This Is What We Want To Do For You…
- Make successful potters more successful.
- Transition students from the classroom into studios.
- Connect collectors, buyers, and makers.
- Create firing opportunities.
- Build a strong community of potters.
- Help make being a ceramic artist in Pittsburgh a viable and
sustainable way of life.
This is what you can do…
- Let us know you are out there and what you want/need.
- Participate in events offered by Clay Pittsburgh.
- Post, repost, and ask friends to post information about what Clay Pittsburgh is doing — because working your social media is crucial.
- Volunteer. It is a great way to connect with us.
- Share what you have, be it studio space, kiln space, or knowledge.
- Teach or attend workshops.
- Donate money to help support the clay community.
This is how we hope to get there…
- Assess the needs of local potters, provided you tell us what they are.
- Offer ceramic studio tours twice a year.
- Offer workshops. READ MORE
- Coordinate exhibitions.
- Facilitate networking for people wanting to create or share studios space, or kiln space, with one another.
- Create a dedicated space in a building where people can make pots and fire them. READ MORE
- Help buyers and sellers come together.
- Network, mentor, have fun together.
What is in place now…
- We have the foundation of Clay Pittsburgh securely built. We realize you can see it, but it’s there. It is the culmination of lots of hard work done by many people.
- We have funding.
- We held Studio Tours with strong participation, promotional materials, and professional design work.
- We have done one exhibition and another in the works.
- We have had Ceramixers.
- We are planning our next steps.