The NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) Conference will be in Sacramento next month. To help celebrate, a collection of East Bay Galleries and studios, "East Bay Clay Roots," will be showing work in our respective spaces. I've invited my 5-person firing team, who've been firing with me for many years now, to join my first open studio in more than 2 years! They are:
Gianna Benetti
Colleen Garland
Francine Hudson
Nathan Ring
David Wheeler
Mugs, clockwise from top: Mary Law, Colleen Garland, Gianna Benetti, Francine Hudson, Nathan Ring and David Wheeler. Photo: Colleen Garland.
We just unloaded the soda kiln, so there'll be a batch of new mugs, vases and teapots. We'll be open for drop-in on 3 different days:
Saturday, March 12, 11am to 5pm
Tuesday, March 15, 2pm to 7pm
Saturday, March 19, 2pm to 7pm
Covid safety protocols will prevail: weather permitting, we'll be showing in my backyard and inside the studio, masks required.
Left: Geometric Jar, 2021, soda-fired stoneware, 9"H x 6" x 6"; Right: 3-Lobed Vase, 2021, soda-fired stoneware, 6"H x 4.5" x 4.5". Photos: M. Lee Fatherree (or as noted).
Below is the map for everyone who is participating in the East Bay Clay Roots event. (You can click on the image to enlarge it.)