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Membership is open to everyone who is interested in ceramic art created in Washington state. Join or You may send in your own posts to have them distributed.

As a clay artist who joins the Washington Clay Arts Association you are able to expand your personal and career development in ceramic art. We are an all-volunteer club which hosts two annual Socials, one major Spring exhibition with cash awards, group sales, pit firings, potlucks, studio visits, and artist presentations. We connect a 400 (and counting) database of WCA Members, and Friends of the

WCA . Our list serve sends out clay news by email as it comes in, keeping clay artists current on statewide events in the larger ceramic arts community. Equipment sales, openings, calls-to-art, workshop listings offered at community studios- we get the news to where it needs to go. Our creativity comes from inspiring one another. We have great long-standing traditions, and constantly reinvent ourselves to respond to current needs. The WCA board approves all member proposals when there is a defined benefit to the ceramics community. WCA funds can be accessed to help with gallery show expenses. For 2014 we will continue to upgrade our technological capacity and skill levels to get Washington Clay Artists ever more visible. Board meetings are open. Members may contribute their ideas and branch out by connecting to other clay artists. With membership fees, we are able to purchase equipment for facilitating workshops, publicity, and to pay presenters. We are committed to promoting our members, especially those who want to help unite clay artists of Washington State. The WCA has endured because all clay artists benefit when we act in the spirit of service to one another. Help extend the scope and reach of the WCA. Please renew your membership, or become a member today!

04/22/2026

Growing since 1983!

04/21/2026

Summer Social in Ellensburg!

Do you have the skill to design social media posts for Washington Clay Arts?
Taking board member applications through May 1.
Help build programming for over 1,000 members!

04/04/2026

A huge THANK YOU to Brian for sharing your knowledge with us about kilns this morning. We could have kept going there is so much to cover!

Thank you to for sharing your space with WCA and helping us build community and exchange knowledge.

Pictured: Brian, Jentzen, Erin, Donna and Laura

04/02/2026

Whidbey Clay Weekend hosted May 1st-3rd in Freeland WA

Whidbey Pottery Salon hosts Studio Artist Deb Schwarzkopf of Rat City Studios, Sunday May 3rd from 1pm-3pm at Freeland Hall

Whidbey Art Market hosts Pottery Market May 2nd & 3rd at Freeland Hall, 10am-4pm

Whidbey Clay Center hosts Spring Show opening May 1st from 5-7pm, and Clay Olympics May 2nd at 12pm

Attendance is Free and Open to All

03/03/2026

“The Washington Clay Arts Association thrives when members step forward to give back. Serving on the board is one of the most meaningful ways to support our clay community—and it can be surprisingly transformative...”

-Deb Schwartzkopf, former WCA President

Read Deb’s and other former board members input about board service on our website under “join the board”

You’ll find more details and the link to our application.
Application open till May 1st.

Link in bio 🔥

01/28/2026

Save. The. Date.

It’s officially on the calendar.

Join us with Brian Hartman from
This workshop is about electric oxidation kilns.

Thank you to for being our host.

April 4th, 10-12
In-person workshop at the studio in Seattle’s International District or stream on Zoom

RSVP for members will open March 4th
Not a member? Join today.
Link in bio

12/12/2025

What do we want?
- Community building and Education!

When do we want it?
- April 2026!

WCA seeks to organize a kiln maintenance workshop for members with Brian from Happy Kiln

In order to do that, we need a space to host in person as well as Wi-Fi for zoom streaming and recording.

Ideally, this would take place in April 2026

Comment on the post, jump in the DM’s, or email Laura at the link in bio

Looking forward to a new year and new opportunities!

11/22/2025

Save The Date!

March 1st, 2026
We’ll return to for our Winter Social and Member Meeting

(Yes this is a duplicate, the first one had a spelling error)

11/18/2025

Doing a holiday sale? Comment here! ⬇️ (I’ll go first)

11/16/2025

Did you know we have a group just for members?
I post upcoming WCA projects and you can share and connect with the community.

If you are a WCA member, pop over and join this group too!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/839634787966757

10/30/2025

We are sad to share the news of the passing of Marge Levy

Shared with permission from The Clay Corner Seattle

“
We are saddened to share the news of our studio member Marge Levy’s passing.
With nearly 70 years of clay background we felt honored that she spent the last several years calling our studio home! Marge loved being amongst what she called the young people, she’d often stop the staff to say– this is just wonderful, speaking of the energy in our community! “

Please read their full post tribute to Marge and how they plan to honor her and how you can be part of this.

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PO Box 9164
Seattle, WA
98109

Website

http://washingtonclayarts.org/

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