The Clay Center Of Northern Colorado

Been enjoying our best year yet at the Greeley Farmers Market! We’ll be here every Saturday from 8am-12pm through the end of September! Hope to see ya before the season ends! 😄

Meet the makers: Alex Walter, is a ceramic artist based out of Northern Colorado creating functional and sculptural work. She received her BA with emphasis in Studio Ceramic Design and Graphic Design from the University of Northern Colorado. She has been displayed in the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, the Denver Art Museum, the Saratoga Clay Arts Center’s Schacht Gallery and curated a group show with her as a featured artist in the Mariani Galley at UNCo.  Alex is now happily making pots as a resident artist at the Clay Center of Northern Colorado. Her work will be available at the Winter sale this Friday and Saturday. Sale details in final photo. You can find more of her work at her website AlexWalterArt.com or by following her on Instagram

Don’t forget to stop by our Winter Pottery Sale this Friday and Saturday! A couple of our downtown neighbors also have events on Saturday: the printmaking co-op and studio has a Holiday Open House from 2-5 and is hosting Handmade for the Holidays from 10-3. There will be lots of locally made art and holiday cheer to kick off the season 🎉

Meet the Makers: This week we are featuring student and community member Scott Lorenz of DSLorenz Clayworks. Scott often claims, Antoni Gaudí, the Spanish sculpture and architect, as the inspiration for his forms and textures. Some of his work is large and sculptural and some are small and functional, but all are painstakingly textured and assembled piece by piece! Scott brings his carefully curated aesthetics from years of running his art gallery, Max’ims to all of his ceramic creations. He will be displaying and selling his wares and The Clay Center Winter Sale, event details in the final picture!

We’re excited to invite you to our Winter Sale here at The Clay Center! Featuring a variety of work from students, instructors, and resident artists! Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more artist features from the makers participating in this year’s sale! 🎉

Meet the Makers:
Kat Henry’s interest in sculpture lead her to study studio ceramics at the University of Northern Colorado. She graduated in 2020 and now creates ceramics at The Clay Center. Kat’s aesthetic blends surrealism with elements inspired by nature and textiles. She enjoys combining sculptural and functional work. Her creations are often based on her mood and surroundings rather than a predetermined plan, resulting in whimsical one of a kind pieces. Her planters are available for purchase at Horsetooth Stem and Roots and she will be selling a variety of works at The Clay Center’s Winter Sale this December! More sale details and artist features to come!
📷 portraits captured by the talented ✨

Meet the Makers: Sue .e.smith has been a model student at the Clay Center since 2015! She studied fine arts at The University of Northern Colorado, but life pulled her in a different direction until she was gifted a session of pottery classes at The Clay Center. Since her fateful reunion with ceramics she has delved into creating a wide variety of whimsical hand built wares, ranging from large vases to tiny fairy houses. She pays meticulous detail to her work, often adding hand carved details or multiple layers of hand painted glazes. You can find her work at Madison and Main Gallery and Warm Hugs in downtown Greeley. She will also be taking part in the Winter Sale here at The Clay Center in December! More details and artist features to come!

Meet the Makers: Gary has been making ceramics for seven years or so and has been a dedicated student at The Clay Center for the past three years.
He initially studied life drawing in school then went on to study acupuncture. His appreciation of human form is evident in his current body of work.
He has been deeply influenced by his travels to China.
This December Gary will be displaying and selling his work for the first time at the Clay Center Winter Sale!
More details will be posted soon! And stay tuned for more artist features!