Veiled Opening with Curator's talk
& Quinn Hunter Performance Piece
Featuring 10 national ceramic artists, Kelcy Chase Folsom's“Veiled” in the District Clay Gallery puts it all up for grabs.
The evidence will be set before you - all your emotions will be engaged.
You may be disturbed, puzzled, soothed and delighted.
Violence, sensuality, partisanship, longing and creativity will all be explored.
You decide what's true.
Join us as we explore this amazing work and the mysteries they contain.
Saturday, Nov 3, 6-8 pm
Includes a powerful performance piece by Quinn Hunter called Foundations.
Collectors Pre-Opening Dinner for Veiled
November 2nd | 6:30pm-9:00pm
Join us for a private pre-opening Collectors Dinner for the Veiled Show at the District Clay Gallery. Proceeds will benefit District Clay's Community Clay! Program for underserved kids.
To celebrate the ancient union of ceramics and food, curator Kelcy Chase Folsom and Chef Katie Aldworth have worked together to fashion a six course meal around different pieces in the Show.
Featuring 10 national ceramic artists, VEILED will disturb, dismay, puzzle, sooth and delight you. All your emotions - including your taste buds - will be engaged in this enticing exploration of violence, sensuality, partisanship, creativity and death.
So be prepared. On this night, food is not an escape, it's an integral part of the Show....
$130/person. Food, tax and alcohol included.
Proceeds to benefit the Community Clay Program.
November 2nd | 6:30pm-9:00pm
Join us for a private pre-opening Collectors Dinner for the Veiled Show at the District Clay Gallery. Proceeds will benefit District Clay's Community Clay! Program for underserved kids.
To celebrate the ancient union of ceramics and food, curator Kelcy Chase Folsom and Chef Katie Aldworth have worked together to fashion a six course meal around different pieces in the Show.
Featuring 10 national ceramic artists, VEILED will disturb, dismay, puzzle, sooth and delight you. All your emotions - including your taste buds - will be engaged in this enticing exploration of violence, sensuality, partisanship, creativity and death.
So be prepared. On this night, food is not an escape, it's an integral part of the Show....
$130/person. Food, tax and alcohol included.
Proceeds to benefit the Community Clay Program.
Planting a Garden of Ceramic Ideas:
Workshop with Catherine White
10-27/28, $275.00
This two-day workshop with Catherine White will be a playful immersion in nurturing your personal aesthetic garden. Our initial project will involve making a slab thrown plates which we will use to explore different methods of slip decoration as a model for cultivating one’s own ceramic voice and personal direction. This workshop will give you new tools and techniques for finding and empowering your creative voice.
"Potters are often confused with being manufacturers. People frequently expect potters to have an assembly line, the ability to exactly reproduce objects. My alternative vision is that ceramic artists are gardeners creating a protected and fertile place for the seeds of ideas to grow and mature. Each cycle of work creates the next generation of ideas." Catherine White
Workshop with Catherine White
10-27/28, $275.00
This two-day workshop with Catherine White will be a playful immersion in nurturing your personal aesthetic garden. Our initial project will involve making a slab thrown plates which we will use to explore different methods of slip decoration as a model for cultivating one’s own ceramic voice and personal direction. This workshop will give you new tools and techniques for finding and empowering your creative voice.
"Potters are often confused with being manufacturers. People frequently expect potters to have an assembly line, the ability to exactly reproduce objects. My alternative vision is that ceramic artists are gardeners creating a protected and fertile place for the seeds of ideas to grow and mature. Each cycle of work creates the next generation of ideas." Catherine White
ANNUAL POTTERY JAM!
Thursday, Nov. 1, 6-8:30 pm
Come to the annual Pottery on the Hill Kick-off Event
with a Pottery Jam by Dan Finnegan, Catherine White and potters from Pottery on the Hill at the District Clay Center.
Perhaps our most entertaining event of the year, watch these amazing potters will jam, slam and cram amazing amounts of clay before your eyes. They will take challenges from the crowd, poke fun (Sam) at one another and play with clay in the most amazing ways. These evenings are always loads of fun.
They are always joined by other potters who will also be at Pottery on the Hill.
We will also be raffling off some amazing pots by the artists, the net proceeds going to the District Clay Community Fund for underserved kids.
This is a free event with light refreshments served. Sign up Here.
Thursday, Nov. 1, 6-8:30 pm
Come to the annual Pottery on the Hill Kick-off Event
with a Pottery Jam by Dan Finnegan, Catherine White and potters from Pottery on the Hill at the District Clay Center.
Perhaps our most entertaining event of the year, watch these amazing potters will jam, slam and cram amazing amounts of clay before your eyes. They will take challenges from the crowd, poke fun (Sam) at one another and play with clay in the most amazing ways. These evenings are always loads of fun.
They are always joined by other potters who will also be at Pottery on the Hill.
We will also be raffling off some amazing pots by the artists, the net proceeds going to the District Clay Community Fund for underserved kids.
This is a free event with light refreshments served. Sign up Here.
Why Take a Pottery Class?
Check out these articles on how pottery classes can improve your mood, drive away the blues and improve your social life . . . all while making beautiful things with your own two hands:
- Pottery is the new Pilates..., the New York Times, 11/30/2018
- Creating Ceramics Can Help Combat Depression, Artsy, 9/7/2017
- The Best Places to Take Ceramics Classes Across the US, Artsy, 6/22/2018
- 25 Reasons to Take a Pottery Class, Amaranth Stoneware, 7/6/2015
- WUSA9 Feature on the District Clay Center: Local Company Changing the Pottery Scene, 8/28/18
Artsy says District Clay Center is "One of the Best Places to take Ceramics in the US"
The District Clay Center just got a shout-it from Artsy as one of the "Best Places to Take Ceramic Classes in the United States" YAY!
The District Clay Center just got a shout-it from Artsy as one of the "Best Places to Take Ceramic Classes in the United States" YAY!
What's Happening at the District Clay Center
Description |
What is it? |
Time |
Raku Firing |
10/20 |
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Value |
Value |
Value |
"Floating Islands: Ceramic Ikebana Vessels" Show at the Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) of the Japanese Embassy * Show moves to the District Clay Gallery on 9/29 * |
Exhibition |
8/24-9/28 (JICC) 9/29-10/28 (DClay) |
Show Open, Talk & Demo |
9/29, 6-8 pm |
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Fundraiser & Sale at Cross Mackenzie Gallery: Support our Community Clay! Program and Buy Some Great Pots at our HOLIDAY CHEER Event |
Fundraiser & Sale |
10/14, 3-5 pm |
Workshop |
10/20-21 |
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Workshop |
10/27-28 |
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Artist Talk |
10/26, 6:30 pm |
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Veiled Pre-Opening Collectors Dinner to benefit Community Clay! Program |
Dinner |
11/2, 6:30-9 pm |
Veiled Show Opening with Curators Talk, Presentation Piece |
Artist Talk |
11/3, 6-8 pm |
Pottery Jam with Dan Finnegan, Catherine White and potters from Pottery on the Hill: POTTERY ON THE HILL KICK OFF EVENT |
Pottery Jam! |
11/1, 6-9 pm |
Where is the District Clay Center?
The District Clay Center is located at 2414 Douglas St NE in Washington DC on the first floor of the Off the Beaten Track Warehouse. We are minutes from Brookland, Union Market and Catholic U.
Our doors are on the left hand side of the building facing the street. Parking is available directly in front of the building.
Click here to contact us. Click here to join our mailing list.
The District Clay Center is located at 2414 Douglas St NE in Washington DC on the first floor of the Off the Beaten Track Warehouse. We are minutes from Brookland, Union Market and Catholic U.
Our doors are on the left hand side of the building facing the street. Parking is available directly in front of the building.
Click here to contact us. Click here to join our mailing list.
