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    Carbondale Clay Center: A ‘grassroots, community organization’

    Carbondale Clay Center: A ‘grassroots, community organization’ thumbnail The radiant Diane Kenney, photo by James Steindler

    The doors to the Carbondale Clay Center opened 25 years ago, and from the beginning it’s been a creative space for this mountain community and connected ceramicists from other parts of the world with its workshops and artists-in-residency programming.
    “That end of the street, for years, was the ‘dark… read more →

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    Carbondale Clay Center: 25 years and counting

    Carbondale Clay Center: 25 years and counting thumbnail Diane Kenney, founder of the Carbondale Clay Center, courtesy photo

    By Diane Kenney
    Founder of the Carbondale Clay Center

    The Carbondale Clay Center was born in 1997. This year marks its 25th anniversary. As the founding director, I never could have imagined all that was to happen in that extremely humble building tucked in at the end… read more →

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    My first run in porcelain

    My first run in porcelain thumbnail Cartoon by Larry Day

    I don’t ski, so answering The Sopris Sun’s year-end dare to its reporters, to “do something you’ve never done before,” with my first descent down a double black diamond run, was one possibility. Except, for me, ski resorts are like factory farms for winter sports.

    I resolved instead… read more →

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    Potter Giana Grossman finds happiness in a cup

    Potter Giana Grossman finds happiness in a cup thumbnail Giana Grossman has sculpted herself a niche in the Roaring Fork Valley, spinning clay to warm homes and hands with ornate and practical vessels. Photo by Olivia Emmer

    To walk into Giana Grossman’s studio at the Carbondale Clay Center is to enter a realm of sea and land, warmth and spirit, pop and verve. Between form, texture, and color, a display of Grossman’s vessels is irresistible to the eye and hand. You can’t help but to pick one… read more →

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    Form and function unite

    Dish by Naomi Clement. Dish by Naomi Clement.

    Eyeball Vase by Ashley Bevington.

    Mugs by Mark Arnold.

    “Complexities: From Surface to Form,” an upcoming exhibit at the Carbondale Clay Center, displays the work of five dispersed artists exploring decorative function, or functional decoration, in art. According to Gallery Manager Matthew Eames, the…

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