Fernando Martinez On Identity and Inspiration | Fernando Martinez sobre identidad e inspiración

Fernando Martinez, Clay Art Center’s Hispanic Heritage Month Featured Artist and a Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist, discusses the intersection between culture, identity, and inspiration.

Kelsie DaltonSeptember 23, 2025Hispanic Heritage MonthComment

Welcoming The Newest Clay Art Center Board Members

A warm welcome to the five new members of the Clay Art Center Board of Directors!

Kelsie DaltonSeptember 23, 2025Comment

Shaking It Up: Functional Fall Artists

This year’s Functional Fall exhibition, Shake It Up, considers our mealtime companions, salt and pepper shakers and pigs. Three exhibiting artists - Jeanne Carreau, Chai Alilharder, and Madison Berry - share more about their work.

Kelsie DaltonSeptember 18, 2025Exhibition, Pottery, Ceramics, Handmade, Salt and Pepper, Salt ShakerComment

Dedication & Passion: Meet Hand In Hand Honorees

Join us for Hand in Hand 2025, as we celebrate some of the passionate and dedicated students who have been part of our Clay Art Center community for more than 15 years. Meet some of our honorees - Susie Gans, Karen Cohen, and Dale Oberlander - below, and keep your eye out for future posts on more of the honorees.

Kelsie DaltonSeptember 15, 2025Hand In HandComment

Community Arts Teacher Spotlight | !Artes comunitarias– ¡Enfoque del profesor!

Meet a member of the Community Arts teaching team, Emily Maldonado | Les presentamos a Emily Maldonado, un profesor de Artes comunitarias.

Kelsie DaltonSeptember 8, 2025Comment

Learning in Action: Clay and STEAM | Aprendizaje en acción: arcilla y STEAM

Working with clay builds resilience, sparks creative problem solving, and gives students the opportunity to explore their creativity and the world around them.

Kelsie DaltonSeptember 3, 2025Community Arts, STEMComment

Enhancing Our Community Through Clay

This past week, the new planters for outside the Don Bosco Community Center were unveiled in a ribbon cutting ceremony. The planters were created by Community Arts students at Don Bosco, led by Artist-in-Residence Evelyn Mtika.

Kelsie DaltonAugust 28, 2025Comment

The Light Quilt at Clay Art Center

The Light Quilt hangs in the Clay Art Center Gallery window, was originally constructed in 2007 from more than 150 translucent porcelain tiles. Learn more about the history of the Light Quilt and the artists behind the project.

Kelsie DaltonAugust 19, 2025Artists, GalleryComment

Tips & Techniques: Staff Tips

The staff at Clay Art Center includes many talented ceramicists and artists, as we saw in this year’s Many Hands exhibition. We gathered together our best tips and tricks to share.

Kelsie DaltonAugust 11, 2025Comment

Announcing our Creative Forces Grant

Clay Art Center was awarded a $10,000 Creative Forces Grant. The Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in partnership with Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA).

Kelsie DaltonAugust 7, 2025Comment

Clay Art Center Instructor Spotlight

Meet Clay Art Center Instructors Vicky Youngman, Mara Gross, and Don Reynolds.

Kelsie DaltonAugust 4, 2025TeachingComment

Meet Artist-in-Residence Christine Raposas

Artist-in-Residence Christine Raposas sat down with us to discuss finding inspiration in the natural world, chaotic glazes, and her current exhibition, Opposable Thumbs.

Kelsie DaltonJuly 28, 2025Artist-in-Residence, Artist, ExhibitionComment

Meet Artist-in-Residence Stephanie Perez

Second-year Westchester Community Foundation Fellow Stephanie Perez sat down with us to discuss artistic influences, the psychology of disgust, and her current exhibition, Remnants of Cognition.

Kelsie DaltonJuly 22, 2025Community Arts, Gallery, Sculpture, Emerging Artist, Artist-in-ResidenceComment

July is Disability Pride Month!

This Disability Pride Month, Clay Art Center recognizes the achievements and experiences of our students living with disabilities.

Kelsie DaltonJuly 14, 2025Community ArtsComment

Meet Artist-in-Residence Carley Holzem

Rittenberg Artist-in-Residence Carley Holzem sat down with us to discuss process, queer identity and art, and her exhibition, The Sunroom.

Kelsie DaltonJuly 9, 2025Exhibitions, Artist in ResidenceComment

Message from Executive Director Emily Peck: Thank YOU!

Executive Director Emily Peck shares recent updates made possible by our supporters.

Kelsie DaltonJune 30, 2025Comment

Rooted in History, Building the Future

Exciting Expansion News from Clay Art Center

Regina Farrell-FaganJune 24, 2025Community ArtsComment

That's A Wrap! Around the World in Clay 2024-25

This past week marked the end of this school year’s Around the World in Clay, a free afterschool program for Port Chester Students.

Kelsie DaltonJune 23, 2025Community ArtsComment

Juneteenth Celebrations and Resources

Celebrate Juneteenth with Artist Talks, blog posts, and community events.

Kelsie DaltonJune 18, 2025JuneteenthComment

Kyle Scott Lee on Love, Unity, and Self-Expression

Kyle Scott Lee, one of the featured Shop Artists for Pride 2025, discusses techniques, inspiration, and what Pride means to him.

Kelsie DaltonJune 16, 2025Artists, Kyle Scott Lee, Pride Month, CAC ShopComment

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A warm welcome to the five new members of the Clay Art Center Board of Directors!

This year’s Functional Fall exhibition, Shake It Up, considers our mealtime companions, salt and pepper shakers and pigs. Three exhibiting artists - Jeanne Carreau, Chai Alilharder, and Madison Berry - share more about their work.

Meet a member of the Community Arts teaching team, Emily Maldonado | Les presentamos a Emily Maldonado, un profesor de Artes comunitarias.

This past week, the new planters for outside the Don Bosco Community Center were unveiled in a ribbon cutting ceremony. The planters were created by Community Arts students at Don Bosco, led by Artist-in-Residence Evelyn Mtika.

The Light Quilt hangs in the Clay Art Center Gallery window, was originally constructed in 2007 from more than 150 translucent porcelain tiles. Learn more about the history of the Light Quilt and the artists behind the project.

The staff at Clay Art Center includes many talented ceramicists and artists, as we saw in this year’s Many Hands exhibition. We gathered together our best tips and tricks to share.

Clay Art Center was awarded a $10,000 Creative Forces Grant. The Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in partnership with Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA).

Meet Clay Art Center Instructors Vicky Youngman, Mara Gross, and Don Reynolds.

Artist-in-Residence Christine Raposas sat down with us to discuss finding inspiration in the natural world, chaotic glazes, and her current exhibition, Opposable Thumbs.

Second-year Westchester Community Foundation Fellow Stephanie Perez sat down with us to discuss artistic influences, the psychology of disgust, and her current exhibition, Remnants of Cognition.

This Disability Pride Month, Clay Art Center recognizes the achievements and experiences of our students living with disabilities.

Rittenberg Artist-in-Residence Carley Holzem sat down with us to discuss process, queer identity and art, and her exhibition, The Sunroom.

Executive Director Emily Peck shares recent updates made possible by our supporters.

Celebrate Juneteenth with Artist Talks, blog posts, and community events.

Kyle Scott Lee, one of the featured Shop Artists for Pride 2025, discusses techniques, inspiration, and what Pride means to him.

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