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    OPEN CALL FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS NOMINATIONS

    The Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts (The Bray) seeks individuals for consideration to serve on the Board of Directors.

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Diversity and Inclusion at The Bray

The Bray exists to promote excellence and enhance commitment and investment in the ceramic arts while actively working towards increased inclusion, representation, belonging and equity in the ceramics community. See our Strategic Plan to learn more.

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Wow! The combination of Pots and Plants and the Sp Wow! The combination of Pots and Plants and the Spring Sale raised a total of $43,800. Of this money 60% goes directly to the artists who participated, that's $26,280 paid out directly to the artists. The remaining 40% goes to support The Bray as a whole, which exists to support residents, past, present, & future and raise awareness of the field.

Thank you all for helping to make this happen!
Tonight! 6:30 pm Mountain, Artist Amplified; Kelli Tonight! 6:30 pm Mountain, Artist Amplified; Kelli Sinner and Chris Alveshere on Building Community @archie_bray 

Join us at The Bray as Missoula artists, educators, and entrepreneurs Kelli Sinner @kellisinnerstudio and Chris Alveshere @chriscookskilns share insight into their individual practices, careers, and backgrounds.  Focusing on the topic of building community, they’ll shine light on their brand new endeavor Workroom Montana; Community Arts in Missoula, MT! Our Artist Amplified lecture and demonstration series allows artists and art enthusiasts to share their history, process, and conceptual motivations with the public through various presentation formats. 

Join in person or online!
The Bray Clay retail space is closed for a demolit The Bray Clay retail space is closed for a demolition project. If you are coming to the Clay Business from a distance or locally please call to ensure we are open. We apologize for any inconvenience. Shopping is available 24/7 online (link in bio) or, for assistance please call 4O6- 442 - 2521.
Pots and Plants Sale at @archie_bray now open! #ma Pots and Plants Sale at @archie_bray now open! #mayatthebray
The planters have arrived! This crew drove out to The planters have arrived! This crew drove out to @westmont_farm to load up and drive carefully back to @archie_bray with their precious cargo! Join us Saturday between 10 am and 3 pm to shop for some extraordinary pots and plants! 

The Bray gallery is closed to the public today and tomorrow to get everything prepared for the sale, see you Saturday!

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The Sales Gallery will be CLOSED Thursday and Frid The Sales Gallery will be CLOSED Thursday and Friday in preparation of the Pots & Plants Sale. We’ll see you Saturday between 10 am-3 pm!
On behalf of the Residency Committee, I want to si On behalf of the Residency Committee, I want to sincerely thank all who applied for sharing your work with us. It was amazingly gratifying to see the current energy and capacity in the ceramic field.

Going through the applications was both wonderful and a bit heartbreaking. We were floored by the amount and variety of work presented, by the range from novice to veteran. At the end of the day, we had a very limited number of spaces for a very large pool of qualified applicants. The committee spent a lot of time talking about the mix and the make-up, balancing experiences and strengths, looking for the broadest range of ways of thinking and making.

Helena is a bit off the beaten path, the climate is often harsh, this lovely valley is a place where flood or fire season can last longer than spring or fall. It can be well over 100 degrees in the summer and minus 35 in the winter. In the words of one of the jurors…

“One of the things that I’ve always thought was special about the Archie Bray is that it’s far from everything practically. For most of those who go, to get there you have to go on a long journey. It’s not easy just to arrive. I’d like to think that everyone who commits to being a resident at the Bray has also decided that they are ready for a transformative journey of their own.”

Please join us in welcoming our most recent band of travelers, for terms both long and short and a hearty thanks to all who work to make this amazing field what it is today.

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@archie_bray Pots and Plants Sale is on May 13 in person only 10 am-3 pm❤️ Exciting to see my pots coming back from the farm soon with special flowers in it  for this event 🌱🌱🌱
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Thank you for your support of The Bray during Grea Thank you for your support of The Bray during Greater Helena Gives! Through your generosity, $3,435 was raised to support artists and we are grateful to our wonderful community. #greaterhelenagives #thebray
We hope you will join us in an exciting time of gr We hope you will join us in an exciting time of growth and change at The Bray by making a gift during Greater Helena Gives. (link in bio) Greater Helena Gives is the Helena area’s annual 24-hour online giving campaign to raise money and awareness for local nonprofits in our community, like The Bray! Give anytime between 8 pm on Wednesday through 8 pm on Thursday. (May 3 & 4) 

Donations will be matched dollar for dollar up to $1500! Your support will help us make bigger an impact as we continue to invest in new and unique education models, international residency opportunities, and the expansion of creative educational programming. 

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Spring Sale is OPEN!!! Spring Sale is OPEN!!!
So much fantastic work! The Spring Sale opens in-p So much fantastic work! The Spring Sale opens in-person tomorrow, Saturday, April 29, at 10 am. If you’re further away, shop online beginning May 1, at 10am Mountain Time. #thebray
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Save the date! The Bray’s Spring Sale begins Apr Save the date! The Bray’s Spring Sale begins April 29, at 10 am mdt (online May 1)! The Spring Sale features a variety of new works from our incredibly talented ceramic artists. 

The in-person Pots and Plants Sale will follow on May 13, from 10 am–3 pm. This longstanding partnership with @westmont_farm features beautifully potted handmade planters and vases made by @archie_bray artists. 

Coffee and baked goods will be available for purchase from @fishbonebakeryhelena @montago_coffee and @dearpotatoorg during the Pots and Plants Sale as well! Come on out and find something beautiful! #mayatthebray #archiebray #thebray #archiebrayresidency #westmontfarmandgardens
Austin Riddle glazes a table full of pots in advan Austin Riddle glazes a table full of pots in advance of the Spring Sale. 

“My pots are made as companions for you and your home. A vase for your table, full of freshly picked flowers as you and your partner eat breakfast and plan your day's activities. Large platters and compartment trays to present home-cooked meals with friends on a warm summer evening. Whiskey sippers that nestle in warm hands, topped off as needed from a half-empty bottle of Jack Daniels.” @austinriddlepottery 

The Spring Sale begins April 29, at 10am Mountain Time, in-person and online! #thebray
Join us at The Bray Thursday, April 13, as Long Te Join us at The Bray Thursday, April 13, as Long Term Resident artist and Taunt Fellow, Shea Burke, shares insight into their practice. Our newly revamped Artist Amplified lecture and demonstration series allows artists and art enthusiasts to share their history, process, and conceptual motivations with the public through various presentation formats. We can’t wait to discover what Shea has to share! @sheaburke_ @archie_bray 

Follow the link in our bio to find the live stream Zoom link.
The Bray seeks a full-time development director to The Bray seeks a full-time development director to head ongoing fundraising and donor development needs. Reporting to the Executive Director, this professional must have an established background in coordinating nonprofit donor cultivation and solicitation strategies, restricted and unrestricted donation cultivation, as well as staff/volunteer leadership. 

Visit the link in bio to view the position and to apply. 

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Long-term resident artist, @maura_wright prepares Long-term resident artist, @maura_wright prepares for an exhibition in New York @janehartsook . Resident artists @archie_bray often work long, concentrated hours in advance of exhibitions both near and far. We invite you to pop by The Bray to meet the artists at Open Studios on the first Friday (5-7 pm) and the following Saturday (12-2pm) of each month. #archiebray #archiebrayresidency #thebray
Every Wednesday Night this month come show your su Every Wednesday Night this month come show your support at @gulchdistillers!
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We're the recipient of Crafting A Better Community and for every cocktail/mocktail sold $1 goes back to The Bray.  Come one night or come out for all four! Invite your friends and loved ones out.
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Rumor has it there's a Bray Cocktail those nights...
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The Bray is pleased to welcome Jae Won Lee as an I The Bray is pleased to welcome Jae Won Lee as an Invited Visiting Artist! 

As the term, “a homing instinct,” indicates, Jae Won Lee’s current artistic research lies in the instinctual directing homeward in terms of philosophical return of dust to dust, and the poetic return to a physical homeland and to nature. Moreover, the pandemic lockdown made Jae Won ponder upon a psychological and emotional horizon expanding, only back to the country of origin for research and direct exchange opportunities in Korea, where she became absent for four decades. Jae Won explores this personal aspect as a means of conveying the inner landscape of her heart and mind through the creation of an interpretive visual language, using floral patterns and fragments of landscape. Under the title, “In Search of Streams and Mountains,” embarked on an artistic journey to a new territory, looking for those horizons of self in the exploration of the actual landscape views depicted in traditional Asian painting and poetry.

Jae Won Lee received a BFA in sculpture from California State University, Long Beach and a MFA in ceramics from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Lee is currently Professor at Michigan State University and other institutes she taught include Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camberwell College of Arts in London, the UK, and Chung Nam National University, Deajeon, Korea, California State University, Long Beach, and the University of Washington, Seattle.
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