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For almost forty years, Watershed has made an impact on artists’ work and lives. This space serves as a mixed-media living archive of Watershed’s legacy, hosting our past blog posts, which offer a behind-the-scenes look at our various programs. Here, we begin to pull together relics from some of Watershed’s most important traditions.

Salad Days Plate Archive

2026

Torie Crouse

2025

Emily Armstrong

2024

Jeremiah Ibarra

2023

Ali Saunders

2022

Grace Tessein

2020-21

Kari Woosley

2019

Dehmie Dehmlow

2018

Christina Bendo

2017

Kurt Anderson

2016

Liz Hafey

2015

Stuart Gair

2014

Jessica Brandl

2013

Tess Stillwell

2012

Adam Paulek

2011

Gratia Brown

2010

Sean O'Connell

2009

Alyssa Welch

2008

Adero Willard

2007

Seth Payne

2006

Patrick Coughlin

2005

Meredith Host

2004

Kate Goetz

2003

Annie Hancock

2002

Kim Davy

2001

Brigitta Peterson

2000

Scott Lykens

1999

Stephanie McMahon

1998

Kari Radasch

1997

Malcolm Smith

1996

Melody Ellis

1995

Yoshiro Okuma

Editorials

Plates as Portals: In the Studio with Salad Days Artist Torie Crouse

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April 1, 2026

NEA Grant Supports Collaboration between Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts and The Color Network Artists

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February 10, 2025

WATERSHED BOARD TRANSITIONS

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January 13, 2025

Watershed Bids Summer Staff Farewell

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October 11, 2024

2024 Summer Residency Recap

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October 7, 2024

Meet Watershed’s Salad Days Artist: Emily Armstrong

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September 12, 2024

Queering Time and Space

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September 2, 2024

Meet the Man Behind the Plates

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June 6, 2024

Watershed Welcomes New Executive Director in June

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March 19, 2024

NEA Grant Press Release with The Color Network

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February 22, 2024

2024 Board Changes

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February 1, 2024

Watershed Welcomes Sadie Bliss as Interim Executive Director

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December 1, 2023

2023 Summer Residency Recap

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September 5, 2023

Reflections from Ali Saunders

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May 26, 2023

Embracing Change: 2023 Summer Residency Preview

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January 13, 2023

Embodied Perception: 2023 Summer Residency Session Preview

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January 13, 2023

Building Resilience: 2023 Summer Residency Session Preview

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January 13, 2023

Clay in the Expanded Field: 2023 Summer Residency Session Preview

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January 13, 2023

Farewell Message From Fran Rudoff

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December 22, 2022

2022 Summer Residency Recap

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August 25, 2022

Executive Director Fran Rudoff to Retire

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June 13, 2022

Interview with Grace Tessein

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June 7, 2022

Bill Daley: A Remembrance

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January 24, 2022

Watershed & The Color Network Receive $35,000 NEA Grant

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January 18, 2022

What Watershed Offers Artists

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December 15, 2021

Reflections From the 2021 Residency Season

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September 21, 2021

Interview with Salad Days Artist Kari Woolsey

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June 23, 2021

Factory Reflections From Reeder

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May 21, 2021

Watershed and The Color Network receive $30,000 National Endowment for the Arts Grant

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February 9, 2021

Windgate Studio Construction Update

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January 20, 2021

Salad Days Recipes

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July 9, 2020

Watershed History: PWA Workshop →

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June 29, 2020

COVID-19 Message From Watershed's Director

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March 19, 2020

Material Intersections: 2020 Summer Session I Preview

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January 30, 2020

Resisting: Surface & Form Explorations: 2020 Summer Session III Preview

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January 21, 2020

Biomorphic Idyll: 2020 Summer Session II Preview

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January 21, 2020

Soda Pop!: 2020 Summer Session V Preview

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January 20, 2020

Agents of Change: 2020 Summer Session IV Preview

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January 20, 2020

Autumn Events on Campus

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October 10, 2019

Salad Days: Still Green After 25 Years

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September 13, 2019

2019 Summer Residency in Pictures

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September 6, 2019

2019 Salad Days

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July 30, 2019

Session II: How Low Can You Go: Low Fire Love

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February 1, 2019

Ephemerality in Clay: Summer Session I Preview

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January 24, 2019

The New Ancient: Summer Residency Session V Preview

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January 22, 2019

Spirit of the Absurd: Summer Session IV Preview

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January 22, 2019

Reflections on the 2018 Summer Residency

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August 29, 2018

Clay Education with POW!

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July 27, 2018

2018 Salad Days

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July 26, 2018

Ceramics in a Transdisciplinary Studio: Summer Residency Session II Preview

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February 13, 2018

Arlynn Nobel Reflects on the Magic of Watershed

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February 13, 2018

The Surface Exchange: Summer Session V Preview

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February 9, 2018

Break Tradition at Watershed! 2018 Summer Session I Preview

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February 8, 2018

Watershed Board "Passes the Torch" to New Leadership Team

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February 1, 2018

Watershed Celebrates Ceramic Masters

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November 9, 2017

Thank You For a Wonderful Summer Season!

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September 20, 2017

Thanks to our 2017 Summer Staff!

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September 6, 2017

Making in clay at the Jackson Memorial Library

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August 8, 2017

A Summer Celebration of Food & Ceramics

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July 28, 2017

2017 Salad Days

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July 12, 2017

The Object's Not the Point

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March 16, 2017

The History of Watershed's Clay

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March 1, 2017

Earth, Water, and Fire: 2017 Summer Session I Preview

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February 21, 2017

Reawakenings: 2017 Summer Session IV Preview

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February 9, 2017

The Art of Maine

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January 10, 2017

Chris Gustin Honored by The American Craft Council

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September 28, 2016

Jason Burnett Leads Dynamic Surface Design Workshop

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September 26, 2016

K-12 Teacher Residency Wrap-up

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August 29, 2016

Why Join The Fall Residency?

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August 3, 2016

Summer Days at the 'Shed

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July 27, 2016

5 Reasons to Organize a Residency

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April 27, 2016

Meet Liz Hafey: Watershed's 2016 Salad Days Artist

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April 27, 2016

Exploring the Figure: Creative Growth and Expression

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March 28, 2016

Alone Together: An Invitation to Collaborate; Guest Post by Lauren Herzak-Bauman

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February 15, 2016

Reflections on the Farm & Fire Fellowship

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February 3, 2016

Bringing Bricks to Life

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February 1, 2016

Ceramics In Nature: Guest Post by Lisa Conway

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January 18, 2016

Happy New Year From Watershed!

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January 10, 2016

2015 By-The-Numbers

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January 10, 2016

Opportunities for K-12 Ceramics Teachers

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December 14, 2015

Watershed Moments

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October 5, 2015

Watershed Receives Grants to Support Education Initiatives and Facility Improvements

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October 4, 2015

Welcome to the Watershed Blog

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October 3, 2015

Podcasts

OUT Cast: The Watershed Workshop for People with HIV/AIDS

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