A group of galleries, collectors, artists, and art-related businesses have joined together in an online ceramic auction to provide direct monetary support to craft artists and organizations. In doing so, they hope to unite the ceramics community in our shared values. The auction starts on eBay from… Read More

The 2020 Yunomi Invitational opens on Friday, June 12th at 10 a.m. CST at ClayAKAR.com.  For more than a decade, the ClayAKAR and its participating artists have generously donated the proceeds of select yunomi to Studio Potter. We're exceptionally grateful for their support, and we encourage you,… Read More

Studio Potter is pleased to welcome Michaela Corinne to our team as a summer intern.  Michaela lives in St. Louis, Missouri, where she is pursuing an associates degree in fine arts at St. Louis Community College – where she is also vice president of the clay club. After she's earned her associates… Read More

There is an old adage that speaks to pointing one finger outward. You know that one? The lesson is that one finger pointing outward only leaves you with three fingers pointing back at yourself.  I do believe in the incredible generosity and wokeness of the ceramic community. The harder truth is… Read More

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Announcing the Launch of the SP Events Calendar Do you have a Virtual Ceramics event or are you looking for one?  Introducing the SP Events Calendar.  In reaction to the multitude of ways our Ceramics community has come together virtually, we have created a common place for online lectures,… Read More

The horizon line is always hard to bring into focus, but right now…   Right now it is difficult to hide from the truth that the uncertainty of life is, if nothing else, persistent. We never really know what is going to happen tomorrow. Even before the pandemic, tomorrow had never been a guarantee… Read More

To celebrate generosity on this #givingtuesday, we're making Carter Gillies' article "What Good are the Arts?" available to read for free on our site for the next seven days. Studio Potter is a small non-profit publisher, and we can only survive with donations from you. If you're able, please make… Read More

Let’s welcome this edition of Studio Potter with an exercise in gratitude. We are grateful for the willingness of our community to share their stories through the journal.  We are grateful for the opportunities the pandemic is providing us to re-examine and reinvent our processes.  We are grateful… Read More

  Interested in becoming an apprentice? Or have you considered taking on an apprentice? Curious about funding for sustaining or building your apprenticeship? Come hear the recipients of Studio Potter’s Grants for Apprenticeships Program talk about their experiences together in the inaugural year of… Read More