Sunday, July 21, at Project Art in Cummington, MA, 7-8 pm
Join us for a welcome pot luck dinner and illustrated artist talk in conjunction with Jason Walker’s week-long hands on workshop “Personal Narrative” Sunday, July 21, 6- 8pm at Project Art in Cummington, MA. Dinner is 6-7, talk 7-8pm.
Thursday, July 25th, 2019 at Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, MA, 5-7pm
Join us for a gallery talk and reception for Jason Walker’s solo exhibition “Personal Encounters” on view July 6th–August 10th. The talk and reception takes place Thursday, July 25th, 5–7pm at Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, MA in conjunction with Downstreet Art, talk at 6pm.
DEMONSTRATIONS:
2:00 Saturday | Mara Superior | Painting on Porcelain
2:00 Sunday | Lily Fein | Hand-building with Porcelain
GUEST CHEF: Alice’s Kitchen
Our spring open house is in conjunction with second annual weekend-long Hilltown Open Studio Tour organized by the Hilltown Arts Alliance featuring thirty artists across five Hilltowns in Western Massachusetts. The participating artists engage in a variety of media and the tour encourages discussion of their work on both the technical and creative sides. The tour is an admission-free event, and many of the artists will have work for sale. Meander timeless backroads, rolling hills, farms, forests, and mountain streams as you make your way between studios. You may begin at any studio or see the group show of work by artists on the tour are on view and pick up a map at the Cummington Community House, 33 Main Street.
Click HERE to view the Hilltown Open Studio Tour Map.
We welcome Alice Cozzolino of Alice’s Kitchenas our guest chef. She and partner, Amy Pulley, formerly of the Old Creamery, live and work on their nearby Honey Hill Homestead. The culmination of a life-long caring for their land, Honey Hill Homestead now offers weekly prepared foods, catering, cooking classes, pollinator plants and more… Order ahead or just stop by and learn about their weekly prepared foods. In addition to the lunch menu, their a la carte selections offer tasty treats and take home foods.
Alice’s Kitchen will offer some of the following items: Fresh Mozzarella, Pesto, Caramelized Onion Baguette Sandwiches * Turkey Wraps * Stuffed Grape Leaves * Endive Salad Canoes with Pear, Goat Cheese, Candied Pecans & Aged Balsamic Vinegar * Pesto Tortellini Skewers * Veggie Egg Rolls * Pizza * Cookies * Watermelon Slices * Herb Tea Tonic * Ginger Honey Lemon Tea * Chai
On View at PROJECT ART for Hilltown Studio Tour 2019
MARA SUPERIOR & LILY FEIN
Join us for the opening of Ferrin Contemporary’s summer gallery, June Ferrin’s Garden Tour and open studios at Project Art. We welcome our newest resident artist, Lily Fein and feature works by resident and visiting artists, June Ferrin, Sergei Isupov, Kadri Parnamets, Paul Scott and guest, Mara Superior.
This event is in conjunction with the weekend long Hilltown Open Studio Tour with 26 artist studios in all media in four nearby Western Massachusetts towns.
MARA SUPERIOR, is a frequent, short term resident artist and actively engaged in creative collaborations with the other artists at Project Art. The 2017 recipient of MCC’s prestigious artist fellowship award, her work is in numerous museum collections throughout the country and in New England including the Peabody Essex Museum, MFA Boston, Fuller Craft, RISD Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art. Known for detailed works in porcelain, she will be introducing “The Pollinators”, a new series on a range of forms that feature birds, bees and the plants they support. Represented by Ferrin Contemporary, her work can be seen at Project Artand in selected exhibitions at the gallery’s North Adams location in Building 13 on the MASS MoCA campus. Based in Western Massachusetts, Mara lives in nearby Williamsburg and maintains her primary studio at East Street Clay Studios in Hadley.
Demonstration: 2:00 Saturday | Mara Superior | Painting on Porcelain
LILY FEIN is the newest resident artist at Project Art. Arriving in January of 2019, since her graduation from Syracuse with a BFA in ceramics in 2016, she has been traveling and working in residency programs including the Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT; Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN; Craigardan in Upstate New York; The Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston, MA and Japan. She employs simple hand building techniques of pinch and coil to make utilitarian pots and sculptural vessels using the most challenging of clay bodies, porcelain. Her time at Project Art has focused on developing a body of new forms that morph and change, and curve and twist with unexpected interruptions and intersections. Her work invites and encourages touch with soft surfaces that reveal the imprint of her fingers on shapely, pleasing, delicate shapes. When not working in clay Lily enjoys dipping in creek beds (including the Westfield River) and playing in her band, The Glue.
Demonstration: 2:00 Sunday | Lily Fein | Hand-building with Porcelain
JUNE FERRIN captures the light and blooms of her extravagant flower gardens in her watercolor paintings. Graduating from UCLA in the 1950s, Ferrin has been an active artist and teacher throughout her life and continues to teach a weekly watercolor class on Wednesdays in the art room of the now closed, former Berkshire Trail Elementary School. Her current work will be on view during the HOST tour. Living and working in Cummington, June’s glorious inspirational flower gardens surround her home and visitors are welcome to tour her gardens and enjoy the view of the Westfield River when stopping by at Project Art during the HOST tour.
GARDEN TOURS: Ongoing with June Ferrin
RESIDENT ARTISTS recent works by resident ceramic artists Sergei Isupov and Kadri Pärnamets will also be on view. OTHER ARTISTS selected works by Project Art’s visiting artists and other artists represented by Ferrin Contemporary.
Free Artist Lecture Friday, May 3rd, 2019, 7 pm at Project Art, 54 Main Street, Cummington, MA 01026
Join us at Project Art for a slideshow presentation by Lauren Mabry, whose solo exhibition Fused opens at Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, MA on Saturday, May 4, 2019.
Fused introduces Mabry’s new series of ‘dimensional paintings’ using color, form and an exuberant sense of play to explore transformative nature of clay. Drips, spills and dollops of brightly colored glaze move across her forms, with a precise sense of chaos. The titled, Fused, eludes to the melted surface created within the kiln. This magical moment is something that Mabry is able to hold to within her glaze work, as if she’s able to slow down time itself.
“Because I strive to keep my work as playful as it is scientific, the things I make exist
where haphazard sketching meets the precision of chemistry.” — Lauren Mabry
A Gallery Talk and Reception will take place Saturday, May 4th, from 5–7pm at Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, MA. A group dinner will follow at Bright Ideas Brewery & A-OK Berkshire BBQ.
PROJECT ART OPEN HOUSE
Saturday & Sunday, July 28 & 29, 2018, 10am–5pm
52 Main Street, Cummington
OPEN STUDIOS & SUMMER GALLERY
Ferrin Contemporary will present works from recent projects in the summer gallery.
Featured will be work by resident artists Kadri Pärnamets and Sergei Isupov as well as visiting artist Paul Scott.
The Brew House Association, along with project coordinators Alexandra Jelleberg and Bradley Klem, are hosting GrowlerFest in Pittsburgh, PA. The NCECA Venue Originated Exhibition is comprised of an exhibition of beer growlers, jugs, and other containers used for storing or serving beer. The invited artists’ pieces will be complemented by juried selections through an open call. The Exhibition is free and open to the public.
A Special Reception & Beer Mixer will happen at the Brew House Association during the NCECA conference on Friday, March 16th 6-10pm. The exhibition entry is free and VIP tickets are $25 at the door, $20 in advance and includes a select draft pour & bar snacks, a special VIP tour of “The SpeakEasy Loft” with views of the Pittsburgh skyline, access to “The Distillery” with resident artist studios, & a raffle ticket for a chance to win one of several prizes. All proceeds from the event go towards supporting Brew House Association arts programming.
About GrowlerFest At The Brew House Association GrowlerFest at the Brew House Association, connects artists to the craft beer movement, showcasing ties between food, beer and ceramics. It’s goal is to link craft breweries and the vitality of handmade pottery. GrowlerFest 2018 pairs invited Artists with an Open Call for beer growlers, jugs, and other containers used for storing or serving beer. Curated by Alexandra Jelleberg & Bradley Klem, the exhibition will be on view March 2-29, 2018 in the Brew House Association’s Gallery.
GrowlerFest Concept GrowlerFest connects artists to the craft beer movement by showcasing the ties between local food, craft beer, and ceramics. It’s goal is to create a “cross current” link between the craft brewery movement and the vitality of handmade pottery. Through the intersection of collaboration and individual aesthetic, we hope to spark investment in handmade objects among a group of people who share a common interest. The enjoyment of food and drink can be greatly enriched by the experience of using the beautiful work artists so thoughtfully produce.GrowlerFest is partnering with the Brew House Association (BHA), which provides a wide range collaborative spaces, programs, and people in order to encourage the pursuit of artistic excellence. The BHA has emerged as a place where code writers mix with sculptors, artists evolve into entrepreneurs, and citizens from Pittsburgh’s South Side, Hilltop, and Mon Valley come to be creative. A former brewery located near Pittsburgh’s cultural district, it presents the perfect location for an exhibition centering on its historical purpose and contemporary identity.The exhibition will be comprised of two components, one being juried growlers from artists who answer an open call for entry, and another being growlers made by an invited list of artists. We will pair these two components in order to create a multi-faceted exhibition which fosters a particular aesthetic while sparking interest in the growler as a form. The events will feature beer tasting and local food and will be free and open to the public during the NCECA Conference.The public is invited to an exhibition and social gatherings centering on the beer growler.
NCECA VENDOR SPONSORED EXHIBITION
During this national ceramics conference, March 14-17th, 2018, GrowlerFest will be at the Brewhouse Association, located at
711 South 21st St., Pittsburgh, PA, 412-381-2000. Open hours will be extended during the conference: Tue-Sat 11am-2pm, Saturdays 11am-2:30pm, or by appointment (10am-5pm).
A Special Reception & Beer Mixer will happen at the Brew House Association during the NCECA conference on Friday, March 16th 6-10pm. The exhibition entry is free and VIP ticketsare $25 at the door, $20 in advance and includes a select draft pour & bar snacks, a special VIP tour of “The SpeakEasy Loft” with views of the Pittsburgh skyline, access to “The Distillery” with resident artist studios, & a raffle ticket for a chance to win one of several prizes. All proceeds from the event go towards supporting Brew House Association arts programming.A Public Reception will be held Friday, Mar 16, from 6-10pm, with local beer & food tasters.
Studio Potter Issue Launch: You’re invited! Join us 5:30 p.m., Friday, March 16th, at the Brew House Association in Pittsburgh to celebrate the launch of our upcoming issue, Volume 46, Number 1, Winter/Spring 2018, “Regional Perspectives and Pottery Tours”! Light refreshments will be provided, non-members can sign-up to receive a free, one-year, digital membership, and all attendees will be entered into a raffle for new SP logo merchandise, our new poster, print issues, and tickets to GrowlerFest (see below). Editor, Elenor Wilson, will speak briefly about new opportunities at Studio Potter, and will be available to answer questions about the organization and the journal.
• GROWLERFEST 2015 EXHIBITION
14 ceramic artists have collaborated on limited editions of ceramic growlers that was on exhibit at Project Art October 3–December 2. Also on display were vessels by local studio potters. Participating potters included Robbie Heidinger, Tiffany Hilton, Jeffrey Lipton, Maya Machin, Michael McCarthy, Robbie Heidinger, Steve Theberge, & Elenor Wilson.
• EXHIBITION OPENING & BEER TASTING EVENT
A celebration with craft beer tastings, local food, and ceramic art was held on Saturday, October 10.
• ARTIST SALON & BRUNCH
Guests joined us for a potluck brunch and slideshow presentation by artist Bradley Klem. Brad has lived much of his life in Arizona, completing a BA degree with a focus in ceramics at ASU in 2014. Brad has since exhibited his work in several national and international juried exhibitions. Last year, he was featured in Ceramics Monthly in the “Undergraduate Showcase.” Currently he is the artist-in-residence and ceramics studio manager at the Mesa Arts Center in Mesa, Arizona. Brad produces pottery influenced by his love of fishing and fueled by his concern for local fisheries.
Project Art (Cummington, MA) is partnering with artist Bradley Klem (Phoenix, AZ),The Eutectic Gallery (Portland, OR) and Portland Growler Company (Portland, OR) to bring GrowlerFest 2015 East + West to the East and West Coasts for the first time. All proceeds go to support resident artist programs at Project Art in Cummington & the Eutectic Gallery.
Project coordinators Alexandra Jelleberg and Bradley Klem’s aim is to create a narrative about the link between the craft brewery movement and the vitality of handmade pottery:
Through the intersection of collaboration and individual aesthetic, we hope to spark investment in handmade objects among a group of people who share a common interest. The enjoyment of food and drink can be greatly enriched by the experience of using the beautiful work artists so thoughtfully produce.
GrowlerFest East + West connects artists working in disparate ways and faraway places to both each other and the craft beer movement by offering the surface of a growler as a way to collaborate with one another, and an exhibition with functional and decorative components to draw parallels and comparisons in form, style, design and philosophy between local and global ceramic artists.
Join us in for a party celebrating the Hilltown6 Pottery Tour and benefiting Studio Potter journal at Project Art, in Cummington, Massachusetts. The evening will showcase local ceramics, food, beverages, and music along the idyllic banks of the Westfield River.
THE VENDORS:
OOMA TESORO’S Food: Praised by Mass Appeal, Family Circle and The New York Times, Ooma Tesoro’s marinara sauce is a feature of the Berkshire food scene. Robin and Michael’s recipe is “a generations-old recipe made new. Small batch sauce brimming with fresh ingredients.” Learn more at oomatesoros.com.
WANDERING STAR CRAFT BREWERY Located in the heart of the Berkshires in Pittsfield, Wandering Star Craft Brewery is a 15-barrel production brewery and taproom that creates a wide variety of artisanal ales throughout Berkshire County. Meet the brewer himself, Chris Post, who will feature a small selection of Wandering Star Craft Brewery’s most recent and popular brews during Hops+Pots. Find Wandering Star on Facebook for more.
TO BENEFIT:
is a non-profit organization celebrating more than forty years of commitment to the publication of the Studio Potter journal, published in January and July of each year with offices based in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Centered in studio practice, SP promotes discussion of technology, criticism, aesthetics, and history within the ceramics community.
Local Beer, Food, Pottery, Music
Benefit Party and Sale for Studio Potter
Project Art, 54 Main Street, Cummington, MA
THE EVENT: Join us in a party in anticipation of the Hilltown6 Pottery Tour. The evening will focus on ceramics, local food and drink tasters along the idyllic banks of the Westfield River. In addition to getting your fill of hops and pots, participate in the pottery focused podcast, The Jones Cast whose host will be on site and recording during the event, enjoy live music, win one of several raffles, and cozy up to our bonfire as the night closes.
TO BENEFIT:
is a non-profit organization celebrating more than forty years of commitment to the publication of the Studio Potter journal, published in January and July of each year with offices based in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Centered in studio practice, SP promotes discussion of technology, criticism, aesthetics, and history within the ceramics community.
MICHAEL SIMON: An American Master
Michael Simon is offering a select group of cups from his personal collection for the benefit event. This is an outstanding opportunity to purchase cups that Simon considers among the best produced in the span of his career and will only be available as in-person sales during HOPS+POTS and the Summer Open House. Any that remain will be made available in Ferrin Contemporary’s online shop. Click here to inquire about Michael Simon’s legacy collection.
JULY 29 & 30, 10am–5pm with beer tastings at 4pm
54 Main Street, Cummington, MA
BEER TASTINGS: With GrowlerFest founders Brad Klem and Alexandra Jelleberg
Featuring selected local beers and sponsored by Pop’s Package
On both Saturday and Sunday at 4pm
OPEN STUDIOS:
Guest artists Brad Klem and Brian R. Jones join resident artists Alexandra Jelleberg, Jessica Detweiler, Sergei Isupov, Kadri Pärnamets, and Paul Scott in the studios.
Brian R. Jones
Jess Detweiler
Alex Jelleberg
Paul Scott
Brian R. Jones, recently moved from Portland, OR to the Albany, NY area. A studio potter who is also well known for his podcast the Jonescast, Brian will be showing recent works from the new studio. Brian will also be recording short interviews with visiting artists, neighbors and pottery collectors. His studio assistant, Aleka Tomlinson, will also be joining the group for the weekend.
Bradley Klem, a former visiting artist returns with hand made growlers and functional ceramics he has been producing while completing his MFA at Penn State University.
PROJECT ART supports and promotes local and international ceramic art and artists through artist residencies, studio rentals, events, and exhibitions.
SUMMER GALLERY exhibiting selected works from ongoing projects by represented artists on view throughout the summer and fall.
AMERICAN STUDIO POTTERY from private collections by various artists 1970–2000 are available for sale with a portion of the sales on the night of the HOPS+POTS event going to benefit the Studio Potter. A special selection of cups by Michael Simon are available first come basis.
• Christa Assad
• Kim Dickey
• Jane Hamlyn
• Karen Karnes
• Robbie Lobell
• Warren Mackenzie
• Jim Makins
• Michael McCarthy
• Lorna Meaden
• Jenny Mendes
•Matthew Metz
• Hiroshi Nakayama
• Jeff Oestreich
• Mark Pharis
• Mark Shapiro
• Linda Sikora
• Michael Simon
• Lisa Stinson
• Sam Taylor
• Claire Weissberg
Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s) Flower Pots, Paul Scott, Cut detail from transferware plates with gold lustre, coarse sand and gravel in terracotta pots, 2016
SPRING OPEN HOUSE AND SALE
2 pm – 6 pm Saturday, May 13th, 2017
The studios of Sergei Isupov, Kadri Pärnamets and current resident artists Paul Scott, Alexandra Jelleberg and Jess Detweiler will be open to the public. Small works by the artists will be available for sale. Recent consignments from private collections of American Studio Pottery and Ceramic Art 1960 – 2000 will be available for sale by Ferrin Contemporary in the summer gallery, including works by Karen Karnes, Linda Sikora, Michael Simon, Matthew Metz.
This event is free and open to the public.
The Balcony, Kadri Pärnamets, porcelain, slip, glaze, 2015
Crosscurrent, Sergei Isupov, Porcelain, Slip, Glaze, 2015
Alexandra Jelleberg, Half a Dozen: Judges & Jury, Alexandra Jelleberg, Stoneware, 2016
Our summer 2016 Open house has passed, thank you to all who attended. Information on our future open house events is coming soon.
Project Art 2016 Open House
Project Artwill be hosting an Open House
Sat & Sun, July 23 & 24, 2016 10 am – 5 pm
in conjunction with theHilltown 6 Pottery Tour
Join Artist-in-residence and DirectorAlexandra Jelleberg, as she invites special guestMara Superiorto show her signature porcelain pieces at Project Art.
Last but not least, along with friend Bradley Klem, Alex is the Founding Director ofGrowlerFest , and will have Growlers and small works by the 2015 participants includingJustin Rothshank, who will be having a duo show this fall with his wife Brooke atFerrin Contemporary.
Work in progress.
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is a non-profit organization celebrating more than forty years of commitment to the publication of the Studio Potter journal, published in January and July of each year with offices based in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Centered in studio practice, SP promotes discussion of technology, criticism, aesthetics, and history within the ceramics community.
Join us in a party in anticipation of the 
