Baltimore Clayworks is proud to announce" 道 Michi: Distinctive Paths, Shared Affinity"", and three new exhibitions in our galleries starting January 8 at 6PM. The opening reception is Friday, January 8 from 6-8PM. This event is free and open to the public. These exhibitions will close on Saturday, March 5.

道 Michi: Distinctive Paths, Shared Affinity" is a traveling exhibition, curated by Yoshi Fujii and Juliane Shibata, showcasing the best contemporary Japanese and Japanese American ceramic artists in the country. Gallery visitors will gain an understanding of how, despite the many individual approaches to making, the Japanese heritage has a profound impact on what these artists create with clay, and why they create it. Supported by the Embassy of Japan in the United States of America and the following generous sponsors: Yoshinobu & Kathleen Shiota, Towson University, Baltimore Kawasaki Sister City Committee, Mike & Jane Murphy, Yvonne & Carl Everett, Tony & Bonnie Montcalmo, Hiroshi and Mineko Nakazawa, Yaeko & Ken Steir, W. Fumiko Campbell, Tim & Lee Pierce. Please visit michiexhibition.com after January 1 for more details about this traveling exhibition and locations.

INVITED ARTISTS:
Yoshi Fujii (MD), Hiroe Hanazono (PA), Ayumi Horie (ME), Mika Negishi Laidlaw (MN), Keisuke Mizuno (MN), Megumi Naitoh (MA), Nobuhito Nishigawara (CA), Hiroshi Ogawa (OR), Shoji Satake (WV), Yoko Sekino-Bové (PA), Juliane Shibata (MN), Esther Shimazu (HI), Ryan Takaba (TX), Shoko Teruyama (NY), Patti Warashina (WA), Shumpei Yamaki (IA)

In our Solo Gallery international exchange artist, Huang Hung Yu, will exhibit ceramic work resulting from her four month residency through our exchange program with the Tainan National University of the Fine Arts in Taiwan. A special reception will be held on Sunday, January 3, 4-6PM, free.

In partnership with Towson University, Morgan State University, Coppin State University and Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) Essex, wood fired work by students enrolled in ceramic art programs at these schools will be on display in the Project Space. These college students participated in a wood firing at Baltimore Clayworks' wood kiln, during a fundraising event in October, where they gained experience and knowledge about wood firing in a three chamber noborigama kiln.

Artwork created by adults at Man Alive Lane Treatment Center, an addiction recovery and behavioral health center, will be on exhibition in the Community Arts Gallery. The ceramics program took place in Imagination Lab, a program that fosters change through creativity. Participants learned slab building techniques to create ceramic houses inspired by the row homes in their communities.