2012 events

January 27–February 10

Workshop: Speaking with Clay
Centro de Arte Curaumilla, Chile

March 10–May 20

Sources & Influences: Clay Artists, Mentors, & Students
Huntington Museum of Art

May 11–13

St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour
Mark will be at Will Swanson’s studio
41421 Ferry Road, Sunrise
Harris, Minnesota
651 674 4555

June 17–23, 2012

Workshop: Making Pots / Thinking Pots
Shakerag at St. Andrew’s School
Sewanee, Tennessee

July 28–29

Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour

August 6–9

Workshop
Castle Hill Center for the Arts
Truro, Massachusetts

August 25–26

Cousins in Clay
Details TBA

October 5–8

Open Door Workshop
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Deer Isle, Maine 04627
207 348-2306

October

Workshop
Craft Guild of Dallas
Details TBA

December

Pottery Show
The Art School at Old Church
Demerest, New Jersey
Details TBA

recent past events

October

Workshop with Karen Karnes
Currier Museum

Thursday–Monday, August 4–8

Workshop: Pouring and Drinking Pots: A Tour
Sugar Maples Center for the Arts
The Catskill Mountain Foundation
7970 Main Street
Hunter, New York
518 263 2000

July 23–24

Demonstration workshop: The Parts Make the Whole
Clay Art Guild of the Hamptons

July 6–8

Workshop: Pouring and Drinking Vessels
Castle Hill Center for the Arts
Truro, Massachusetts

June 24–July 25

Masters of the Art • Show with Jim Lawton
Celadon Gallery

May 6–8

St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour
Mark will be at Will Swanson’s studio
41421 Ferry Road, Sunrise
Harris, Minnesota
651 674 4555

April 22–30

Workshop: Working in Jamaica: Ceramic Vessels and Pottery
An Anderson Ranch Field Expedition

Friday, April 8

7–8:30pm • Opening reception
Many Paths: A Legacy of Karen Karnes
Curated by Mark at the Penland Gallery
March 22–May 8
Penland, NC

Thursday, April 7

6–9pm • Evening at the Asheville Art Museum
A Chosen Path: The Art of Karen Karnes
“Karen Karnes & North Carolina,” a lecture by Mark
Followed by panel discussion and reception
Diana Wortham Theatre
$3 Museum Members; $5 Non-Members

Wednesday, April 6

12:30pm
Lecture: “Exquisite Torture: Research, Writing, & Publishing from a Maker’s Perspective”
University of North Carolina, Asheville
Owen Conference Hall

Friday, April 1

11:30am–1pm • Co-lecture with Mark Hewitt: Potters in Print
NCECA 2011
Tampa Convention Center
333 South Franklin Street
Tampa, Florida

November 16–December 4, 2010

Solo exhibition
5–7 pm • Opening reception November 17
“Golden Ages in American Stoneware,” Mark’s lecture • 7–9 pm
New Hampshire Institute of Art
French Building Gallery
148 Concord Street
Manchester, New Hampshire

October 8, 2010

7–9 pm
Opening reception for Karen Karnes exhibition, which Mark helped organize, at the Arizona State University Ceramics Research Center. The show runs from September 17 to January 8, 2011, and travels to the Asheville Museum of Art (February 1–June 30, 2011), the Currier Museum of Art (August 27–December 3, 2011), the Racine Art Museum (January 31–May 27, 2012) and the Crocker Art Museum (June 23–September 30, 2012)

September 2010

Mark’s new book, The Chosen Path: The Ceramic Art of Karen Karnes is released by the University of North Carolina Press.

September 22–26, 2010

New Works
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

September 9–12, 2010

American Pottery Festival at the Northern Clay Center
Minneapolis, MN

August 5–8, 2010

Intermediate to Advanced Wheel Throwing at Snow Farm

July 24–September 8, 2010

Bottles and Other Muses: a solo show of Mark’s recent work
Opening Reception July 31, 4–6 pm
Ferrin Gallery

July 24–25, 2010

10 am–5 pm Hilltown Six Pottery Tour