MEETINGS & EVENTS
Membership is required to participate in some events but the regular networking, informal member demos, and fellowship at our monthly meetings will remain free and open to the public.
Greater Austin Clay Artists is excited to announce our new Clay Mixer series! This new meetup series will give us an opportunity to gather and socialize at local community clay studios around Austin. Each meetup will have a theme, but it's primary focus will be for us to just network, have fun, and see our Austin clay studios!
To learn more and see the upcoming schedule of mixers,
visit our Clay Mixers page.
Upcoming Monthly Meetings
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Kell Simon: Slip Inlay
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Kell Simon will give us a demonstration on slip inlay. He will share an overview of his process including how he combines surface decoration techniques.
Kell Simon is a potter who lives in Austin, Texas. He has been making pots for almost 40 years. During the day, Kell is a lawyer who represents individuals in employment discrimination cases. In his non-lawyering time, Kell makes pots in his home studio mostly using two techniques - slip inlay and nerikomi. Kell’s slip inlay work involves making small impressions into thrown pieces using carved bamboo tools, filling those impressions in with wet clay known as slip, and then scraping the excess slip off to reveal the inlay underneath. Those pieces are time intensive, and so to keep up his throwing skills and have fun in the studio, Kell also makes pots using a technique called nerikomi, where layers of colored clay are marbled together in the throwing process. Kell sells his pots at Austin Pottery, a local ceramics school and store.
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Details:
7-9pm at St. Edward's University Fine Arts Building - Clay Studio
We invite you to join us before the meeting for food & drinks with our visiting artist starting at 5:30 pm at ABGB located at 1305 W Oltorf St.​
2026 Meetings/Demonstrations
January 14th - Open House & Supply Exchange
February 3rd - Chance Ramirez - Feel It Out Workshop
March 3rd - Kell Simon: Slip Inlay
April 7th - Hector Kriete
May 5th - Dougherty Arts Center Visual Artists in Residence
June 2nd - Diane Sung
July 7th - TBD
August 4th - TBD
September 1st - Empty Bowls
October 6th - TBD
November 3rd - TBD
December - No meeting
Interesting in being a demonstrating artists for one of our meetings?
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Email us with your information, what you would like to demonstrate, and some images of your work.
Meeting Details
GACA has returned to holding our monthly meetings in the Ceramics Studio in the Fine Arts Building at St. Edward's University in 2026.
The Fine Arts Building located at 3001 S Congress. You will need to register your license plate at the following link to park on campus. You can do this prior to arriving, and park in any of the green lots surrounding the building. Use the session code CLAY to access.
https://vpermit.com/stedwards/ClaimableEvents/Claim
The Fine Arts Building is circled in red on the map, with South Congress Ave to the left. You can open Google Maps with directions by clicking the image or going to this link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/o2QPFha7w2jK9v5o6
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Meetings typically start at 7pm with community announcements followed by a demonstration or talk from an area artist.
