Mark your calendars! If you love throwing bowls and donating your time towards an incredible cause, join us for our annual Throw-a-Thon! If production pottery isn’t your strong suit, consider contributing in another way: help us by transporting pots to/from drying racks, cleaning up pots, organizing and labeling, the list goes on and on! There will be plenty to do, and we appreciate all the help we can get. We’ll also have someone running a pinch-pot demo, so if you’re more of a hand builder we’d love to have you here making bowls! Bring a side dish or your favorite beverage. Let’s make this event epic! All bowls will be donated to the Clay Alliance for the 18th annual Empty Bowls, a benefit for the Freestore Foodbank’s Kids Cafe. Past Empty Bowls events have raised over $223,000 for Kids Cafe in the fight against childhood hunger. Visit the Clay Alliance’s website for more details and to purchase tickets for the event on November...
Press Release – FUNKē FIRED ARTS to become QUEEN CITY CLAY under new owners on January 1, 2016 We’re getting ready for some big changes here at FUNKē FIRED ARTS. We’re proud to announce that the studio has been sold to Ben Clark, our education director, and Denise Chase, a former student. The business will be renamed QUEEN CITY CLAY when Ben and Denise officially take over Jan. 1, 2016. As Queen City Clay, we’ll expand our offerings and collaborate more strongly with Cincinnati’s growing creative community. After 20 years in business, we’re already one of the largest public ceramics studios and clay retail shops in the United States. We serve a range of skill levels, from clay beginners to professional potters and sculptors, while offering activities for families, schools, corporations, and various groups. And we play an important role in arts education in the community, supplying schools throughout the region with materials and training, offering internships and an artist-in-residence program. Ben has been our studio manager and lead instructor for the past 10 years. He’s a skilled instructor of both beginning clay students and advanced practitioners. He’s also the “glue” that holds our studio community together with his energy and enthusiasm. “When you first come here, you have no idea what you’re walking into and what the possibilities are,” Clark said. “We have people from every walk of life here, amazing people.” Denise Chase, a former student with her own small business, will serve as business manager. Her husband, Doug, will handle outside sales. “Our priority is going to be to reinvest in the business, to expand programs, help the...
