UPCOMING EVENTS

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• Board Meetings

  • Start
    Tue, February 12, 2019
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  • End
    Tue, December 03, 2019
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
  • Location
    Tabor Space, 5441 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR 97215

  Board Meetings 

  Board meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month at Tabor Space from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Board meetings are a time to review important information and help guide the OPA towards a bright future.   

  Please note that these dates are subject to possible change. You will receive an email notification in the event of changes or cancellations. 

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• Pet Bowl workshop at Wagon Wheel Pottery Studio

  • When
    Sat, February 23, 2019
  •  
    10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Wagon Wheel Pottery Studio/ Dan Stevens Compton Road, Boring, OR

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  OPA Pet Bowl Workshop @ Wagon Wheel Pottery Studio in Boring, OR

  
  

  Collaborative fundraiser event to benefit homeless pets! 

  What:  OPA member, hands-on activity.  Make pet-bowls that will be donated to benefit homeless pets!  
  

  You get to create a pet-bowl with others.  

  Limit: 15 participants.  

  Bring: Food/snacks to share!  

  Where: 34601 SE Compton Road, Boring, OR
  

  When: Feb 23rd, 10am to 4pm.

  RSVP to reserve your space!  Only 15 spots available.  Register today!

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• Program Coordinators Meeting

  • When
    Tue, February 26, 2019
  •  
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Tabor Space: 5441 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR 97215

  Program Coordinators Meeting

  We have a lot of plans for this year but we can't do it without your help. Join us February 26th from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm at Tabor Space for our program coordinators meeting. Please come to this meeting if you are interested in helping us make the following events happen!

  - Workshop - "Setting up your booth and selling with Confidence" with Kris Paul.  Coordinator Needed.           

  - Workshop - Fall Woodfire, coordination starts now!

  - OPA Studio Tours

  - Mississippi Street Fair - OPA Group Booth / July 14

  - Alberta Street Fair - OPA Group Booth / Aug 11

  - Pop Up Sales - TBD, Coordination starts now!

  - Fall Fair - TBD, Coordination starts soon

  - OPA Holiday Bazaar - TBD, coordination starts in June
  

  - OPA 40th Anniversary party- committee members needed to help plan this spectacular event.

  Other open volunteer positions available:
  Justice Center Windows Trainee
  General Meeting Program Coordinator
  OPA Volunteer Coordinator

  
  

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• Justice Center Window Display

  • Start
    Sun, March 03, 2019
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  • End
    Sun, April 14, 2019
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    SW Madison St. between 2nd & 3rd Ave, Portland OR

  Help Needed - Justice Center Window Display

  AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!

  All Showcase participants are invited to bring some work to be on display from March 3rd to April 14th! This is a preview of Ceramic Showcase and an opportunity for you to display your work. Pieces will be labeled with your name and contact information so you may even sell a piece before the show.

  We are looking for volunteers who can help set up and/or take down our Justice Center Window Display. Any OPA Members are welcome to help.

  
  

  DATES and TIMES: 

  Load in: 10am Sunday, March 3^rd

  Load out: 9am Sunday, April 14^th 

  
  

  LOCATION: 

  SW Madison St. between 2nd & 3rd Ave, Portland OR 

  
  

  CONTACT: 

  If this is something you are interested in, please contact Dawn Panttaja at 

  lostdolls@hotmail.com or call: (503) 285-6786

  
  

  Can you help? We need you!

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• Booth Picking Meeting

  • When
    Fri, March 08, 2019
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Tabor Space: 5441 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR 97215

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  Booth Picking Meeting 

  Participating in Ceramic Showcase? Come to the booth picking meeting! Join us March 8th at Tabor Space in the dining room. Get there at 6:00 to enjoy the potluck. You can bring food to share, drinks or just a plate to fill (we'd love to use less disposable plates.) Meeting begins at 6:30.

   We'll see you there! 

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• 2019 OPA Scholarship Application

  • When
    Sat, March 23, 2019
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    12:00 AM
  • Location
    Oregon and SW Washington

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  Application Due Date: March 23, 2019

  Introduction
  

  The Oregon Potters Association is pleased to announce our 2019 Scholarship Program. The competition 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. The scholarship will be awarded during a ceremony at the 2019 OPA Ceramic Showcase, the all-clay show that OPA sponsors every spring at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland’s Rose Quarter. The scholarship funds will be held in trust and paid directly to the college entered by the student. We recommend that students with exceptional imagination and technical skill enter this competition.

  Application

  Entries may be either functional, sculptural, or decorative objects made of clay. Only one entry per student.
  

  The application deadline is March 23, 2019 - you must submit the following:

  • Online Application
    
  • Image/s of art work emailed to hsscholarship@oregonpotters.org
  • Parent Permission Slip 2019.pdf
    

  After the March 23th application deadline, the OPA Board of Directors will perform a preliminary review of submitted images to choose pieces for display in the High School Scholarship booth at OPA Ceramics Showcase. Notification of acceptance for display will be emailed by Sunday, April 7, 2019.

  The High School Scholarship winner will be chosen by a jury of professional ceramic artists. The awards ceremony will be held at the show on the evening of Saturday, April 27th. The winner’s name will be posted on the OPA website:

  For general info on OPA Scholarships www.oregonpotters.org/opa-scholarships.html
  

  Immediate relatives of OPA members are not eligible for the scholarship

  If you, the instructor, have questions, please contact:
  OPA High School Scholarship Coordinator Meg Turner
  

  Questions? Email: hsscholarship@oregonpotters.org

  Important dates to Remember:

  • March 23, 2019 Application deadline (online only)
  • April   7, 2019 Notification by OPA of acceptance
  • April 23, 2019 Shipped artwork: arrival deadline
  • April 24 and 25, 2019 Hand-delivery Oregon Convention Center
  • April 26 – 28, 2019 OPA Ceramic Showcase Gallery Drop off booth
    
  • April 27, 2019 Scholarship awarded, approximately 3:30 pm
    
  • April 28, 2019 Artwork pick-up 2:30 -3:30 pm
    

  Most commonly asked questions?

  1. Do I have to submit the piece I juried with or may I submit something I finished after I sent in my application?

  You must submit the exact piece that is juried.

  2. May I submit a piece that has been in the OPA Showcase before? 

  You may not submit a piece that has been previously submitted to the Scholarship Program. However, you may submit a piece that has been on show in the High School Gallery.

  3. Who is eligible?

  The Scholarship Program is open to High School Juniors and Seniors in Oregon and SW Washington.

  4. What percentage of my piece has to be clay?

  Each piece must be at least 75% clay.

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• Ray Grimm Award Application

  • When
    Mon, April 01, 2019
  •  
    11:30 PM
  • Location
    Ceramic Showcase
  • Spaces left
    100

   
  

  Call for proposals: 2019 Ray Grimm Memorial Award – ($1500) For Clay Educators. Deadline April 1, 2019

      The Oregon Potters Association is celebrating the life and work of Ray Grimm, offering a $1500 award to a clay arts educator to use in their classroom to enhance the program for students.  

  The Legacy Ray left to us

  Raymond taught ceramics and hot glass at Portland State University for 32 years and Cannon Beach’s Haystack arts program for 8 years; helping to spread the burgeoning handcraft revival by training a good proportion of the outstanding art teachers working today and over the past fifty years. His students had the benefit of workshops with Peter Voulkos, Daniel Rhodes, Paul Soldner and Marvin Lipofsky, to name just a few. One PSU faculty said that his ceramic department was where the excitement and action was.

  Call for Entry

  ·       Eligibility: Applicants must be educators anywhere within Oregon and SW Washington area, and be instructing students in the Ceramic Arts. Your institution may be in private or public schools – Elementary, Middle or High Schools, college level, community based classes or adult education. Privately teaching in your own studio does not qualify.

  ·       OPA members who only instruct through OPA’s Clay In Education do not qualify because they may be approved for clay in Education funds.

  ·       To Apply : complete a proposal, maximum one page (no font less than 11 pt), with a brief description of yourself, and an outline and explanation of how the funds would be utilized to aid and enrich your students.  The award may be used to fund equipment materials and supplies, field trips, or bring in outside instruction - just to name a few. Your proposal should start with your name and address, and the name and address of the school or institution where the funds will be used, digital photographs can accompany your submissions.

  Print and download the proposal here: 2019 Ray Grimm Memorial Award

  ·       Email proposal to seldomsceneartworks@gmail.com 
  

  ·       Deadline: Applications are to be received electronically or by post     by: April 1st, 2019

                                Jury Process completed by April 14^th, 2019
  

       The winner of the award will be decided by a jury process consisting of arts professionals, educators or associates

                                                  Presentation of Award

        The artist, Jere Grimm, Ray’s wife, will be presenting this award at the Ceramics Showcase at the Convention Center on Saturday, April 28^th,  2019. It is requested that the winner be present for this award.

  Responsibility of Recipient

  Recipient of the 2019 Ray Grimm Memorial Award will be required to report back to the Board of Directors on usage of the award and perhaps make a presentation at one of the OPA General Membership.  The award money can be used for the 2018-2019 school year or the following year, 2019-2020.

  With this award, the Grimm Family hopes to support ceramic educators to provide expanded instructional resources. 
  

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• Ceramic Showcase

  • Start
    Fri, April 26, 2019
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  • End
    Sun, April 28, 2019
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    Portland Convention Center, 777 NE MLK Blvd Hall A & A1, Portland, Oregon

  Ceramic Showcase 

  Join us for the 27th Annual Ceramic Showcase!  

  This three day event showcases over 150 Oregon Potters Association members who make sculptures, wall art and functional pottery for the home, garden, and work. Special areas for children to play with clay and pottery demonstrations run throughout the show.

  Ceramic Showcase is joined by the Gathering of the Guilds: Creative Metal Arts Guild, Guild of Oregon Woodworkers, Oregon Glass Guild, Oregon Potters Association, Portland Bead Society and Portland Handweavers Guild.

  Admission is free 

  Show Hours: 

  • Friday, April 26- 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, April 27- 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  • Sunday, April 28- 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

  
  

  Featuring:

  • Daily artist demonstrations
    
  • Live music
    
  • Family-friendly crafts & education
    
  • Hourly door prizes & gift certificate giveaways 11am-4pm each day

  

  You could win a $50 Ceramic Showcase Gift Certificate! Fill out a mailing list form and drop it in one of the collection boxes located throughout the show. Names will 

  
  

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