American Pottery Festival 

2010 American Pottery Festival: 20th Anniversary Edition

September 9 – 12, 2010


To launch Northern Clay Center's 20th anniversary year in 2010, we are thrilled to announce that this year's American Pottery Festival, September 9 - 12, will be a reunion of many of the amazing artists who have participated in the Festival over its eleven-year history, since its debut in 1999.  As of press-time, the roster of participating potters from past Festivals includes a star-studded line-up of 85 of the top ceramic artists from throughout North A merica.

Join us as we gather together artists, collectors, teachers, students, and all manner of clay enthusiasts to celebrate the art and use of the pot.  It's three days of fabulous pottery, fascinating demonstrations by APF artists Liz Quackenbush, Mark Pharis, and Linda Christianson and Julia Galloway among others, as well as thoughtful and engaging panel discussions on such topics as web marketing for the artist, the ways of selling and the whys of buying, how artists make it as gallery owners, and a collector's-eye view of contemporary ceramics.

New this year, you won't want to miss the PechaKucha, a fun and fast-paced presentation of images by visiting APF artists.  Each artist taking part in the PechaKucha (a Japanese term meaning “chit-chat”) presents 20 slides for 20 seconds apiece, giving each presenter a total of exactly 6 minutes and 40 seconds of potential fame and glory.  It promises to be an entertaining and action-packed way to see a lot of fantastic pottery in a short amount of time.
 

Also new this year, we plan to extend the sale portion of this special version of the Pottery Festival beyond its intense three days in Minneapolis to a wider marketplace through our Web site.  We will put any pots not sold during the Festival itself on our Web site for at least another two months past the close of the Festival weekend, making the event accessible to those who are not able to attend in person.


Friday's Opening Night Benefit Sale and Party will feature tasty food, a cash bar, and an evening spent mixing and mingling with fellow lovers of clay-and (friendly) competition for the early selections!  All this, and for a good cause too: NCC's annual Festival is our largest fundraiser of the year, whose valuable proceeds go to support artists' services, education, and exhibitions.  Your support makes it all possible.  Whether you are able to contribute simply the price of admission, or to completely revamp your home with pottery from the weekend's sale, each and every contribution makes a difference—to an artist, a student, a child, a teacher, to all of us who love pottery.

This year's line-up of regional and national participants includes such well-known and established potters as Bob Briscoe, Julia Galloway, Ayumi Horie, Warren MacKenzie, Ron Meyers, Sequoia Miller, Jeff Oestreich, and Ellen Shankin, as well as a host of emerging talents, whose work is growing in recognition and increasingly sought by collectors.  Click here for a detailed schedule of the Collectors' Weekend Package.


THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
6:00 pm Collectors' Weekend begins
 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
5:00 – 9:00 pm APF Opening Night Benefit Sale and Party
Includes Appetizers and cash bar
7:00 pm Warren MacKenzie Pot Sale
 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
9:30 am – 5:00 pm Benefit Sale
10:00 am Warren MacKenzie Pot Sale
10:30 am – 12:30 pm Artist Demonstrations by Sarah Heimann and Andy Shaw
11:00 am – noon PechaKucha (rapid-fire slide talks)
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Panel Conversation
Portrait of the Artist as Gallery Owner & Entrepreneur:
How to Balance the Business and Making of Art with
Andy Brayman, Joe Christensen, Sandy Simon, & Betsy Williams
1:30 – 3:00 pm Panel Conversation
eCommerce: The Virtual Peddling of Wares with Paul Eschelman,
Bryan Hopkins, Brenda Quinn, And moderator Aimee Munson
2:00 – 3:00 pm PechaKucha
2:00 – 4:00 pm Artist Demonstrations by Steve Godfrey and Sarah Jaeger
3:00 – 4:30 pm Panel Conversation
What to Expect When You're Collecting: From First Purchase to
Estate Planning with Lisa Ingemansen, Michael and Tamara Root,
and Sharon Shapiro
4:00 – 5:00 pm PechaKucha
 

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
9:30 am – 4:00 pm Benefit Sale
10:00 am Warren MacKenzie Pot Sale
10:30 am – noon Artist Demonstrations by Linda Christianson and Julia Galloway
10:30 am – noon PechaKucha
1:00 – 2:30 pm Artist Demonstrations by Mark Pharis and Liz Quackenbush
1:00 – 2:30 pm PechaKucha
3:00 – 4:00 pm Closing Lecture by Malcolm Davis, How Did I End Up Here?


ADMISSION DONATION
Opening Night Sale and Party $25
Saturday Benefit Sale, Artist Demonstrations, Panel Conversations, and PechaKucha
 $70 ($60*)
Saturday Benefit Sale only
 $5
Sunday Benefit Sale, Artist Demonstrations, Closing Lecture and PechaKucha $70 ($60*)
Sunday Benefit Sale only $5
Closing Lecture and Sunday Benefit Sale only
 $15
Three-day weekend pass to all on-site events**
 $150 ($135*)
 

SPECIAL STUDENT RATES
Saturday Benefit Sale, Artist Demonstrations, Panel Conversations, and PechaKucha $45
Sunday Benefit Sale, Artist Demonstrations, Closing Lecture and PechaKucha $45
*    NCC Members
**  This pass does not include tickets to exclusive Collectors' Weekend Package events;
     click here for details on Collectors' Weekend Package.

The potters featured in the 2010 American Pottery Festival are:

Shannon Adams (MT), Donna Anderegg (CA), Stanley Mace Andersen (NC), Dan Anderson (IL), Chuck Aydlett (MT), Mary Barringer (MA), Chris Baskin (OR), Peter Beasecker (TX), Wayne Branum (WI), Andy Brayman (MI), Bob Briscoe (MN), Bill Brouillard (OH), Mary Louise Carter (LA), Joe Christiansen (MN), Linda Christianson (MN), Sam Chung (AZ), Naomi Cleary (PA), Steven Colby (CO), Michael Connelly (PA), Bernadette Curran (PA), Malcolm Davis (WV), Charity Davis-Woodard (IL), Josh DeWeese (MT), Paul Dresang (IL), Kowkie Durst (OR), Sanam Emami (CO), Paul Eshelman (IL), Marty Fielding (VT), Julia Galloway (MT), Steve Godfrey (AK), Silvie Granatelli (VA),

Ursula Hargens (MN), Louise Harter (CT), Sarah Heimann (NH), Steven Hill (IL), Bryan Hopkins (NY), Ayumi Horie (NY), Marlene Jack (VA), Sarah Jaeger, (MT), Eric Jensen (IL), Randy Johnston (WI), Gail Kendall (NE), Maren Kloppmann (MN), Ben Krupka (CT), Forrest Lesch-Middelton (CA), Simon Levin (WI), Suze Lindsay (NC), Elizabeth Lurie (MI), Warren MacKenzie (MN), Missy McCormick (OH), Jan McKeachie-Johnston (WI), Kent McLaughlin (NC), Alleghany Meadows (CO), Ron Meyers (GA), Sequoia Miller (WA), Lisa Naples (PA), Jeff Oestreich (MN), Lisa Orr (TX), Jess Parker (CA), Aysha Peltz (VT), Mark Pharis (WI), David Pier (NC), Joseph Pintz (OH), Liz Quackenbush (PA), Brenda Quinn (NY), Kari Radasch (ME), Alison Reintjes (KY), Davie Reneau (KY), S.C. Rolf (WI), Hide Sadohara (NY), Pete Scherzer (MN), Ellen Shankin (VA), Mark Shapiro (MA), Andy Shaw (LA), Jane Shellenbarger (MI), Sandy Simon (CA), Chuck Solberg (MN), Albion Stafford (NY), Will Swanson (MN), Munemitsu Taguchi (PA), Shoko Teruyama (NC), Betsy Williams (NM), Michael Wisner (CO), Rosalie Wynkoop (MT), Liz Zlot Summerfield (NC).