16th Annual Workhouse Clay International

at Workhouse Arts Center ( workhousearts.org) in Lorton, Virginia, through May 9.

1 Amber Aguirre’s Immunity, 12 in. (30.5 cm) in diameter, porcelain, stains, glazes, brass, 2024.

2 Polina Miller’s Split Personality, 12 in. (30.5 cm) in height, wheel-thrown and altered stoneware, glaze, fired to cone 10 in a soda kiln, 2025.

3 Kelsey Duncan’s Monolite, 21 in. (53.3 cm) in height, coil-built stoneware, underglaze, glaze, luster, fired in oxidation, 2026. 4 Jillian Mae Seversky’s You Wait in the Emergency Room With Your Father on Hold With Insurance, 39 in. (99 cm) in height, ceramic, glaze, nichrome wire, mixed media, 2025.

5 Jessica Wilson’s Layers Series–Teapot, 8½ in. (21.6 cm) in width, wheel-thrown porcelain, fired to cone 10 in a soda kiln, decals, 2025. 6 Matthew Skelly’s Mushroom Bust, 14 in. (35.5 cm) in height, handbuilt stoneware, 2024.

7 Chelsea McMaster’s The Caged Bird, 20 in. (50.8 cm) in height, coil-built clay, terra sigillata, vitreous slip, 2023. 8 Mac McCusker’s History Repeats Itself, 10 in. (25.4 cm) in height, slab-built and sculpted earthenware, underglazes, fired to cone 02, 2026.

Contemporary Porcelain: from Tradition to Innovation

at Baltimore Clayworks ( baltimoreclayworks.org) in Baltimore, Maryland, through May 23. 

1 Kyounghwa Oh’s Ritual Teabowls, 6 in. (15.2 cm) in height, wheel-thrown and hand-carved porcelain, fired in oxidation to cone 6, 2025. 2 Sam Chung’s Cloud Moon Jar, 24 in. (61 cm) in height, wheel-thrown and altered porcelain, gold luster, overglaze, 2025.

Elements of Mechanisms

at Baltimore Clayworks ( baltimoreclayworks.org) in Baltimore, Maryland, through May 23.

1 Ken Baskin’s Mechanical Movements Tension and Balance 7, 15 in. (38.1 cm) in height, soda-fired stoneware, 2025. 2 ony Borchardt’s bourbon set, 14 in. (35.6 cm) in height, high-fired stoneware, 2025.

Marissa Childers

at In Tandem Gallery ( intandemgallery.com) in Bakersville, North Carolina, May 22–June 22. 

1 Marissa Childers’ candelabra, 16 in. (40.6 cm) in height, white stoneware, fired to cone 10 in a soda kiln, decal, luster, fired to cone 018.

Mathew McConnell: These Things Take Time

at Belger Crane Yard Gallery ( belgerarts.org) in Kansas City, Missouri, through May 2.

1 (Left to right) Mathew McConnell’s Between One and The Same-Part 4, raku-fired earthenware, 2011; Words Without Work (Sigh, Sigh, Sigh), 21½ in. (54.6 cm) in height, earthenware, bone charcoal, graphite, birch plywood, 2022–2023; 2 (Left to right) Mathew McConnell’s Many Things New and More of the Same, 17 in. (43.1 cm) in length, raku-fired red earthenware, 2010; What it Means to Move, 14 in. (35.5 cm) in length, earthenware, bone charcoal, graphite, 2013.

3 Works from “Mathew McConnell: These Things Take Time,” dimensions vary.

4 (left to right, top to bottom) Mathew McConnell’s February February (#4), February February (#10), February February (#15), February February (#4), 12 in. (30.4 cm) in height each, earthenware, bone charcoal, graphite, 2018.

11th Annual Ceramics Invitational

at Radius Gallery ( radiusgallery.com) in Missoula, Montana, through June 13.

1 Crystal Morey’s Replanting: Mountain Lion and Unicorn, Over the Land, 17½ in. (44.5 cm) in height, mid-range porcelain, 2022.

 

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