Kansas City Art Institute Ceramics Department

During the KCAI Virtual Commencement yesterday it was announced that Ceramics graduate Debbie Magyar took Best In Show at this year's BFA Exhibition! Here's a detail of Debbie's beautiful tile installation "Nostos Algos Redux". The exhibition opens to the public on August 28 at the H&R Block Artspace. We will post more images from the exhibition throughout the week. Congrats to ALL the 2020 graduates at KCAI and elsewhere. #kcaiclay #claypeoplesgoodpeople #Classof2020

Erin Coughenmower is one of five KCAI Ceramics students featured in "Head Outside", at Powell Gardens til June 21. @humanbaen #kcaiclay #claypeoplesgoodpeople

Our first ever virtual End-of-Semester exhibition is now LIVE! Check it out! #kcaiclay #claypeoplesgoodpeople https://kcai.edu/end_of_seme/ceramics-eos-exhibition-2020/

Congrats to all, digitally present or not! The Class of 2020 will hold a special place in my heart.

What do you do when the graduation ceremony is on hold til the end of the summer? Some of the KCAI Clay Seniors gathered together (digitally) for an impromptu graduation picture. For the first time anyone can remember the photographer had to yell "OK, look at the camera, except those of you driving!" Go Seniors Go! #kcaiclay #classof2020 #claypeoplesgoodpeople

The digital catalog for this year's NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition is out and the winners were announced. Congrats to SIX KCAI students who made it into the show and to Nicole McLaughlin (1st place) and Jinblossom Plati (2nd) for taking top honors in the Undergraduate division. Also in the exhibition are Sydney Clark, Elinore Noyes, Jada Patterson, and Hunter Saxon. All are from the Class of 2020! #kcaiclay #thatsanamazingclass https://issuu.com/nceca/docs/nsje2020-fullcatalogue

Thanks to Margeaux Claude, KCAI Ceramics Class of 2013, for talking to all the students via the internet this morning. Margeaux spoke about her adventures in the Design World after graduation and her most recent project, studying the intersection of design, manufacturing and the artist in Hungary on a Fulbright Scholarship. Other visiting artists and critics recently included KCAI Clay grads Andrew Castaneda, Colin Yoon and Chase Travaille, curator Raechell Smith, gallerist and artist Marcus Cain, and KCAI Faculty member Eleanor Lim-Midyett. We're moving along online and we appreciate all the generous help from everyone! #claypeoplesgoodpeople #kcaiclay

Congratulations to Jeannie Hulen, KCAI Ceramics Class of 1996! #claypeoplesgoodpeople #kcaiclay https://www.youtube.com/watch

Nice interview with Roberto Lugo (KCAI Clay, Class of 2012) in Interview magazine! Perfect. #kcaiclay #claypeoplesgoodpeople https://www.interviewmagazine.com//roberto-lugo-vessels-bi

Our students finished up mid-term critiques yesterday and in the coming weeks we, like most other educational entities, will be dealing with life in the time of COVID19. Please read the official notice from KCAI. And thanks to all our students, faculty and staff for approaching this situation with a commitment to explore ways to make this semester successful. Sincerely, KCAI Clay https://kcai.edu/emergency-communications/

Four of our students currently have work at Leedy-Voulkos on Baltimore in an exhibition organized by the KCAI Black Student Union. Congrats to all! The show runs through March 28. - #kcaiclay #claypeoplesgoodpeople

Congratulations to Angi Cain Hejduk, KCAI Ceramics Class of 1994. Angi (right) and her co-founders of the InterUrban ArtHouse in Overland Park, KS, were recognized for Innovation at the 17th Annual ArtsKC Luncheon today. Approximately 1,000 people turned out for the event in the Convention Center! #kcaiclay #claypeoplesgoodpeople

We kicked off this snowy Wednesday with a wonderful lecture from Eddie Dominguez. The Rosary in the image is over 25 feet long. Prof. Dominguez grew up in New Mexico and often references the landscape and culture of his youth in his art. This morning he followed the lecture with a demo and will do critiques with students this afternoon and tomorrow. #claypeoplesgoodpeople #kcaiclay

Prof. James Watkins (KCAI Class of 1970) currently has a retrospective at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. See Comments for details! #kcaiclay #claypeoplesgoodpeople