Rabbit hole, am I right? Creating a static online resource page for anything is an impossibility. It would need to be updataed daily. Instead, we have put together this “list of the moment”, You can check out the first part here and watch for more in the future! Feel free to leave suggestions for sites to be included in part 3 in the comments below!
Publications:
American Craft American Craft Council Magazine,dedicated to championing contemporary American craft
Ceramic Artists Now CAN features contemporary ceramic artists
Ceramic Arts Daily tips, tricks, resources, videos, links, forums, and more. Home of Pottery Making Illustrated and Ceramics Monthly, both available digitally
Ceramics.org more technical/ceramics engineering but interesting
Ceramics: Art and Perception quarterly magazine on ceramic art featuring articles, color pictures on every page, functional and sculptural work, useful information on events and reviews
Ceramics Now independent art platform and magazine specialized in contemporary ceramics
Ceramics Today comprehensive independent ceramics site, used to be known as claynet, perhaps you remember it?
CFile global knowledge center for contemporary ceramics and clay
Clay Times ceramic art trends, tools, and techniques for potters worldwide
The Studio Potter quarterly publication on issues in ceramics
Non-Ceramic Publications/Blogs
Recently, there have been articles featured in the New York Times, the Guardian, even the Wall Street Journal!
Consortiums (fancy name for groupings)
Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) emergency resources for artists
aid to artisans creating economic opportunities for crafts people in developing countries around the world
accessCeramics contemporary ceramics image resource
Artaxis curated independent network of artists
ArtesMundi internationally focused art organization
Objective Clay regular articles by 14 artists
Make and Do Canadian ceramic artists unite!
Artist Communities resources that connect artists
Both Artist and Mother the ongoing experiment of being artist and parent
Pottery Making Info content about making pottery, links to more ceramic blogs, pottery directory, pottery resources
ClayArt Boards old school internet bulletin board style
Musing About Mud calls for entry, emerging artists, technical Tuesdays, job postings, residency opportunities, movie day, Monday morning eye candy- a never ending feed of new information
Useful Sites for Things
Ceramic Recipes organize your recipes online!
Field Guide for Ceramic Artisans a gold mine of posts put together by University of Montana’s Julia Galloway and her students with interviews from working artists.
Alfred’s Raw Materials Lab thank you, Alfred, for helping me pass Raw Materials
Art Stream Library just click this one
Ceramics Academy Andrew Martin teaching molds and slipcasting
Digitalfire Raw Materials all the raw data on all the raw materials
Ceramics Research Paul Mathieu up in Canada making things happen. His new book, Art of the Future is also available online!
Fun times on Instagram with PotsInAction
Wood Kilns of the World with Simon Levin
Residency, PostBacc, MFA, Employment
many of the above sites have info on these, here are some more
Reflections and Considerations on Residency
For an unlimited, updated supply of these resources, try following NCECA on Pinterest!
Thanks for the great lists! Is it possible to also add a list that includes the great podcasts, like The Tales of a Red Clay Rambler and others like these: http://www.potterymakinginfo.com/news/pottery-podcasts/
Great work!
Sincerely,
Melanie Shaw
Fantastic suggestion! Thanks Melanie. I’m putting a “popular podcasts post” on my post-conference to-do list! Did you know that the NCECA has a fresh new podcast too? NCECA360 has 5 episodes with much more to come!!!
Cindy, I think maybe it should be popular podcasts, instagrams, and other media, since I just got a similar question about insta!