Baltimore Clayworks is proud to announce its 35TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW and three new exhibitions in our galleries starting September 4 at 6PM.

The anniversary exhibition, juried by co-founder and former executive director Deborah Bedwell, will represent 35 years of high quality ceramic arts programming by including the ceramic works of the founding artists and past and present resident artists, workshop artists, interns, exhibitors and students. We are very excited to showcase functional and sculptural ceramics by the talented artists who have contributed greatly to the Baltimore Clayworks' story! This exhibition will be up through October 9th. Visit our website to see the list of over 115 artists participating in this exhibition!

A special exhibition in our Solo Gallery will honor the life and work of ceramic artist Malcolm Davis. Davis became a full-time studio potter in 1984 when he left his previous life as campus minister. Davis is internationally recognized for his eponymous carbon-trap Shino, present in studios across the country and for his wit and warm mentorship. As a former resident during the early years of Baltimore Clayworks, he developed his famous surface here and continued to share his knowledge through writing, teaching and exhibiting. "What we do with the clay," he said in 2010, "what we create with our hands, what we offer from our spirits may not end racism or stop injustice, but it may just help keep our culture human."

In partnership with Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, we are excited to present the work of several talented artists who have studios at this facility. Clayworks' Project Space will feature artwork by Kathryn Holt (digital art & mixed medium), Janet Little Jeffers (photography), Kate Jurney (mixed medium), Elizabeth Sullivan (oil/acrylic abstracts). Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower is located in the heart of downtown Baltimore and was renovated in 2008 into a tower for visual and literary artists.

In the Community Arts Gallery, see artwork created by refugee youth from one of our community arts partners - Baltimore City Community College's Refugee Youth Project (RYP). The RYP currently serves more than 300 refugees between the ages of 4 and 21 from over 17 countries.

*These three exhibitions close a week earlier, on October 3rd, than the main exhibition.

And don't miss the grand re-opening of The Shop at Clayworks where Baltimore buys craft on September 18th at 6pm. The newly revamped shop now includes contemporary crafts, in addition to the high quality ceramics we have always carried, gifts and more.