Ceramics Club Holiday Pottery Sale

The MHCC Ceramics Club will host its annual Holiday Sale from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Visual Arts Gallery.

The sale will feature functional items from Ceramics Club student members as well as the Visual Arts department.

Bowls, cups, plates and some Christmas items will be on sale: “Things for the table,” said club adviser Joe Davis.

Jewelry and print makers’ art will be on sale, along with the ceramics. Most items will go for $5 to $20, with some larger items at higher prices.

It’s the club’s biggest fundraiser of the year. “I would encourage people to come, even if they feel like they can’t afford to buy anything. It’s not only a sale, it’s a show,” Davis said.

Seventy-five percent of the proceeds will go directly to the artist, and 25 percent to the Ceramics Club’s account. Members choose how to use account funds and often decide to bring in local artists to conduct workshops, Davis said.

“It’s really nice to show off what the ceramics students are making,” he said. “They get a chance to sell their work, which is exciting, of course, because they get to earn some money, but they also get a little taste of the business side of the pottery world.”

Most items will be glazed stoneware made for a class assignment. However, “some really productive students” have produced additional items, Davis said.

The Ceramics Club has about 20 members this term, about half participating in the sale. The club will hold its annual chili bowl sale again in spring, in partnership with Chartwell’s.