Event Details

ANNUAL FLOWER CITY POTTERY INVITATIONAL

OCTOBER 21 - 23, 2022 | ROCHESTER, NY


Flower City Arts Center is proud to welcome, for the fifth year, 18 premier ceramic artists from across North America for a long weekend celebrating the best in contemporary clay. The event include a special artist reception, sale, pottery exhibitions, demonstrations, workshops and talks by the visiting artists.

This is a unique opportunity for collectors, clay enthusiasts and anyone who appreciates finely-crafted, handmade work to meet and talk with masters of the field and see a large body of their work. Whether you prefer contemporary design or rustic tableware, hundreds of hand-crafted pots will be exhibited and available for purchase, and their makers will be on site to talk about and demonstrate their work. For those of you who are new to contemporary ceramics, this is the perfect opportunity to see the range of work being made with this extremely versatile material.


Artist Reception: Friday, October 21 from 6-9pm

  • Tickets $35 and includes 1 porcelain cup handcrafted at FCAC.
  • Tickets will be available at the door. Preorder is encouraged as space is limited.


Free Pottery Exhibitions, Demos, & Artist Talks:

  • Saturday, October 22 from 10am – 5pm
    • 11:15: Colleen McCall - Cracker Jack Pot Decorator
    • 12:45: Wes Brown - Wheel Meets Slab
    • 2:00: Adam Chau - Pie Molding
  • Sunday, October 23 from 11am – 4pm.
    • 11:15: James Tingey - Attachments, Mold Making, & Slip Casting
    • 12:45: Peter Jadoonath - Bird Butterdish
    • 2:00: Jonathan Pacheco - Mishima


Virtual Shopping Appointments: Sunday, October 23, 10 – 11am


A LITTLE HISTORY

Planning for the Flower City Pottery Invitational began in early 2014 when area potters Matt Metz and Richard Aerni discussed bringing fellow esteemed ceramic artists together for a weekend exhibit, following the example of similar shows like the Old Church Pottery Invitational in Demarest, NJ and the popular American Pottery Festival in Minneapolis. Rochester seemed like the perfect city to hold a similar event, being in the middle of a clay mecca, with RIT's School for American Craft and Alfred University close by, as well as strong clay programs in Syracuse and Buffalo. Metz and Aerni partnered with Flower City Arts Center and, together with artist Peter Pincus, invited colleagues from around the country to participate in the inaugural event October 2015.

This year we are thrilled about our new curatorial team Adero Willard, Bryan Hopkins, and Lisa Orr!

PREVIOUS EVENTS

For information about previous events, please visit our past websites:

Artists

Click each image to learn more about our artists: Wes Brown, PA; Lisa Orr, MA; Kristen Kieffer, MA; Peter Jadoonath, MN; Bryan Hopkins, NY; Adero Willard,NY; Adam Chau, NY; Jane Shellenbarger, NY; Justin Paik Reese, OH; Arthur Halvorsen, MA; Colleen McCall, NY; Hannah Niswonger, MA; Jonathan Pacheco, IL; Dallas Wooten, NJ; Hannah Thompsett; NY, James Tingey; NY, Katie Fee; NY

Schedule

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20th, 2022

Info Coming soon!

Plan Your Visit

Flower City Arts Center is located just outside downtown Rochester, NY at 713 Monroe Avenue, less than 1/8 of a mile off the 490 Interstate. Monroe Avenue begins downtown at the Strong Museum and is an eclectic area of eateries and small shops. Local cultural and shopping attractions like The George Eastman Museum and the Park Avenue neighborhood are just blocks away.

The historic, brick firehouse building that houses Flower City Arts Center dates to the early 1890s, with both stories dedicated to arts programming. Free on-street parking is available on Monroe Avenue, Wilcox Street, and surrounding streets. Flower City Arts Center is fully accessible for wheelchair users with a reserved parking space at the front of the building, a front entrance ramp, elevator, and restroom.

Get Involved

Be A Volunteer

Whether you're super-organized and would like to help with set-up, or you're an empty nester with extra room to house a visiting artist for the weekend, we need your help!

To volunteer during the event sign up here or email Kate Whorton at kwhorton@flowercityarts.org.

To host an artist, please contact Kate Whorton at kwhorton@flowercityarts.org.

Become a Sponsor

Sponsorship for the 2022 Flower City Pottery Invitational is available at various levels. Learn more about our Sponsorship Opportunities. Please fill out and email our Sponsorship Form to Kate Whorton at kwhorton@flowercityarts.org. Questions? Call us at (585) 271-5183.

Thank you very much to our generous sponsors: