Exhibitions
Call For Entries: Convergence
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
Divergence
Divergence is a three-person exhibition featuring the work of Clay Festival’s headlining artists—Penelope Van Grinsven, Bradley Klem, and Stephanie Seguin—on view in the Flash Gallery at Light Art Space. Serving as a counterpoint to the juried exhibition Convergence, this exhibition traces a shared origin point: the artists studied together in graduate school and have since developed distinct voices and directions within their individual practices. Together, their work reflects both a common foundation and the varied paths that emerge from it.
WHERE: Flash Gallery at Light Art Space
209 West Broadway, Silver City, NM 88061 https://lightartspace.com/
WHEN: June 4 - 20, 2026
Open Thursday 11 am - 4 pm, Friday and Saturday 11am–5:00pm
FINDING FLOW:
IMPRESSIONS AND SILHOUETTES
Made in Silver City is proud to present this year's featured clay artist Mary-Clare Wilkinson with her art exhibit, Finding Flow: Impressions and Silhouettes.
Mary Clare creates hand built utilitarian vessels in earthenware and stoneware pushing the boundaries in form, surface, and design. She explores finding the tension between the graceful and the grotesque and between functionality and sculpture.
All the artists’ proceeds will be donated to the Friends of Clay which supports the ceramics program at Western New Mexico University.
WHERE: Made in Silver City
206 W. Broadway, Silver City, NM 88061
WHEN: June 5 - 27, 2026
CLAY Festival Reception Friday, June 19, 5-7 pm
SACRED ARCHITECTURE
Opening Reception with Patty Countryman
Location: Diana Ingalls Leyba Studio & Gallery
315 N Bullard Street, Silver City NM
Time and Date: Friday, June 19th 5-7pm
Artist Statement: In an increasingly dissonant world, physical and mental stillness is a rare commodity. My work utilizes the form of the altar to create dedicated environments for grief, the release of stress, and the transition of memories. By formalizing the act of 'shedding," seek to honor the human necessity of letting go and provide a sacred architecture for quietude.
Patricia Countryman is a Chicana artist and educator from the Southwest, whose work is deeply informed by her heritage and community. As a dedicated teaching artist, she blends her creative practice with a commitment to mentorship and arts education.
