Community Events, Classes & Workshops
9th Annual RVA Clay Tour Preview Show & Exhibition
Get a sneak peek of the 9th RVA Clay Tour at Boyd Realty in the Stratford Hills Shopping Center. This exhibition features a sampling of work from all participating studios on the 2026 tour. Join us for an Opening Reception on Friday, April 24 at 6PM.
RVA Clay Founding Members Exhibition
Celebrate the work of the founding members of RVA Clay who have helped us grow into a member-run nonprofit organization.
Opening reception for the exhibition will be on Friday, May 22 at 6PM.
Colorful Hand-Built Square Pitcher Workshop with Stephen Palmer
In this one-day workshop, learn how to create a beautiful, slab-built, darted pitcher from start to finish with Charlottesville artist Stephen Palmer. We’ll begin the day with a guided demo and hands-on instruction in constructing this unique form, focusing on how darting can be used to shape and refine volume. In the afternoon, we’ll finish construction and move on to surface decoration using underglazes. By the end of the workshop, you’ll leave with the skills—and hopefully the inspiration—to keep experimenting with darted forms in your own work.
$100 includes clay, firings, and most tools and supplies. An email will be sent prior to class with suggestions of what to bring.
Register at www.mosaiquecreations.com
Questions? Call or text Lorraine Meade at 804-314-9862
RVA Clay Presents: Glaze Seminar
RVA Clay presents a seminar focused on glaze, presented by Fred Gregory of Goochland Pottery.
In this seminar, Fred will share formulas and best practices for mixing high (Cone 9-12) and mid-fire (Cone 5-6) glazes.
Member Cost: Free to RVA Clay Members
Non-Member Cost: $10
Goochland Pottery Holiday Shopping Hours
Goochland Pottery Holiday Shopping Hours
Two weekends: December 13/14 and 20/21
Saturdays 10-5 & Sundays 11-4
River City Clay Collective Holiday Pottery Sale
River City Clay Collective
Holiday Pottery Sale
Potters from the Richmond area ready to fill all your stockings
Featuring the talents of Denise Hennig, Diane Whitesel, Erika Russ, Kathrine Thomson, Jennifer Whilden, Philip Mills, Chrisana Revely and Lee Hazelgrove.
Goochland Pottery Holiday Shopping Hours
Goochland Pottery Holiday Shopping Hours
Two weekends: December 13/14 and 20/21
Saturdays 10-5 & Sundays 11-4
Contemporary Surface Decoration
VisArts is hosting two, very special workshops by Craft + Design’s Featured artist, Yeonsoo Kim! Each workshop is only open to 7 people, so sign up quickly!
Date: Wednesday November 19th
Time: 10-4 with hour lunch
Description: Join us for a day with Yeonsoo Kim as he demonstrates his use of traditional methods of making with contemporary surface. Kim utilizes the Onggi technique, a method unique in the world for slab, coil building large pots and forms. Traditionally born out of necessity in Korea, Onggi pots were and still are used today for food fermentation and storage. What makes Kim’s work so unique is his approach to surface. Using slip and sgraffito techniques on clay, he invites us to a world that combines humans, nature, and space. These works, when amassed, act as a type of diary or a visual record of listening to his inner voice. His works explore identity and psychological conditions through the processes of making and daily life.
Special Note: There will be an hour lunch break. Each of Yeonsoo's classes can be taken on their own; no need to sign up for both unless you want to. This class will be mainly demonstration and lecture, but there may be small amounts of participation. Firing is not included in this price, but students can utilize drop-off firing if they would like.
Price: $145
Breathing Onggi: Traditional Building
VisArts is hosting two, very special workshops by Craft + Design’s Featured artist, Yeonsoo Kim! Each workshop is only open to 7 people, so sign up quickly!
Date: Wednesday November 19th
Time: 10-4 with hour lunch
Description: Join us for a day with Yeonsoo Kim as he demonstrates his use of traditional methods of making with contemporary surface. Kim utilizes the Onggi technique, a method unique in the world for slab, coil building large pots and forms. Traditionally born out of necessity in Korea, Onggi pots were and still are used today for food fermentation and storage. His works explore identity and psychological conditions through the processes of making and daily life.
Special Note: There will be an hour lunch break. Each of Yeonsoo's classes can be taken on their own; no need to sign up for both unless you want to. This class will be mainly demonstration and lecture, but there may be small amounts of participation. Firing is not included in this price, but students can utilize drop-off firing if they would like.
Price: $145
RVAC Meet Up
RVAC MEET UP
All Potters Invited
Hope to meet you theres! We've got exciting updates and a relaxed evening to mingle with friends - Friday October 17th, 6pm - 8 pm.
Cone 10 and Below
Cone 10 and Below: A Ceramic Journey of the Camden Clayworks Group
Exhibition Dates: 8/22/25 – 9/20/25
Opening Reception: 8/22/25 5:30 - 9:00
Artist Talk Sat.8/23/25 2 pm
This exhibition will showcase a dynamic range of individual ceramic works completed through collaborative and individual firings. The synergy and individual creations highlight the unique styles and perspectives of each artist. Through the use of Raku, soda, gas and electric kiln firings the artists of the Camden Clayworks Group will present a diverse array of pieces that reflect their passion for clay and their individual artistic voices.
The Camden Clayworks Group are: David Camden, Amanda Lucy, John Mottie, Kendra Wadsworth and Paul Terrell
Artspace Gallery
2833-A Hathaway Rd., Richmond, VA 23225
in the Stratford Hills Shopping Center
Art for the Journey – CALL FOR ENTRIES
Brushstrokes for Hope and Health
Art Exhibition and Celebration 2025!
Submit your art between now and July 15, 2025. This gala brings art lovers together and supports programs that use art to boost positive mental health and creativity for marginalized groups.
Be part of a community where hundreds of volunteers and thousands of people of all ages engage and thrive!
Art History & Politics in Clay Formation
Artemis Gallery / Art History & Politics in Clay Formation
For centuries ceramicists made bowls, cups, urns,….from Ancient Rome & Greece…clay was only about functionality! Today artists are expressing their feelings about meditation, art history, politics and emotions of love / fear /& hate…in the plasticity of clay!