Vessel Awards in both categories are sponsored by the Williams Family Fund.

Emerging Artist Functional is sponsored by AMACO Brent.

Emerging Artist Sculptural is sponsored by Mayco Colors.

Take a video tour of the exhibit:

MCAA 2020

Established Artists = 10+ years; Emerging Artists = 10 years or fewer

James Adair – Copper Red Spring Bud + – Porcelain, cone 6 soda fired – 6.5″ x 7″ x 7″ – $195 – Established Artist

James Adair – Copper Red Winter Snow + – Porcelain, cone 6 soda fired – 6.5″ x 7″ x 7″ – $195 – Established Artist

Irina Bondarenko – Sgraffito tea bowl set – ceramics – 5″ x 11″ x 11″ – $250 – Emerging Artist

Katrina Bramlage – Temmstone triangle platter – Clay – 16″ x 16″ x 1.5″ – $225 – Emerging Artist

Isabella Comai – Basement floor painting – Stoneware, paint, drop cloth, textiles, gold leaf – 67″ x 80″ x 15″ – $500 – Emerging Artist – HONORABLE MENTION – SCULPTURE / EMERGING ARTISTS

Isabella Comai – Pearl Cloud – ceramic, fresh water pearl, burlap, paint, thread, wire – 21″ x 12″ x 4″ – $300 – Emerging Artist

Julie Devers – Slipped Bowl with Handles – Wood Fired White Stoneware with Slip and Glaze – 4″ x 16″ x 12.75″ – $200 – Established Artist

Larry Elliot – Blurred Lens – Ceramic, aluminum – 16″ x 16″ x 5″ – $500 – Established Artist

Larry Elliot – Hard edges – Ceramic – 19″ x 17″ x 2.5″ – $250 – Established Artist

Lisa Farris – Daisy – Ceramic with Metal Base – 66″ x 12″ x 4″ – $1900 – Established Artist

Lisa Farris – Joshua Tree with Blue Blossoms – Ceramic – 36″ x 6″ x 4″ – $800 – Established Artist

Alyssa Graham – Are You Scared? – Stoneware, Glaze – 18″ x 7″ x 7″ – NFS – Emerging Artist

Emily Gunning – Sugar Box II – Porcelain, fired to cone 6 oxidation – 4″ x 3″ x 4.75″ – $87 – Emerging Artist

Sharon Harper – two down – ceramic, paper, graphite – 42″ x 27″ x 10″ – $1400 – Established Artist

Helen Hierta – Meditation – Clay – 73″ x 24″ x 12″ – $4,500 – Emerging Artist

Craig Hinshaw – Double Plate with Color – stoneware – 3″ x 18″ x 14″ – $400 – Established Artist

Steve Kline – Jump – ceramic – 47″ x 26″ x 18″ – $4800 – Established Artist

Yiu Keung Lee – Selfie Series- Made in HK #1 – Stoneware – 2″ x 15″ x 15″ – $350 – Established Artist

Carrie Longley – Aquilegia vulgaris – Ceramic, Wire, Mixed Media – 11″ x 7″ x 7″ – $990 – Established Artist

Susan Mankowski – Landscape Impressions – clay, glaze, watercolor – 11″x 5.25″ x 5″ – NFS – Emerging Artist

Margaret Miller – Poppy Plate #1 – Cone 10 Porcelain – 1″ x 9.25″ x 9.25″ – $275 – Emerging Artist

Margaret Miller – Poppy Plate #2 – Cone 10 Porcelain – 1″ x 9.75″ x 9.75″ – $275 – Emerging Artist

John Albert Murphy – A Place – Porcelain – 3″ x 5″ x 5″ – $300 – Established Artist – HONORABLE MENTION – VESSEL / ESTABLISHED ARTISTS

John Albert Murphy – Solace – Porcelain – 5″ x 3″ x 3″ – $300 – Established Artist

Susan O’Connor – Leo’s Lane – stoneware, underglaze, glaze, bray-poxy, cone 6 glaze – 2″ x 30″ x 22″ – $2500 – Established Artist

Syndi Oliver – Bone Marrow Tea – Stoneware, Wood, Steel – 36″ x 10″ x 10″ – $2,000 – Emerging Artist

Sarah Olmsted – Drawn to the Light – Porcelain, underglaze, glaze – 3.5″ x 4″ x 4″ – $300 – Emerging Artist

Russell Orlando – Those to These – black clay, terra sigillata and wire – 20″ x 12″ x 12″ – $1250 – Established Artist – FIRST PLACE – VESSEL / ESTABLISHED ARTISTS

Diana Pancioli – Vase One – Terracotta – 12″ x 5″ x 5″ – NFS – Established Artist

Louise Pappageorge – Vessel of Sorrow – ceramic – 8″ x 10″ x 7.5″ – $600 – Emerging Artist – HONORABLE MENTION / VESSEL – EMERGING ARTISTS

Julia Peterson – Deer Bone Pot – Clay, Terracotta – 24″ x 14″ x 14″ – NFS – Emerging Artist

Marcia Polenberg – La Abuela – Terracotta, terra sigillata, slips, glazes, chair – 42″ x 18″ x 27″ – $2500 – Established Artist

Deborah Renner – Hot and Smoky – White stoneware, underglaze – 16″ x 42″ x 3″ – $540 – Emerging Artist

Holly Ross – Soaked – Porcelaneous Stoneware – 16″ x 23″ x 17″ – $900 – Emerging Artist – FIRST PLACE – SCULPTURE / EMERGING ARTISTS

Jennifer Rosseter – Into The Woods – Ceramic Stoneware – 9.5″ x 9.5″ x 1″ – $390 – Emerging Artist

Jennifer Rosseter – My Wolverine Side – Ceramic Stoneware- 10″ x 10″ x 1″ – $390 – Emerging Artist – FIRST PLACE – FUNCTIONAL / EMERGING ARTISTS

Patricia Simpson – Girl with red earrings – Black Stoneware – 14″ x 9″ x 7″ – $600 – Established Artist

Susanne Stephenson – Wave II – Terracotta, Glaze – 9.75″ x 7.75″ x 4″ – $900 – Established Artist

Dennis Swartzlander – Mint Matte Crystalline Vase – High fire porcelain – 10.5″ x 3.25″ x 3.25″ – $155 – Established Artist

Dennis Swartzlander – Tan Matte Crystalline Vase – High fire porcelain – 12.25″ x 3.5″ x 3.5″ – $160 – Established Artist

Zach Tate – Janus – Ceramic – 6″ x 5″ x 5″ – $300 – Established Artist

Debbie Thompson – Petoskey Stone glaze platter – white stoneware, reduction fired – 3″ x 17″ x 17″ – $300 – Established Artist – HONORABLE MENTION – FUNCTIONAL / ESTABLISHED ARTISTS

E. Ingrid Tietz – Border Wall – Slip-cast porcelain – 114″ x 42″ x 2″ – $18,000 – Emerging Artist

Maggie Valle – Bean Pod – Slab-constructed porcelain, cone 5 oxidation – 5″ x 12.25″ x 5″ – $200 – Emerging Artist

Genevieve Van Zandt – Drink these flowers – Ceramic, Porcelain – 20″ x 20″ x 8″ – $1200 – Established Artist – FIRST PLACE – SCULPTURE / ESTABLISHED ARTISTS

Genevieve Van Zandt – Herbaceous Drip – Ceramic, Porcelain, Black Clay – 36″ x 24″ x 8″ – $1200 – Established Artist

David Velez-Felix – transition – Terracotta, underglaze, clear claze – 15″ x 18″ x 15″ – $900 – Emerging Artist – FIRST PLACE – VESSEL / EMERGING ARTISTS

David Velez-Felix – ogun – Terracotta, glaze, gold luster, paint, beads – 15″ x 14″ x 8″ – $900 – Emerging Artist

Bobby Veresan – Steam Stack Topper ‘Vention’ – Stoneware, Glaze, Concrete, Nichrome Wire – 30″ x 20″ x 20″ – $1,900 – Emerging Artist

April Walker – Stellar Death – Stoneware, encaustic, glaze – 3″ x 9.5″ x 9.5″ – $150 – Emerging Artist

Brian Westrick – Coffee Pot – Ceramic – 7.25″ x 8.25″ x 6″ – NFS – Established Artist

Brian Westrick – Gray Jar – Ceramic – 4.5″ x 7″ x 7″ – NFS – Established Artist – FIRST PLACE – FUNCTIONAL / ESTABLISHED ARTISTS

Julia Whitney Brown – Goddess – Ceramic – 12″ x 5″ x 5″ – $850 – Emerging Artist – HONORABLE MENTION – FUNCTIONAL / EMERGING ARTISTS

Blake Williams – Secret Recipes – poercelain, digital decals, wire, wooden chair – 34.5″ x 20″ x 17″ – $3800 – Established Artist – HONORABLE MENTION – SCULPTURE / ESTABLISHED ARTISTS

Paul Young – Charger – Cermaics – 2.5″ x 17″ x 17″ – NFS – Established Artist

Caitlin Zachow – Scorekeeper – stoneware, found material – 15″ x 13″ x 7″ – $1,750 – Emerging Artist