Past Exhibitions
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Past Exhibitions
Listed below are all exhibitions at The Clay Studio of Missoula Gallery since 2007 (all at Hawthorne St location)
For information regarding exhibits prior to 2007, please contact us.
2024
Holiday Sale & Exhibition - December 6-21
Eight is a Crowd. Works by students from the University of Montana - November 1-23
Renee Brown: Refraction - October 4-26
Contrast/Complement - September 6-28
Tessa Hoenig: BLOAT - August 2-31
Grace Orwen: RUNT - July 5-27
Matthew O'Reilly: Shed Light - June 7-29
Montana Clay Tour - May 3-25
Potsketch 2024 - April 5-17
Community Exhibition - March 1-23
International Cup 2024, juried by Chris Alveshere - February 2-24
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2023
Holiday Sale & Exhibition - December 1-22
Object/Self: Works by students from the University of Montana - November 3-18
Boundaries, organized by Matthew O'Reilly- October 6-28
Rachel Stevens: Animated Objects - September 8-30
Grayson Fair: Toil - August 4-26
Austin Courdriet: Later Than You Think - July 7-29
Woodfire Invitational 2023 - June 2-24
In the Zone - May 5-27
Potsketch 2023 - April 7-19
Community Exhibition - March 3-25
small works - Big Ideas , juried by Richard Notkin - February 3-25
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2022
Holiday Sale & Exhibition - December 2-23
Object/Self: Works by post-baccalaureate students from the University of Montana - November 4-19
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues - Shelsea Dodd & Sam Momeyer - October 8-30
Currents in Clay - featuring the artists at Wildfire Ceramic Studio - September 9-October 1
Stephanie Dishno: This is all just a little uncomfortable. - August 5-27
Sara Catapano: Malefic Fruit - July 8-30
Chris Alveshere: Swell - June 3-25
Bodily - May 6-28
Potsketch 2022 - April 2-23
Community Exhibition - March 4-20
International Cup 2022, juried by Courtney Murphy - February 4-26
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2021
Holiday Sale & Exhibition - December 3-22
UM Graduate Exhibit: Tectonic Emergence - November 5-20
Albert Pfarr: Vessels of Communication - October 1-30
Where the Wild Things Are, juried by David Scott Smith - September 3-25
Lane Chapman: Stick a Pin in It - August 6-28
Ben Blackwood: Extracted from Ashes - July 9-31
Woodfire Invitational 2021 - June 4-26
Works From the Permanent Collection - May
Potsketch 2021 - April 2-23
Community Exhibition - February 5-March 20
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2020
Holiday Sale & Exhibition - December 4-23
Enouement: University of Montana Post Bacc Exhibit - November 6-21
Currents: Long Term Resident Exhibit - October 2-31
Emergence: UM Resident Exhibit - September 4-26
Elisha Harteis: Running with Scissors - August 7-28
Christine Gronneberg: Flourish - July 10-31
Andrew Rivera: Shaking Hands With Death - June 19-July 2
International Cup 2020, juried by Sunshine Cobb - February 7-March 6
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2019
Holiday Sale & Exhibition - December
UM Exhibit - November
Go Figure: Works by Carla Potter - October 4-25
Some Assembly Required : Works by Chris Pickett - September 6-27
Domestic Topography: Works by Ben Jordan - August 2-30
Wood Fire Invitational 2019 - June 7-28
Rhythmite: Works by Scott McClellan - May 3-31
Potsketch 2019 - April 6-18
Inland Visions: Works from Spokane - March 1-31
small & MIGHTY, juried by Kensuke Yamada- February 1-22
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2018
Holiday Sale & Exhibition - December 7-21
The Teapot Show III - November 2-30
Woodfired in Missoula - October 5-26
Touched: An Installation by Chris Drobnock - September 7-28
Kirk Jackson: Variation Through Repetition - August 3-31
Shapes: New Work by Andrew Avakian - July 6-27
Twenty Years: A Clay Studio of Missoula Retrospective - June 1-29
The Abundant Bowl - May 4-25
Potsketch 2018 - April 6-18
Clay Studio of Missoula Community Exhibition - March 2-23
International Cup 2018, juried by Sue Tirrell- February 2-23
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2017
Holiday Sale & Exhibition - December 1-22
UM Exhibit - November 3-20
The George & Phil Show: George McCauley & Phil Mahn - October 6-27
Crista Ann Ames - September 1-29
Joshua Kuensting: Current Explorations - August 4-25
Vessel: Recent Works by Seth Charles - July 7-28
Donna Flanery: Window Gazing - June 2-30
Doug & His Ducks: Works by Doug Baldwin - May 5-26
Potsketch 2017 - April 7-26
Sue Tirrell: Un/Seasonable - March 3-31
Nature: Surface, Form, Content, juried by Adrian Arleo - February 3-24
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2016
Holiday Sale & Exhibition - December 2-22
Clay Studio of Missoula Community Exhibition - November 4-20
Works from the Permanent Collection - October 7-28
animal. vegetable. mineral. - September 2-30
Miriam Griffin: Vermin - August 5-26
Koral Halperin: Black, White, and Everything In-Between - July 1-29
MONTANA CLAY: Small Works from a Big State - June 3-24
Potsketch 2016 - April
Bloom - March 4-25
International Cup 2016, Juried by Tara Wilson - February 5-26
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2015
Holiday Sale and Exhibition - December 4-23
University of Montana Ceramic Graduate and Post Baccalaureate Program Exhibition - November 6-23
Craig Clifford: Containment - October 2-30
Casey Zablocki: Accessories - September 4-25
Chad Steve: Inner Parks - August 7-28
John Zimmerman: Scapes - July 3-31
The Figure in Montana - June 5-28
Woodfire Invitational 2015 - May 1-28
Potsketch 2015 - April 3-16
Community Exhibit - March 6-27
All About Porcelain: Juried by Beth Lo - February 6-27
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2014
Holiday Sale and Exhibition - December 5-21
Her Heart: Works by Mo Gary and Janet Whaley - November 7-28
Vestiges: Chris Dufala & Elena Lourenco - October 3-31
It's Still Free: Bobby Free & Emily Free Wilson - September 5-26
Pots for the Summer Kitchen: Sarah Jaeger - August 1-29
house|hold: Courtney Murphy - June 6-27
Closer to Fine: Lilly Zuckerman - May 2-30
Potsketch 2014 - April 4-25
The Teapot Show II - March 7-28
International Cup 2014, juried by Josh DeWeese - February 7-28
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2013
Holiday Sale and Exhibition - December 6-22
Hot & Ready: featuring students from University of Montana Ceramic Graduate and Post Baccalaureate Program - November 1-27
Friends & Influences: An Artist-in-Residence Invitational - October 4- 25
Finger to Thumb: A Thousand Marks of Pinching Artists , Curated by Emily Schroeder Willis & Lilly Zuckerman - September 6-27
Finger to Thumb: A Thousand Marks of Pinching Artists
Stacked: Perry Haas - August 2-30
Building and Burning: July 5-19
This is where the sauce is at: Woodfire Invitational - June 7-28
Works from the Permanent Collection: May 3-24
Potsketch 2013 - April 5-26
Community Exhibition - March 1-29
Out of the Blue, juried by Trey Hill - February 1-22
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2012
Holiday Sale and Exhibition - December 7-21
Night Shade in the Blue Hour: A collaborative installation by Andrea Marquis and Paul Swenbeck - November 2-30
Julia Galloway: Sky Vault- October 5-26
Alison Reintjes: Crystallography - September 7-28
Seth Green: Not Your Everyday Ritual - August 3-31
Larry Phan: American Standard - July 6-27
David Peters: Terra Cognita - June 1-29
Eva Champagne: Littoral Drift - May 4-25
Out of the Wilderness, featuring UM Ceramic Grads - March 2-23
International Cup 2012, juried by Jayson Lawfer and Emily Schroeder Willis - February 3-24
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2011
Holiday Exhibition - December
Martha Grover, Carla Potter, and Eliza Au: Function, Figuration, and Architectural Form - October 7-28
Tara Wilson: Quiet Pots - September 2-30
Jayson Lawfer: bending the line - August 5-26
David Scott Smith: recent work - July 1-29
The Clay Studio of Missoula 1998-2011: Retrospective - June 3-26
Stone Container: Post-Industrial Ceramics - May 6-27
Potsketch 2011 - April,
temenos: new work by Artist-in-Resident Lauren Sandler
The Teapot Show - February 4-25
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2010
Holiday Sale: November 27-December 22
Folk Dreams: New Work by Phil Mahn: October 1-November 14
Soda-Salt National V Juried Exhibition: August 6-September 25
Ritual Elements: Works by Reid Schoonover: July 9-30
Members, Studio Artists, & Students Gallery Show: June 4-28
Intent: New work by Renée Brown: May 7-28
Potsketch 2010 Exhibition: April 2-16
That Difference: Works by University of Montana Ceramics Graduate & Post-Bac Students: March 5-26
Helena Clay Arts Guild: February 5-28
2009
Holiday Sale: November 28-December 23
Linger: New Work By Gwendolyn Yoppolo: October 16-November 13
Slice: Works by Heidi Kreitchet: September 4-October 9
Member & Student Show: August 7-27
Vision > Place: Works by Christopher McElroy:May 1-June 26
Potsketch 2009 Exhibition: April 3-23
Trey Hill: New Work: March 6-27
International Cup 2009, Juried by Patti Warashina: February 6-28
Residents Past & Present: January 2-27
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2008
Holiday Sale: December 5-24
Soda-Salt National IV Juried Exhibition: November 7-25
Shalene Valenzuela: Trying To Blend In: October 3- 28
Potsketch 2008 Exhibition: May 2-16
Stoneware & Porcelain from the Anagama: Works by Jack Troy: April 4-28
Situations: Work by Kicki Masthem March 7-25
Record Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture: Wood-Fired - Featuring works by Dean Adams, Ryan Mitchell, Tim Rowan, and Steve Schaeffer: February 1-25.
Carin Sankus: New Works: January 4-29
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2007
Holiday Sale: December 7-23
Objects of Utility: November 2-27
The People: A Figurative Ceramic Invitational: October 5-29
Unspeakable: New Works by Jennifer Anable:July 6-29
Whimsy Marries Function: Gerit Grimm & Ryan Labar: June 1-25
Introspective: Eva Champagne: May 4-28
Potsketch 2007 Exhibition: April 6-30
Wood Fire 2007: March 2-25