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LIP SERVICE


Saratoga Clay Arts Center’s Schacht Gallery presents LIP SERVICE, a national juried exhibition of drinking vessels, juried by nationally known Massachusetts clay artist and writer, Mary Barringer. The exhibition has been postponed and will now open on Saturday, August 22nd with an opening reception from 5-7pm and runs through September 26, 2020. All works will be available for sale in the gallery and online in our SHOP.

A cup is one of the most intimate objects that we interact with on a daily basis. When we sit with our tea, coffee or beverage of choice, we are in communion with a drinking vessel through its touch to our lips and its feel in our hands. Furthermore, when we drink with a handmade object, we are also connecting with the maker of the object, one pair of hands to another.  Selected through a jurying process by nationally renowned Massachusetts-based potter Mary Barringer, this exhibition will feature 100 drinking vessels by artists from across the country– cups, mugs, teabowls, yunomi, shot cups, martini cups, bourbon cups, wine goblets, espresso mugs, tumblers and more. We seek a diverse array of objects that invite use and handling, and are made for different hands, different aesthetics and different liquids. A feast for the eyes, each object is meant to be taken home and enjoyed one beverage at a time.

About the jurying process Mary Barringer stated, “Overall, I sought to create a compelling picture of different solutions to the same problem – either within one artist’s work, or across the range of the show. The process strained my eyes and my imaginative powers, but I hope I have assembled an inviting and thought-provoking group of pots.” Indeed, she did, and the works will be on display in the Schacht Gallery and online this spring.

Participating artists:

Daphne Allen, Chris Alveshere, Susan Beiner, Jill Bell, Michael Blair, Angel Brame, Kitlyn Brennan, Michael Bridges, Julie Burstein, Tracy Burton, Randall Carlson, Connie Christensen, Jack Coelho, Patricia Collins, Emery Cotton, Dawn Dishaw, Scott Dooley, Rod Dugal, Karen Elem, Katie Francis, Chase Gamblin, Terry Gess, Jessica Gotkin, Jonathan Grengs, Jason Hess, Alec Hoogland, John Hopkins, Don Hoskisson, Lucinda Howe, Shikha Joshi, Jennifer Kaplan, Victoria Keller, Randi Kish, Jonathan Kusnerek, Mary LaFleur, Bri Larson, Rebecca Lowery, Scott Lykens, Caitlyn Marsh, Liz Mazurek, Paul McCoy, Susan McHenry, Jena Merrill, Taylor Mezo, Courtney Michaud, Maureen Mills, Brian Molanphy, Farraday Newsome, Nancy Niefield, Shawn O'Connor, Michelle OHare, stephanie Osser, Margarita Paz-Pedro, Deshun Peoples, Natasha Poppe, Emily Rangel-Cascio, Mark Rossier, Danielle Ruggiero, Anna Salibello, Sean Scott, Nicholas Sevigney, David Smith, Josh Smith, Dan Squires, Kathi Tighe, Alex Walter, Amy Wandless, Erik Wilson, Suzanne Wolfe, Denise Woodward-Detrich, Dan Zulawski