Iowa Clay Conference
Celebrating talented artists from around the country!
The Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio (ICCGS) located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is pleased to host the 6th Iowa Clay Conference from October 4th-6th, 2024.
In conjunction with the Conference, ICCGS puts together the River 2 River National Exhibition, which will be held this year at Gilded Pear Gallery in Cedar Rapids. The exhibition will highlight the richness and diversity of ceramic art within the Nation.
Iowa Clay Conference 2024
- Date: October 4th - 6th, 2024
- Location: Iowa Ceramics Center & Glass Studio, Cedar Rapids, IA
- Main Presenters: Jonathan Christensen Caballero and Pattie Chalmers
Estimated Schedule
- Friday Night: Keynote address with Pattie Chalmers
- Saturday 9:00am-4:00pm: Demonstrations by Jonathan Christensen Caballero, Pattie Chalmers and TBA presenter.
- Saturday 5:00pm-7:00pm: Closing Reception for the River 2 River National Juried Exhibition at Gilded Pear Gallery located 1 mile from ICCGS.
- Sunday 9:00am-1:00PM: Demonstrations by Jonathan Christensen Caballero, Pattie Chalmers and TBA presenter.
*Times subject to adjustment
River 2 River
- Application Deadline: Sunday, July 1st, 2024
- Acceptance Notification: Friday, July 5th, 2024
- Exhibition Dates: August 5th - October 26th, 2024
- Cost of Submission: $30 for two individual works
Work submitted must be original, must use clay as the primary material and must have been completed within the last 2 years.
Estimated Schedule
- Closing Reception/Awards: Saturday, October 5th, 5:00pm-7:00pm
Awards
- 1st Place: $500 and A Solo Exhibition in the ICCGS Main Gallery in 2025
- 2nd Place: $200
Meet the Main Presenters & Jurors
Jonathan Christensen Caballero
Iowa Clay Conference Presenter and River 2 River Juror
Jonathan Christensen Caballero is an multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Utah. He received his A.S. in art from Snow College, B.F.A in ceramics and sculpture from Utah State University and M.F.A. in ceramics from Indiana University Bloomington. He has exhibited nationally in shows such as The Regional at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, NCECA Annual: Social Recession at the Weston Art Gallery, Figuring Space at The Clay Studio Philadelphia.
Christensen Caballero has been the ceramic Artist in Residence at the Interdisciplinary Ceramic Research Center at the University of Kansas, the Lawrence Arts Center, and Belger Crane Yard. As of August 2023, he is working full time as the Sculpture Shop Technician and Lecturer at the Kansas City Art Institute. Christensen Caballero’s work focuses on the human figure and advocates for the Latin American labor community by highlighting our histories.
Kate Schroeder
River 2 River Juror
Kate Schroeder is a ceramicist and full time professional artist residing in Kansas City, Missouri. She earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Ceramics from the University of Central Missouri and a Masters of Fine Arts also emphasizing Sculpture and Ceramics from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Kate’s main career focus is direct to collector relationships.
Her work can be found in over 3000 collections around the globe. In fact, it can be found on all 7 continents! Kate has exhibited and taught workshops coast to coast, digitally and in person. She was also a long term career resident at Belger Crane Yard Studios.
Before transitioning to a full time artist, Kate also spent nearly a decade as an educator. She has worked for universities, art institutes, and community colleges. She also spent several years dedicated to the nonprofit sector. During this time she managed EPIC Clay Studio a 501-C3 ceramics studio and Accessible Arts, a Not-For-Profit arts organization, which specialized in teaching art to people with disabilities. She also lived in Tanzania for a summer, where she started a small ceramics program for Walk In Love International.
Pattie Chalmers
Iowa Clay Conference Presenter
Pattie Chalmers grew up and went to art school in Winnipeg, Canada. She received her BFA in printmaking from the University of Manitoba in 1994, and her MFA in ceramics from the University of Minnesota in 2001. Since graduating she has exhibited in group exhibitions on five continents, in six countries and in thirty-four states and she has had seven solo exhibitions in the past five years, most recently the exhibitions The Mudmaid Museum at the Sheldon Art Center in St. Louis and Manitoba Sugar at Arkansas State University Gallery in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Chalmers has taught at the University of Minnesota, Ohio University and at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale where she is currently a Professor and Head of Graduate Studies. (Chalmers might be a little compulsive, and she definitely likes to laugh at her own jokes).
