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Chapter 9 : Gallery List

This is a diverse list of galleries who sell ceramics. Very often galleries are great liaisons for artisans and collectors and champions for the field. In my experience, they have earned their 50%. Many artist also sell their work directly through their own website or through Etsy (etsy.com). The exposure for the work to new or expanded audiences is an invaluable component of what galleries do for the field.

 

For More Information about working with galleries read Sandy Simon’s , Avra Leoda’s and Jeff Guido’s interviews in Chapter 11.


“Approaching a Gallery”

by Leigh Taylor Mickelson, Executive Director, Clay Art Center

“There are a lot of ways to approach a gallery or art center for exhibiting your work. But the best way, at least for me More...

 is to first introduce yourself. If an artist takes the time to email me, call me or visit me, and ask me first if they can show me their work, or how they can exhibit with us, then I have the opportunity to let them know what I am looking for and how it would be best for them to show me their work. I can let them know HOW to apply for an exhibit, or how to be considered for our shop. I find that if I get a blanket email from artist, with their website address, that while I might look, I don’t take the same amount of time, and often look and then move on. I know that it is a mass email, and the artists intentions are not at all clear. What does this artist want? If he/she just wants me to look at their website, then that may or may not happen. If I know the artist is following the procedure for applying for an exhibition, or specifically expressing their interest in CAC, I would handle that email in a completely different way. I actually consider it, file it, and bring it forward to my gallery committee. That individualized attention really makes a difference.

Another really important thing is to look for a gallery whose aesthetic matches your own. Many commercial galleries, for instance, have a style or a genre. Look at the artists they already represent. Would your work be a fit? A gallery’s list of artists usually matches a gallery’s collector base. If a gallery does not see their patrons buying your work, then it is less likely they will take you on. So knowing who you are approaching and why is paramount. If you think your work is the right fit, then take the time to call or email, as stated above, and clearly state your intentions and see if they are even looking for new artists. This attention to detail will not be missed.”


Galleries

Online Galleries:

Schaller Gallery (online and physical gallery)
The Nevica Project
AKAR (mostly online sales)

*Many Galleries now have both online platforms and brick and mortar spaces.


IRL Galleries (actual galleries, often with online elements):

Greenwich House Pottery
greenwichhousepottery.org
16 Jones St, New York, NY 10014
Email: pottery@greenwichhouse.org

New Morning Gallery
newmorninggallerync.com
7 Boston Way, Ashville, NC 28803
Email: ArtForLiving@newmorninggallery.com

Pewabic Pottery
pewabic.org
10125 E. Jefferson Ave, Detroit, MI 48214
Email: info@pewabic.org

Pottery Northwest Gallery
potterynorthwest.org
226 1st Avenue N., Seattle, WA 98109
Email: info@potterynorthwest.org

Belger Arts Center
belgerarts.org
2100 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64108
Email: gallery@belgerarts.org

AKAR
clayakar.com
257 East Iowa Ave, Iowa City, IA 52240
Email: contact@clayakar.com

Terrestra
terrestra.com
30 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941
Email: info@terrestra.com

Bentley Gallery
bentleygallery.com
215 East Grant St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Email: info@bentleygallery.com

John Natsoulas Center for the Arts
natsoulas.com
521 1st St, Davis, CA 95616
Email: art@natsolas.com

Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art
sherryleedy.com
2004 Baltimore Ave, Kansas City, MO 64112
Email: sherryleedy@sherryleedy.com

Ann Arbor Art Center
annarborartcenter.org
117 W. Liberty Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Blue Spiral
bluespiral1.com
38 Biltmore Ave, Ashville, NC 28801
Email: info@bluespiral1.com

Boston Society of Arts and Crafts
societyofcrafts.org
100 Pier 4 suite 200, Boston, MA
Email: info@societyofcrafts.org

Chester Springs Studio
yellowsprings.org
P.O. Box 62, Chester Springs, PA 19425
Email: inquiries@yellowsprings.org

The Clay Studio
theclaystudio.org
139 N. Second St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Email: info@theclaystudio.org

Craft Alliance
craftalliance.org
6640 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63130
Email: Contact Form

Ferrin Gallery
ferrincontemporary.com
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA 01247
Email: info@ferrincontemporary.com

ArtFul Home
artfulhome.com
Email: partnership@artfulhome.com

Harvey Preston Gallery
harveypreston.com
517 E Hopkins, Aspen, CO 81611
Email: info@harveypreston.com

Iowa Artisans Gallery
iowa-artisans-gallery.com
207 E. Washington St, Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Email: mail@iowaartisansgallery.com

Lillstreet Gallery
lillstreetgallery.com
4401 N. Ravenswood, Chicago, IL 60640
Email: Contact Form

Northern Clay Center
northernclaycenter.org
2424 Franklin Ave, E. Minneapolis, MN 55406
Email: Contact Form

The Signature Shop and Gallery
thesignatureshop.com
3267 Roswell Road N.W., Atlanta, GA 30305
Email: sigshop@thsignatureshop.com

Turtle Gallery
turtlegallery.com
Rt.15 61 N. Deer Isle Rd, Deer Isle, ME 04627
Email: Contact Form

Worcester Center for the Crafts
worcestercraftcenter.org
25 Sagamore Rd, Worcester, MA 01605
Email: Contact Form

Lacoste Gallery
lacostegallery.com
25 Main St, Concord, MA 01742
Email: info@lacostegallery.com

Freehand Gallery
freehand.com
8413 West Third St, Los Angeles, CA 90048
Email: email@freehand.com

Nancy Margolis Gallery
nancymargolisgallery.com
523 West 25th St, New York, NY 10001
Email: margolis@nancymargolisgallery.com

ARC Gallery
arcgallery.org
2156 North Damen, Chicago, IL 60622
Email: info@arcgallery.org

ArtSpace
artspacenewhaven.org
50 Orange St, New Haven CT 06510
Email: info@artspacenh.org

R Duane Reed Gallery
duanereedgallery.com
4729 McPherson Ave, St. Louis, MO 63108
Email: info@duanereedgallery.com

Clark Gallery
clarkgallery.com
PO Box 339 145 Lincoln RD, Lincoln MA 01773
Email: dana@clarkgallery.com

Memorial Art Gallery Store
mag.rochester.edu
500 University Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
Email: maginfo@mag.rochester.edu

Penland Gallery
penland.org
PO Box 37 67 Doras Trail Penland, NC 28765
Email: gallery@penland.org

Vermont Studio
vermontstudiocenter.org
80 Pearl St, Johnson, VT 05656
Email: info@vermontstudiocenter.org

Arrowmont
arrowmont.org
556 Parkway PO Box 567, Gatlinburg, TN 37738
Email: info@arrowmont.org

Fuller Craft Museum
fullercraft.org
455 Oak St, Brockton, MA 02301
Email: Contact Form

William Traver Gallery
travergallery.com
110 Union St Suite 200, Seattle WA 98101
Email: info@trevorgallery.com
or
1821 E. Dock St Suite 100 Tacoma, WA 98402
Email: tacoma@trevorgallery.com

Trax Gallery
traxgallery.com
1812 Fifth St, Berkeley CA 94710
Email: info@traxgallery.com

Cervini Hass Gallery Gallery Materia
cervinihaas.com
422 N. Marshall Way, Scottsville, AZ 85251
Email: Contact Form

Charlie Cummings Gallery
charliecummingsgallery.com
819 SW 5th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
Email: Contact Form

Hawk Gallery
hawkgalleries.com
153 East Main St, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Email: eaglel@leagleart.com

Mobilia Gallery
mobilia-gallery.com
359 Huron Ave, Cambridge MA 02138
Email: mobiliaart@verizon.net

Art-Stream Nomadic Gallery
art-stream.com
525 Buggy Circle, Carbondale, CO 81623
Email: artstreamnomadicgallery@gmail.com

Daichi Gallery
daiichiarts.com
18 East 64th St. 1F, New York, NY 10017
Email: Contact Form

The Dairy Barn Arts Center
dairybarn.org
8000 Dairy Lane, Athens, Ohio 45701
Email: artsinfo@dairybarn.org

Frank Lloyd Gallery
franklloyd.com
131 N. San Gabriel Blvd 103, Pasadena, CA
Email: info@franklloyd.com

Dowstudio
dowstudiodeerisle.com
19 Dow Road, Deer Isle, ME 04627
Email: info@dowstudiodeerisle.com

In Tandem Gallery
intandemgallery.com
20 North Mitchell Ave, Bakersville, NC 28705
Email: Contact Form

Companion Gallery
companiongallery.com
3638 East Mitchell St (Hwy 152), Humboldt, TN 38343
Email: botbylpottery@gmail.com

James May Gallery
jamesmaygallery.com
213 Steele St. Algoma, WI 54201
Email: Contact Form

Plinth Gallery
plinthgallery.com
3520 Brighton Blvd, Denver, CO 80216
Email: gallery@plinthgallery.com

Creative Hands Gallery
creativehandsgallery.com
812 Main Street, Unit 2, Osterville, MA 02655
Email: Contact Form

Plough Gallery
ploughgallery.com
216 Eighth St West, Tifton, GA 31794
Email: info@ploughgallery.com

Red Lodge Clay Center
redlodgeclaycenter.com
123 South Broadway Red Lodge, MT 59068
Email: info@redlodgeclaycenter.com

Eutectic Gallery
eutecticgallery.com
1930 NE Oregon St, Portland, Oregon 97232
Email: brett@eutecticgallery.com

Clay Studio of Missoula
theclaystudioofmissoula.org
1106 Hawthorne St, Missoula, MT 59802
Email: info@theclaystudioofmissoula.org

Carbondale Clay Center
carbondaleclay.org
135 Main St, Carbondale, CO 81623
Email: info@carbondaleclay.org