Announcing, your 2017 Artaxis/National Clay Week Conversations artists! This year's event will be titled "Artaxis Conversations: 24 artists, 16 countries, 12 hours." The final schedule, a form to submit your questions, along with links to where and how to participate in the conversations LIVE on Tuesday, October 10, starting at 10am Eastern Time, can be found at Artaxis.org/Conversations. Find out more about each artists by clicking on their name to go to their Artaxis page f

Not too much longer now until it’s National Clay Week 2017! For our final blog countdown, we’re going to go back through what’s happening each day and give some sneak peeks at the great content we have been working on together. Up first, Monday’s Using Handmade project, The Crafted Dish, spearheaded by Carole Epp of Musing About Mud. Sixty two Canadian ceramicists have handed over their favorite recipes, prepared in handmade dishes, alongside the stories behind them and wonde

National Clay Week 2017 October 9-15; We’re counting down! Are you getting ready? A map of participating studios can be found at NationalClayWeek.org/OpenStudios. If you are interested in joining the event as a maker, there’s still time to sign up- join us and 46 studios across the USA, including Hawaii, and even a stop over in England! Click the link to register, and we’ll send you details along with templates for letters to send to political figures, publications, and other