EXHIBITIONS
CONVERGENCE
CALL FOR ENTRIES OPEN
DESCRIPTION
This juried ceramic exhibition invites artists working in clay to share work that reflects the meeting of many voices, ideas, and approaches within contemporary ceramic practice. Clay carries traces of place, memory, culture, and imagination, and in the hands of different artists it becomes something endlessly adaptable. Convergence celebrates the moment where varied perspectives, forms, and materials come together in one shared space. Rather than centering on a single aesthetic or narrative, the exhibition welcomes a broad range of work, allowing unexpected relationships and quiet dialogues to emerge between objects. Through this gathering of ceramic works, the exhibition creates a landscape where difference is not only present, but essential to the beauty of the whole.
Jurors: Bradley Klem, Stephanie Seguin, Penelope Van Grinsven
WHERE: Light Art Space
209 West Broadway, Silver City, NM 88061 https://lightartspace.com/
WHEN: June 4 - 20, 2026
Submission deadline: May 10, 2026 11:59 MST
WORKSHOPS
CLAY IN THREE DIMENSIONS:
DEVELOPING CONCEPT, CONSTRUCTING FORM, AND ACTIVATING SURFACE
With Headlining Artists: Penelope Van Grinsven, Bradley Klem, and Stephanie Seguin
This workshop explores ceramic practice from idea to object, led by three artists working in active dialogue with one another. Rather than presenting a single methodology, the 5-day workshop week offers a layered conversation with three distinct perspectives examining how concept, construction, and surface intersect in contemporary ceramics.
Participants will engage learn and practice through coil building, wheel throwing and altering demonstrations. Students work in low fire terra cotta and high fire white clay bodies and will study surface approaches including, raw clay, mid-range glaze application, and China painting. Students will discover how different artists move through the ceramic making process in distinct ways, gaining insight into multiple approaches rather than a single prescribed path.
Introductory ceramic experience recommended.
Location: Western New Mexico University
Date and Time: June 15-19, 2026
10 am - 4 pm with break for lunch
Limit 20 participants.
Price: $535
REGISTRATION LINK COMING SOON. PLEASE EMAIL SILVERCITYCLAYFESTIVAL@GMAIL.COM TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT
CLAY AS ART WITH JANET BURNER
with Janet Burner
Janet K. Burner will demonstrate her various methods for elevating “clay to art." This will include such elements as carving, texture, sgrafitto, black wax, repoussé, and painting with slips & underglazes. Workshop participants will have hands-on experiences hand-building forms to apply these various techniques & may include making a slump mold & tile frame, engineering a whistle to become a sculpture, making animals & a piece to texture & paint with slips & black wax.
Limit 10 participants. Lunch included.
Price: $400.00
All are welcome.
PLEASE CONTACT BEAR MOUNTAIN LODGE TO REGISTER. 575-538-2538
Location: Bear Mountain Lodge
Date and Time: June 17-19, 2026
10am - 3:30pm, with lunch at 12:30
Clay market
INDOORS AT THE HISTORIC MURRAY HOTEL
Click here for CLAY Market 2026 Vendor Application and Information
Application Deadline: April 3, 2026
The CLAY Market is an integral part of the annual CLAY Festival in Silver City, NM, allowing local and out-of-area artists to display and sell their clay-centric wares.
LOCATION:
Silver City’s Historic Murray Hotel
200 W. Broadway St., Silver City, NM 88061
(575)-956-9400
www.Murray-Hotel.com
MARKET DATES/HOURS:
Saturday, June 20th - 10am-4pm
Sunday, June 21st - 10am-2pm
For further inquiries and to be on the email list for the 2026 event, please contact Susan Mach through email @ susan.mach@gmail.com or phone ((951)-990-1962).
Click here for CLAY Market 2026 Vendor Application and Information
