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We start the month of March congratulating our past-president Abbie Preston Edmonson and our member Lotus Bermudez. They were selected by the Houston Endowment to receive a Jones Artist Award 2025.
Lotus is currently showing her work at the exhibition Between Me and You that is open until May 16, 2025. Abbie will be showing her work in the show Chasing Light, later this year, in September 2025.
Today, March 1st, ClayHouston will be at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft for Craft Community Day. Stop by to check our table and all the other arts organizations that will be there. The event is from 11am to 3pm.
Mark down your calendars, the 19th Annual Empty Bowls Houston will be held at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft on Saturday, March 22nd, 2025. ClayHouston will also be there to support the efforts of the Empty Bowls Houston and the Food Bank. There are still tickets available for the Empty Bowls Preview Party on March 21st from 6-8pm! Check out the HCCC page here for more information.
We opened the call for submissions to the 4th Annual ClayHouston Award for Texas BIPOC Artists. This award is dedicated to providing funding for ceramic artists in Texas who self-identify as black, indigenous, and/or people of color. Find more information below, and help us spread the word. Deadline to apply is fast approaching, March 10th.
Join us, March 30th with Naomi Choi of @asana.ceramics for a special yoga class for ceramic artists, followed by refreshments and conversation. Experience an all-levels 45-minute session of stretching and moving the body, tuning into the breath, and cultivating greater ease and mindfulness to tap into your creativity. Naomi, an accomplished potter and certified yoga instructor, will guide you into poses and movements so you can learn how to meet the physical demands of working with clay with greater ease. Come experience how a mindful movement practice can help you reduce stress and anxiety and combat fatigue commonly experienced by potters and clay artists.
Keep an eye for our Pop-Up Market announcement that will happen in May and for the Summer Bash that will happen in June!
As always, thank you for choosing to be a part of our community. I’m so glad you’re here!
Mara Cavalcanti Reid
ClayHouston President
