Monday, March 13^th through Saturday, March 18^th.

10am – 5pm

Calling all Potters, Pottery Lovers & Volunteers!

Baker Hunt has been selected, among other local ceramic institutions, to host three exhibitions on our beautiful campus for the upcoming 2023 NCECA Conference that is taking place right here in our home city of Cincinnati!

Click Here to learn more about NCECA

NCECA stands for National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts. Each year the conference travels from city to city with the goal to inform, educate, and celebrate clay. This includes showcasing local, national, and international talent from select artists actively working in the field of ceramics.

What’s Coming To Campus!!!

Baker Hunt is proud to announce the official NCECA exhibitions: Vernacular Outgrowth, Present Touch, and Cooking & Clay Collaboration.

Vernacular Outgrowth: Exploring ideas of geology, growth, specific environments, and sustainability in diverse ways, these artists approach the material through organic and vernacular building processes. Organized by Donna Robinson. Image Above: Untitled, Sabri Ben-Achour

Present Touch: Looking at the past while making in the present, Present Touch is a selection of contemporary emerging artists who use the vessel for function, decoration, and/or image. Organized by Samantha Briegel. Image Above: Jar, Horacio Casillas

Cooking & Clay Collaboration: In 2022, a group of innovative chefs and ceramicists gathered to explore the relationship between earth, fire, and food in a Cooking and Clay collaborative residency at the Hambidge Center. Organized by Stephanie Rozene. Image Above: Untitled, Stephanie Rozene.

Bus Tour

Baker Hunt will also be featured on one of the themed NCECA bus tours. We will be the final stop on the Thursday Taft Museum of Art & Northern Kentucky Afternoon Tour, March 16th.  It departs from the Duke Energy Convention Center 1pm, and returns 4:30pm. To purchase tickets to the bus tour, click link below:

https://www.aviontoursandtravel.com/nceca

A call for Volunteers!!!

Click here to sign up as a Volunteer.

Click here to become a Docent.

Baker Hunt is calling upon our community to help make this event a success. We are in need of volunteers to paint pedestals, act as docents for the exhibitions, set up and take down the exhibition, and help with tours & receptions. Below are the volunteer opportunities for this once-in-a-lifetime event:

Pedestal Painting: CLICK HERE

• People who would like the opportunity to volunteer painting during non-work hours, will have the ability to do so on Friday, Feb. 24 from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. and on Wednesday, Mar. 8 from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
• Pedestal painting will take place during installation week of NCECA. (Monday, Mar. 6 – Thursday, Mar. 9 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.)

Docents / Gallery Observers: CLICK HERE

• Baker Hunt Docents will greet, oversee, and direct gallery attendees while they are visiting our campus.
• Opportunity to sign up for single or multiple 2.5 hour increment shifts. [Opening Shift (10a.m. – 12:30p.m.), Day Shift (12:30p.m. – 3p.m.), Closing Shift (3p.m. – 5:30p.m.)]
• Docent training will be on March 11^th at noon. (30 – 45 minutes)
• Extra Docents may be needed during special events. [Ex.] Reception, Bus Tour, and Collector’s Tour.

Exhibit Install/Take-down Assistants: CLICK HERE

• We will need help installing & uninstalling the exhibits.
• Under the instruction of the Exhibit Coordinator, we need help moving pedestals, unpacking & packing artwork, placing and labeling artwork in the galleries.

 

CALL FOR CERAMIC ARTWORK FOR UPCOMING SHOW

Baker Hunt will also host a fourth exhibition right here on campus, specially designed to showcase the wonderful and talented members of our ceramics department family, titled: Currently at Baker Hunt.

To learn more and to submit artwork to CURRENTLY -Click Here