Mary Barringer, Editor, Studio Potter conducts a special summer session at the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts - an opportunity to play with words, to write, read, and listen in order to develop clearer, livelier, and more personal ways to connect our making and our writing. Contact: Tyler Gulden, Interim Executive Director. Address: Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, 19 Brick Hill Road, Newcastle, Maine 04553. Telephone: 207-882-6075. Email: info@watershedceramics.org. Surf: www.watershedceramics.org. Deadline: 18 July 2008.

American Masters. Twenty of the countryÕs most established and talented studio potters. Dates: 10 May - 21 June 2008. Hours: 10 am - 7 pm. Contact: Luba Sharapan. Address: MudFire Clayworks, 175 Laredo Drive, Decatur, Georgia 30030. Telephone: 404-377-8033. Email: info@mudfire.com. Surf: www.mudfire.com.

Emma Davis (UK) and Annika Teder (Estonia). Dates: 26 - 29 April 2008. Porcelain. Dates: 3 May -19 June 2008. Diane Kempler (USA), David Lawson (Canada), Heather Levine (USA), and Kristin Meyers (USA). Dates: 21 - 25 June 2008. Nikki Anderson (USA), Lauren Johannesson (Canada), and Mari Ogihara (Japan / USA). Dates: 26 - 31 July 2008. Small Art Objects 2008. Dates: 28 July - 11 August 2008. European Ceramics. Dates: 1 - 30 September 2008. Asian Ceramics. Dates: 2 - 18 October 2008. Hozana Gomes da Costa (Brasil / Germany) and Monica v. Radowitz (South Africa / Germany). Dates: 20 - 31 October 2008. Raku. Dates: 3 November - 11 December 2008. Residents' Exhibition. Dates: 13 - 21 December 2008. Holiday Exhibition. Dates: 19 - 21 December 2008. Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10 am - 12 noon and 2 pm - 5 pm. Address: Gallery Aqui Siam Ben, Place Lisnard, 1 Boulevard des Deux Vallons, 06220 Vallauris France. Telephone: +33 (0) 493.64.65.50. Email: contact@air-vallauris.com. Surf: www.air-vallauris.org.

International call for experimental or challenging exhibitions for 2008 - 2009. Contact: Marilyn Ladd-Simmons. Address: Call for Artists, SPACES Gallery, 2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, Ohio 44113. Telephone: 216-621-2314. Email: info@spacesgallery.org. Surf: www.spacesgallery.org/apply.html. Deadline: 12 May 2008.

Soda Kiln Design and Construction: Donovan Palmquist. Dates: 19 - 23 May 2008. Drawn to the Surface: Akio Takamori and Kurt Weiser. Dates: 16 - 27 June 2008. Beyond Brown, Glazing for the Wood Kiln: Josh DeWeese. Dates: 9 - 13 July 2008. To the Tonic of Any Key: Walter McConnell and Linda Sormin. Dates: 4 - 8 August 2008. Dealing with Surface Enrichment: Ron Meyers. Dates: 22 - 24 August 2008. Human Nature: Patti Warashina. Dates: 6 - 7 September 2008. Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm; Sunday 1 pm - 5 pm. Address: The Archie Bray Foundation, 2915 Country Club Avenue, Helena, Montana 59602; Telephone: 406-443-3502; Email: archiebray@archiebray.org; Surf: www.archiebray.org.

Chris Miller. Dates: 4 June - 26 September 2008. George Ohr Rising. Dates: 15 October - 5 December 2008. Hours: Wednesday - Friday, 10 am - 4 pm. Address: Schein-Joseph Museum of Ceramic Art, Binns-Merrill Hall, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York 14802. Telephone: 607-871-2421. Surf: ceramicsmuseum.alfred.edu.

Seeking exhibition proposals from artists and curators for 2008 - 2009 and 2009 - 2010. Contact: Mike Deetsch. Address: Call for Proposals, Lexington Art League, 209 Castlewood Drive, Lexington, Kentucky 40505. Telephone: 859-254-7024. Email: mdeetsch@lexingtonartleague.org; Surf: www.lexingtonartleague.org/calltoartist.htm. Deadline: Open.

The Third InternationalÊ Exhibition of Postmodern Ceramics 2009. No entry fee. Dates: 6 March - 4 April 2009. Address: KERAMEIKON, Croatian Ceramic Association, Krizaniceva 13, 42000 Varazdin, Croatia. Telephone: 385 42 211 227. Email: info@kerameikon.com. Surf: www.kerameikon.com. Deadline: 30 October 2008.

Matthew Metz and Linda Sikora. Dates: 25 April - 23 May 2008. Peter Beasecker and Mark Shapiro. Featured: Munemitsu Taguchi. Dates: 30 May - 20 June 2008. Bede Clarke, Jil Franke, and J. Daniel Murphy. Featured: Jane Shellenbarger. Dates: 27 June - 18 July 2008. Michael Kline and Jenny Mendes. Dates: 25 July - 22 August 2008. Sequoia Miller and Sam Taylor. Featured: Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke. Dates: 29 August - 19 September 2008. Joy Brown and Karen Karnes. Featured: Christa Assad. Dates: 26 September - 15 October 2008. David Crane, Suze Lindsay, and Laura Ross. Featured: Niel Hora. Dates: 17 October - 7 November 2008. 30 x 5. Dates: 14 November - 5 December 2008. Hours: Mon - Fri, 10 am - 7 pm, Sat, 10 am - 5 pm, Sun, 12 noon - 4 pm. Address: Akar Design, 257 E. Iowa Avenue, Iowa City Iowa 52240. Telephone: 319-351-1227. Email: gallery@akardesign.com. Surf: www.akardesign.com.

Exhibition opportunities in street level windows; two areas, Broadway Windows and Washington Square Windows. Address: Broadway Windows and Washington Square Windows, NYU Steinhardt, 80 Washington Square East, New York, New York 10003-6697. Telephone: 212-998-5751. Surf: www.nyu.edu/pages/galleries. Deadline: Open.

Anita Powell. Dates: 5 April - 9 May 2008. Hours: Monday - Thursday, 1 pm - 7 pm, Friday - Saturday, 1 pm - 5 pm. Contact: Charlie Cummings. Address: 4130 South Clinton Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46806. Telephone: 260-458-9160. Email: charlie@claylink.com. Surf: www.claylink.com.

Six week to one year A.I.R. program to work with up to 6 students. Contact: Dennis Crolley. Address: A-I-R Program, Center for the Arts and Religion, Wesley Theological Seminary, 4500 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016. Telephone: 202-885-8674. Email: dcrolley@wesleyseminary.edu. Surf: www.luceartsandreligion.org/air/index.htm. Deadline: Open.

One Piece. Work by Peter Voulkas, Paul Soldner, Rudy Autio, Kathy Koop, Catharin Hiersoux, Paul McCoy, Don Rietz, Rodney Mott, Ron Meyers, Chuck Hindes, Warren MacKenzie, Marilyn Levine, Nina Ward, John Balistreri, Janet Mansfield, Tom Zwierlein, Glen Grishkoff, Annette Skinner, Tom Collins, Brian Ransom, Dave DonTigny, Jim Stephenson, Terry Shepard, Eric Stepheson, Susannah Israel, and Annette Skinner. Dates: 24 May - 24 August 2008. Hours: unknown. Contact: Rodney or Gina Mott. Address: Penryn Art Gallery, 1394 Orange Hill Lane, Penryn, California 95663. Telephone: 916-663-2815. Email: info@thepenrynartgallery.com. Surf: www.thepenrynartgallery.com.

Seeking durable outdoor sculpture for one to five year exhibition. Contact: Nick Capasso. Address: Sculpture Park, DeCordova Museum Sculpture Park, 51 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln, Massachusetts 01773-2600. Telephone: 781-259-8355. Email: ncapasso@decordova.org. Surf: www.decordova.org/decordova/sculp_park/submit.html. Deadline: Open.

Fred's Friends. An exhibition of works fired in Fred Olson's kilns. Dates: 12 April - 24 May 2008. Contact: Cynthia Madrigal. Address: Armstrong's, 150 East Third Street, Pomona, California 91766. Telephone: 909-623-6464; Email: armstronggallery@verizon.net; Surf: www.armstronggallery.net.

Showcasing the idea of ceramic cups from around the world. Juried by Patti Warashina. Dates: 6 February - 28 November 2009. Address: International Cup, The Clay Studio of Missoula, 1106 Hawthorne, Unit A, Missoula, Montana 59802. Telephone: 406-543-0509. Email: info@theclaystudioofmissoula.org. Surf: www.theclaystudioofmissoula.org. Deadline: 26 November 2008.

Annabeth Rosen in Conversation with Jim Melchert. Date: 9 May 2008, 7:30 pm. Private Tour of the di Rosa Preserve Collection. Date: 10 May 2008, 10 am. Contact: Forrest Lesch-Middelton. Address: Sonoma Community Center, 276 East Napa Street, Sonoma, California 95476. Telephone: 707-938-4626. Email: scc@vom.com. Surf: www.sonomacommunitycenter.orgÊ.

Fourth international exhibition of non-traditional funerary vessels. Juried by Adela Akers, Nadine Jarvis, and Sylvia Seventy. Dates: 27 September - 30 November 2008. Address: Funeria, P.O. Box 221, Graton, California 95444. Surf: www.funeria.com. Deadline: 1 August 2008.

Dennis Lee Mitchell. Dates: 14 March - 3 May 2008. Meredith Brickell. Dates: 11 April - 7 May 2008. Tyler Lotz. Dates: 9 May - 7 June 2008. Hours: Friday - Saturday, 11 am - 5 pm. Address: 1841 South Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois 60608. Telephone: 312-666-3150; Email: info@dubhecarrenogallery.com; Surf: www.dubhecarrenogallery.com.

2007 Figurative Exhibition. Paul Maseyk Exhibition. Dates: 11 April - 11 May 2008. Jen Allen Exhibition. Dates: 15 May - 1 June 2008. Visiting Artists and Workshop Instructors. Dates: 12 June - 2 August 2008. Summer Exhibition. Dates: 19 June - 26 July 2008. Fellowship Exhibition. Dates: 7 - 31 August 2008. Nick Darcourt Exhibition. Dates: 7 August - 7 September 2008. New Acquisitions Exhibition. Dates: 11 September - 12 October 2008. Resident Exhibition. Dates: 16 October - 9 November 2008. Holiday Exhibition. Dates: 20 November - 20 December 2008. All events free and open to the public. Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm; Sunday 1 pm - 5 pm. Address: The Archie Bray Foundation, 2915 Country Club Avenue, Helena, Montana 59602; Telephone: 406-443-3502; Email: archiebray@archiebray.org; Surf: www.archiebray.org.

Z Jacobson. Dates: 5 July - 30 August 2008. Address: del Mano Gallery, 11981 San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90049. Telephone: 505-570-0313; Email: z@zjacobsonart.com; Surf: www.delmano.com.

Charlotte Foust and Melissa Stern: A Common Space. Dates: 9 May - 30 August 2008. Hours: Thursday and Friday, 11 am - 6 pm; Saturday, 11 am - 5 pm. Address: Barbara Archer Gallery, 280 Elizabeth Street, A012, Atlanta, Georgia 30307. Telephone: 404-523-1845. Email: info@barbaraarcher.com. Surf: www.barbaraarcher.com.

Adelphi University and the Potters Council present this three day conference. Dates: 27 - 28 June 2008. Contact: Carolyn Dorr. Address: Island Clay, Potters Council and Host Adelphi University, 600 North Cleveland Avenue, Suite 210, Westerville, Ohio 43082. Telephone: 866-721-3322. Email: cdorr@ceramics.org. Surf: www.potterscouncil.org/islandclay.