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During the spring of 2025, Northern Clay Center’s outreach program, ART@HAND, partnered with MSS —previously Midwest Special Services— for a program with all seven of their locations across the metroContinue reading “ART@HAND Partner Spotlight: MSS”

During the fall of 2024, Northern Clay Center’s outreach program, ClayToGo, partnered with Anishinabe Academy (Minneapolis) for an in-school residency. Anishinabe is located just one mile from Northern Clay Center,Continue reading “ClayToGo Partner Spotlight: Anishinabe Academy”

Let us take you on a journey through one year programming with one of our newer partners, Women’s Initiative for Self Empowerment (WISE). WISE is a nonprofit with a missionContinue reading “ClayToGo Partner Spotlight: WISE”

From monster mouths to bobble heads, private islands to rattles, students at Valley View Elementary in Columbia Heights crafted nearly 500 pieces over the course of the 2023 – 2024Continue reading “ClayToGo Partner Spotlight: Valley View Elementary”

During the fall of 2023, NCC placed four American Pottery Festival artists at local schools and colleges across the Twin Cities Metro—Chris Alveshere at Central High School (St. Paul), BekahContinue reading “NCC Brings Visiting Artists to Local Schools & Colleges”

What do you get when you take over 250 pre-kindergarten through fifth graders from Hmong International Academy and put them in a room with hundreds of pounds of clay? AnContinue reading “ClayToGo Partner Spotlight: Hmong International Academy”

January kicked off numerous after-school programs with Twin Cities elementary and middle schools. At the time of the drafting of this newsletter text, NCC had deployed nine teaching artists toContinue reading “ClayToGo Partner Spotlight: Northrup Elementary”

Creating experiential and lifelong learning opportunities is a goal of Northern Clay Center’s outreach program. While not always possible given the constraints of funding and the competing demands on ourContinue reading “Sustaining Collaborations with Our Community”