We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect summer staff than the lovely people who joined us for the 2024 season. For five months, they cooked, cleaned, crafted, organized, and so much more to make the residency experience seamless for all who visited our campus. We sat down with each of them to learn more… Read more »
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2024 Summer Residency Recap
Summer has officially given way to fall and Watershed is winding down after an incredible season. In addition to our annual Salad Days fundraising event, we hosted six residency sessions. These residencies brought roughly 100 artists from all over the country and world to Watershed, filling our campus with so much light, art, and community…. Read more »
Meet Watershed’s Salad Days Artist: Emily Armstrong
Watershed is pleased to announce our 2025 Salad Days Artist-in-Residence: Emily Armstrong! Originally from Long Island, New York, Armstrong moved to Portland, Maine, to pursue a degree in ceramics at the Maine College of Art & Design. Watershed, she says, was always on her radar. From a class field trip to the studio to… Read more »
Queering Time and Space
Where do identity, community, and craft meet? Summer 2024 artist-in-residence Etty Anderson explores that intersection in this feature. For a craft that is so deeply immersed in tactile physicality, ceramics hold the unique ability to create something more amorphous and ideational: community. At least, that’s what queer artist Etty Anderson thinks. Etty (they/them)… Read more »
Meet the Man Behind the Plates
Get to know Jeremiah Ibarra, Watershed’s 2024 Salad Days Artist-in-Residence, as he talks about craft, cartoons, and cultivating opportunities for future generations of artists. Background Jeremiah Ibarra is from Texas, but, despite his assertions that he hasn’t traveled much, he’s worked all over the U.S. He traces his start in clay back to his hometown,… Read more »
Watershed Welcomes New Executive Director in June
EDGECOMB – The Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that David S. East will be joining the organization as its new Executive Director in June 2024. East comes to Watershed with over 20 years experience as a ceramic artist and educator, 15 of which, in a leadership role…. Read more »
NEA Grant Press Release with The Color Network
TCN group 2022 2024 NEA / TCN PRESS RELEASE Press Release: for immediate release Contact: Sadie Bliss, Interim Executive Director, director@watershedceramics.org Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts Office: (207) 882-6075 | 103 Cochran Road, Edgecomb, ME 04556 National Endowment for the Arts Grant Supports Partnership Between Watershed Ceramics & The Color Network EDGECOMB – This… Read more »
2024 Board Changes
As we begin a new year, Watershed’s Board is pleased to welcome two new trustees into the fold as we bid a grateful farewell to three board members who have provided their talents, guidance and insights over many years. New Trustee Janna Longacre brings decades of experience as an artist and educator to the Board…. Read more »
Watershed Welcomes Sadie Bliss as Interim Executive Director
Watershed’s Board of Trustees is delighted to announce that Sadie Bliss has stepped into the role of Interim Executive Director. In this capacity, Sadie will support ongoing programming, operations, and fundraising through the transition to a new permanent executive director in 2024. Sadie is a long-time Watershed peer, supporter, and former Salad Days coordinator (back… Read more »
2023 Summer Residency Recap
“Attending a residency at Watershed created a truly once in a lifetime experience for me. I came to better understand my own practice and created a network with so many truly inspiring artists. I was able to talk to them about my future goals and ideas and learn from them. It was truly incredible.” -Jillian… Read more »