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Upcoming Workshop:

Anshula Tayal:
Transcending Functinality into Dynamic Storytelling  


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Upcoming Meeting: 

General Member Potluck!

Potluck General Meeting

May 3rd.  6:30 PM

Tabor Space, Portland OR


OPA HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP


The OPA High School Scholarship is open to all high school juniors and seniors living in Oregon and SW Washington and will award $1000 to a student who shows creative and technical excellence in the field of ceramics. Applications are due in March.

2023 High School Scholarship Winners 

Thanks to the sponsorship from Chown Hardware, the 2023 OPA High School Scholarship was able to award two $500 scholarships to winning applicants. The work submitted demonstrates outstanding ceramic technique, originality, artistic risk, and craftsmanship. 

Winners

12th Grade Olivia Greenburg's "Fading Coral" from Grant High School 

12th Grade Sofia Isaias-Day "La Mezcla del Simbolism" from Corvallis High School

Honorable Mentions

12th Grade Megan Nguyen's "From The Riverside" from Mountainside High School

11th Grade Ashley Wallwork "Hollow Woods" from Tigard High School

11th Grade Sophie Corey "Flidias" from Liberty High School

Upcoming events

  • Ceramic Showcase 2024

    • Fri, April 19, 2024
    • Sun, April 21, 2024
    • Oregon Convention Center
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  • Anshula Tayal Transcending Functionality into Dynamic Storytelling

    • Sat, April 27, 2024
    • Mt. Hood Community College
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  • General Member Potluck Meeting

    • Fri, May 03, 2024
    • 6:30 AM - 9:00 AM
    • Tabor Space
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    General Member Potluck Meeting May 3, 6:30 PM

    Join us at Tabor Space, Portland OR for our upcoming general member meeting.

    Where: Tabor Space

    When: May 3, 6:30 pm

    What:  Potluck meeting

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Past events

Sun, April 07, 2024 Fruits of our Labor. Clay in Ed Fundraiser workshop
Fri, April 05, 2024 Ceramic Showcase 2024 Registration
Sat, March 30, 2024 FRUITS OF OUR LABOR
Sat, March 16, 2024 Fruits of Our Labor
Fri, March 01, 2024 Ceramic Showcase Booth Picking
Sat, February 24, 2024 Fruits of Our Labor
Sat, February 17, 2024 Tea Duong Workshop
Sat, January 27, 2024 FRUITS OF OUR LABOR
Sat, January 27, 2024 Mount Hood Community College Workshop
Wed, January 24, 2024 January Membership Meeting
Wed, January 10, 2024 Ceramic Showcase Q&A
Sat, December 16, 2023 Oregon Episcopal School Workshop
Fri, November 24, 2023 OPA Holiday Sale 2023
Fri, November 03, 2023 Ceramics Northwest Gallery (2023)
Sat, October 21, 2023 Don Sprague Workshop
Fri, September 29, 2023 OPA Fall Fair Sale
Sun, September 10, 2023 September Picnic Social
Wed, September 06, 2023 Showcase 2024 Steering Committee September Meeting
Tue, August 01, 2023 Call for Entry: Governor's Mansion 2024 "The Power of Community"
Fri, July 14, 2023 July Member's Meeting
Wed, May 17, 2023 Post Showcase Meet-up
Fri, April 28, 2023 Oregon Potter’s Association 40th Annual Ceramic Showcase
Wed, April 26, 2023 Ceramic Showcase 2023 Parking Pass
Sat, April 15, 2023 East Creek Anagama Wood Firing April 2023
Sat, April 01, 2023 CALL FOR ARTISTS: Hokkaido 2023
Fri, March 10, 2023 Showcase Booth Picking
Sat, March 04, 2023 Clay In Education Fundraising Workshop:Rhoda Fleischman ceramic studio
Wed, March 01, 2023 Booth Building 101
Sat, February 11, 2023 Clay In Education Fundraising Workshop:Wagon Wheel Pottery
Tue, January 31, 2023 Ceramic Showcase 2023 Application
Fri, January 13, 2023 Tiny Treasure Swap 2023!
Mon, January 09, 2023 January 2023 Anagama Firing and Catenary Firing: Reduction Cooled
Wed, December 07, 2022 Board Meeting
Thu, December 01, 2022 Art at the Cave
Thu, December 01, 2022 Art at the Cave
Sat, November 05, 2022 November 2022 Anagama Firing and Catenary Firing
Wed, November 02, 2022 Board Meeting
Thu, October 27, 2022 Oregon Potters Association 'Clay to Table' Event 2022
Sat, October 08, 2022 Fall Fair 2022
Wed, October 05, 2022 Board Meeting
Wed, September 07, 2022 Board Meeting
Wed, August 03, 2022 Board Meeting
Fri, July 08, 2022 July 8th Membership Meeting 7:00PM
Wed, July 06, 2022 Board Meeting
Wed, June 08, 2022 Board Meeting
Thu, June 02, 2022 Volunteer for OPA at NWWFC
Tue, May 24, 2022 The Wood Fire Kilns and Communities of Oregon
Wed, May 11, 2022 Board Meeting
Fri, May 06, 2022 Volunteer for Ceramic Showcase
Wed, May 04, 2022 Parking Pass for Ceramic Showcase Participants
Wed, April 13, 2022 Focus on Diversity Panel Discussion
Wed, April 06, 2022 Board Meeting
Sat, April 02, 2022 East Creek Anagama April Firing
Thu, March 24, 2022 OPA Presents: Elaine Henry Worksop at Mt.Hood Community College
Tue, March 15, 2022 Ceramic Showcase 2022 Application
Sat, March 05, 2022 OPA Membership Inquiry Meeting March 5th 6pm
Wed, March 02, 2022 Board Meeting
Wed, February 09, 2022 Ceramic Showcase 101
Wed, February 02, 2022 Board Meeting Wed. Feb 2nd
Sat, January 08, 2022 East Creek Anagama Reduction-Cooled January Firing
Wed, January 05, 2022 OPA Board Meeting
Fri, December 31, 2021 Pre-Recorded Online Demonstration: Handbuilding Teapots and Cups with Textured Clay with Ginger Steele
Fri, December 31, 2021 Pre-Recorded Online Demonstration: Pinch, Pull and Push Your Cat: Simple Sculpting with Carrie Kitzke of Studio Mimmi Ceramics
Fri, December 31, 2021 Pre-Recorded Online Demonstration: Make a Pitcher with Suay Ceramics
Fri, December 31, 2021 Pre-Recorded Online Demonstration: Press Mold Magic: A Beginner's Guide to One-Piece Plaster Mold Making for Sculpture & Beyond with Kendall Jones
Fri, December 31, 2021 Pre-Recorded Online Demonstration: Making a Collage Plate Out of Thin Slabs of Clay with Stephanie Burton
Fri, December 31, 2021 Pre-Recorded Online Demonstration: Illustrative Pots - A Deep Dive in Surface Exploration with Jessica Faulk
Fri, December 31, 2021 Pre-Recorded Online Demonstration: How to Make a Copper Repoussé for Clay with Michael Simmons
Fri, December 31, 2021 Pre-Recorded Online Demonstration: Learn How to Make a Robot Monster with Metal Parts with James DeRosso
Fri, December 31, 2021 Pre-Recorded Online Demonstration: Can You Handle It? with Samuel Newman
Fri, December 31, 2021 Pre-Recorded Online Demonstration: Making a Lidded Jar for an Atmospheric Firing with Chris Baskin
Fri, December 31, 2021 Pre-Recorded Online Demonstration: Monster Making with James DeRosso
Fri, December 31, 2021 Pre-Recorded Online Demonstration: How to Throw a Squared Lidded Jar with a Round Lid with Patrick Horsley
Fri, December 31, 2021 Pre-Recorded Online Demonstration: Making Sauerkraut Crocks with Dwayne Sackey
Fri, December 31, 2021 Pre-Recorded Online Demonstration: Intro to Image Transfer through Decal Application with Alicia Craft
Fri, December 31, 2021 Pre-Recorded Online Demonstration: Pierced Vessel with Amy Fields
Tue, December 07, 2021 OPA Board Meeting
Fri, November 12, 2021 OPA General Membership Meeting Friday November 12th @ 7pm
Sat, November 06, 2021 East Creek Anagama November Firing
Tue, November 02, 2021 OPA Board Meeting
Mon, November 01, 2021 Pop Up Gallery
Tue, October 05, 2021 OPA Board Meeting
Thu, September 30, 2021 OPA Bisque Bowls for Gather:Make:Shelter
Tue, September 07, 2021 OPA Board Meeting
Tue, August 03, 2021 OPA Board Meeting
Wed, July 28, 2021 Online Demonstration: Indian-themed Surface Decoration Using Colored Slips and Underglazes at Cone 6 Firing with Anshula Tayal
Wed, July 21, 2021 Online Demonstration: Coiling Techniques for Big Forms with Ian Wieczorek
Fri, July 16, 2021 General Membership Meeting Friday July 16th @ 7pm
Wed, July 14, 2021 Online Demonstration: Handbuilding Teapots and Cups with Textured Clay with Ginger Steele
Tue, July 06, 2021 OPA Board Meeting
Tue, June 01, 2021 OPA Board Meeting
Wed, May 26, 2021 Online Demonstration: Make a Collage Plate out of Thin Slabs of Clay with Stephanie Burton
Wed, May 19, 2021 Online Demonstration: Press Mold Magic: A Beginner's Guide to One-Piece Plaster Mold Making for Sculpture & Beyond with Kendall Jones
Fri, May 14, 2021 OPA General Membership Meeting May 14th @ 7pm
Wed, May 12, 2021 Online Demonstration: Porcelain Workshop with Jacob Monroe
Wed, May 05, 2021 Online Demonstration: Make a Pitcher with Suay Ceramics
Tue, May 04, 2021 OPA Board Meeting
Sat, April 24, 2021 East Creek Anagama April-May Firing
Tue, April 06, 2021 OPA Board Meeting
Wed, March 31, 2021 Online Demonstration: Robot Monster with Metal Parts with James DeRosso
Wed, March 24, 2021 Online Demonstration: How to Make a Copper Repoussé for Clay with Michael Simmons
Wed, March 17, 2021 Online Demonstration: Illustrative Pots - A Deep Dive in Surface Exploration with Jess Faulk
Fri, March 12, 2021 General Members Meeting March 12th
Wed, March 10, 2021 Online Demonstration: Pinch, Pull and Push Your Cat: Simple Sculpting with Carrie Kitzke of Studio Mimmi Ceramics
Tue, March 02, 2021 OPA Board Meeting
Sat, February 27, 2021 East Creek Anagama March Firing
Tue, February 02, 2021 OPA Board Meeting
Fri, January 29, 2021 Register for Ceramic Showcase 2021
Sat, January 09, 2021 East Creek Anagama Reduction-Cooled January Firing
Tue, December 01, 2020 Board Meeting Tuesday December 1st
Fri, November 20, 2020 OPA General Members Meeting Friday Nov. 20th 6:30pm
Sat, November 07, 2020 East Creek Anagama November Firing
Tue, November 03, 2020 Board Meeting Tuesday November 3rd
Sat, October 24, 2020 MHCC Making Marks Free Webinars
Wed, October 14, 2020 Intro to Image Transfer through Decal Application with Alicia Craft
Wed, October 07, 2020 Making Sauerkraut Crocks with Dwayne Sackey
Tue, October 06, 2020 Board Meeting Tuesday October 6th
Sat, October 03, 2020 OPA Fall Pop-up in Salem
Wed, September 23, 2020 How to Throw a Squared Lidded Jar with a Round Lid with Patrick Horsley
Sat, September 19, 2020 OPA 40th Anniversary Party
Tue, September 15, 2020 Board Meeting Tuesday September 15th
Wed, September 09, 2020 Monster Making with James DeRosso
Sat, September 05, 2020 Call for Artist: Art In The Pearl Fine Arts & Crafts Festival
Tue, September 01, 2020 Board Meeting Tuesday September 1st
Tue, August 18, 2020 Board Meeting Tuesday August 18th
Tue, August 04, 2020 Board Meeting Tuesday August 4th
Wed, July 29, 2020 Online Workshop: Pierced Vessel with Amy Fields
Wed, July 22, 2020 Online Workshop: Making a Lidded Jar for an Atmospheric Firing with Chris Baskin
Tue, July 21, 2020 Board Meeting Tuesday July 21st
Wed, July 15, 2020 Online Workshop: Pinch and Pull Your Cat: Simple Sculpting with Carrie Kitzke
Wed, July 08, 2020 Online Workshop: Can You Handle It? with Samuel Newman
Tue, July 07, 2020 Board Meeting Tuesday July 7th
Tue, June 16, 2020 Board Meeting Tuesday June 16th
Tue, June 02, 2020 Board Meeting Tuesday June 2nd
Tue, May 05, 2020 Board Meeting Tuesday May 5th
Tue, April 07, 2020 Board Meeting Tuesday April 7th
Wed, April 01, 2020 2020 Ray Grimm Memorial Award Application
Fri, March 13, 2020 First OPA Showcase Installation Workshop
Fri, March 06, 2020 MARCH 6TH Showcase Booth Picking Meeting & General Meeting
Tue, March 03, 2020 Board Meeting Tuesday March 3rd
Wed, January 22, 2020 Design, Innovation and Function – A two day workshop with visiting artist Jen Allen
Fri, January 10, 2020 General Members Meeting
Sat, November 30, 2019 OPA Holiday Sale
Fri, November 15, 2019 November General Meeting
Fri, November 08, 2019 OPA Fall Fair
Fri, October 11, 2019 Open Studios for National Clay Week
Sun, September 15, 2019 OPA Picnic
Sat, September 07, 2019 OPA At OMSI
Mon, September 02, 2019 OPA Tent at Art In The Pearl
Sun, August 25, 2019 Showcase Visions Meeting
Thu, July 04, 2019 Call to Artists - Blues Festival Booth
Sat, June 29, 2019 ALTERED REALITIES: A Workshop with Hanna Traynham & Sarah Chenoweth Davis
Mon, June 03, 2019 Board Meetings
Fri, May 10, 2019 May General Meeting
Sat, April 27, 2019 Showcase/Hokkaido Party
Fri, April 26, 2019 Ceramic Showcase
Mon, April 15, 2019 Call for Entry! The Shape of Clay: Selections from the Oregon Potters Association
Mon, April 01, 2019 Ray Grimm Award Application
Sun, March 31, 2019 Kris Paul Workshop
Sat, March 23, 2019 2019 OPA Scholarship Application
Fri, March 08, 2019 Booth Picking Meeting
Sun, March 03, 2019 Justice Center Window Display
Tue, February 26, 2019 Program Coordinators Meeting
Sat, February 23, 2019 Pet Bowl workshop at Wagon Wheel Pottery Studio
Sun, February 17, 2019 Pet Bowl Workshop @ Rhoda Fleischman's Studio
Sat, February 09, 2019 Pet Bowl Workshop @ James DeRosso's *Collaborative Fundraiser Event*
Sat, January 26, 2019 Stephanie Burton Workshop at MHCC
Fri, January 11, 2019 January Volunteer Appreciation & Elections Party
Sat, November 10, 2018 OPA Fall Fair
Fri, November 09, 2018 General Meeting with guest Jim Wylder presenting Studio Hacks
Sun, September 16, 2018 2018 OPA Sunday Picnic & Saturday Pit-Fire
Sat, September 08, 2018 Create your own clay tools with Janet Buskirk. Hands on workshop
Tue, August 28, 2018 *Free* Interactive Pigments workshop 12:00-2:00, Ceramic Showcase Visions meeting 2:30 - 5:30
Fri, July 13, 2018 July Program: Hokkaido exhibitors share their experience in Japan and General Membership Meeting
Wed, July 04, 2018 Empty Bowls at the 2018 Waterfront Blues Festival
Sat, June 09, 2018 OPA Members and Friends Gathering
Tue, June 05, 2018 Monthly Board Meeting - 1st Tuesday of Each Month
Fri, April 27, 2018 2018 Ceramic Showcase & Northwest Potters Interpret Their World
Fri, April 27, 2018 Ceramic Showcase 2018 Application
Tue, April 03, 2018 April Board Meeting
Fri, March 09, 2018 March General Meeting.
Tue, March 06, 2018 March Board Meeting
Sat, March 03, 2018 Free hands on "Peace Poles" Workshop#4: Boring, OR
Sat, February 17, 2018 Free hands on "Peace Poles" Workshop: Brownsville, OR
Sat, February 17, 2018 Free hands on "Peace Poles" Workshop: Lincoln City, OR
Tue, February 06, 2018 Board Meeting
Sun, February 04, 2018 (FULL) Free hands on "Peace Poles" Workshop: Portland, OR
Fri, January 19, 2018 OPA General Meeting + Presentation: Your Online Presence
Tue, December 05, 2017 December OPA Board Meeting
Thu, November 30, 2017 Help Wanted - Board Positions and Team Jobs
Wed, November 15, 2017 2017 Online OPA Holiday Season Studio Sale Guide
Fri, November 10, 2017 OPA General Meeting + Presentation: Thoughts on Contemporary Japanese Clay An illustrated lecture by Maribeth Graybill, Ph.D.
Wed, October 25, 2017 Travel Survey for Exhibition Entrants
Sat, September 16, 2017 2018 OPA PICNIC Wine Tasting and Pit Firing
Sat, September 16, 2017 Clay in Ed Booth at OMSI Makers Faire
Thu, August 10, 2017 Board Meeting
Fri, July 14, 2017 OPA Group Buy Summer 2017
Fri, July 14, 2017 OPA General Meeting + Round Table Technical Discussions
Tue, June 20, 2017 OPA/JAPAN Exhibit - Intent to Apply
Fri, June 16, 2017 Throwathon for Empty Bowls
Thu, June 08, 2017 Program Coordinators and Board Meeting
Fri, May 12, 2017 OPA General Meeting + Presentation: Dennis Meiners - Ceramics in the Time of Climate Change
Mon, May 08, 2017 Hokkaido Meeting
Fri, May 05, 2017 The Art and Culture of Japan Exhibition
Fri, April 21, 2017 Ceramic Showcase 2017
Wed, April 05, 2017 Info Meeting - Opportunity: show and/or travel in Sapporo, Japan 2018
Tue, April 04, 2017 April Board & Program Coordinators Meeting
Wed, March 22, 2017 NCECA
Mon, March 20, 2017 Deb Schwartzkopf and Randy Johnston Pre-NCECA Workshop
Thu, March 16, 2017 One day demo workshop by Chris Gustin
Fri, March 10, 2017 OPA General Meeting: Choose Showcase Booth/Election II and Potluck
Thu, March 09, 2017 Showcase and NCECA Host Sign Up
Sun, February 12, 2017 The Birds and the Bees - Showcase Installation Workshop, Showcase Meeting
Thu, February 09, 2017 February Board and Program Coordinators Meeting
Mon, January 30, 2017 Call for Entries: Art and Culture of Japan
Thu, January 26, 2017 Exhibition: From the Earth
Fri, January 20, 2017 MEETING UPDATE: OPA General Meeting has been postponed to January 20,2017 + Potluck + Elections + Panel Presentation: The Enduring Vitality of Ceramics in Japan
Thu, December 29, 2016 December Board & Program Coordinators Meeting
Mon, December 05, 2016 Call for Entries: Keep Portland Wared: Pottery in the Pacific Northwest
Sat, November 19, 2016 2016 OPA Holiday Season Studio Sale Guide
Fri, November 18, 2016 November OPA General Meeting / The Beauty of Porcelain: Carving, Altering, Chattering
Tue, November 15, 2016 Ceramic Showcase 2017 Application
Tue, November 15, 2016 Call for Entries: From the Earth
Fri, November 04, 2016 OPA Photo Shoot
Thu, October 20, 2016 Special Workshop "Wild Apricot" The New OPA Website
Mon, October 03, 2016 October Board and Program Coordinators Meeting
Sun, September 18, 2016 OPA Picnic Celebration

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