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Pittsburgh to Host 52^nd Annual NCECA Conference

The 52^nd Annual Conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts will take place March 14 – 17, 2018 at Pittsburgh’s David Lawrence Convention Center. Our city of rivers, bridges, complex immigrant history, gritty perseverance, and reinvention provides the setting for a reflection on the influence of culture on art, teaching and...

Pittsburgh to Host 52^nd Annual NCECA Conference

The 52^nd Annual Conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts will take place March 14 – 17, 2018 at Pittsburgh’s David Lawrence Convention Center. Our city of rivers, bridges, complex immigrant history, gritty perseverance, and reinvention provides the setting for a reflection on the influence of culture on art, teaching and...

Deavron Dailey: Urban Explorer

Detroit native Deavron Dailey follows a path that is guided by communities and landscapes that capture his attention, with a good dose of happenstance thrown in. This mixed media artist arrived in Pittsburgh several years ago on what was intended to be a brief stop-over on a trip home to Detroit from Florida. The city’s dynamic geography and vibrant art scene...

More than a few decades into the digital revolution, the expectation for instant information is pervasive.  At workplace water coolers, dinner tables, and social gatherings, cell phones and tablets are called into service to provide answers to questions ranging from the mundane to the obscure.  The 21^st–century native wants answers now and answers fast. The availability and accessibility of all...

Zeber-Martell Gallery & Clay Studio

Claudia Zeber-Martell

Michael Martell

There likely is no independent artist who at one time or another hasn’t longed for the age of patronage, imagining the luxury of creative freedom without the practical worries of paying the bills. The challenge for artists today is finding an income stream that will support their art without cutting too deeply into time...

At the age of two and a half, on the occasion of his sister’s birth, potter Brett Kern was given a gift that would foreshadow his ultimate life ethos: an inflatable, vinyl dinosaur. His utter fascination with the toy is one of his earliest memories. Today, the thirty-something artist has a wide following of admirers and collectors of his popular clay dinosaur series, along with other “inflatables”...

Don’t miss this informative YouTube video of a lecture by Shabanali Ghorbani, regarding Persian Ceramics History and Design from prehistoric to contemporary, which was held on May 16, 2016 at Clay Place at Standard exhibit space and gallery in Pittsburgh, PA. The same lecture also was presented on April 27, 2016 at New York University, NYU Steinhardt School of Art and Art Professions in the...

Jeff Guerrero is a graphic-designer-turned-potter who fell under the magical influence of the creative atmosphere of Pittsburgh’s Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild. Founded by the iconic Bill Strickland in 1968, MCG offers after-school art instruction in ceramics, design arts, digital arts, and photography for local youth. About ten years ago, Guerrero was hired to teach in the digital arts department....

Start early and visit many of the local studios, centers, and museums for your holiday shopping this year.  Find unique, hand-crafted items and support the local art community.

Read more to see what is happening at Union Project, Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Artsmiths of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, and The Frick.

Union Project

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With more than four decades of working with clay, Tom Radca has made a lot of pots. This 65-year old ceramic artist virtually buzzes with enthusiasm about his work. The history of his years as a potter is a virtual creative evolution, as he continues to transform his inspiration and techniques. There are no signs of complacency or burnout in this man who is opening a new door with the founding of...

Objective Clay is a group of eleven artists who share a vision to create an online space established and maintained by artists. The space functions as a gallery to view the artists’ latest work as well as a window into their current thoughts in process. By sharing ideas and opening their studios, they invite artists, non-artists, educators, and students to actively engage in their artistic...