2026 Juror: Juan Barroso
2026 Paricipating Artists: Ashley Akerson, Marissa Y Alexander, Sara Alfieri, Chris Alveshere, June Ambro, Kara Artman, Christian Bailey, Juan Barroso, Nolan Baumgartner, Chandra Beadleston, Susan Bergman, Ashley Bevington, Erica Bleu, Eric Botbyl, Annie Boyer, Yael Braha, Josie Braithwaite, Angel Brame, Jessica Brandl, Michael Bridges, Ray Brown, Wesley T. Brown, Dawn Candy, Laura Casas, Horacio Casillas, Evie Chang, Ian Childers, Marissa Childers, Andrew Clark, Savanah Conrad, Gabs Conway, Jillian Cooper, Joshua Dantis, Chandra Debuse, Karley Deets, Dehmie Dehmlow, Janna DeWan, Brenton Duhan, Ben Eberle, Katie Fee, Jesus Fernandez, Marty Fielding, Bambi Freeman, Yoshi Fujii, Andrea Garcia, Forrest Sincoff Gard, Joey Gerace, Mary Gonzales, Delvin Goode, Tracy Gordon, Clara Grams, John R. Hamilton III, Eunkyung Han, Casey Hanrahan, Steve Hansen, Heather Harbaugh, Dane Hodges, Shannon Hogarty, Samantha Hostert, Steph Kates, Tim Kowalczyk, Marina Kuchinski, YoonJee Kwak, Bri Larson, Stacy Larson, Robert LaWarre III, Justin Leavitt, JeeEun Lee, Kyle Scott Lee, Mark Lester, Chris Long, Anika Major, Anika Major + Evie Botbyl Collabs, Sinclaire Marie, Macgregor Mason, Sam McCall, Adam Meistrell, Becky Meneely, Taylor Mezo, Samantha Momeyer, Sarah Mundy, Richard Munster, Melissa Mytty, José Flores Nava, Marcè Nixon-Washington, NOM Ceramics, Erika Novak, KyoungHwa Oh, Stephen Phillips, Tyler Quintin, Ryan Rathbun, Melodie Reay, John Reinking, Christina Riccio, Silvia Alvarez Ritterling, Eamon Rogers, Dwayne Nii-Teiko Sackey, Ali Schorman, Brad Schwieger, Chanakarn Semachai (Punch), Mitchell Spain, Mike Stumbras, David Swenson, Olivia Tani, Zach Tate, Alex Thomure, Sami Tsang, Nala C. Turner, Lynn Anne Verbeck, Jason Wang, Jesse Warech, Yukiko Watanabe, Niko Weissenberger, Kimberly Hardiman Winnicky, Travis Winters, Dexter Woods, Meghan Yarnell
Collector’s Guide:
If you are looking for something specific, please refer to the following collector’s guide for easy access to specific pages and their corresponding artists’ last names:
Page 1: A – Br | Page 2: Br – Fe | Page 3: Fe – Ho | Page 4: Ho – Ma
Page 5: Mc – Ri | Page 6: Ro – Wi | Page 7: Wi – Y
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Carly Slade & Tim Kowalczyk Collaborations
Limited series. Slade/Kowalczyk Mini USPS Mail Tote Planters with Cardboard Saucer and Pallet.
Mini mail tote planters are slip cast by Carly Slade using a translucent porcelain, screenprinted with underglaze, and fired to 2232*F. Cardboard saucers and wooden pallets are hand built by Tim Kowalczyk using paperclay stoneware, underglaze, and glaze. These USPS planter sets are intentionally distressed by both artists to imply age and use. Each set is paired with a miniature parcel which is intended to sit on top of the soil–suggesting a careless mail carrier or a delivery which ended up in the shrubs.
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New Work by Eric Botbyl
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New Work by Brett Kern
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2025 Holiday Exhibition
Participating Artists: Ashley Bevington, Eric Botbyl, Evie Botbyl, Annie Boyer, Ray Brown, Ian Childers, Mike Cinelli, Andrew Clark, Dehmie Dehmlow, Katie Fee, Candace Gooch-Ward, Delvin Goode, Kirsty Kash, Bri Larson, Liz Mazurek, CJ Niehaus, Erika Novak, Ali Schorman
This exhibition will serve in part as a fundraiser for the Dreamers and Makers Art Club, a nonprofit art-centered afterschool program committed to empowering youth from underserved communities through the transformative and uplifting power of visual and culinary arts. This organization is directed by our dear friend and former CG Resident, Ashley Akerson. We plan on donating a portion of sales to this organization for their 2026 programming.
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Zach Tate Solo Exhibition
Originally from the Ozarks in southern Missouri, Zach Tate is a ceramic artist living and working in Jonesboro, AR. He received his B.F.A. in ceramics from Missouri State University and his M.F.A. from Texas Tech University in 2013. Zach’s work has been exhibited internationally, nationally, and regionally since 2007. Along with exhibiting his work, Zach has been a visiting artist at several universities and art centers around the world and works as an author for several ceramic publications. His writings cover experiences he has had organizing events, traveling experiences, and exhibition reviews. From 2018-2021 Zach served as a Director at Large for NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts). Since 2022 Zach has been an Assistant Professor of Ceramics at Arkansas State University.
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Ray Brown Solo Exhibition
Ray Brown was born in Houston, Texas, and earned a BFA with Honors from the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at the University of Mississippi under Matt Long. During summers, he assisted ceramic artists Chris Gustin in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and Christopher Spitzmiller in New York City. He then earned a MFA instudio art with emphasis in ceramics at West Virginia University (WVU), learning underShoji Satake, Robert “Boomer” Moore, Jen Allen and Shalya Marsh. He assisted JuliaGalloway in Missoula, Montana, as well as help build a large tube wood kiln on the WVU campus. His work has been displayed nationally and internationally in numerous juried shows, with work displayed in Jingdezhen, China and Tokyo, Japan. In 2019, he received the Studio Potter Merit Award at NCECA’s National Juried Student Exhibition in Minneapolis, MN. The same year, his work was featured in Studio Potter as part of the award. In 2024, he was selected as one of Ceramics Monthly’s Emerging Artists. Currently, he is an instructor and ceramic studio technician for the University of Mississippi.
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Ashley Bevington Solo Exhibition
Ashley Bevington grew up in the rural fringes of Nashville, Ohio. Bevington graduated with her BFA from Columbus College of Art & Design (OH) in 2014, and she received her MFA from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (PA) in 2017. She has participated in various national exhibitions at esteemed venues such as the Erie Art Museum, Ohio Craft Museum, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, and the Oregon College of Art & Craft. Bevington received the NCECA International Residency Partnership Program award to attend an 8-week residency at Medalta Potteries in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada in the summer of 2017. She currently lives and works in her hometown of Nashville, Ohio.
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Material Mugs X
2025 Participating Artists:
Grant Akiyama, Marissa Y Alexander, Alejandra Almuelle, Chris Alveshere, Olivia Avery, Juan Barroso, Ian Bassett, Jamie Bates, Eric Beavers, Casey Beck, Milo Berezin, Ashley Bevington, Andy Bissonnette, Nikki Blair, Bekah Bliss, Eric Botbyl, Evie Botbyl, Annie Boyer, Jessica Brandl, Nathan Bray, Kaitlyn Brennan, Ray Brown, Wesley T. Brown, Laurie Caffery, Laura Casas, Heidi McKay Casto, Pattie Chalmers, Adam Chau, Brian Chen, Ian Childers, Marissa Childers, Mike Cinelli, Andrew Clark, Bede Clarke, Blair Clemo, Jenn Cole, Gabs Conway, Jillian Cooper, Kyla Culbertson, Lyndee Deal, Chandra DeBuse, Dehmie Dehmlow, Audra Doughty, Brenton Duhan, Carole Epp, Michelle Ettrick, Lauren Faust, Celia Feldberg, Marty Fielding, Yoshi Fujii, Steph Galli, Andrea Garcia, Forrest Sincoff Gard, Mike Gesiakowski, Candace Gooch-Ward, Delvin Goode, Chris Gray, Kyle Guymon, John R Hamilton III, Casey Hanrahan, Steve Hansen, Maxwell Henderson, Alisa Holen, Samantha Hostert, Haylie Jimenez, Sydnie Jimenez, Kirsty Kash, Kristen Kieffer, Tim Kowalczyk, Jessie Kristy, Marina Kuchinski, YoonJee Kwak, Bri Larson, Stacy Larson, Robert LaWarre III, JeeEun Lee, Kyle Scott Lee, Keok B Lim, Chris Long, Renee LoPresti, Coleton Lunt, Anika Major, Marita Manson, Tammy Marinuzzi, Liz Mazurek, Will McComb, Taylor Mezo, Samantha Momeyer, Sarah Mundy, Richard Munster, Melissa Mytty, José Flores Nava, Samuel Newman, CJ Niehaus, Marcè Nixon-Washington, NOM Ceramics, Erika Novak, KyoungHwa Oh, Joe Page, Kyungmin Park, Stephen Phillips, Zoë Pinnell, Ashlyn Pope, Tyler Quintin, Taylor Robenalt, Justin Rothshank, Johanette Rowley, Dwayne Nii-Teiko Sackey, Rosa Salas, Amy Sanders, Masa Sasaki, Ali Schorman, Chanakarn Semachai (Punch), Anagha Sheth, Taylor Sijan, Mitchell Spain, Constance Stotzer, Mike Stumbras, David Swenson, Olivia Tani, Zach Tate, Chance Taylor, Alex Thomure, James Tingey, C.A. Traen, Sami Tsang, Nala C. Turner, Taylor Whyte, Bryan Wilkerson, Travis Winters, Julie Woodrow, Dexter Woods, Qi Zhang, Rebecca Zweibel
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Material Mugs Collector's Guide:
If you are looking for something specific, please refer to the following collector's guide for easy access to specific pages and their corresponding artists' last names
Page 1: A - Be | Page 2: Be - Br | Page 3: Br - Cl | Page 4: Cl - Fa | Page 5: Fa - Gu | Page 6: Gu - Ko
Page 7: Ko - Lu | Page 8: Lu - Ni | Page 9: Ni - Sa | Page 10: Sa - Ta | Page 11: Th - Zh | Page 12: Zw
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Mike Cinelli Solo Exhibition
Mike Cinelli is a ceramic artist, father and occasional husband residing in Taylor, Mississippi. His work has been displayed nationally and internationally in numerous juried and invitational exhibitions, with work displayed as far away as Skopelos, Greece, where he attended a one month residency at the Skopelos Foundation for the Arts. He has received various jury awards, including the Studio Potter Merit Award. He was featured in the August 2016 issue of Ceramics Monthly as a contributor to “From Idea to Finished Form”. In March of 2019, his work was featured on the cover of Pottery Making Illustrated. Currently, he is attempting to juggle his studio practice, being a father and husband, and maintaining a rigorous schedule of complaining on the internet.
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Carly Slade & Tim Kowalczyk Collaborations
Limited series. Slade/Kowalczyk Mini USPS Mail Tote Planters with Cardboard Saucer and Pallet.
Mini mail tote planters are slip cast by Carly Slade using a translucent porcelain, screenprinted with underglaze, and fired to 2232*F. Cardboard saucers and wooden pallets are hand built by Tim Kowalczyk using paperclay stoneware, underglaze, and glaze. These USPS planter sets are intentionally distressed by both artists to imply age and use. Each set is paired with a miniature parcel which is intended to sit on top of the soil–suggesting a careless mail carrier or a delivery which ended up in the shrubs.
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Ewer Invitational
Participating Artists: Jen Allen, Osa Atoe, Eric Beavers, Eric Botbyl, Evie Botbyl, Ray Brown, Wes Brown, Marissa Childers, Mike Cinelli, Andrew Clark, Blair Clemo, Dehmie Dehmlow, Lauren Faust, Katie Fee, Marty Fielding, Candace Gooch-Ward, Martha Grover, Ashton Keen, Renee LoPresti, Anika Major, Candice Methe, NOM Ceramics, Ronan Kyle Peterson, Taylor Sijan, Shawn S Spangler, Mike Stumbras, David Swenson, Olivia Tani, Zach Tate, and Nathan Willever
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Featured Artist: Anika Major
Anika Major is a Texas-born artist living in Seattle, Washington. She received her BFA in ceramics and painting from the University of North Texas in 2018. After graduating, she moved to Seattle to work at Rat City Studios where she has spent the last several years working as a studio assistant for Deb Schwartzkopf, and teaching clay classes in the greater Seattle area. She was the studio manager at Rat City Studios, and is now the studio manager at the newly opened sister studio, Rain City Clay, where she teaches and maintains a full-time studio practice. Anika combines her love of clay and figure painting in her colorful painted pots created using thrown and handbuilt methods of production. The shapes of her pots imitate the lumpiness of the human body, and her surfaces come alive with expressive and flamboyant heroines, exploring narratives of romance, individuality, and queer domestic comforts. Growing up in Texas, Anika developed an affinity for the symbolism of the feminine, overly glamorized cowgirl. Her work is currently developing larger forms and narrative vessels exploring romantic themes between cowfolks and other tender imagery.
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Dreamers and Makers Art Club Fundraiser
Our dear friend and former CG resident, Ashley Akerson, is working on an amazing project called the Dreamers and Makers Art Club, which has just received approval for 501c3 nonprofit status. We are so proud of Ashley and her selfless vision of bringing the visual and culinary arts to local youth here in West Tennessee. In an effort to support Ashley, a group of 40 artists have donated work for the Dreamers and Makers Art Club Fundraiser. Participating Artists: Ashley Akerson, Grant Akiyama, Juan Barroso, Eric Beavers, Casey Beck, Eric Botbyl, Evie Botbyl, Nathan Bray, Cory Brown, Ray Brown, Wesley T. Brown, Ian Childers, Mike Cinelli, Andrew Clark, Jillian Cooper, Dehmie Dehmlow, Michelle Ettrick, Marty Fielding, Forrest Sincoff Gard. Candace Gooch-Ward, Delvin Goode, Chris Gray, Casey Hanrahan, Shikha Joshi, Kirsty Kash, Bri Larson, Keok B. Lim, Anika Major, Taylor Mezo, Richard Munster, NOM Ceramics, Taylor Robenalt, Justin Rothshank, Rosa Salas, Zach Tate, Mallory Wetherell, Rebecca Zweibel
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Ceramics 2025/Spring Exhibition
This exhibition originated in 2020, where we had planned a series of exhibitions at NCECA in Richmond, VA. When the conference was canceled at the last minute (for very good reason) we pivoted, had everything redirected, and hosted the exhibition here at the gallery. It was a frantic, whirlwind experience which has evolved into an annual exhibition and Spring tradition here at Companion Gallery. We now view the spring exhibition (Ceramics 2025) as an annual survey, highlighting the best of contemporary functional & sculptural ceramics. Our hope is to feature emerging artists alongside mid-career and veteran makers. Participating artists: Marissa Y Alexander, Juan Barroso, Eric Beavers, Eric Botbyl, Evie Botbyl, Ray Brown, Dawn Candy, Mike Cinelli, Andrew Clark, Andrea Garcia, Candace Gooch-Ward, Steve Hansen, Kirsty Kash, Tim Kowalczyk, Yoonjee Kwak, Bri Larson, Candice Methe, Marcè Nixon-Washington, KyoungHwa Oh, Ali Schorman, Chanakarn Semachai (Punch), Malcolm Mobutu Smith, and Zach Tate.
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Last Call X: Handmade Ceramics for Storing, Pouring, and Sipping Fine Libations
2025 Juror: Carly Slade
2025 Participating Artists:
Chris Alveshere, June Ambro, Kait Arndt, Kara Artman, Jennifer Azzariti, Ian Bassett, Chandra Beadleston, Eric Beavers, Casey Beck, Marla Benton, Ashley Bevington, Erica Bleu, Tony Borchardt, Eric Botbyl, Evie Botbyl, Annie Boyer, Yael Braha, Angel Brame, Jessica Brandl, Nathan Bray, Cory Brown, Ray Brown, Hunter Cady, Taylor Callaway, Laura Casas, Douglas Caulfield, Ian Childers, Marissa Childers, Mike Cinelli, Gabs Conway, Ann Marie Cooper, Jillian Cooper, Emery Cotten, Michael Cottrell, Chandra Debuse, Karley Deets, Jennifer Dormuth, Brenton Duhan, Ben Eberle, Lori Elling, Michelle Ettrick, Sarah Feingold, Jesus Fernandez, Marty Fielding, Susan Finsen, Yoshi Fujii, Andrea Garcia, Forrest Sincoff Gard, Joey Gerace, Candace Gooch-Ward, Delvin Goode, Kristin Gruenberger, John R Hamilton III, Eunkyung Han, Casey Hanrahan, Steve Hansen, Monica Hewryk, Stephen Heywood, Luke Huling, Amy Joy Hosterman, Scott Jones, Zae Karee, Kirsty Kash, Jamie Kelly, Tim Kowalczyk, David Kruk, Marina Kuchinski, YoonJee Kwak, Bri Larson, Stacy Larson, JeeEun Lee, Anika Major, Aimee Marcinko, Autumn McKay, Esther Mech, Dane Meier, Taylor Mezo, Nara Mills, Samantha Momeyer, Sarah Mundy, José Flores Nava, Irene Stivers Nelson, Samuel Newman, Marcè Nixon-Washington, KyoungHwa Oh, Carrie Ohm, Doug Peltzman, Stephen Phillips, Ashlyn Pope, Ashley Porrini, Tyler Quintin, Melodie Reay, John Reinking, Jade Ruscio, Dwayne Nii-Teiko Sackey, Signe Sampou, Amy Sanders, Brian Sarama, Catherine Satterlee, Alexandra Saunders, Rebecca Schedl, Ali Schorman, Brad Schwieger, Chanakarn Semachai (Punch), Anagha Sheth, Matt Sloan, Carly Slade, Oscar Sloop, Amy Song, Matthew Straka, David Swenson, Olivia Tani, Zach Tate, Chance Taylor, Angela Tilley, Sami Tsang, Pradnya Venegurkar, Colin Vent, John Vorstadt, Bryan Wilkerson, Travis Winters, Meghan Yarnell, Qi Zhang
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Figuratively Speaking IV
Participating Artists: Marissa Alexander, Alejandra Almuelle, Juan Barroso, Evie Botbyl, Jessica Brandl, Adam Chau, Andrea Garcia, David Kring, Keok B Lim, Anika Major, Marcè Nixon-Washington, Kyungmin Park, Taylor Robenalt, Jo Rowley, Chanakarn Punch Semachai, Sami Tsang, Nala C Turner, Mallory Wetherell, Travis Winters
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New Work by Brett Kern
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Wesley T. Brown Solo Exhibition
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Candace Gooch-Ward Solo Exhibition
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