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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.

A Coming Together: Morean Workshop Space

January 31, 2025

Beth Morean, well-known artist and philanthropist, has taken the next step in her 40-year quest to solidify St. Petersburg as a top destination for ceramic artists and continues to build on the ever-evolving expansion of the city as a worldwide arts destination in all mediums. Originally relocating to the area for family business reasons, Beth quickly fell in love with the clay community in St. Petersburg and decided it was going to be her legacy to create something special for the local art community.

2025 High School Exhibition Juror, Jerry Wagner

January 28, 2025

A springtime tradition at Standard Clay is the annual High School Students Exhibition at the ClayPlace@Standard gallery. Area art students and their teachers look forward to selecting their best pieces, showing them to a wider audience, and facing the scrutiny of a professional juror. This year’s juror, Jerry Wagner, is a paradoxical mix of artist and technician who is not only an accomplished potter but a veritable fire wizard. Wagner’s years of experience in the industrial kiln industry lends a unique perspective to his eye for the seemingly mysterious process of combining earth, chemicals, and heat.