribute to further divide. To address and help bridge financial barriers to ceramic education, NCC has implemented scholarship options for our education programming.

Our goal is to open access to the ceramic arts and welcome all who wish to learn, grow as an artist, and participate in the ceramic arts community.

We offer two scholarship options: • a half-tuition scholarship open to artists and learners experiencing financial need

• a full-tuition scholarship open to artists and learners who identify as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color

Scholarships are limited and will be available on a lottery basis for previous applicants for a select number of seats, and a first-come, first-served basis for new applicants. For more information about these scholarships and to apply, please visit our website at northernclaycenter.org

CLAY-ALONG VIRTUAL CLASSES

Stay connected to your creativity from home and Clay-Along with NCC through virtual classes and materials kits designed to fulfill your clay longings at a social distance. We offer self-guided clay kits with lesson plans for an at-home independent clay experience. Kits include low-fire clay (a choice of low-fire red: a smooth terracotta body; or Raku: a grittier, off-white body), a set of engobes (colored slips), bisque and clear glaze firings at NCC, and a guide to setting up a space for clay in your home. No clayspecific tools? No problem! All classes and lessons can be accomplished with everyday utensils and objects.

Self-Guided Kit

Clay-Along Self-Guided Kits balance the independence of self-guided clay exploration with the support of instructions that guide you step-by-step through a variety of projects at a range of levels; kid-friendly lessons included!

These kits are sure to satisfy your clay cravings, keep you creative, and increase your knowledge of forms and techniques. It’s also a great opportunity to play and explore clay, whether you’re brand-new or very experienced.

VKit: Fee: $45

INTRODUCTORY

Want to learn the basics of creating with clay? Get hands-on during five weeks of instruction and practice in introductory classes that focus on the basics of

building and glazing techniques. These classes have plenty of guidance for beginners, making them ideal if you have little or no experience with clay and want to test your interest and grow your skills. We recommend you take an introductory class two or more times (within one quarter, or over consecutive quarters) to build your skills and prepare for Wheel or Handbuilding 201 classes and beyond. Wear old clothes and bring an old towel, a bucket no larger than one gallon, and a beginner’s set of tools to the first class. Tool kits are available for purchase at NCC. Lab fee includes one bag of clay (25 pound) up to $15, all glazing materials, firings, and open studio access.

Wheel 101 for BIPOC Individuals

This four-week long class teaches the basics of wheel throwing in a space dedicated to individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or a Person of Color and intended to foster a safe, creative environment and introduction to clay for BIPOC folks. Individuals applying for NCC’s 100% Education Access Scholarship can note this class as their class choice in the scholarship form. This class is also open to BIPOC individuals for regular registration.

I1: Mondays, 6:30 – 9:30 pm

Instructor: Paola Evangelista January 9 – 30 Fee: $190 + $20 lab fee (5% member discount)

Land of Round Pots—Wheel 101 Get your wheels turning as you learn the basics of throwing pots on the potter’s wheel. This class will get you familiar with the material of clay and introduce foundational wheel-thrown forms such

as bowls and cylinders. Have you taken 2 - 3 sessions of a Land of Round Pots (LORP)? Switch it up and try your hand at a Beginner 201 or Special Topics course. We ask that more advanced learners refrain from signing up for a LORP so that these class spots can be dedicated to introductory learners.

I2: Mondays, 6:30 – 9:30 pm

Instructor: Paola Evangelista February 6 – March 6 Fee: $200 + $20 lab fee (5% member discount)

I3: Tuesdays, 1 – 4 pm

Instructor: Abigail Cooper January 3 – 31 Fee: $200 + $20 lab fee (5% member discount)

I4: Tuesdays, 1 – 4 pm

Instructor: Abigail Cooper February 7 – March 7 Fee: $200 + $20 lab fee (5% member discount)

I5: Tuesdays, 6:30 – 9:30pm

Instructor: Audra Smith January 3 – 31 Fee: $200 + $20 lab fee (5% member discount)

I6: Tuesdays, 6:30 – 9:30pm

Instructor: Audra Smith February 7 – March 7 Fee: $200 + $20 lab fee (5% member discount)

I7: Wednesdays, 1 – 4 pm

Instructor: Priya Thoresen February 8 – March 8 Fee: $200 + $20 lab fee (5% member discount)

I8: Wednesdays, 6:30 – 9:30pm

Instructor: Z Kaplan January 4 – February 1 Fee: $200 + $20 lab fee (5% member discount)

I9: Wednesdays, 6:30 – 9:30pm

Instructor: Z Kaplan February 8 – March 8 Fee: $200 + $20 lab fee (5% member discount)

The Three Graces of Handbuilding Learn the basic skills for creating ceramic sculpture and handbuilt pottery through a series of projects and demonstrations. This class will introduce the three foundational methods of handbuilding—coiling, pinching, and slab-building—to provide the base for any project you might imagine.

I10: Mondays, 6:30 – 9:30 pm

Instructor: Olivia Gallenberger

January 9 – 30

Fee: $190 + $20 lab fee (5% member discount)

I11: Mondays, 6:30 – 9:30 pm Instructor: Olivia Gallenberger February 6 – March 6 Fee: $200 + $20 lab fee (5% member discount)

Students in a throwing studio, busily filling up ware boards.

Also check out our series of one-day project workshops beginning on page 27—ideal for makers with little or no previous experience

WHEEL

We recommend that students begin their study at NCC with an introductory experience in clay, such as our Project Workshops or five-week classes (above). Beginner Throwing—Wheel 201 will take your skill set to the next level and deepen your understanding of clay to prepare you for Wheel 301 and advanced special topics classes. Our education staff will happily assist you in finding the appropriate class, via phone or email: 612.339.8007 x309 or education@northernclaycenter.org.

Beginner Throwing—Wheel 201

Take the next step on your journey with the potter’s wheel to build on your foundations and discover the secrets of making great pots during these 10-week classes. Improve your skills and learn new techniques for throwing such forms as cylinders, bowls, vases, and more using the pottery wheel as a tool. You will learn surface treatments such as glazing, staining, and slipping, and be introduced to firing procedures. Dress for mess, bring an old towel, a bucket no larger than one gallon, and a beginner’s set of pottery tools to the first class. Tool kits are available for purchase at NCC. These classes are designed for those with some previous wheelthrowing experience, who have taken one or two Land of Round Pots sessions, or equivalent, and who feel comfortable navigating basic forms on the wheel.

W1: Tuesdays, 10 am – 1 pm

Instructor: Lisa Himmelstrup January 3 – March 7 Fee: $400 + $40 lab fee (5% member discount)

W2: Tuesdays, 6:30 – 9:30 pm

Instructor: Clarice Allgood January 3 – March 7

Fee: $400 + $40 lab fee (5% member discount)

W3: Thursdays, 10 am – 1 pm

Instructor: Lucy Yogerst January 5 – March 9 Fee: $400 + $40 lab fee (5% member discount)

W4: Thursdays, 6:30 – 9:30 pm

Instructor: Jennica Kruse January 5 – March 9 Fee: $400 + $40 lab fee (5% member discount)

Intermediate Throwing—Wheel 301 Take your skills to the next level as you learn additional techniques for throwing more complicated forms. Refine your skills and continue to define your voice in clay. Each section has a specific focus but leaves room for personal interests and development. Each course will also include more information about surface decoration, firing procedures, and the differences between low- and high-temperature clay bodies and glazes. Designed for those who have taken several Wheel 201 classes or equivalent who are looking to refine their techniques and further develop their voice in clay.

W5: Mondays, 6:30 – 9:30 pm

Instructor: Erin Holt—Focus on Applying Ceramic Art History January 9 – March 6 Fee: $380 + $40 lab fee (5% member discount)

W6: Tuesdays, 1 – 4 pm

Instructor: Kevin Caufield—Focus on Quality and Larger Forms January 3 – March 7

Fee: $400 + $40 lab fee (5% member discount)

W7: Thursdays, 1– 4 pm

Instructor: Leila Denecke—Focus on Form and Function January 5 – March 9

Fee: $400 + $40 lab fee (5% member discount)

HANDBUILDING

Prepare to add to your vocabulary of ceramic tools and techniques as you embrace the philosophy of slowing down in Studio C. Pinch, coil, and paddle your way to a keen alternative sense of touch while creating a new series of work or learning methods to enhance your work on the wheel. Take a trip across the hall this quarter to delve into concepts that offer new perspectives and ways to reimagine an already familiar material.

Pour Me a Fresh Form with a Splash of Glaze Chemistry

You’ll be poring over these fresh pouring forms—pitchers, teapots, creamers, and more! Handbuild your way to new technical and aesthetic heights as you explore and troubleshoot ways to enhance and imagine a pouring vessel. Class sessions will alternate between days of demonstration, and independent work time where the instructor supports individuals with their projects. This class will balance the study and creation of pouring pots with an introduction to the basics of glaze chemistry. Learn about glass-making components, colorants, firing effects, glaze flaws, and more. You will have a chance to work in the materials room under guidance of the instructor to create new glaze colors using oxides. Through instruction and experimentation, you will gain a foundational understanding of how and why glazes do what they do! Designed for students with some previous handbuilding experience, but beginners will be nurtured.

H1: Tuesdays, 6:30 – 9:30 pm

Instructor: Marion Angelica

January 3 – March 7

Fee: $400 + $40 lab fee (5% member discount)

Land of Square Pots

Ready for a new angle on handbuilding?

During this five-week class you’ll design and handbuild boxes, baskets,

and geometric vessels or sculptures. You’ll hone your skills in foundational handbuilding methods including building with hard and soft slabs and coils. Once you’ve created a few forms, turn your attention to creating surfaces that enhance your forms with color and decoration using slips, stains and more. This creative framework for handbuilding will offer a fresh take on forms and inspire continued exploration in handbuilding outside the round pot. Open to all skill and experience levels.

H2: Wednesdays, 1 – 4 pm

Instructor: Priya Thoresen January 4 – February 1 Fee: $200 + $20 lab fee (5% member discount)

Beyond Grace

If you’ve taken Three Graces— Handbuilding 101 and are ready to take your next steps in handbuilding, Beyond Grace is the class for you. Demonstrations will focus on tilemaking, working with leatherhard slabs, and using and creating sprig, drape, and press molds out of clay or plaster. Other topics covered at student request include scaling up your vessels or sculptures, using the extruder, internal and external armatures, slip and glaze application techniques, and alternative firing methods. Students should be competent in basic handbuilding methods such as coiling, pinching, and building with soft slabs. Students may bring their own project ideas and receive guidance, or may choose from a variety of intermediate project prompts, provided by the instructor. Intermediate to advanced level.

H3: Thursdays, 1 – 4 pm

Instructor: Elizabeth Coleman January 5 –  March 9 Fee: $400 + $40 lab fee (5% member discount)

Guided Study in Handbuilding

Expand your handbuilding fundamentals by exploring figural, architectural, animal, decorative, and other non-functional applications of clay. Students are encouraged to bring projects and ideas to work on with low- or high-temperature clays, with guidance from the instructor. Learn to speak the language of clay as you anticipate technical challenges and plan to achieve your sculptural vision and investigate critical thinking as it pertains to the evolution of your work. Intermediate to advanced level.

H4: Fridays, 10 am – 1 pm

Instructor: Franny Hyde January 6 – March 10 Fee: $400 + $40 lab fee (5% member discount)

SPECIAL TOPICS CLASSES

Soda-Firing Methods

Join teaching artist Chris Singewald in the studio and dive deeper into the techniques and materials to get the most from the soda kiln’s kiss of fire. Load and fire three kilns on three firing dates and critically examine the results of each firing. Successive firings ensure that you will have the opportunity to understand the nature of atmospheric firing and, in turn, capitalize on the process by the end of the quarter. Explore more advanced forming and decorating techniques to take full advantage of what the kiln has to offer. Plan to participate in all kiln loadings, and in at least one unloading. This class is designed to provide an experiential learning opportunity for students who are keen to develop their approach to atmospheric firing. Previous soda-firing experience is not required. Primarily intended for those who are at advanced levels of construction—throwers and handbuilders welcome.

Tentative firing schedule:

Kiln loadings: February 1, 22, and March 8 Firing and unloading schedule will be discussed during class. Studio meetings all other weeks.

T1: Wednesdays 1 – 4 pm

Instructor: Chris Singewald January 4 – March 8 Fee: $400 + $100 lab fee (5% member discount)

Alluring Pots: The Sublime in Clay

Have you encountered a piece of pottery or other art that deeply moves you, so much so that you can’t quite articulate why? Join internationally recognized artist, Jeff Oestreich, to explore the philosophy of the sublime— the overwhelming sense of awe and greatness experienced through work of art—and how it is expressed in works of clay. This mystical quality is especially intimate and powerful with functional ceramic works since it is communicated through a sense of touch and relationship with an object. To prepare to understand this concept in ceramics and collaborate with the sublime in your own works, start by awakening and getting in tune with your senses through class exercises, then go deeper to explore the underlying currents of what attracts us to objects and the visceral responses they can evoke. Translate your learning to pot making and infuse your work with your new and evolved sense of what makes a pot alluring, full of presence, and oh so sublime.

T2: Wednesdays, 6:30 – 9:30 pm

Instructor: Jeff Oestreich

January 4 – March 8

Fee: $420 + $40 lab fee (Monitor discounts, member discounts, and waivers will not apply to this class.)

Sacred Vessels: Clay as a Way

Join esteemed local potter, Lee Love in the studios for a meditative approach to vessel making on the potter’s wheel. Love will share how he has merged

Zen, Tibetan and Chi Kung studies into his clay work and will invite students to connect to their own traditions or values to adapt their own mindful practice in clay and create vessels connected to personal significance. Ritual vessels, and their meaning and function will be studied, discussed, and created—from votives, to offering vessels to urns and any other vessel that can be used to mark significance in everyday life–from spiritual or personal events, to rights of passages to an everyday ritual you want to make more sacred through a special object. This class is intended for those with previous wheel-throwing experience and for levels beyond.

T3: Saturdays, 1 - 4 pm

Instructor: Lee Love January 7 - March 11 Fee: $400 + $40 lab fee (5% member discount)

Form & Fire: Foci MCGA & NCC

Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts (Foci MCGA) and Northern Clay Center are teaming up to bring you a hot take on craft crossover! Whether you’re new to glass—or ceramics—this class will offer an introduction to the foundations of working with these sister mediums, whose processes both culminate in a

final shaping by fire. Discover the ways ceramics and glass can collaborate and inform one another as you form molds with clay over three weeks at NCC through handbuilding methods, then bring your bisque-fired ceramic forms to Foci for an introduction to fusing and slumping glass. Over three weeks of instruction at Foci (weeks 1, 5 & 6), receive an overview of cutting, shaping, and melting sheet glass in a kiln, then gain an understanding of how glass reacts to varying temperatures and firing schedules as you slump your fused glass into your customized ceramic dish molds. Walk away with two fused and slumped glass forms, and a ceramic version of these dishes, as well as fresh or refined skills in these crafts, new friends in fire, and the inspiration to pursue the possibilities of combining these captivating mediums.

Registered students will be required to participate in all dates scheduled at Foci MCGA. Students will have access to NCC open studios from February 8 – March 8

T4: Wednesdays, February 1 - March 8, 6 - 9 pm

Meet at NCC: February 8, 15, & 22

Meet at Foci: February 1, March 1, & 8

Instructor: Olivia Gallenberger Fee: $475

Register through Foci MCGA, www.mnglassart.org

Best of Both Worlds

Take breaks from sitting at the wheel and stretch your functional potterymaking skills in a different direction in this class that combines the best of both worlds—handbuilding and wheel-throwing. Grow your building vocabulary and challenge your way of approaching conventional pottery while expanding your knowledge of handbuilding techniques, such as pinching and coiling. Learn to flexibly transition and utilize a variety of building methods as tools to achieve your unique expression of a pot. This class is open to wheel-throwers and handbuilders alike, previous experience on the wheel is preferred.

T5: Tuesdays, 10 am – 1 pm

Instructor: Hannah Prichard February 7 – March 7 Fee: $200 (5% member discount)

SPECIAL TOPICS WORKSHOPS

Put a Lid on it: Intro to Lidded Forms Don’t flip your lid over lids! Instead, begin to calculate and control your approach during this threehour workshop that will introduce different methods for making lids and offer strategies to help achieve that satisfying fit. See a variety of lid styles demonstrated—from insert, to overhanging, to lids cut from closed forms—then spend some time in the studio practicing and troubleshooting with these techniques, working towards a lidded form that you love! Projects will be bisque fired and optionally coated with a coat of clear glaze.

X1: Saturday, January 14 10 am – 1 pm

Instructor: Risa Nishiguchi Fee: $55 (5% member discount)

Colorful examples of slumped glass using ceramic molds.

The Hot Seat—Kiln Firing 101

Great for art educators!

So, you’ve read your kiln manual but still have questions about firing? Worry no more! In this one-day workshop, you will learn the basics of firing and maintaining your own kiln. Covering basic information about kiln styles, firing speeds, kiln requirements, and firing temperatures, this class will have you walking away more confident in your ability to be in control of your kiln. The workshop is led by teaching artists who fire multiple kilns each month. This workshop does not authorize NCC students to fire our kilns independently, but is helpful for educators and anyone aspiring to become an NCC studio artist. Basic clay knowledge is preferred.

Electric kiln firing

X2: Saturday, January 21 1 - 4 pm

Instructor: Hannah Prichard Fee: $50 (5% member discount)

Plaster 101: Stamps and Simple Molds

Plaster is a versatile companion material for processes in clay such as stamping and mold making. Learn the basics of how to navigate working with plaster including how to plan and prepare your designs effectively, and how to mix, pour, and utilize your plaster tools. From this overview of techniques, work with a portion of plaster to create an artist stamp, slump mold, press mold, or simple slip casting mold, and gain the knowledge to continue working with plaster as a supplemental ceramics tool.

X3: Saturday, February 4, 1 – 4 pm

Instructor: Abigail Cooper Fee: $60 (5% member discount)

PROJECT WORKSHOPS

No previous experience required! NCC will provide all materials and tools for these workshops.

Mad for Marbling

During this three-hour workshop learn how to marble two types of clay together—low fire red and Raku—to make slab platters and pinch pots. Explore the contrast, surprise, and fun that marbling has to offer, and put your discoveries to use in future classes and with different types of clay you use! All pots will be glazed with a clear glaze. We will also explore painting stain on greenware to add additional decorative elements to your work.

X4: Saturday, January 28 10 am – 1 pm

Instructor: Olivia Gallenberger Fee: $50

Clay for Couples Pottery Workshops

Looking for a unique date night activity that is sure to impress your partner? Look no further than NCC’s original Clay for Couples. Sign up with your significant other, BFF, or family member and learn the secrets of throwing pottery on the wheel in a fun and relaxed environment. Already attended a session? Sign up again and take your skills to the next level. The $80 fee includes instruction, materials, and firings for two adults. Completed pieces will be ready to pick up about two weeks later.

X5: Saturday, January 14, 6:30 – 9:30 pm

X6: Saturday, February 25, 6:30 – 9:30 pm

Instructor: NCC Teaching Artist Fee: $90 per couple, per session

Crafternoon & Crafterdark Pottery Workshops

Bring your friends and make a few new ones and get creative as you learn the secrets of throwing pottery on the

wheel. This three-hour workshop is a fun and messy introduction to clay. The $40 fee includes instruction and materials for one adult. Students can expect to make three to five pots and decorate them using colorful slips and textures. Your pots will be ready to pick up after approximately two weeks.

X7: In-person, Saturday, January 21, 1 – 4 pm

X8: In-person, Saturday, February 4, 1 – 4 pm

X9: In-person, Saturday, March 4, 6:30 – 9:30 pm

Instructor: NCC Teaching Artist Fee: $45 per person, per session

18th Annual Valentine’s Day Workshops

Celebrate love by getting into some mud! We’ll take care of your Valentine's Day planning with a creative weekend full of clayful opportunities! So, get your valentine or best friend and register early for this popular pottery experience. In person, you will cover the basics of throwing pots on the wheel in a festively decorated space. Novices and experienced potters are welcome. All materials are included. Students can expect to make 3 – 5 pots and decorate them using colored slips and textures. The class fee includes instruction and materials for two adults. Pots will be fired at NCC and ready to pick up about two weeks later.

X10: Saturday, February 11, 6:30 – 9:30 pm

X11: Sunday, February 12, 1 - 4 pm

X12: Tuesday, February 14, 6:30 – 9:30 pm

Instructor: NCC Teaching Artist Fee: $90 per couple

CLAY FOR YOUTH

Pottery Punch Card for Teens

Teens may purchase eight, two-hour classes, to be used on any Saturday, 10 am – 12 pm*. Classes will cover the fundamental techniques of throwing basic forms on the potter's wheel and creating surface decoration using

glazes, slips, and applied elements with varied demonstrations and projects for advanced students. Create a series of functional pots with high-temperature clay bodies. Previous experience is not required. Students may attend on a drop-in basis and the complexity of projects will depend on multiple consecutive classes. Great for students and families with busy schedules. Wear clothes that you don't mind getting dirty. NCC will provide the tools and the clay. Students do not have access to open studio time. Ages 13 to 17; all skill levels welcome.

Y1: Saturdays, 10 am – 12 pm

Instructor: Erin Holt Student fee: $265 (5% member discount)

Four additional sessions: $135 (5% member discount)

PLEASE NOTE:

• Students may begin as soon as they register.

• Your eight class sessions expire six months after the date of purchase.

• Due to NCC's COVID-19 capacity protocols, students must sign up for sessions in advance online.

• Classes will meet every Saturday unless otherwise posted. Class may not take place due to holidays or NCC events.

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS FOR FAMILY & FRIENDS

For all family classes, children must be accompanied by an adult. Neither children nor adults will have access to open studio time during the quarter. Weekend workshops are open to all skill levels, ages 6 and up for handbuilding workshops and 9 and up for wheel-throwing; there are no exceptions to stated age requirements.

Throwing Together

Parents and kids spend a little Q.T. together learning a new skill. Learn to

make basic cylinders, bowls, plates, and more as you grow your skills using the potter’s wheel. High-temperature clay and glazes will be used. Wear old clothes, bring an old towel and a one-gallon bucket for each participant. Class sessions are designed to allow adults and children to work side-byside in a collaborative environment. Ages 9+; all skill levels welcome.

F1: Sundays, 1:30 – 3:30 pm

Instructor: Elizabeth Coleman January 8 – February 26

Fee: $315* (5% member discount)

*Note: This fee is for two people, one adult and one child.

Whirlin’ Wonders

Your head will spin with excitement over using the potter’s wheel! Practice the foundational steps of throwing–centering, opening, pulling, and shaping clay–as your potter’s wheel whirls. Paint your projects with colored slips. Dress for mess. Ages 9+, all skill levels welcome.

In-person, Saturday, January 14

Instructor: Eileen Cohen

F2: 10 am  –  1 pm

F3: 2  –  5 pm

Fee: $60 for two people, $25 for each additional participant

When Mugs Are Hugs

Make a mug full of love by learning basic handbuilding techniques. Make one for yourself and one to give away to share the love. Decorate your projects with colored slips. Ages 6+, all skill levels welcome.

In-person, Saturday, February 11

Instructor: Eileen Cohen

F4: 10 am  – 1 pm

F5: 2  –  5 pm

Fee: $60 for two people, $25 for each additional participant

Tray-ful

Learn how to make a tray or serving dish you'll be thankful for. Learn basic handbuilding techniques and skills to design your own project. Decorate your projects with colored slips. Ages 6+, all skill levels welcome.

In-person, Saturday, March 4

Instructor: Eileen Cohen

F6: 10 am  –  1 pm

F7: 2  –  5 pm

Fee: $60 for two people, $25 for each additional participant

A young artist showing off their freshly thrown pot.

EDUCATION

VISITING ARTIST WORKSHOPS & LECTURES

Events listed without a fee are free and open to the public, but space is limited, so pre-registration is recommended.

Emerging Artist Presentations

Join us for a marathon of presentations by the five artists featured in Emerging Artist Grant Recipients. A detailed schedule of talks will be available on our website.

X13: Virtual, Friday, January 13, 4 - 6 pm CT Free

ART@HAND CLAY FOR OLDER ADULTS

ART@HAND is NCC’s series of accessible programs for enjoyment of the ceramic arts. Intended for individuals 55 years old or greater (and their families), ART@HAND offers lectures, tours, workshops, and handson activities. ART@HAND specializes at meeting people where they are at and we are offering distance led workshops and activities to engage with the wonderful medium of clay.

Tour of Emerging Artist Grant Recipients with Hands-on Workshop

Join an NCC docent for a guided tour of Emerging Artist Grant Recipients, featuring sculpture and pottery from emerging artists who were in residence at NCC in 2021 - 2022. Following the guided tour, enjoy a free handbuilding workshop to create your own ceramic creation under the guidance of a current emerging artist in residence. Limit 12 participants.

23AAH1: Monday, January 30, 2023, 3 - 5 pm

Virtual Chili Bowl/Empty Bowl Workshop

Join us on Zoom to whip up a bowl or mug for your favorite soup or stew. We will provide materials to make and decorate clay bowls and mugs— available for pick-up ahead of time. Completed projects will be fired and clear glazed at NCC and will be ready for use 2 – 3 weeks after projects are dropped off.

23AAH2: Saturday, February 4, 2023, 2 – 3:30 pm

Empty Bowl Workshop

Want to participate in an Empty Bowls fundraiser? NCC teaching artists will walk you through how to create a bowl out of clay in this workshop. Each participant will have the option to make two bowls, one for you to keep and one to donate. You can choose to pick up your creations once they have been fired as a donation for your cause, or you can leave the bowl(s) at NCC and we will bring them to one of our community partners for an Empty Bowls event.

23AAH3: Saturday, February 18, 2023, 2 – 4 pm

MATERIALS PICK-UP AND DROP-OFF

INFORMATION: Virtual workshops require individuals to pick up materials at NCC ahead of the workshop, bring back projects for firing after the workshop, and pick-up their finished projects. Materials will be available during business hours on weekdays the week preceding the event. Projects should be dropped off at NCC for firing within one week following the event.

Drop-off and pick-up times for materials, firing, and finished projects

are generally M - F, 9:30 am – 5:30 pm. Current information will be communicated via email.

FIRING INFORMATION: Any projects made during these workshops will be fired and ready for pick up approximately two weeks after the event. Pots with clear glaze are food safe and can be used in a microwave and dishwasher.

A student joining coils on a large handbuilt bowl.

Winter Class Registration Opens Tuesday, November 15, at 10 am

To Register:

Register with cash, or any major credit card. NCC accepts registration online at www.northernclaycenter.org, in the gallery, or by telephone at 612.339.8007. Member discounts are available online.

Due to the high demand for classes, we require full payment with your registration to reserve your seat in class.

NCC will send confirmation of registration. If there is insufficient enrollment, we will cancel class, notify registered students, and refund all payments without penalty. Decisions are made approximately one week before classes begin.

Please register early or you might find that your favorite class is full, or canceled due to low enrollment.

Education Access Scholarships:

To address and help bridge financial barriers to ceramic education, NCC is implementing new scholarship options for our education programming. This will open access to the ceramic arts and welcome all who wish to learn, grow as an artist, and participate in the ceramic arts community.

We offer two scholarship options:

• a half-tuition scholarship open to artists and learners with financial need • a full-tuition scholarship open to artists and learners who identify as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color

Scholarships are limited and will be available on a first come first served basis to adult students only. Students are eligible to receive only one scholarship per session. We will do our best to offer students one of their top 3 choices of in-person or Clay-Along class or workshop. Once enrolled, all scholarships are non-refundable and non-transferable. Scholarship students are committed to their selected class, and the scholarship cannot be applied to a different class or term. Should a selected class cancel due to low enrollment, students will have the

option to transfer classes. Previous recipients can apply multiple times per year, though priority will be given to new applicants.

Within a week of your application, you will be notified of the status of your application and will be aided in registration from there should you receive the scholarship.

For any questions regarding NCC’s scholarship program, please contact Claire Miller, Education Manager, at clairemiller@northernclaycenter.org

Policies: COVID-19 Protocols: NCC will continue to require masks to be worn inside our facilities at all times. Our offerings may continue to evolve as public health concerns continue. Class sizes may continue to be limited and appropriate safety initiatives will remain in place.

Tools: Standard tool kits for introductory classes are available in NCC’s Sales Gallery for $25 + tax. Other specialty tools are available as well.

Open Studio: The tuition for regular adult classes includes access to open studio time. On average, adult students enrolled in a qualifying class will have access to our studios between 9 am and 9 pm Wednesday through Sunday, 4:30 to 9 pm on Mondays, and 9 am to midnight on Tuesday and Thursday evenings (subject to other NCC events and programming). To regulate our studios as much as possible out of concerns for safety this term, students will sign up for open studio in advance via an online sign-up system. Browse our open studio schedule online to check the most up-to-date listing of available studios. NCC reserves the right to close studios for special classes or workshops.

Minimum Age Restrictions: Only students ages 18 and up are eligible to register for NCC’s adult classes and workshops.

Continuing Education Credits: If you are a teacher in need of CEUs, contact the education department to learn how NCC’s classes and workshops can be taken for continuing education credit.

Weather: As a general rule, NCC will remain open during inclement weather. We take our cues from local colleges and universities for canceling or rescheduling classes during particularly hazardous conditions. When in doubt, feel free to call us at 612.339.8007, and please be safe!

Tuition, Fees, & Refunds:

Please refer to class listings for tuition and fees. Unless otherwise noted, fees for adult classes include instruction, open studio time, 25 pounds of clay (up to $15), basic glaze materials, and a firing allowance. Tuition may not be pro-rated. Some students may incur additional expenses if they choose unusual glaze materials or if their work occupies a large volume of kiln space.

COVID-19 Cancellations: Given the uncertain nature of what lies ahead of us, NCC will remain flexible when it comes to cancellations as they relate to the current environment and recommendations by both local and national health authorities. In the event of an NCCinitiated cancellation, students will be issued a full refund without penalty. Cancellations initiated by the student will be handled on a case-by-case basis with individual and community well-being maintained as a top priority. If you are sick or have COVID-19-related symptoms, we ask that you contact us before coming to or entering NCC for any reason.

Classes: 100% of tuition (less a $15 processing fee) will be refunded if a student elects to drop or transfer a class no later than one week (7 days) before the day of the first class meeting. 50% of tuition (less a $15 processing fee) will be refunded if a student drops or transfers a class within the seven days prior to the first class meeting or within the first two business days after the

first meeting. After this period, if a student elects to drop a class, tuition and fees will NOT be refunded for any reason except documented medical emergencies. There are no other exceptions to this policy.

Workshops: 100% of tuition (less a $15 processing fee) will be refunded if a student elects to drop or transfer a workshop for any reason at least one week (seven days) prior to the workshop. No refunds will be given with less than one week’s notice.

If you find you need to cancel your enrollment, email education@northernclaycenter.org or call 612.339.8007 x309.

NCC seeks Clay Camp teachers and assistants

Northern Clay Center seeks college students and recent graduates, ages 18 and up, for our summer camp positions.

Each summer, NCC hosts dozens of weeklong, half- and full-day clay camps for youth ages 6 - 17.

Clay Camp Instructors create and lead projects through myriad themed camps for up to 14 students in each camp. Instructors work with a Clay Camp Assistant to provide guidance to students and maintain studio cleanliness. Instructors are paid positions.

Clay Camp Assistants work closely with NCC's Education Coordinator and Clay Camp Instructors to provide classroom support for weekly summer clay camps. Assistants are valued volunteers who can earn credit toward NCC's adult education classes based on hours worked.

If you are interested in learning more, contact us at education@ northernclaycenter.org.

2424 Franklin Avenue East Minneapolis, MN 55406

612.339.8007

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This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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2424 Franklin Avenue East, Minneapolis, MN 55406 612.339.8007

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Gallery hours: 10 am - 5 pm, 7 days a week. Office hours: 9 am - 5:30 pm, Monday - Friday

Masks are required.

Information for Visitors with Disabilities

Please contact us at 612.339.8007 or nccinfo@northernclaycenter.org with any questions about our facility or with requests for accommodations.

Exhibition Group Tours: Available for visitors with mental or physical disabilities and the hearing-impaired. Monday – Friday, 9 am – 4 pm. Please call at least three weeks in advance of the event to make a booking

Signed Interpretation: Signed interpretation is available for any public NCC event.

About NCC

Mission: Northern Clay Center advances the ceramic arts for artists, learners, and the community, through education, exhibitions, and artist services. Ongoing programs include exhibitions by contemporary regional, national, and international ceramic artists, as well as historical and architectural ceramics; classes and workshops for children and adults at all skill levels; studio space and grants for artists; and a sales gallery representing many top ceramic artists from the region and elsewhere.

Special Hours

11/11/22: Gallery closed 11/12/22: Gallery closed 11/24/22: Full facility closed 12/5/22: Gallery closed 12/24/22: Gallery open 10 - 2. NCC offices & studios closed. 12/25/22 - 1/2/22: Full facility closed for winter break

Nonprofit Organization

U.S. Postage PAID Twin Cities, MN

No. 28375

Please call us at least three weeks in advance to request an interpreter.

Wheelchair seating for classes or other accommodations: We offer a rehabilitationstyle potter’s wheel for those individuals that are in wheelchairs. NCC is ADA compliant and is entirely wheelchair accessible. Please contact us in advance of attendance if there are other accommodations we can provide.

The information in this newsletter is available in large-print format upon request.

Northern Clay Center is registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. EIN: 41-1616650

We respectfully acknowledge that Northern Clay Center is located on Dakota land. Front cover: Plate, Sam Thompson.