Articles About Miami Valley Pottery

• Finding beauty in the useful things at ‘Mingei’

  By Lauren ShowsJune 1, 2026

  

  “Mingei” will debut as a pop-up show in the former YS Hardware store space on Xenia Avenue, June 1–14 — the first public use of the building since the hardware store closed last year.

• Local wood-fired work to open at the Winds

  By Anisa KlineNovember 27, 2013

  

  Locally made and wood fired plateware adorns the walls at the Winds Cafe through December.

• Malagasy student visits YS

  By Stephanie BeasleyDecember 3, 2009

  Jalana Lazar’s stint with the Peace Corps in Madagascar began inauspiciously. On her first day in the country, she was driven to the village of Nosiarina and dropped off with little fanfare. Remembering her initial dismay, she said, “They left me on the side of the road with a bike and my steel trunk.” She figured out the logistics of her new life on her own.