In September, Studio Potter celebrated its 50th anniversary. As we embark into the next half-century, I see this as a fifty-year mission to be a publication of wisdom – a mission where Studio Potter specializes in purposeful and artistic philosophy. This fifty-year history buzzes within my… Read More

In the June 2022 issue of Studio Potter, Cathy Lu wrote, "Blue and White Fragility." In the July 2022 issue, Peter Pincus wrote, "How Removing Distance Can Bring Us Closer to Answering an Age-Old Question." Both articles address issues of cultural appropriation, origins, and facilitating… Read More

This morning the air had that snap. “Oh, here we go,” I happily thought while letting the dogs out to run a bit. Of course, it was almost ninety by midday, but Fall is on the way. Musing about the colors that will follow the sun’s warming departure, sipping on the first cup o’ joe, wondering how to… Read More

During the period of my life when I was a full-time instructor at a community college, I recall a state of bemused recognition when my freshman students would come into my office, plop down, and intently express fear and concern that THE END WAS NIGH! The conversations usually occurred right after… Read More

This August, we're inviting YOU to dig through Studio Potter's Archives for a chance to win exciting prizes, including books from the Ceramic Arts Library! All SP members can use their memberships for a chance to win.   We're releasing TEN clues, two for each decade Studio Potter has been around.… Read More

  Continental Clay has donated FIVE gift cards worth $200 each for you to win! To enter the raffle, simply donate $20 or more to our 50 for 50 Fundraiser. Every donation of $20 made July 11th to July 21st will be worth one entry into the raffle to win a $200 gift card. To donate, click here.… Read More

Studio Potter is celebrating our 50th anniversary this year, and we’re raising $50,000 to fund our future.   Today, we're unveiling our 5 year plan and revised mission and vision for Studio Potter. We're asking for your help to fund our plan and our future through the 50 for 50 Fundraiser.   One… Read More

Studio Potter is pleased to announce the 2022/2023 Grants for Apprenticeships Awardees. Established in 2019 and funded by an anonymous donor, Studio Potter’s Grants for Apprenticeships Program supports emerging artists who want to become full-time studio potters and mentor-potters who wish to take… Read More

It has been a bit of an internal fight to clearly see the through line of the five July articles. They are distinct, but not entirely disparate. There is the essence of seeing and knowing, or at least coming to know, in each story. There is also an aspirational thread, the full on being that… Read More

It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Kari Marboe was involved in a fatal motor vehicle incident. This sudden loss of an important member of our California College of Art family is a shock to all of us. It is both devastating and heartbreaking. On behalf of the college we extend our… Read More