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artaxis.org promotes the professional pursuits of a growing network of ceramic artists.

Mission: to enrich the ceramic field while providing a direct conduit between artists and viewers.

What can be found on the site? • Artist works, websites statements • Job and residency opportunities in ceramic art • Calls for entries • ExhibitionsArticles and reviews • Workshops and lectures

Current Call For Entry: www.callforentry.org

Brian Harper, www.brianharperstudio.com, of Indiana University Southeast, founded Artaxis is 2005. Brian currently serves as executive director of the international non-profit website.

Who is using Artaxis? The website receives thousands of views everyday from around the world. Artists, curators, gallerists, educators, students, and ceramic enthusiasts use the site as a source for peer-reviewed ceramic art.

Taehoon Kim

Over 600 artists from 40 countries have been juried into Artaxis. The jury process and all other activities are managed by volunteers. Prospective members of Artaxis are juried by current members. The process rotates between over 300 jurors, seven at a time, and is completely anonymous. The inclusion of so many jurors allows each Artaxis member to have a voice in the direction of contemporary ceramics.

Sculpture; Vessel/utilitarian; Figurative; Installation; Imagery; Time- based. These categories, used by Artaxis to present the variety of members' works, are an indication of the strength and range of ceramic arts today.

Check out artaxis.org. Be jazzed about ceramics.

Charity White

Jeff Campana

Beth Cavener

Kenneth Baskin

Meaghan Gates

Tom Bartel

Stuart Asprey

1.  Confidence - because we make an object that is relevant to our lives.

2.  Focus - because we concentrate on specific methods and results.

3.   Creativity - because we make highly personal decisions about artistic forms and meanings.

4.  Physicality - because clay "pushes back" as we exert control.

5.  Relaxation - when we get into the "flow" and lose ourselves in a meditative state.

6.  Sociability - when we enjoy sharing knowledge and creative time with friends.

AA Clay offers a two-day raku workshop three or four times a year. This workshop firing fell on the weekend of Thunder over Louisville. Take a look at the raku firing process. Check aaclay.com for upcoming workshops.

Set up of raku kiln

Alex Adams with workshop bisque-ware

Ready to close kiln

Hot kiln just opened

Atmospheric reduction in process

Plunging hot pots into cold water after reduction

Group discussion after firing