2024 Stonepool Pottery Cup Fellowship

POW!'s Stonepool Pottery Cup Fellowship is a unique opportunity for an emerging clay artist to expand their practice, take artistic risks, and receive mentorship from established artists throughout the country. POW! believes in making ceramics accessible and affordable to anyone who is curious about exploring clay, and as part of this mission we want high quality ceramic products to also be easily accessible to the public. The selected applicant will be responsible for making 100 cups over a 3 month period, which will become a living part of our Cup Exchange Program. The Cup Exchange is an ongoing community project in which workshop participants create a cup that will travel to a future event while taking home one made previously by community members, or other potters. Cups made by the Cup Fellow will be added to the stock of beautiful handmade cups freely given to the community during our programs.

The POW! Cup Fellow will receive $2,500 to design and produce 100 cups in their own studios, as well as a shipping stipend to cover the cost of mailing completed work to the POW! Headquarters in MA. Artists will receive monthly mentorship from established artists. Mentorship will be shaped by the interests and needs of the Cup Fellow, but may include support in developing a prototype, shipping ceramics and the business of being an artist, artistic feedback, and networking connections. Please note this Fellowship does not provide studio space.

The Stonepool Pottery Cup Fellowship is named in honor of POW!'s founding board member Mark Shapiro, who has long advocated for both mentorship for emerging artists, and putting beautiful pots into the hands of the public.