20th Annual "It's Only Clay" National Competition and Exhibition
2025 Placement and Harlow Award Winners will be posted here on the eve of November 7 or early on the 8th.
Exhibit Opening and Reception November 7, 5 – 7pm.
Award Presentations at 5:30pm with Special Jury Nick DeVries.
Exhibit: November 7 – December 23, 2025
Workshop with Nick DeVries: Surface – Reductive and additive techniques for building surface with leather-hard ware.
Registration open now, details →
In this hands-on workshop participants will learn techniques and processes to build interesting textures and surfaces on leather hard cylinders. Leather hard cylinders will be provided for the workshop as well as tools and additional materials. Participants are encouraged to bring in personal tools or items that may offer unique textural or surface interactions with the clay. DeVries will demonstrate how he approaches finishing work at the leather-hard stage by finishing a tall pitcher and a covered jar during the workshop.
2025 CALL for CLAY closed August 31
2025 Prospectus/Timeline for Artists →
The 2025 Application is CLOSED
IOC is a collaboration sponsored by Watermark Art Center and Bemidji State University Department of Technology, Art and Design. Thank you to Paul Bunyan Communications and Bemidji Area Arts Endowment, a component fund of the Northwest Minnesota Foundation.
