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Greenwich House Pottery Director Caitlin Brown: A New Porosity

June 23, 2025

History is a record of evolution, the continual movement forward of the activities of humankind. Occasionally, those gradual changes coalesce into a major paradigm shift, spurring a revolutionary change that reverberates throughout all aspects of human life. Out of this change come new ideas, new communities, and new institutions. Greenwich House, in New York City’s Greenwich Village, was born out of the Industrial Revolution at the turn of the 20^th century and continues to adapt to meet the needs of its community as a new century and a new revolution challenge the well-being and happiness of today’s populaces. Helping to meet these needs is Greenwich House Pottery’s new Director, Caitlin Brown, who comes to Greenwich House from New York State College of Ceramics and Performing Arts at Alfred University.

Victor Bell: Sharing Joy

May 27, 2025

While most artists would argue that the arts and culture have a positive effect on the world, it is often difficult to articulate concrete examples of how things are changed for the better through art. For a young man who grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, the benefits of a culture soaked in education and the arts provided resources for learning and self-realization that launched him into a creative exploration of ideas and purpose, one that circles back into his community, further strengthening its strong foundations.

The Ceramics Studio at Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media: Audra Clayton: Studio Arts Manager

April 06, 2025

“Ceramics is a thriving art-making community here,” says Studio Arts Manager Audra Clayton of the Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media in the city’s Shadyside neighborhood. For over three quarters of a decade, this renowned institution has been synonymous with art in Pittsburgh, offering instruction, encouragement, and support to novices and professionals in a wide range of media. What began in the 1940s as the Arts and Craft Center and reimaged in the 1980s to the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts is now the Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media in the 21^st century, embracing new technologies along with the old. One of many programs at PCA&M, the Ceramics Studio has been a stalwart occupant of the basement workspaces and a staunch component of the institution through its many transitions.