Event Details
ANNUAL FLOWER CITY POTTERY INVITATIONAL
OCTOBER 11 - 13, 2024 • 713 MONROE AVE • ROCHESTER, NY • 14607
Flower City Arts Center is proud to welcome, for the eighth year, 19 premier ceramic artists from across North America for a long weekend celebrating the best in contemporary clay. The event includes a special artist reception, sale, pottery exhibitions, demonstrations, workshops, and talks by 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.
SCHEDULE:
Artist Workshops - Thursday, October 10 (Pre-Registration Required)
- 9:30am - 12:30pm – Fitted Organic Sculptures with Brian Chen
- 1:00 - 4:00pm – Surface Decoration Using Stencils with Ruth Easterbrook
Artist Reception - Friday, October 11 from 6 - 9pm
- Tickets are $35 and include 1 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 12, from 10am – 5pm
- 11:15am – Illustrating on Pots with Celia Feldberg
- 12:45pm – Compli-clay-ed with Brooks Oliver
- 2:00pm - It's the Little Things with Tim See
- 3:15pm - More Info Coming Soon! - Tina Gebhardt
- Sunday, October 13 from 11am – 4pm.
- 11:30am - T is for Teapot with Kyle Lascelle
- 1:00pm - Squares, Squares, Squares with Casey Beck
- 2:15pm - More Info Coming Soon! - Juan Barroso
Virtual Shopping Appointments: Sunday, October 15, 10 – 11am
- Please email kwhorton@flowercityarts.org to schedule your 15-minute appointment by Tuesday, October 8.
2024 CURATORIAL TEAM:
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 in October 2015.
PREVIOUS EVENTS:
Artists
Andrew Sartorius • Brian Chen • Brooks Oliver • Casey Beck • Celia Feldberg • Hiroe Hanazono • Juan Barroso • Lisa Orr • Marissa Y Alexander • Michelle Ettrick • Norleen Nosri • Ruth Easterbrook • Sabri Ben-Achour • Kyle Scott Lee • Tim See • Wes Brown • Kyle Lascelle • Peter B Jones
Schedule
Artist Workshops - Thursday, October 10 (Pre-Registration Required)
- 9:30am - 12:30pm – Fitted Organic Sculptures with Brian Chen
- 1:00 - 4:00pm – Surface Decoration Using Stencils with Ruth Easterbrook
Artist Reception - Friday, October 11 from 6 - 9pm
- Tickets are $35 and include 1 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 12, from 10am – 5pm
- 11:15am – Illustrating on Pots with Celia Feldberg
- 12:45pm – Compli-clay-ed with Brooks Oliver
- 2:00pm - It's the Little Things with Tim See
- 3:15pm - More Info Coming Soon! - Tina Gebhardt
- Sunday, October 13 from 11am – 4pm.
- 11:30am - T is for Teapot with Kyle Lascelle
- 1:00pm - Squares, Squares, Squares with Casey Beck
- 2:15pm - More Info Coming Soon! - Juan Barroso
Virtual Shopping Appointments: Sunday, October 15, 10 – 11am
- Please email kwhorton@flowercityarts.org to schedule your 15-minute appointment by Tuesday, October 8.
Plan Your Visit
- ADDRESS: 713 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607
- PHONE: (585) 271-5183
- EMAIL: kwhorton@flowercityarts.org
Address
Flower City Arts Center
713 Monroe Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
We are located just outside downtown Rochester, NY, Conveniently located off the I-490 Monroe Ave Exit and on RTS Bus Route Monroe 11L.
Monroe Avenue starts downtown at the Strong Museum and reaches the border with the town of Brighton near Cobbs Hill Park.
Our eclectic neighborhood includes diverse eateries and small shops. Local cultural attractions like Park Avenue, George Eastman Museum, Memorial Art Gallery, and the Neighborhood of the Arts 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.
Parking
Free on-street parking is available on Monroe Avenue and Wilcox Street. You may also utilize the Blessed Sacrament Church parking lot across the street. Please cross at the crosswalk.
Accessibility
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, an elevator, and gender-neutral restrooms.
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