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​2022

​Holiday Sale and Open Studio
Nov 19, 2022 10am-5pm
22201 Pondsville Rd Smithsburg, MD 21783
*Studio behind the house


Maiden Voyage of the new wood/gas hybrid and soda kiln: "Brigit"

named after the Irish goddess of fire, poetry, arts, and crafts
Preheat Friday night, with firing all day Saturday, maybe into Sunday, until complete.

October 29, 2022

​Creep Show IV
Clay Center of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
October 2022
Juror: David Kenton Kring​

Strictly Functional Pottery National
Kevin Lehman's Pottery 
Strictly Functional Pottery National is a national juried competition of 75-100 quality pieces of functional pottery. The annual event has been held since 1993 and is recognized as one of the top ceramic exhibitions in the country.
Lancaster PA
September 17 – November 5, 2022
Jurors: Jack Troy and Carolanne Currier

Clay: A Southern Census
Clay Center of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
May 13 – June 25, 2022

The Virtual Roomshow
NCECA Pop-up Event

online
March 16 & 17 8-10pm EDT
Organizers: Denise Joyal and Troy Bungart

​To Build a Kiln:  A Discussion of Kiln Design and Atmospheric Effects
Montgomery Potters
Monday, March 14, 2022
7:00 - 8:15 pm EST
Program starts at 7:00 pm EST via Zoom
$20 for non-members
A link will be emailed one hour ahead of time to Montgomery Potters members and registered guests
contact: 
montgomerypotters@gmail.com for more information

2021

Just Another Bowl
The Art Trust
West Chester, PA
October 2021
Opening Reception: Oct 1, 5-9pm

​KC Clay Guild Teabowl National
Centered Earth Gallery 
Kansas City, MO
October 2021
Opening Reception: October 1, 5pm-9pm at The ArtsKC Gallery
Juror: Erica Iman

​Creep Show III
Clay Center of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
October 2021
Juror: David Kenton Kring​

Proximity
The Clay Co-Op
Rockville, MD
Online September 2021
Juror: J. Christopher Landers


Malcom Davis: A Passion for Shino
Sandy Spring Museum
Sandy Spring, MD
June 11th to September 5th
Juror: Matt Hylek

The Virtual Roomshow
NCECA Pop-up Event

online
March 25 4-11pm
Organizers: Denise Joyal and Troy Bungart

2020

KC Clay Guild Teabowl National
Centered Earth Gallery 
Kansas City, MO
October 2020
Opening Reception: First Friday, October 2nd, 5pm-9pm
Juror: Sam Chung

Kindled Spirits

Good Earth Pottery
Bellingham, WA
October 2020
Juror: Simon Levin

Cup: The Intimate Object XVI

Charlie Cummings Gallery
Gainesville, FL
October 2020
Opens online at Noon Oct 2nd


Material Mugs V: Underglaze
Companion Gallery
Humboldt, TN
Opens in the gallery on September 4th
ONLINE September 6th
Juror: Mike Cinelli

Belger Arts
Tea Time 
Kansas City, MO
Aug 7, 2020 - Nov 7, 2020
Opening Friday, August 7, 2020

Proximity
The Clay Co-Op
Rockville, MD
Online August 2020
Juror: J. Christopher Landers


The Virtual Roomshow
NCECA Pop-up Event
online
March 26 4-11pm
Organizers: Denise Joyal and Troy Bungart

Small Favors 2020
The Clay Studio

Philadelphia, Pa
Mar 6th - Aug 17th, 2020

2020 Cup Invitational 
Good Earth Pottery
Bellingham, WA
​January 2020

2019

Potluck
Washington Street Studios

Harper’s Ferry, WV

Chia!

United States Botanic Gardens
Washington, DC

Steinfest: Present Day Interpretations
Claymakers 
Durham, NC
Invitational

Cups,  An Invitational
Abel Contemporary Gallery
Stoughton, WI
Aug 16- Sept 22
Curated by: Ryan Myers

The Roomshow

NCECA Pop-up Event
Minneapolis MN
March 24 4-11pm
Organizers: Denise Joyal and Troy Bungart

Twin Cups National Exhibition
*Best in Show* award

Missouri Western State University
St. Joseph, MO
Feb 22- March 22
Opening Reception: Feb 22, 
6pm-8pm
​Juror: Veronica Watkins​
 
The Cups Show  
Clay Arts Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
Jan 4- Feb 24


Faculty Exhibition
Bogigan Gallery, Wilson College

Chambersburg, PA
Feb 6- March 6

Opening Reception: Wednesday, February 6, 4:30-6 PM

2018

Surface Series Workshop
Carlisle Arts Learning Center ​
Carlisle, Pa
Sept 15, 10-5
Register here:
http://www.carlislearts.org/ceramics/surface-series-workshop-featuring-denise-oconnell-joyal

Proximity
Rockville, MD
The Clay Co-Op
August 17- 31, 2018
Opening reception: August 18, 7 pm
​Juror: Kevin Rohde


Kiln to Kitchen
A Farm-to-Table exhibition uniting ceramic artists and chefs
Eutectic Gallery
Portland, OR
Opening reception: July 6th 6-9pm

The Potters Cast
Paul Blais
Looking Into The Woodfire Community | Denise Joyal, Chris Landers, Lisa York, Tim Sherman | Episode 413
At this year’s NCECA Pittsburgh I sat down with a group of potters that had put on a room show to talk about what it was like to put on a room show. Now a room show is not part of NCECA, but it is a side thing that happens during NCECA in a hotel room. So that was going to be the point of the conversation. As we got into this we ended up spending a significant amount of time talking about what it is like being a part of the woodfire pottery community. The participants were Denise Joyal, Chris Landers, Lisa York, and Tim Sherman.

Fire in Many Forms
An exhibition featuring work fired a variety of atmospheric firing methods
Berkeley Art Works Gallery
Martinsburg, WV
June 6 - July 7
Opening Reception Friday, June 8

Ash & Flash
NCECA exhibition
A network of wood and soda-fired potters, unified by the love of atmosphere, create expressive vessels featuring natural ash and soda-fluxed surfaces.
Sweetwater Center for the Arts
200 Broad St., Sewickley, PA
Organized by Denise Joyal and Lisa York
March 12-17
Opening Reception March 16th 6-9pm
#ashflash2018

The Roomshow
NCECA Pop-up Event
Pittsburgh, PA
March 24 4-11pm
Organizers: Denise Joyal and Troy Bungart

LAST CALL III
Handmade Ceramics for Storing, Pouring & Sipping Fine Libations
Juried by Brett Kern
Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
Open Reception March 2nd at 7pm
online March 3rd 
#lastcall3

Twin Cups
Juried by Mike Strumbas
MWSU Clay Guild Potter Fine Arts Gallery
Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO 
Feb 23-March 23
Opening Reception Feb 23 6-8pm

On the Rocks
Juried by Pete Pinnell
Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
Jan 19-Feb 25
Opening Reception Jan 19 from 7-9 pm 
arrive at 6pm for Pete Pinnell's lecture "The Art of Drinking"

2017
Holiday Home Sale
Dec 2nd 1 pm-6 pm
22201 Pondsville Rd Smithsburg, MD 21783
Come enjoy refreshments,  tour the studio, and knock some items off of your Christmas list!

The National Beer Drinking Vessel Invitational
Juried by Kenyon Hansen
District Clay Center, Washington, DC
through Oct 26


& Co.
Opening Reception
October 6th 6-9 pm
 Artist and Makers Studios
Rockville, MD

Battle of the Bowls
October 6 -31
Academy Center for the Arts, Lynchburg, VA
Opening Reception Oct 6 5-8 pm 

Cup: The Intimate Object XIII
October 7-November 3
Charlie Cummings Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC

Feeling Flashy
A Clay Co-Op sponsored Soda-Firing workshop
Rockville, MD & Smithsburg, MD
Sept 30 
Kilnjoy Ceramics Studio
www.theclaycoop.com

Hood Alumni Opening Night Art Reception
Gifts Inn BoonsBoro
Sept. 14  5-7 p.m.
16 N. Main Street, Boonsboro, MD 21713
http://www.hood.edu/alumevents/

Brenden Lee Gallery
Kansas City, MO
2017 Kansas City Clay Guild Teabowl National
Opening Reception: Oct 6, 5-8 pm
Juror: Chandra Debuse 

The Clay Co-Op
Rockville, MD
Proximity
July 7 - July 29, 2017
Opening reception: Friday July 7, 6 pm
Juror: ​Tim Sherman
www.theclaycoop.com

HUDGENS CENTER FOR ART & LEARNING
Duluth, GA
​The Hudgens 2nd National Juried & Invitational Cup Exhibition
May 20 - July 29, 2017
Opening reception: Saturday, May 20th 2-4pm  
Juror: ​Garth Johnson
www.thehudgens.org

CLAY ARTS VEGAS
Las Vegas, NV
Naked and Refined 
May 4 -28, 2017
Opening Reception: Friday May 5,2017
www.clayartsvegas.com

​Savannah Clay Community
Savannah, GA
SIP: A Ceramic Cup Show
February 17-Feb-25 2017
February 17, 2017, 7-9pm | Opening Reception
February 24, 2017, 6-9pm | Closing Reception 
http://www.savannahclaycommunity.com/sip-a-ceramic-cup-show.html  

2016

Kevin Lehman's Pottery
​
Lancaster, Pa
2016 Strictly Functional Pottery National
Opening Reception: September 16, 6-9 pm
Sept 17- Oct 22, 2016
Juror: Simon Leach

The Clay Co-Op
Rockville, MD & Smithsburg, MD
Firing, Fluxes, Oxides and Atmosphere
a 2 part Soda and Pit firing workshop
Sept 10, Oct 1

Thornhill Gallery, Avila University
Kansas City, MO
2016 Kansas City Clay Guild Teabowl National
Opening Reception: August 26, 5-8 pm 
Juror: Jack Troy

Googleworks Center for the Arts
Reading, PA
2016 Cup Show
July 22 – August 26, 2016
Juror: Jeremy Randall

Whitaker Gallery, Hood College
Frederick, MD
AtmospHERE
an Invitational Exhibition
May 5-June 12, 2016
Closing Reception June 11 3:30-5 pm

The Clay Studio
Philadelphia, Pa
Small Favors XI
March 25- May 1, 2016
Opening Reception: April 1st 5-8 pm. 
https://www.theclaystudio.org/exhibition/small-favors-xi

​Savannah Clay Community
Savannah, GA
SIP: A Ceramic Cup Show
February 26-March 4, 216
Opening Reception: February 26, 2016, 7-9 pm 
Closing Reception: March 4, 2016, 6-9 pm
http://www.savannahclaycommunity.com/sip-a-ceramic-cup-show.html
​
MWSU Clay Guild
St. Joseph, MO
Off the Table: Plates for the Wall
National Ceramics Exhibition 2016
February 26-April 15, 2016
Juror: Linda Ganstrom
Opening Reception: February 26, 2016 6-8pm

NCECA: 50th Anniversary Conference
Kansas City, MO
Blinc 20:20
presentation with Simon Levin
March 18, 2016

The Clay CoOp
Rockville, MD
The Clay CoOp Opening Show
Opening Reception: Feb 25, 2016

2015

Firing and Holiday Sale
Home Studio
Smithsburg, MD
Dec 19, 2015

​Wilson College
Chambersburg, PA
John Stewart Memorial Library Inaugural Exhibition
October 23, 2015- February 19, 2016
Opening Reception October 23 

​Hood College
Frederick, MD
Coming Together, an Invitational Exhibition
October 16-19, 2015
Opening reception October 16

The Nicodemus Center for Ceramic Studies
Waynesboro, Pa

Workshop: The Thrown and Altered Teapot
September 21, 2015

The Potter Council, Alternative Firings Calendar 2015
Month of July
2015

Belger Crane Yard Studio
Kansas City, MO
Juried by Linda Arbuckle
Pour, Form and Function
June 5-August 15, 2015
Opening reception June 5th

Pottery Festival, Featured Artist
Waynesboro, PA
July 11, 2015 noon-5pm
​
NCECA
Clay Stories, Speaker

Providence, RI
March 26, 2015

The Kiln Studio and Gallery
Fairhope, AL
Dec 5, 2014-Jan 15, 2015
A Single Stem, the Bud Vase 
Opening Reception: December 5, 2014, 6 pm – 8 pm

2014

Capturing Light, Wilson College
Chambersburg, PA
October 8, 2014, 7pm
an encore performance of the MFA lecture

Workshop: Soda Firing
Home studio-Smithsburg, MD
for the Frederick Clay Studio
Firing Oct 4, 2014

​​The Little Pottery Shop
Frederick, MD
Sept 19th and 20th, 2014
Art Design & Fashion weekend
Join us this coming Friday night 6-9 pm & again on Saturday from 2-4 pm with Denise O'Connell Joyal as our featured artist. Downtown Frederick Partnership's "Downtown Collective Home" Art Design & Fashion weekend September 19 & 20th. 
Call for details! 301-620-7501 http://www.littlepotteryshop.com

Bogigian Gallery, Wilson College
Chambersburg, PA
Sept 17 -Oct 17 2014:
2014 Staff and Faculty Art Exhibition
Opening Reception, Wednesday, September 17, 5-7 PM
Bogigian Gallery, Lortz Hall

​
18 Hands Gallery
Houston, Texas
August 2-31 2014  
“Dining In VII: An Artful Experience” 
A juried exhibition featuring handmade items for the well-appointed dining table.

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