NOTICE regarding RedArt supply and clay color variation from current clay production. Cedar Heights Clay Company has been mining the RedArt clay from a different seam in their mine, internal testing has shown there may be a variation in the fired color of clay bodies containing this material. The following clay bodies may be affected 103, 104, 112, 119, 153, 205, 211, 214, 225, 259, 306, 308, 378, 417, 547, 760, 768, 800. While the physical properties of the clay remain within our acceptable specifications, changes in raw material chemistry and mineral composition may influence glaze interaction and final fired appearance. This change may or may not affect your production. We recommend customers perform production testing to confirm glaze fit, surface response, and finished fired color prior to use in regular manufacturing. Hopefully this is a short-term change and the bodies will be back to normal in the near future. We appreciate your understanding and will provide updates as additional information becomes available.

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New This Month at Spinning Plate Gallery

April 06, 2026

Upcoming at Spinning Plate Gallery in East Liberty is an exhibition that speaks to the persistence of creativity that emerges in the most ordinary circumstances and places. A group of friends, self-dubbed as “eight wild-ish women,” began a tradition of gathering in the Laurel Highlands for a week of friendship, relaxation, and art making about ten years ago.

Standard Clay 2026 High School Exhibition Welcomes Juror Britney Smith, Carlow University

January 12, 2026

With 2026 well underway, Standard Clay is looking toward 2026 and the upcoming High School Student Exhibition at ClayPlace@Standard in March. This year’s Juror is Britney Smith, the Program Director for Art and Design at Pittsburgh’s Carlow University. Smith is a ceramic artist and teacher whose body of work explores concepts of lineage and care, themes that draw from and enrich her work as an educator. Smith will review the ceramic pieces of local high school students that will be presented at the show and will designate top honors for both individual students and school programs.

Carnegie One Braddock: A New Transformation

December 03, 2025

When Andrew Carnegie opened his first public library in the United States 1889 in Braddock, Pennsylvania, he envisioned a place of refuge and relaxation for the workers at the Edgar Thomson Steel Works. A free library would expand minds; a bath house would improve personal hygiene; a swimming pool and gymnasium would promote physical fitness; a music hall would elevate the spirit. One hundred and thirty-six years later, through numerous challenges and changes, this institution is still adapting to the needs of the Braddock community and serving the same ideals.

Today, after an extensive four-year renovation project that scattered the organization’s services and programs to a variety of satellite locations, the facility has re-opened and stands ready to engage Braddock citizens in enriching and supportive activities that address the same human needs that Carnegie identified.