suppliers for tools, materials, etc.
- Little Chair Printing (decals)
- In Plain Sight Art (decals)
- Columbus Clay Company
- Kentucky Mudworks
- Preston’s Art Center
- Dick Blick Art Supplies
- Armadillo Clay Company – Austin, TX
- Highwater Clay Company
- Continental Clay Company
- Axner Pottery Supply
- Sheffield Pottery Supply
The Dirt Bags
art opportunities
- Artinfo – residencies and retreats
- Ceramics Monthly – Call for Entries
- Visual Overture – Artist Opportunities
- Eastern State Penitentiary – Site Specific
- Manifest Gallery (Cincinnati) – Opportunities
- Billboard Art Project
some schools with good ceramics programs
This is not an exhaustive list by any means, but it’s a start. Just remember that it pays to do your research!
- University of Arkansas Ceramics
- Illinois State University
- Michigan State University
- Georgia State University
- Oregon College of Art and Craft
- IU Bloomington
- Tyler School of Art
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Cranbrook Academy of Art
- Alfred
- RISD – Rhode Island School of Design
- UMass Dartmouth
- Clemson University
- Kansas State U – Ceramics
- LSU Ceramics
- Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
- Maine College of Art
clay / art blogs
- Musing about Mud
- Sawdust and Dirt Blog
- Slipcast – The Ceramics Blog
- Hot Clay – U of Florida Clay Club Blog
- Sofia’s Dad’s Pots
- Dick Lehman
- Joseph Sand Pottery
- Ohio State U. Ceramics Blog
- Ceramics Blog by Stephen Robison
- Extreme Craft
- Redefining Craft
links that will help you make great art . . .
- The Internet for Artists – Blog post by Steve Lambert
- Field Guide for Ceramic Artisans
- Gabriel Orozco interview – Thinking with Clay
- Handling criticism
- More info on #1 plaster
- Ceramics Arts Daily “Education” page
- Sources for Website design and hosting
- today’s New York Times
- Listen to Louisville NPR – live streaming
- Listen to KUT (NPR from Austin, TX)
- IUS School of Arts and Letters website
- Fact Check – learn the “real” facts behind what the politicians say
- NPR – main website
- College Art Association (CAA)
clay links
- artaxis.org
- Stephen Robison’s Ceramics Flickr page
- Easy Ceramic Decals
- The Art-Stream!
- Clay Art – Discussions by Subject
- NCECA
publications
other artist websites
online publications
- Tate Etc.
- Think Tank
- Verge Magazine
- Art Papers
- Art Critical
- Afterall
- Spark Online
- Mute Beta
- Interpreting Ceramics
- Art Bin
- Ceramics Today
- Contemporary Aesthetics
- Invisible Culture
- Aesthetics Online
clay galleries
- PULS – contemporary ceramics
- Dubhe Carreno Gallery
- Charlie Cummings Gallery
- Trax Gallery
- Ferrin Gallery
- AKAR
- Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art
- Garth Clark Gallery
clay centers / art centers
- Red Lodge Clay Center
- Anderson Ranch
- St. Petersburg Clay Company
- The Clay Studio – Philadelphia
- Arrowmont
- Baltimore Clay Works
- Sante Fe Clay
- Penland
- Haystack
- Archie Bray
- Northern Clay Center