Upcoming Events

 

Upcoming Events: 


Ceramic Classes at the Concho Clay Studio: 
 

 
 
Try your luck at March's Date Nights:
 
 
 
 

 

Summer For Kids 2024: 

Save the date! Check out the schedule below for our line up of summer camps and workshops.


Registration opens March 25th on Eventbrite.com. 

Early Registration open March 21st for SAMFA Family Members!
Sign up for a family membership here. 



Art Thursday is a free family program that features fun and educational art activities in SAMFA's Education Studio. Between 3 pm - 6 pm every Thursday, come and go as you please and create art with your family. Our activities change every few weeks!


 Family Clay Days are coming back in the Spring of 2024!  

Family Clay Day is back! Join us from 10 am -12 pm in SAMFA’s Education Studio to create art together as a family!
Included with the Clay activity, 2 more Fine Art activities will be offered in the studio at this time, with a few special guests sprinkled in.

The First of our Free projects is a Quilted Ceramic Heart, in which you use hand-building skills, lace, and other textures to design your own Quilt-like heart puff, inspired by one of our current exhibits, Microscape. Prehistoric Clay Animals will soon be found in our studio thanks to special guest artist, Ariel Bowman. With her skilled background, she is going to teach us how to make our own Extinct Animals come back to life! Last but certainly not least, we can hear the call of Summer with our special Ceramic Vegetable Rattles! Come roll the beads that will sing inside the Vegetable of your choice and decorate your new produce.

 


Join us for our new lineup of Love to Learn Classes, starting January 2024!
Each class offers a one-of-a-kind creative learning experience taught by guest instructors.
Register today! Class size is limited! 

Love to Learn Class:
Ceramic Vases

March 16 & 23, 2024

About the instructor: Michelle Cuevas

Michelle was born in New Mexico but has lived in Texas for almost 50 years.
She learned her craft, in part, from local ceramicist icons Roger Allen and Millicent and Jeremy Bundick.
She has been “playing in the mud” for more than 25 years.

$100 per person

Click here to register

Questions? Call 325-653-3333


 

 

Call to Artists: The 2024 Student Ceramic Show
Apply online here!

 

 

 


 

The 25th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition Schedule of Events

Let us know you are coming! RSVP for all of the free events on Eventbrite.com
Ticketed Events: Click the links below the event to purchase tickets.

 

Thursday, April 18

Ceramic Workshop with Andrew McIntyre at ASU
9 - 12:00 p.m.
Angelo State University main ceramics studio

 

 

Clay Play Day with Ariel Bowman!
3 – 6 p.m.
Education Studio at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
SAMFA Education Staff and ceramic artist Ariel Bowman will be on-hand to help with clay activities for families and kids. Everyone welcome. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

 

Friday, April 19 

Ceramic Workshop with ASU Invited Artist Eric Ordway
9 – 11:30 a.m.
The Concho Clay Studio at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts

 

Atmospheric Vessels: Selected Works by McIntyre and Ordway
Eric Ordway & Andrew McIntyre
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Mayer Museum 2nd Floor, Angelo State University, 2501 W. Avenue N, San Angelo
April 18 – May 10, 2024
Sponsored by the ASU Department of Visual and Performing Arts

 

39th Annual Ceramic Symposium
1:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Room 101, Carr Education-Fine Arts Building, Angelo State University
Panelists: Louise Rosenfield, Ceramic Competition Juror; Chase Kahwinhut Earles, Invited Artist; ASU Invited Artists: Eric Ordway & Andrew McIntyre

 

 

25th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition in loving memory of Darlene Williams
Opening and Awards Reception                            
5 – 8 p.m. 
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts           
Juror: Louise Rosenfield, Dallas, Texas
Invited Artist: Chase Kahwinhut Earles, Ada, Oklahoma

  

 

Narrative Offerings 2024 Invitational (Opening Reception)
Curated by Exponential Art
5 – 9 p.m. - Gallery Verde
417 S. Oakes St., San Angelo

 

 

Ceramic Student Art Show (Opening Reception)
5 – 8 p.m. – Coop Gallery
423 S. Oakes St., San Angelo

 

Downtown San Angelo’s Spring Fling Event (Stroll)
5 – 8 p.m. 
Visit local shops, restaurants, and organizations. Enjoy light refreshments, music, fine art displays and event discounts from various participants!

The Oakes Street galleries are within easy walking distance of the museum. Also, free trolley transportation will be available from 5 – 8 p.m. between SAMFA and the Oakes Street galleries, as well as other venues participating in the Downtown San Angelo’s Spring Fling.

 

Saturday, April 20

Invited Artist Workshop with Chase Kahwinhut Earles
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
($45 regular admission; $25 for students)
The Chicken Farm Art Center
2505 Martin Luther King Blvd.

Buy Your Ticket Here

 

 

Family Clay Day with Ariel Bowman
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
Prehistoric Ceramic Animals will soon be found in our studio thanks to celebrity guest artist, Ariel Bowman! Famous for her Prehistoric works of art, she is going to teach us how to bring our own Extinct Animal back to life using clay and helpful tips!    

  

 

San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts Open
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

 

Narrative Offerings 2024 Invitational
Curated by Exponential Art
10 a.m.– 5 p.m. - Gallery Verde
417 S. Oakes St., San Angelo

  

Ceramic Student Art Show
10 a.m.– 4 p.m. – Coop Gallery
423 S. Oakes St., San Angelo

 

Studios & Kids Coop Open at the Art Center
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The Chicken Farm Art Center studios will be open with new work.

 

Clay and Play!
4 – 6 p.m.
Clay activities for families
The Chicken Farm Art Center

 

 

Texas Barbeque Dinner and Dance
6 p.m.
($17 per person)   
The Chicken Farm Art Center
featuring the ASU Jazz Band

Buy Your Ticket Here

 

Raku Firing Interactive Workshop
With the Concho Clay Studio and friends!
5 p.m.
Pre-order a pot for $5
The Chicken Farm Art Center

The Concho Clay Studio’s Kassie Dilworth will lead participants in a workshop on raku and alternative firing techniques in the style of Randy Brodnax. Joined by additional local and traveling clay artist friends, learn how to use different organic materials, chemicals, and processes to make exciting surfaces on pottery. We don’t stop firing till we run out of pots!
Participants are encouraged to bring bisque work to glaze and fire.
A selection of bisque-ware pottery will also be available for purchase for anyone to glaze, fire, and participate in this Ceramic Weekend tradition.

 

Sunday, April 21

San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts Open
1 – 4 p.m.

 

Narrative Offerings 2024 Invitational
Curated by Exponential Art
12 – 5 p.m. - Gallery Verde
417 S. Oakes St., San Angelo

 

Narrative Offerings Artist Talk
3 p.m. – Gallery Verde
417 S. Oakes St., San Angelo

 

 

Ceramic Student Art Show
1 - 4 p.m. – Coop Gallery
423 S. Oakes St., San Angelo

 

Monday, April 22

Walk-Talk with Hayun Surl
12 p.m.
Take a tour through the Ceramic Competition exhibit with ASU Ceramics Professor Hayun Surl
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, 1 Love St., San Angelo, TX (Second Floor)

 

Most events are free and open to the public. If there is a fee for admission, it is listed under the event.

The Ceramic Competition will be on display at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts from April 19 to June 23, 2024.

Read more about the 25th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition here

 


 

Love to Learn Class: Print and Dye

May 9, 2024

 

$125 per person

Click here to register

Questions? Call 325-653-3333