Reasons to Support This Year's Hand in Hand

Discover fun facts about Clay Art Center operations!

Did you know that Clay Art Center fires more than 750 kilns a year? That means that 750 times a year, we get to admire the creativity that emerges from the hands of our students and artists. We see students from the Port Chester schools exploring ceramics from different countries as inspiration for their own art in our Around the World in Clay program. Across the street, students enrolled in Don Bosco’s afterschool program work with our teachers to make clay pumpkins, as they get ready for Halloween. We have adult students proudly showing off everything from their first mug to the animal they spent a term sculpting, as they chat with their fellow students who are now friends. Our instructors and studio staff load work into the kilns made at senior centers, local schools, and community organizations, and our artists prepare for exhibitions, our shop, and holiday sales. All of these projects are shaped from the more than 44,000 pounds of clay that is delivered to Clay Art Center throughout the year.

And we are able to make all this happen because of YOUR support.

Your class tuition and artist fees covers some of what happens here, but we also rely on generous individual and foundation donors. These funds support scholarships for students who otherwise would not have access to our programming; pay for community arts programming so schools, community groups, and senior centers can participate; allow us to recruit and retain a dedicated staff to make your experience here successful; and support emerging artists in our resident artist program. Join us on Saturday, October 19 at 4-6pm for Hand in Hand where we will be celebrating our community and raising funds to support our ongoing work.

Emily Peck
Executive Director