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Celadon – A Clay Art Gallery

October 2007

This sweet tiny gallery is full of hand-thrown pottery, with a workshop space and a kiln at the back that are available to local artisans to use. It's an excellent place for Christmas presents. I bought a glazed bowl to give a friend for her kitchen table. There was plenty else to choose from: simple mugs, eathernware (which grouped looked quite chic) and white breakfast china.

New & Notable

Summer 2006

There's something special about a little gallery in Water Mill next to the historic Water Mill Museum: It's not just the space itself—an old potting shed—but the mission of the artists who run the gallery, under the auspices of the Clay Art Guild of the Hamptons. Read article.

Potters Can Relax as a New Kiln is Built

April 24, 2005 by Helen A. Harrison

People have been making pottery on the East End as long as they have been living here. Some of the earliest artifacts found in the region are earthenware shards from Indian vessels that may date back 10,000 years. Read article.

Arts & Living, Artists Scramble to Spark Interest in Kiln Gone Cold

December 16, 2004 by Caroline Simson

On November 13, members of the Clay Art Guild of the Hamptons were left to pick up the pieces of their unfinished pottery: the flame in the only gas kiln available to the public on the East End had finally been extinguished. Read article.

Independent

Close Encounters of a Unique Kind

By Amy Patton

As crowds mill about in the main towns, why not travel down some lesser known roads to take in one-of-a-kind galleries—a fabulous pottery-for-gardens exhibit at Celadon in Water Mill, the only clay art gallery on the East End, a solo show of whimsical terra cotta sculptures at Temple Adas Israel in Sag Harbor, and the Masai photo exhibit at Boltax, the one and only art gallery on Shelter Island. Read article.

Arts & Living, Clay Artists Gather in Guild of Their Own

November 21, 2002 by Pat Rogers

It's not easy being a clay artist. Galleries seem to have plenty of space for paintings and sculpture, but only a handful of Long Island and Manhattan galleries routinely show works crafted from clay. Read article.