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- EIN 41-1616650
- (612) 339-8007
- 2424 E Franklin Ave Minneapolis MN 55406-1027 USA
- northernclaycenter.org
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts Education, Arts Services, Visual Arts
Mission: Northern clay center's mission is to advance the ceramic arts for artists, learners, and the community, through education, exhibitions, and artist services. Its goals are to create and promote high-quality, relevant, and participatory ceramic arts educational experiences; cultivate and challenge ceramic arts audiences through extraordinary exhibitions and programming; support ceramic artists in the expansion of their artistic and professional skills; embrace makers from diverse cultures and traditions in order to create a more inclusive clay community; and excel as a non-profit arts organization.
Programs: Education: classes, workshops, and outreach projects for schools and community organizations offer educational opportunities for artists, students, teachers, and the general public. Served over 39,139 children and adults in 2017.
exhibitions promote public appreciation and understanding of the ceramic arts through displays of regional, national, and international artists' work. There were an estimated 60,500 visits to the center from the public during 2017.
artist services include affordable studio space, access to specialized equipment and facilities, educational resources, professional development, exhibition and sales opportunities, individual grants and a communications network. Served 305 individual artists in multiple ways in 2017. Other program services on line 4d represents the sales gallery and american pottery festival which are discussed further in schedule o.
1) sales gallery provides representation for 137 ceramic artists, offering another source of financial support for craftspeople. Estimate 19,000 visitors to the sales gallery although many more pass through the space and visit multiple times. 2) the american pottery festival (apf) is an annual special event - a weekend of artist lectures and demonstrations, collector tours, and a sale of pots - designed to expand and educate the local audience for national and regional potters and generate revenue for both ncc and the artists. Over 1,653 people attended and participated in apf during 2017.