Watershed @ NCECA Seattle

Informal Exchange
March 28-31, 2012
Seattle Design Center
5701 Sixth Ave South
Seattle, Washington
Curator: Hope Rovelto

A connection and reconnection of past Watershed residents in a relaxed and friendly conversation through installation, sculpture and functional ceramic art.

Featuring: Emily Loehle, Linda Lopez, Brian Taylor, Kate Doody, Birdie Boone, Jason Kiley, Krisaya Luenganantakul, Patrick Coughlin, John Oliver Lewis, Michiyo Oishi, Matt Price


Cups & Coffee - Watershed International Juried Cup Show
March 1-30
Fuel Coffee Seattle, Capitol Hill
610 19th Ave East
Seattle, WA
Juror: Dylan J. Beck

Entry Deadline is February 1 - electronic entry only.
Download the entry information!


Watershed Kiln Gods
April 21-May 26, 2012
Baltimore Clayworks
5707 Smith Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland

Curator: Phyllis Kudder Sullivan
Traditionally, clay kiln gods are good luck idols that acted as sentinels over the entrance of a kiln and blessed the firing. The Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts signature Kiln God Awards have been kiln “godsends,” providing financial support for artists, especially young and emerging talent, to create and grow in a Watershed residency. Watershed’s Kiln Gods Exhibit will focus attention on a select group of artists who received Kiln God Awards for fully funded residencies at Watershed, as well as, acknowledge the Kiln Gods and Goddesses who sponsored their Watershed experience.

Featuring past Watershed Kiln God award recipients: Sadashi Inuzuka, Todd Shanafelt, Susan Elizalde, Tim Rowan, Paul Donnelly, Kevin Snipes, Judy Moonelis, Joy Tanner, Jill Lawley, Jeremy Hatch, Hope Rovelto, Kelly Garrett Rathbone, David Linger, Cristina Pellechio, Ayano Ohmi, Anat Shiftan, Amber Aguirre


INVITE+IGNITE Exhibitions in Maine
Multiple shows, multiple venues, July-August.
Featuring more than 200 past Watershed resident artists - click here for details



Watershed and Water Street Connection
May-October, 2012
The Stable Gallery
26 Waters Street
Damariscotta, ME
Click here for the Stable Gallery's website

Watershed and Water Street Artists at the Stable Gallery are partnering for a third summer season of on-going sale and exhibition of ceramic artworks from Watershed’s acclaimed staff and invited artists-in-residence! Located in neighboring Damariscotta, the gallery’s season runs mid-May through mid-October, and includes monthly receptions celebrating different groups of Member and represented artists.
The Water Street Artists cooperative features painting, textiles, woodworking, jewelry, ceramics and more from artists throughout Maine’s midcoast region.





Past Exhibitions
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