2012 in Review - Northern Clay Center

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2012 in Review
Northern Clay Center
2012 Annual Report
Table of Contents
introduction
exhibitions
artist services
education and outreach
sales gallery and American Pottery Festival
administration and numbers
people
members and donors
On front cover: Top row: Visitors to the sales gallery. Second row: left to right, winter McKnight
Resident Artist, David Allyn, using visual aids during his lecture. Pottery by S. C. Rolf. Warren
MacKenzie relaxes with NCC’s studio cat, Milo. Third row, left to right: NCC student putting finishing
touches on a bowl. Clay campers hard at work in the studio. Staff member, Elizabeth Coleman, and
board member, Mark Lellman, show off their headwear at the Hats Off to Sarah party welcoming the
new NCC Director, Sarah Millfelt. Bottom row: An ART@HAND outreach participant working on a
sculpture. This page: left to right: Plate by Kathy King. Plate by Michael Hunt and Naomi Dalglish
(photos: Peter Lee). Next page: An unknown artist’s hands at work. Please note: unless otherwise
noted, snapshots/photos used in this report were taken by NCC staff.
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introduction
Northern Clay Center in 2012 was similar to a cruise ship in many ways.
Cruise ships face their own set of challenges before departing the shores
of sunny Florida, packed to the gills with passengers, staff, and entertainment, not dissimilar to the challenges faced by a medium-sized arts organization like NCC. Heading out to sea in 2012 presented a variety of trials,
tribulations, and opportunities for Northern Clay Center. At the start of
2012, we asked ourselves such questions as:
Are we equipped with enough staff and board members with experience
and passion to weather the storm, meet demand, and continue to
challenge our audiences? How will we chart a new course under a new
director? How will we carry passengers/constituents with a variety of
interests and investments in our programming? How do we tweak and
redesign our offerings so that those new to us are lured into a longer
relationship with NCC and those who have been sailing with us for quite
some time remain invested in what we do? Can we weather the funding
storm, the poor economic times, the uncertainties in earned income?
As we ventured out of port, we were mindful of our cruise line sister, the
Costa Concordia Italian cruise ship that was mismanaged and suffered a
terrible fate off the shore of Isola del Giglio. We were duly mindful of the
old Titanic; we were cautious as we did not want to suffer the same fate,
misjudging the trends on the surface and taking uncalculated risks without
really understanding what uncertainties and icebergs lay below.
What followed was a memorable cruise,
complete with new programming, new
audiences, new challenges, new
opportunities, and plenty of fun and
feel-good work along the way.
The highlights of 2012 were plentiful in
number—too many to name. Some
of our accomplishments included:
Top to bottom: A visiting school group.
Angie Renee teaching at Ebenezer Ridges
in Burnsville. Special tour of Functional
ReDesign. Right: Hiroe Hanazono, Condiment
Dish with Two Spoons, 2012, slipcast porcelain
with glaze, 2” x 3.5” x 10” (photo: Peter Lee).
• In the spring, we produced
Functional Redesign, an exhibition
that explored how ceramicists,
who work in a high-design
aesthetic and often use molds to
create their functional objects,
engage with today’s industry, the
consumer, and the ceramics
community at-large. Bridging the
roles of artist/designer/ceramicist,
these individuals redefine traditional consumer-consumption
relationships by offering dinnerware and other functional pottery
to enhance the consumption
experience, question mass
production methods, or experiment
with utilitarian design itself.
From left to right: Intergenerational
class with one of NCC’s ART@HAND
partners. Looking and listening to a
William Cravis installation in the Seven
McKnight Artists exhibition. Fall Regis
Master Jun Kaneko.
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ur education attendance increased 23% over 2011. NCC’s classes and
workshops for adults and kids saw their largest growth since 2007,
increasing participation in nearly all categories. The Center’s ClayToGo
program saw another huge increase in the numbers of youth, families,
and school children it served. We entered our final year of programming
under the Wallace Excellence in the Arts Award, expanding the number
of 55+ populations with which we worked.
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he Clay Center had an impressive year of support for individual artists.
Over $439,000 was paid to artists in grants, teaching fees, and commissions, bringing the total paid to artists since 1995 to just over six
million.
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CC finished the design and printing of its
20th Anniversary Book, which documents the
Center’s programmatic accomplishments over
the past 10 years. We incurred costs of editing,
design, printing, and mailing in 2012. The book
was a huge hit with our audience and was packaged with the original 10th Anniversary Book,
and later mailed to students, collectors, donors,
artists, etc.
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he Center completed its buy-out of the Seward Neighborhood
Group’s portion of its 2424 Franklin Avenue building, NCC’s original
tenant in common. The buy-out was completed in August of 2012,
with our payments to SNG beginning in February of 2012.
From left to right: February Featured Artist, Willem Gebben, demonstrates his techniques during the Pre–
Chili Cook-off workshop. Tasters at the 2012 Chili Cook-off. Page 6: A student applying stain decorations to
his work.
exhibitions
NCC’s exhibition program continued the Center’s track record of producing a roster of exhibitions unique in
the country for both scale and scope. In addition to the annual exhibitions of work by artist grants recipients,
special exhibitions included:
1/13 – 2/26 Gallery M | Three Jerome Artists
Exhibit featuring the work of recipients of emerging artist project grants
awarded in 2011: Felice Amato, Casey Hochhalter, and Tom Jaszczak.
Emily Galusha Gallery | Fogelberg, Anonymous Potter, and Red Wing Artists
Annual exhibition of work by recipients of grants to underwrite short-term
studio residencies at NCC. Fogelberg Fellows Adam Gruetzmacher and
Matthew Krousey; Anonymous Potter Matthew Jorgensen; Red Wing Artist
JD Jorgenson.
3/9 – 4/29 Gallery M | Functional Redesign
This group exhibition explored how ceramicists, who work in a high-design
aesthetic and often use molds to create their functional objects, engage
with today’s industry, the consumer, and the ceramics community at-large.
Participating artists included: Nicholas Bivins, Ryan Fletcher, Andrew Gilliatt, Hiroe Hanazono, Jason Miller, and Lenneke Wispelwey. In conjunction
with the exhibition, artist Ryan Fletcher was in residence at NCC
for two weeks, during which time he made work both for the exhibition
and for a private dinner at a restaurant in Minneapolis. Hanazono and
Wispelwey also visited the Center for a demonstration and gallery talk.
A full-color catalogue was produced. This exhibition was co-curated by
Heather Nameth Bren, member of NCC’s exhibitions committee, ceramic
artist, and professor. Bren also wrote the catalogue essay.
Emily Galusha Gallery | Minnesota Potters: Sharing the Fire
This exhibit documented how ceramic art is passed
on from one artist to another in an effort to keep
Minnesota’s vibrant ceramic tradition and community
flourishing. Spearheaded by Mark Lambert of Anoka
Ramsey Community College, the Sharing the Fire
exhibition was part of a larger roster of programming,
which documented the work of select Minnesota
ceramic artists, their methods of working with clay,
and the way in which they pass on their skills. The
exhibition later toured to an additional five sites in
greater Minnesota.
Right: Lenneke Wispelwey, Mister Right, 2012,
slipcast porcelain, varied dimensions (photo:
Peter Lee).
exhibitions
5/11 – 7/1
Gallery M | Self-[Contained]
The exhibition featured freestanding ceramic sculptures and large-scale
vessels that evoked the whimsical, the mournful, the absurd, or the
fantastical through depictions of the human face or figure. Some of these
works suggested a bodily transmutation into otherworldly, human chimeras. Others exaggerated the human form, thereby bringing the private
psychologies we often project onto figural artwork to the forefront.
Imaginative, yet grounded in the reality of emotion, the artwork in Self[Contained] gestured toward the body we inhabit and the consciousness
within which we exist. Artists included in the exhibition were Lisa Clague,
Michael Corney, Jenny Mendes, Andy Nasisse, Derek Weisberg, Janis Mars
Wunderlich, and Kensuke Yamada. A full-color catalogue was produced.
Two of the artists, Corney and Weisberg, visited NCC in conjunction
with the exhibition opening, to lead educational activities. The exhibition
catalogue was produced in collaboration with Kelly Connole, member of
NCC’s exhibitions committee, ceramic artist, and professor.
Emily Galusha Gallery | Regis Master: Richard Shaw
Richard Shaw, master of trompe l’oeil and former professor of ceramics at
the University of California at Berkeley, was Northern Clay Center’s 24th
Regis Master. The Regis Master Series began in 1997 and honors senior
artists, over the age of 65, who have had a major impact on the development of 20th century—now 21st century—ceramics. 7/13 – 8/26 Gallery M & the Emily Galusha Gallery | Seven McKnight Artists
This group exhibition featured the recipients of 2011 McKnight Fellowships:
Mika Negishi Laidlaw and Gerard Justin Ferrari; 2010 Residency Grants:
William Cravis, Kevin Snipes, Rina Hongo, and Naoto Nakada; and a 2011
Residency Grant: David Allyn.
9/21 – 11/4 Gallery M | Repetitive Nature
Three contemporary female ceramic artists whose work explored the
nature of repetition: Kim Dickey, Cheryl Ann Thomas, and Janet Williams
were featured in this exhibition. Like miniature landscapes unto themselves,
each of the sculptures in Repetitive Nature not only resonated its power as
a singular object, but also as part of the whole environment created within
the gallery setting. The exhibition was comprised of tightly-decorated,
ornate spheres of modular leaves and flowers, undulating whisper-thin
porcelain husks, and layered topographical mountains of fingerprints. The
iterative process apparent in the ceramic objects in the show reminded the
viewer that labor can be a commitment to something greater than the self.
The word “repetitive” can connote boredom or monotony, but, in this case,
the repetitive act opens up contemplative space and results in sculpture
harmonious with the world of nature. Dickey was in residence at NCC for
one week in October; Williams was in residence for 2.5 months in the
summer; Thomas visited the Center for a lecture. All three artists were
present at the exhibition opening.
exhibitions
Emily Galusha Gallery | Regis Master: Jun Kaneko
NCC’s 25th Regis Master to be honored under this program, Kaneko
maintains a studio in Omaha, Nebraska, where he continues to produce
both large-scale ceramic and bronze sculptures, tiles, drawings, paintings, glass, and textiles.
11/18 – 1/6 Gallery M | 2012 Holiday Exhibition and Sale
Emily Galusha Gallery | Crossroads: Three Artists, Three Journeys, One Intersection
In conjunction with the release of the new PBS special, Craft in America: Crossroads, Northern Clay Center presented the work of Clary Illian,
Warren MacKenzie, and Jeff Oestreich, who are featured in this particular episode of the series. The paths of these Midwestern potters were
greatly influenced by the time they spent as apprentices at the Leach
Pottery in St. Ives, Cornwall, England. Two of the three artists
were present for the opening of the exhibition to
facilitate a gallery talk and conversation about their
time at the Leach Pottery. This exhibition allowed
for an opportunity to break down NCC’s program
silos and produce an event that overlapped with
three of the major program areas (sales gallery,
exhibitions, and education).
Warren MacKenzie, Bowl,
2012, stoneware, 4” x 8” x 8”
(photo: Peter Lee).
A very special thanks to the following donors for support of
NCC’s exhibitions program: Continental Clay Company, Jerome
Foundation, Myron and Anita Kunin, McKnight Foundation,
George and Frances Reid, Windgate Charitable Foundation,
and the Minnesota State Arts Board.
2012 exhibition artists 47 individuals
David Allyn
Felice Amato
Nicholas Bivins
Richard Bresnahan
Robert Briscoe
Linda Christianson
Lisa Clague
Michael Corney
William Cravis
Guillermo Cuellar
Kim Dickey
Gerard Justin Ferrari
Ryan Fletcher
Jil Franke
Andrew Gilliatt
Adam Gruetzmacher
Hiroe Hanazono
Casey Hochhalter
Rina Hongo
Clary Illian
Tom Jaszczak
Matt Jorgensen
JD Jorgenson
Jun Kaneko
Matthew Krousey
Bernard Leach
Steven Lemke
Warren MacKenzie
Jenny Mendes
Jason Miller
Naoto Nakada
Andy Nasisse
Mika Negishi Laidlaw
Jeff Oestreich
John Reeve
Richard Shaw
Kevin Snipes
Cheryl Ann Thomas
Jason Trebs
Derek Weisberg
Janet Williams
Lenneke Wispelwey
Janis Mars Wunderlich
Kensuke Yamada
artist services
artist grants
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Jerome Ceramic Artist Project Grants—three grants of $6,000 were
awarded to Marion Angelica, Dustin Yager, and Nathan Bray. Funded
by the Jerome Foundation, St. Paul. Selection panel: David Allyn,
Ryan Fletcher, and Richard Vincent.
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cKnight Foundation Fellowships and Residency Grants—two
$25,000 fellowship awards to Brian Boldon and Ursula Hargens; four
$5,000 residency awards (plus free studio space and other funds)
to Pattie Chalmers, Haejung Lee, Nick Renshaw, and Ann-Charlotte
Ohlsson. Funded by the McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis. Selection
panel: Michael Corney, Alexandra Hibbitt, and Marlene Jack.
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ogelberg and Anonymous Potter Studio Fellowships—three awards
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of free studio spaces, plus firing and materials allowances, to Kevin
Rhode, Josh Stover, and Adam Gruetzmacher. Fogelberg Studio Fellowships were funded by Soup It Up for Kids.
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ed Wing Collectors Society Foundation Award—$1,000 to an
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emerging potter, awarded to Margeaux Claude (selected through a
nomination process). Supported by the endowed fund at NCC.
We experienced a record number of applications for our artist grants
and residencies; overall, applications were up 22% from 2011.
From left to right: 2012 Anonymous Potter Adam Gruetzmacher, throwing in his studio. 2012 McKnight Artist Pattie Chalmers. Sculpture by
winter McKnight Artist-in-residence Edith Garcia (photo courtesy of the artist). Top of page: Covered box by Sunshine Cobb (photo: Peter Lee).
Previous page: Chris Singewald unloading student work from NCC’s gas kiln.
From left to right: The kilns in action.
Prepping for the studio artist mug
giveaway. Rebuilding the soda kiln.
studio program
2012 saw many new faces to the studio program—both in terms of staffing and artists. Our long-time studio managers, Pete Scherzer and Irene
Saito, left Minnesota and the Clay Center for a warmer climate, resettling in
Hawaii. While their departure left very big shoes to fill, or big pots to throw
(in clay terms), with it came new faces to our studio staff and new energy
and ideas to the program. We had many accomplishments in 2012. These
included:
e continued to improve the quality of our space and equipment
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throughout 2012, adding a new soda kiln in the fall and beginning modifications and improvements to the kiln room late in the year.
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e continued to provide studio space for ceramic artists at all levels of
the knowledge spectrum—from emerging to mid-career, from post academic programs to pre-retirement, from those who graduated from our
adult classes to professionals on sabbaticals, from locals in the Seward
Neighborhood to visiting international artists. Our studios were home to
over 60 artists in 2012.
• Two of our studio artists were published in Pottery Making Illustrated.
CC produced its first annual “Mugs in Action,” which brought hand• N
made mugs from our studios out into the community. Studio and teaching artists created over 300 mugs that were later distributed outside
Minneapolis and St. Paul restaurants and businesses.
2012 studio artists 63 individuals
David Allyn
Marion Angelica
Tyler Aymond
Sue Bergan
Susan Buechler
Tom Carli
Krissy Catt
Alex Chinn
Margeaux Claude
Hiram Cochran
Elizabeth Coleman
William Cravis
Peter D’Ascoli
Ray Dabasi
Mark Davison
Jack Evert
Sara Fenlason
Kathleen FitzGerald
Edith Garcia
Adam Gruetzmacher
Patricia Haynes
Lois Ann Helgeson
Jeanine Hill
Maia Homstad
Franny Hyde
Matthew Jorgensen
Andy Juelich
Julie Kinney
Matthew Krousey
Cynthia Levine
Joan Lieberman
Ruth Martin
Peter Masters
Marilyn Matheny
Marta Matray
Kate Maury
Emily Merhar
Stuart Munson
Susan Obermeyer
Claire O’Connor
Kip O’Krongly
Jordon Olsen
Robyn Peterson
Robin Polencheck
Alex Reed
Angela Renee
Jason Rogers
Kevin Rohde
Kathryn Rosebear
Jeanne Ross
Jack Rumpel
Chris Scott
Chris Singewald
Audra Smith
Kate Smith
Phil Smith
Alexis Stiteler
Josh Stover
Molly Strother
David Swenson
Mary Ann Wark
Janet Williams
Dustin Yager
education and outreach programs
Our education staff worked tirelessly to introduce new types of programming for first-time participants, increasing attendance in short, experiential workshops that enabled folks to get messy for three hours or for five
weeks. For our program veterans, we looked closely at our existing buffet
of offerings and began to listen with open ears to these people, to better
tailor what we already do so well to this audience.
Our education attendance increased 23% over 2011. NCC’s classes and
workshops for adults and kids saw their largest growth since 2007, increasing participation in nearly all categories. Adult classes experienced
major growth, with 65 classes hosting over 715 students (up from 54 and
598, respectively, in 2011). The increase reflects our dedication to new and
ever-changing class offerings, designed to entice first-time students and
to better accommodate their schedules, and a greatly expanded roster of
workshops for families, beginners, and advanced students alike. We continued to identify ways to enhance the student experience with access to
space in our teaching studios and to in-demand ceramic techniques and
materials. Over 70 ceramic artists led workshops, lectures, events, and
classes for NCC in 2012.
The Center’s ClayToGo program saw
6,000 youth, families, and school chilOverall, attendance
dren in 2012, up from 5,580 in 2011. We
in NCC’s educational
balanced our long-time work with reprograms totaled
peat partners with new collaborations
16,600, an increase
with such organizations as Kulture
Klub, Washburn High School, Choice
of 10% over 2012.
Inc., Dodge Nature Center, and WISE.
From veterans and troubled teens
to youth mentors and homeless adults,
the diversity of our partners grew exponentially in 2012. Several new and
returning partners sought funds of their own to leverage NCC’s support of
the various ClayToGo programs.
Top to bottom: Firing lecture. A rapid
unloading of the kiln. A group of clay
campers learning handbuilding skills.
Previous page: Kathy King during her
2012 APF demo. Below: Teapot
by Gertrude Graham Smith
(photo: Peter Lee).
The number of organized tours of our galleries and facility increased from 89 tours in 2011 to 107 in 2012. Youth and adults from public and private schools and community organizations had the opportunity to visit the Center and see examples of ceramic work from our students,
studio artists, and gallery artists.
For our cruise members who were older and wiser, we completed our fourth, full year of programming under the Wallace Foundation Excellence in the Arts award. We’ve named our program ART@HAND and we’ve designed a variety of participatory programs for adults 55+ (and their favorite friends and family members.)
From left to right: An NCC studio artist
throwing pots at the Uptown Art Fair.
NCC’s hands-on workshop during the
2012 Holiday Open House. Teaching
artist, Audra Smith, sharing the secrets
of throwing.
In 2012, we conducted over 90 partnerships, reaching over 2,900 individuals through short workshops and artist demonstrations, extended classes
and residencies, and specially designed programs to meet the needs of
adults 55+ at various ability levels (compared to 112 partnerships and 2466
individuals in 2011). Our partners have sought and procured grant funding
on behalf of their organizations in order to provide ongoing and sustainable programming for their residents/participants in 2013 calendar year
(and beyond). NCC’s ART@HAND programs have caught the attention of
ArtSage (formerly the Minnesota Creative Arts and Aging Network) and
the National Creative Arts and Aging Association and, subsequently, our
ART@HAND program staff were invited to present their research and
program design at various gatherings and conferences throughout 2012.
We are working to produce a set of best practices to share with other
organizations and artists interested in this type of work. Overall, attendance in NCC’s educational programs totaled 16,600, an
increase of 10% over 2012.
Our education programs were made possible in part by continued
support from the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation, Walter McCarthy and
Clara Ueland through the Greystone Foundation, COMPAS School Arts
Fund, RBC Foundation-USA, the Wallace Foundation, and the Minnesota
State Arts Board Legacy Fund.
2012 teaching artists 73 individuals
David Allyn
Marion Angelica
Michael Arnold
Tyler Aymond
Megan Bergström Shanahan
Bridget Blatzheim
Richard Bresnahan
Bob Briscoe
Larry Brow
Kevin Caufield
Genevieve Chamberland
Linda Christianson
Eileen Cohen
Elizabeth Coleman
Michael Corney
William Cravis
Guillermo Cuellar
Mark Davison
Victoria Dawes
Leila Denecke
Kim Dickey
Gerard Justin Ferrari
Ryan Fletcher
Jil Franke
Joel Froehle
Daniel Gardner
Nick Giles-Lauer
Amber Ginsburg
Adam Gruetzmacher
Hiroe Hanazono
Ursula Hargens
Mike Helke
Karin Holen
Erin Holt
Peter Jadoonath
Claire James
JD Jorgenson
Matthew Krousey
Jennica Kruse
Mika Negishi Laidlaw
Steve Lemke
Glynnis Lessing
Peter Lupori
Warren MacKenzie
Joe Madrigal
Peter Masters
Anna Metcalfe
Nick Moen
Emily Mohrbacher
Eli Navarete
Vicki Navarete
Christian Novak
Susan Obermeyer
Claire O’Connor
Mary Otremba
Kristin Pavelka
Robyn Peterson
Angela Renee
Mason Riddle
Kevin Rohde
Pete Scherzer
Allison Shilinski
Ginny Sims
Christopher Singewald
Audra Smith
David Swenson
Cheryl Ann Thomas
Jason Trebs
Derek Weisberg
Janet Williams
Lenneke Wispelwey
Lucy Yogerst
sales gallery & american pottery festival
The Center’s gallery continued to evolve and change during 2012. We
looked closely at sales trends among our artists and worked with them
to ensure we had the inventory we needed to meet the public’s demands. We featured exciting thematic monthly shows in what was our
Artists of the Month section of our sales gallery, and invited several new
artists to show and sell for shorter time periods. We worked hard to
nurture relationships with our customers and took steps to ensure we
delivered the highest possible level of service.
Highlights of programming included the following:
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e made strides in providing professional development opportunities
to our visiting artists. We provided training in shipping and inventory,
exhibition installation, and marketing, as well as sales opportunities.
Additionally, we began conversations with artists and peers in the
field related to gallery best practices and artist/gallery relationships.
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012 was NCC’s second year for online sales. We added a part-time
staff person to assist with the online sales component. While in the
midst of a website redesign, we slowly developed our online sales
presence, fine tuned our processes and practices for selling work
online, and expanded our presence electronically. Seventy-five pots
were sold online in 2012, with $5,669 in sales.
e experienced the second highest returns from our Annual Holiday
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Open House event, with over $15,000 in ceramic sales from the galleries, studio artists, and exhibition artists. Attendance was at an all time
high, with over 1200 visitors present to shop the galleries, mingle with
studio artists, watch an artist demonstration, and create clay creations
in the hands-on workshop area.
Top to bottom: Michael Kline and Steven
Colby during their tag-team APF demo. APF
artist, Chandra DeBuse, doing a little APF
shopping of her own. A lovely window seat
for 2012 Holiday Exhibition artist Kyla Toomey.
At right: Plate by Ron Meyers (photo: Peter
Lee). Previous page: an ART@HAND program
participant shows off her project.
• In total in 2012, the Center’s sales gallery represented some 90 artists
from the region and across the country.
he 2012 American Pottery Festival saw
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over $57,000 in sales by our visiting
artists, as well as our studio and sales
gallery artists. Twenty-three artists
participated in the event, with 19
artists traveling to Minneapolis
to take part in workshops and
lectures. The Opening Night
Benefit Party saw its largest
attendance in ten years. The
auction component of the event
was greatly expanded.
From left to right: NCC Director, Sarah Millfelt, and Warren and Nancy MacKenzie at the 2012 Holiday
Open House. The 2012 APF Artists (in attendance). Volunteer extraordinaire and former studio artist,
Katharine Gotham, at the 2012 APF opening night party.
2012 sales gallery artists 92 individuals
Jennifer Allen, Gallery Artist
Martye Allen, Gallery Artist
David Allyn, Visiting Artist
Marion Angelica, Visiting Artist and
Holiday Artist
Posey Bacopoulos, Gallery Artist
Megan Shanahan Bergström,
Holiday Artist
Nicholas Bivins, Gallery Artist
Margaret Bohls, Gallery Artist
Birdie Boone, APF Artist
Yoko Sekino Bové, Holiday Artist
William Brouillard, Gallery Artist
Kevin Caufield, Gallery Artist
Victoria Christen, Gallery Artist
Joe Christensen, Visiting Artist
Bede Clarke, APF Artist
Sunshine Cobb, APF Artist
Michael Connelly, APF Artist
Michael Corney, Holiday Artist
Guillermo Cuellar, Visiting Artist
Sandra Daulton Shaughnessy,
Holiday Artist
Chandra DeBuse, APF Artist
Leila Denecke, Gallery Artist
Josh DeWeese, Gallery Artist
Paul Dresang, Gallery Artist
Sanam Emami, Gallery Artist
Gary Erickson, Gallery Artist
Heather Mae Erickson, APF Artist
Paul Eshelman, Holiday Artist
Jil Franke, Visiting Artist
Emily Free Wilson, Gallery Artist
Willem Gebben, APF Artist and Gallery Artist
Bill Gossman, Gallery Artist
Katharine Gotham, Gallery Artist
Ryan Greenheck, Gallery Artist
Mel Griffin, Holiday Artist
James Grittner, Gallery Artist
Richard Gruchalla & Carrin Rosetti,
Gallery Artists
Ursula Hargens, Holiday Artist
Mike Helke, Gallery Artist
Butch Holden, Gallery Artist
Meredith Host, APF Artist
Michael Hunt & Naomi Dalglish, APF Artists
Bob & Cheryl Husby, Gallery Artists
Peter Jadoonath, Visiting Artist
Sarah Jaeger, Gallery Artist
Tom Jaszczak, Visiting Artist
Eric Jensen, Gallery Artist
Matt Kelleher, Gallery Artist
Kristen Kieffer, Gallery Artist
Kathy King, APF Artist
Michael Kline, APF Artist
Karin Kraemer, Holiday Artist
Gib Krohn, Gallery Artist
Matthew Krousey, Holiday Artist
Jamie Lang, Gallery Artist
Martina Lantin, Holiday Artist
Lee Love, Gallery Artist
Warren MacKenzie, Gallery Artist
Andrew Martin, APF Artist
Ruth Martin, Gallery Artist
Alex Matisse, APF Artist
Kate Maury, Visiting Artist
Jan McKeachie Johnston, Gallery Artist
Ron Meyers, APF Artist
Mike Norman, Gallery Artist
Sean O’Connell, APF Artist
Kip O’Krongly, APF Artist
Jeffrey Oestreich, Gallery Artist
Donovan Palmquist, Visiting Artist
Rita Panton, Holiday Artist
Kristin Pavelka, Holiday Artist
David Peters, APF Artist
Elizabeth Robinson, Gallery Artist
S. C. Rolf, Gallery Artist
Monica Rudquist, Gallery Artist
Irene Saito, Visiting Artist
Pete Scherzer, Gallery Artist
Deborah Schwartzkopf, Gallery Artist
Johanna Severson, Gallery Artist
Laurie Shaman, Gallery Artist
Gertrude Graham Smith, APF Artist
Zac Spates, Visiting Artist
Will Swanson, Gallery Artist
David Swenson, Holiday Artist
Munemitsu Taguchi, Gallery Artist
Daniel Ricardo Teran, APF Artist
Kyla Toomey, APF Artist and
Gallery Artist
Christy Wert, Gallery Artist
Betsy Williams, APF Artist
Tara Wilson, Gallery Artist
Michael Wisner, Gallery Artist
From left to right: Crossroads exhibiting artists Warren MacKenzie and Jeff Oestreich trade stories
from their time at the Leach Pottery in England. Tippy Maurant shows off her favorite APF pot.
administration and numbers
2012 was filled with new opportunities and responsibilities for long-time staff and new
recruits, as programs grew and a few staff members moved on to other opportunities.
Sarah Millfelt completed her first full year as director, having replaced Emily Galusha late in
2011. She, along with the lead program staff, participated in a series of staff development
sessions, led by an outside consultant, that were designed to re-energize the team, introduce
a new management style, and find effective means of communication and work-flow.
NCC’s long-time studio managers, Pete Scherzer and Irene Saito, left their posts and moved
to Hawaii to be closer to family and to focus on making their own ceramic wares. Michael
Arnold joined our staff as the exhibitions manager, in the fall of 2012, replacing Theresa
Downing, who left NCC to teach in academia. NCC veteran, Jamie Lang, returned to the
Center as our exhibitions installer, working closely with Arnold during two-week installation
periods. Adam Gruetzmacher and Audra Smith joined the technician team, while Chris
Singewald moved from materials technician to outreach technician. Chelsea Kelley joined
the sales gallery staff in the fall of 2012.
The Center completed its buy-out of the Seward Neighborhood Group’s portion of its 2424
Franklin Avenue building, NCC’s original tenant in common. The buy-out was completed in
August of 2012.
In the summer of 2012, NCC staff and board participated in a series of strategic planning
sessions (some of which were facilitated by an outside consultant), the efforts of which
yielded four new major strategic objectives under which the Center will operate for the next
three to five years. These include:
1. Enhance all NCC online offerings and grow NCC online ceramic sales.
2. Increase visitors, sales and organizational visibility through renovation of physical
facility and a new customer-focused culture.
3. Extend NCC’s mission through new partnerships, convenings, and conversations
4. Enhance offerings to artists at all stages of their careers.
Our fourth-quarter programming and planning for 2013 connected to these new objectives.
Top to bottom: Current Board Chair, Ellen
Watters, and former board member, Peter
Kirihara. Staff unloading clay from the
Claymobile. Studio artist, Phil Smith, demos
at an outdoor event. At right: Mortar and
Pestle by David Peters (photo: Peter Lee).
Previous page: NCC’s Sunday morning
students hard at work on the potter’s wheels.
While 2011 provided NCC with numerous opportunities to learn more about its audience, 2012
allowed us the time and staff resources to act on our findings and grow audiences across
program areas. Only two categories fell below 2011’s numbers: tours and American Pottery
Festival attendance; both of these programs are being scrutinized and redesigned in an effort
to broaden our audience in 2013. We continued to grow our audience of 55+ participants in
our ART@HAND programs. We dramatically revamped our workshop and lecture program as
we responded to students’ needs and desires. Ultimately, our workshop enrollment more than
doubled in 2012, both in numbers of programs and participants.
Despite the political and economical challenges presented
in 2012, the Clay Center maintained strong financials and
ended the year in the black. Our education and workshop earned income surpassed budget and last year’s
totals; we greatly exceeded our exhibition sales
expectations; regular sales gallery sales exceeded
budget and our 2011 actuals. Our top gallery
seller, Warren MacKenzie, has accounted for a
great percentage of total sales for several years.
In 2012, his sales account for just 6.7% of overall
sales, as compared to 9.6% in 2011, which means
we are selling more work of more individuals
in our gallery and are less reliant on this one
individual’s production.
The Clay Center had an impressive year of support for individual artists. Over $439,000 was paid
to artists in grants, teaching fees, and commissions, bringing the total paid to artists since 1995 to
just over six million. Our year-end ceramic sales were
$321,272 (which includes sales from the gallery, APF, and
exhibition sales), $11,000 over our 2011 sales.
When our cruise ship finally docked at 2424 Franklin Avenue East at the end of 2012, the
financial results of our journey were surprising and heartening. Our financial performance in
2012 ensured that NCC could add to its reserves for building, operations, and program funds.
We finished the year with a net income of $52,365. An additional $121,442 in non-monetary
contributed income is included in the figures below, which reflects the value of the in-kind
legal counsel for our buyout of the Neighborhood Group and the forgiveness of the final
portion of our contingency loan from the City of Minneapolis.
From left to right: Self-[Contained]
exhibition artist, Michael Corney, during
a workshop. How many NCC staff does
it take to install a Jun Kaneko sculpture?
Packing a sculpture by Janis
Mars Wunderlich.
Income
earned income
Contributions: Contributions
Contributions: MCDA Loan Forgiveness
$569,449
$293,541
Contributions: In-Kind Legal Fees
$18,070
$24,368
Earned Income: Program Fees, Interest, Misc.
$97,075
contributions
Earned Income: Sales Gallery, APF, Exhibitions
Earned Income: Membership Dues
$634,395
Expenses
Education $267,072
$523,881
Exhibitions
Artist Services
$220,860
Sales Gallery
$140,000
American Pottery Festival
20th Anniversary Related
$281,830
$145,282
Management, Fundraising
$91,806
$18,446
Reserve Allocation
2012 year-end balance sheet
ASSETS
Current Assets
$1,058,040.00
Noncurrent Assets$2,742,057.00
TOTAL ASSETS
$3,800,097.00
LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable Other Liabilities Unrestricted Net Assets
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets
Permanently Restricted Net Assets
$72,176.00
$217,433.00
$2,363,759.00
$1,116,729.00
$30,000.00 TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
$3,800,097.00
people
Our ability to do what we did so well in 2012 hinged on the support
from several constituencies: our artists, students, teachers, board, volunteers, and staff; those who love and delight in the material itself; and our
very generous funders. These individuals work in a variety of capacities
to ensure our doors stay open, our kilns continue firing, our teachers
keep teaching, our artists keep making, etc.
Northern Clay Center’s Board of Directors worked endlessly to support
the Center’s leadership transition. Dozens of other volunteers listed
below gave hours upon hours of their time and talents to ensure NCC’s
2012 programming was successful. While space does not allow for us to
expand on the myriad of ways they supported our organization, we are
eternally grateful to have their support. In addition to the efforts of our
unpaid supporters, the NCC staff worked countless hours over countless
evenings and weekends to ensure only the highest quality of programming was produced by NCC. The Center is incredibly lucky to employ
the talents of so many spirited, committed, and passionate individuals.
From left to right: Studio artist, Kip O’Krongly, working on some plate forms. NCC exhibitions team working to prepare the galleries. The king of NCC’s
firing classes, Daniel Gardner, unloads some hot pots. Top of page: Plate by Meredith Host (photo: Peter Lee). Previous page: 2012 Fogelberg Artist, Kevin
Rohde, hard at work.
From left to right: A rare shot of the full NCC
staff during the holiday season. Scott Pikovsky of
Great Ciao! serves up some fancy accoutrements
during the 2012 Food and Wine Event while
board member, Mark Lellman, watches. Another
great photobooth moment at the Hats off Party
with (clockwise from top left) Board Chair Ellen
Watters, teaching artist Lucy Yogerst, board
member Sally Wheaton Huscha, and Director
Emerita Emily Galusha.
staff (with 2012 titles)
Sarah Millfelt, Director
Michael Arnold, Exhibitions Manager (from September)
Margeaux Claude, Sales Gallery Assistant (to September)
Elizabeth Coleman, Sales Gallery Coordinator
Theresa Downing, Exhibitions Manager and Curator (to July)
Jessie Fan, Bookkeeper
Elizabeth Flinsch-Garrison, Education and Outreach Director
Adam Gruetzmacher, Building Maintenance (from June)
Jeanine Hill, Studio and Facilities Manager (from September)
Chelsea Kelly, Sales Gallery Assistant (from October)
Matt Krousey, Sales Gallery Assistant
Karen McPherson, Sales Gallery and Special Events Manager
Christian Novak, Information and Artists Grants Manager
Jason Rogers, Sales Gallery Assistant (to June)
Irene Saito, Assistant Studio Manager (to August)
Pete Scherzer, Facility and Studio Program Manager (to August)
Chris Singewald, Outreach Technician
Audra Smith, Materials Technician (from October)
David Swenson, Building Maintenance (to June)
Jennifer Tatsuda, Business Manager
Dustin Yager, Education and WEA Marketing Manager
board of directors (served all or part of 2012)
Lynne Alpert
Robert Briscoe
Philip Burke
Sheldon Chester
Linda Coffey
Debra Cohen
Nancy Hanily-Dolan
Bonita Hill, M.D.
Sally Wheaton Hushcha
Pat Jacobsen
Christopher Jozwiak
Peter Kirihara
Rebecca Lawrence
Mark Lellman
Bruce Lilly
Teresa Matsui Sanders
Alan Naylor
Mark Pharis
Jim Ridenour
Rick Scott
T Cody Turnquist
Robert Walsh
Ellen Watters
people
volunteers 106 individuals
Top to bottom: Studio artist, Marta Matray,
and long-time student, Jim Mulfinger, enjoying an opening reception. A rare, behind-thescenes look at the American Pottery Festival
food preparation. Grill master, Joseph Martin,
mans the grill during the APF opening
night party.
Marion Angelica
Bob Arnoldy
Tyler Aymond
Deanna Barr
Heron Basset
Anna Beadle
Dominique Bereiter
Lois Berman
Kate Brayman
Evelyn Browne
Kevin Caufield
Joyce Clarkin
Eileen Cohen
Mariette Cole
Goldyne Cunningham
Acadia Davis
Mark Davison
Victoria Dawes
Amanda Dobbratz
Lauren Duffy
Elaine Dunbar
Awel Eneanya
Susan Feigenbaum
Sara Fenlason
Kathleen FitzGerald
Tony Fremling
Diane Gamm
Violet Goode
Katharine Gotham
Sheryl Grassie
Grant Gustafson
Uve Hamilton
Bette Hart
Mike Helke
Kristine Hites
Lucas Hites
Franny Hyde
Claire James
Sheila Keefe
Evelyn Kim
Jennica Kruse
Bri Larson
Mark Lasoff
Ann Leitel
Marc LeMaire
Erin Lewis
Samantha Longley
Joseph Martin
Marta Matray
Tippy Maurant
Kate Maury
Candice Methe
Larry Millfelt
Pat Millfelt
Emily Morbacher
Jim Mulfinger
Aimee Munson
Karla Nagy
Meagan Nishi
Mel North
Susan Obermeyer
Jordon Olsen
Patti Olson
Sarah Ostrum
Mary Otremba
Erin Paradis
Elizabeth Pechacek
Brittany Peterson
Ivan Peterson
Robyn Peterson
Ian Petrie
Mary Radford
Alex Reed
Angela Renee
Kevin Rohde
Kelsie Rudolph
Jack Rumpel
Brenda Ryan
Sue Schweitzer
Ray Serrano
Herb Sewell
Suzy Sewell
Ginny Sims
Audra Smith
Kate Smith
Phil Smith
Gary Steinman
Josh Stover
Lynn Strauss
Avery Swanson
Betsy Tapper
Wendy Thoreson
Heather Tietz
Julie Timm
Dianne Walsh
Heather Wang
Bob Wick
Lucy Yogerst
members and donors
members and donors
Top to bottom: Work by Mika Negishi
Laidlaw in the Seven McKnight Artists
exhibition. Tour guide, Gary Steinman, shares
his enthusiasm for clay with some new
visitors. J.D. Jorgenson’s woodfire kiln in
action with workshop participants looking
on (photo courtesy of J.D. Jorgenson).
Previous page: Kate Maury, studio artist,
putting the finishing touches on a sculpture.
Anonymous
Andriana Abariotes
Mary Abbe and Norton Hintz
Martha Abbott
Mark Abeln and Monica Little
Al Albert
Michele Allen
Felice Amato
Patricia Amerson
Janet Anderson
Judith Anderson
Marion Angelica
Tom Arneson
Bob Arnoldy
Jessica Askew and David Galle
Martha and Bruce Atwater
Barbara Bach
Posey Bacopoulos
Mary Ann and David Wark
Catherine Bartlett
James Bass
Mary K. Baumann and
Will Hopkins
Anna Beadle
Betty Beck
Carol Beck
Jerry Beltt
Lisa Benish
Brent Benrud
Dominique and David Bereiter
Amy Bergquist
Lois Berman
Sharon Bigot
Colleen Bindley
Craig and Cathy Bishop
Alice Biver
Ellen Bjork
Robin Block
Suzanne Bockstedt
Pamela Bonzelet
Andy and Linda Boss
James Bottomley
Martha Brand
Heather Nameth Bren and
Wade Bren
Robert Briscoe
Emilie Britton
Irene Brons
Sheila and Dan Broughton
Marshall and Cindy Browne
Evelyn Browne
Philip and Carolyn Brunelle
Lisa Buck
Philip Burke
Lynda Buscis
Christine Buss
John T. Butler
Tee Campion
Rachel Cartee-Soth
Amy Cass
Mikaela Chang
Sheldon and Lili Chester
Linda Christianson
Kate Christopher
Joyce Clarkin
Hiram and Mary Cochran
Linda Coffey
Debra Cohen
Mariette Cole
Kobi Conaway
Kelly Connole and Anne Haddad
Allison Conyers
Sage Cowles
Russell Cowles and
Josine Peters
Tom Coyne
Sharon Creamer and
Bryce Adams
Theresa Crosby
Carol Crowe
Theresa Crushshon
Guillermo Cuellar
Douglas and
Goldyne Cunningham
Andy Currie
Deane Curtin
Peter D’Ascoli
Troy Dahnke
William and Catherine Daley
Diane Damer
Ken Darling
Kathleen Davis
Julia W. Dayton
Mary Lee Dayton
Ruth DeYoung Kohler
Mel Dickstein
William Dikel
Linda Donaldson
Ruth Donhowe
David Doth
Patrick Doust and
Richard North
Jeanne Baker Driscoll
Jan Duddleston
Joseph Duffy and
Lois West Duffy
Lea Duma
Jean Ann Durades
Patricia Durst
Stanley and Sue Efron
Ethan Eid
Jim Ellison
Judy Emmings
Kathleen O. Erickson
Greg Evenson
Kale Fajardo
Susan Feigenbaum
Kaywin Feldman and Jim Lutz
Sara Fenlason and Trish Kirk
Marko Fields
Bonnie Fisher
Frank Fitzgerald
Bernice Folz
Ken Ford
M. Renata Fossett
Dick and Jodi France
Jil Franke
Julia Froemke
Sally Fry
Naomi Fujioka
Charles Fuller and
Constance Mayeron Cowles
Nancy Fushan
Catherine Futter
Kathleen Gabrielsen
Robert Gaertner
Ruthan Gagner
Emily Galusha and Don McNeil
Noriko Gamblin
Diane Gamm
Joan L. Gardner
Catherine Garra
Walter Gegner and
Glenee Salmon
Karen Gershowitz
Jeannette Gerstenberger
Nancy Gianoli
Gretchen and Douglas Gildner
Joline Gitis and Steven Miles
Katharine Gotham and
James Poradek
Irving Gottesman
Jim Goulet and Ray Nelson
Elly Grace
Betty Grant and William Casey
Larry Gravitz
Colleen Gregor
James Grittner
Grant Gustafson
Myra Hackfort-Roufs
Robert Hainlen
Sue Hall
Nancy Hanily-Dolan
Kathryn Hanna
Robyn Hansen
Valorie and Jerry Harlow
Peter Harper and
Monique Muggli
Donna L. Harrington
Julie Harris
Bette Hart
Blanche and Thane Hawkins
Patricia Haynes
Dianne Heins
Bill Helgeson
Connie and Lyle Helke
Laurel Hendrickson
Joan Higinbotham
Bonita Hill
Kristine E. Hites
Cynthia and Russell Hobbie
Rachael Hoffman-Dachelet
Karin Holen
Linda Holliday
Steven Hoppenrath
Diana S. Horrigan
Kay Hoskins
LeAnn Hotovec
M.A. Howard
Amy L. Hubbard
Mary Huettl
Norma Rae Hunt
Robert Hunter
Sally Wheaton Hushcha
Larry Hutchings
Mary Ingebrand-Pohlad
Cynthia and Jay Ihlenfeld
Pat Jacobsen
Brent Johnson
members and donors
Carol A. Johnson
Douglas L. Johnson
Janet R. Johnson
Jason Johnson
Jo and Quintin Johnson
Richard Johnson and
Mary Kalish-Johnson
Randy Johnston and
Jan McKeachie-Johnston
Denis Jones
Patricia Jones
Steven Jongewaard
Christopher Jozwiak and
Anders Carlson
Richard Juckel
Steve A. Kahlenbeck
Kyoko Katayama
Jo Kayser
Karen Margaret Keenen
Jim Kelley
Carla Kennedy
Lyndel and Blaine King
Kelly Kinney
Deborah and Jay Kirihara
James A. Klein
Maren Kloppmann
Michael Koch
Anita Sue Kolman
Robert Kost
Ginny Kraus
Josh and Willow Kreibich
Ben Kremenak
Betsy Kremser
Gib and Judy Krohn
Alexandra Kulijewicz
Myron and Anita Kunin
Jerome Kyllo
Bouky Labhard
Mark Lasoff
Lizzy Lawrence
John Layer
Linda LeClair
Kristine Legler Kaplan
Ann Leitel
Mark Lellman and Lisa Brown
James W. Lewis
Ron Linde and Rob Ostrander
Randall Lockridge
Jan Lodewijk Grootaers
Susanna Lodge
Ann Longfellow and David Bryan
Lee Love
Weiming Lu
Kathy Lucas
Robert Lucas
Catherine and Peter Lupori
Sarah Lutman and Rob Rudolph
Warren and Nancy MacKenzie
Suellen Madden
Nancy G. Malmon
Mary C. Maltese
Roger B. Mandel
Katherine Mann
Gretchen Marshall
Ruth Martin
Marilyn Matheny
Lisa Mathieson
Chris Matter
Howard Mattson
Susan McAninch
Rob McCarter and
Texas Hemmaplardh
Sam and Patty McCullough
Carla McGrath and Cole Rogers
Sarah McGrill
David and Esther McLaughlin
Rebecca McPeek
Daniel G. Melberg
Lotte Melman
Susan Merrick
Diane A. Merrifield
Sharon Merritt
Robert and Mary Mersky
Maureen Messer
Lisa Meyer and Sam Grabarski
Clark Miller and Sabra Waldfogel
Larry and Pat Millfelt
Sarah Millfelt and Mike Helke
Diane Millner
Sheila and James Moar
Robert and Kathy Moe
Nick, Julia, and Scott Moen
Margaret Molina
Walter and Joan Mondale
Gary Moore
George Moore
John Morley
Linda Morse
Karin Muchemore
Jim Mulfinger
Nathan and Aimee Munson
Tom Myers
Rosanne Nathanson
Alan and Dena Naylor
Hal Negbaur
Clareyse Nelson
Diane Neumark-Sztainer
Janet Neville
Melody Ng
Anne Nickoloff
Stuart and Kate Nielsen
Mary Ann Nord
Meredith Norstrom
Mel North and Philip Miller
Paul and Susan Novak
Sallie O’Brien
Jeffrey Oestreich
Gretchen Otto
Kristen K. Palm
Susan Palmer
Philip R. and Debra Palmquist
Allegra Parker
Carol Patt
Marcia Paul
Dawn Paulson
Cynthia Pawlcyn
Sandra Penning
Douglas R. Peterson
Robyn Peterson
Shannon Peterson
Mark Pharis
Sydney M. Phillips
Jay Phinney
Marjorie Pitz
Thomas Pohlman and
Robyn Murray
Ginna Portman-Amis
Claudia Poser and Ron Ofstead
Jane Powers
Harriet and Walter Pratt
Emily Price
Constance Pries
Ryan Prins
Duane Pulford
Mary Racciatti
Mary Radford
Melissa Rappaport Schifman
Kraig Rasmussen
Bill Read
Elizabeth Redleaf
Lawrence M. Redmond
Vicki Reece
George Reid
Johanna Reiter
Karen Riccio
Mason Riddle
Jim and Susan Ridenour
Barbara Ries
Sarah Roddis
Sara Rogers
Steve and Jacky Rolf
Michael and Tamara Root
Marilyn and Mark Rosberg
Mary and Tom Rose
Kathryn Rosebear
Richard Rosenberg and
Mickey O’Kane
Jeanne Ross
Ted Rowland
Dr. Joseph Rubin
Monica Rudquist
Jack Rumpel
Suzanne Runte
Martha Russell
Jim Rustad and Kay Thomas
Brenda Ryan
Gerald Sanders
Nate Saunders
Susanne Savett
Richard Scarlett
Barry Schaudt
Naomi Scheman
Mary Schirber
Tom Schmit
Janelle Schnadt
Sue Schweitzer
Rick Scott
Mary Seieroe
Ramon Serrano
Johanna Severson
Herb and Suzy Sewell
Iris and Luka Shaker-Check
Sharon Shapiro
Irving and Janet Shapiro
David Shelby
Juliane Shibata
B.J. Shigaki
Rob Silberman
Rich and Louise Simons
Nan Skelton and Peter Leach
Phil and Kate Smith
Susan Smith Swanson
Forrest Snyder
John Sokalski
Jim Spector
Susan Spencer
Richard Spiller
Judy G. Falconer Srsen
Mark N. Stageberg
Sheila and Roger Stageberg
Tom M. Stark
Yvonne Sterioff
Andrea Stern
Michael Stoner
Mic Stowell
Patricia Strandness
Marco Suemnick
Anne Summers
Sarah Sweatt
Jennifer and Charles Tatsuda
Bob Taylor
Susan Thornton and Gordon
Apple
Mariann Tiblin
Tara L. Tieso
Laura Tiffany and Ned Foster
Patrick Tower
T Cody Turnquist
Steve Uchytil
Peter Ullman
Valerie Umscheid
Paul Vahle
Douglas Vukson-Van Beek
Lynn Wadsworth
Martha Walsh
Robert J. and Dianne E. Walsh
Connie Gunderson Warner
Aase Warren
Jennifer Warren
Ruth and David Waterbury
Ellen Watters and Ann Fendorf
Bobette Weber
Sara Weiner
Diane S. Werness
Jim and Sue Westerman
Michele Wiegand
Frank and Frances Wilkinson
Leigh Williams
Tom Willis
Sharon and Cal Wilson
Penny Winton
James Wittenberg and
J. Pamela Weiner
Jean Wood
James Woodman and
Susan Weidner
Douglas C. Wyckoff
Ann J. Wynia
Julie Yeager
Cynthia Young
Pamela Zagaria
Sri Zaheer
Betty and Harold Zats
Michael Ziomko
Jeanne Zlonis
David Zucco and Justin Newhall
members and donors
institutional donors
These institutions provided support for general operations, as well as
for specific projects and programs. In some instances, they have been
providing such support for the Clay Center, as well as sister arts organizations in the region, for decades. With continued confidence in our
management, the quality of our programs, and our efforts to advance
the ceramic arts, support from our institutional donors has enabled us
to continue to exist, to adapt and change to meet the needs of our audience, to better serve ceramic artists and the art form, and to weather
the political, economic, and social changes in today’s world. We thank
them sincerely.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota
through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support
grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and
cultural heritage fund, As well as by a generous grant from the
Wells Fargo Foundation.
Ameriprise Financial
Elmer L. & Eleanor J. Andersen Foundation
Anonymous
BNSF Railway Foundation
The Boss Foundation
Harlan Boss Foundation for the Arts
Breadsmith
The Bush Foundation
Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation
Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
COMPAS
Continental Clay Company
Create Catering
The Douglas and Wendy Dayton Foundation
Arthur T. Erickson Foundation
Gardens of Salonica
General Mills Foundation
Great Ciao!
Walter McCarthy and Clara Ueland through the Greystone Foundation
John L. and Catherine J. Hill Charitable Gift Fund
IBM International Foundation
Jerome Foundation
The McKnight Foundation
Microsoft©
Minnesota State Arts Board
Minnesota Women Ceramic Artists
New French Bakery
Peregrine Capital Management, Inc. Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
Printing Enterprises, Inc.
RBC Wealth Management
Red Wing Collectors Society Foundation
Regis and Friends
River Road Foundation
Robert Steinman Family Charitable Foundation
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
Soup It Up for Kids, Inc.
Edson and Harriet Spencer Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation
R.E. Swager Family Foundation
Target
United Arts Fund, including contributions from hundreds of employees at companies throughout Minnesota.
US Bancorp Foundation
The Wallace Foundation
The Weiss and Raible Family
Wells Fargo
Windgate Charitable Foundation
Northern Clay Center 2011 Annual Report | Page 30

2012 in Review - Northern Clay Center

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