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  • ‘Piecework for Peace’ to gather

    By Audrey HackettMarch 16, 2017

    All handiwork crafters are invited to gather from 10 a.m. to noon Thursdays, beginning March 16, at the Emporium.

  • Art gleams anew at Holiday Jumble

    By Carol SimmonsDecember 1, 2016

    The Holiday Art Jumble returns to Yellow Springs for its fifth year. A fundraiser for the Yellow Springs Arts Council, the “grand reshuffling” of art and artifacts is being held in the council’s Corry Street gallery during regular gallery hours, 1–4 p.m. Wednesdays–Sundays, now through Dec. 31. It is closed Nov. 24 and Dec. 25. Items will continue to be accepted through Dec. 20. (Submitted photo by Corrine Bayraktaroglu)

    The YS Arts Council’s 2016 Holiday Jumble opened to the public on Saturday, Nov. 19, and will run through Dec. 31.

  • 34 artists to participate in 2016 Art & Soul

    By Carol SimmonsNovember 24, 2016

    Zazu Metcalf (top) creates cards (such as the bottom image), while her mother, Colette Palamar, creates sun and winter hats for babies, kids and adults (one is pictured here on Zazu). The mother-daughter duo are among 34 artists from Ohio and Indiana exhibiting at the fifth annual Art & Soul fair, held this Saturday, Nov. 19, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Mills Lawn School gymnasium. (Submitted Photos)

    A wide range of original arts and crafts creations—both decorative and functional—will be featured this weekend in the fifth annual Art & Soul fair, in the Mills Lawn School gymnasium.

  • A watched pot…

    By Guest ContributorOctober 6, 2016

    Fire leapt out and greeted potters Nicki Strouss and Winter Rowley (bottom left, fetching more wood) of John Bryan Community Pottery during the group’s community wood firing event last weekend. (Photo by Isaac Delamatre)

    Members of John Bryan Community Pottery carefully tended the fire for 24 hours, with wood added every 10 minutes to keep the kiln raging hot.

  • Mug shot

    By Guest ContributorAugust 18, 2016

    Ceramicist Richard Overman, of Cincinnati, exhibited mugs and other pieces with strong personalities at this year's Art on the Lawn. (Photo by Isaac Delamarte)

    The 33rd annual Art on the Lawn took place last Saturday, Aug. 13. Around 100 vendors participated, and the event drew solid crowds most of the day, despite late-afternoon rain.

  • Art on Lawn this Saturday

    By Carol Simmons

    Art On the Lawn will return to the village on Aug. 12. (News archive photo by Diane Chiddister)

    One of the things that makes the annual Art on the Lawn event stand out from other art and artisan shows is in its title — that would be the Lawn part.

  • Mudpuppies: Children’s Center visits John Bryan Pottery

    By Guest ContributorAugust 4, 2016

    Pictured above. from left, are Ethan Goodman, Devon Townsend, Alicia Lindsay and Evelyn Gauden, glazing their fragile pinch pot-inspired shakers and imagining what the glaze will look like after firing. (Photo submitted by Karly Strukamp)

    Seven children from the Yellow Springs Community Children’s Center spent a week learning the ins and outs of pottery and ceramics at John Bryan Pottery.

  • Reception for new potter on Friday

    By Diane ChiddisterNovember 20, 2015

    A reception for Nicki Strouss will take place Friday, Nov. 20, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the pot shop at John Bryan Community Pottery.

  • The Cyclops Festival – An Eye for Talent

    By Aaron ZaremskySeptember 13, 2015

    The fifth annual Cyclops Festival was a success; drawing artists, musicians, craftspeople, and food vendors from all around to showcase their merchandise and talents. Local and non-local festival attendees enjoyed DJs, music, handcrafted wares, sizzling provisions and local beer, all on a beautiful fall day.

  • 40-year old John Bryan Community Pottery now nonprofit

    By Lauren HeatonJuly 9, 2015

    Krystal Luketic, director of Yellow Springs Community Pottery, has worked to complete the 501(c)(3) process that now makes the local ceramics center an official nonprofit organization. (Photo by Lauren Heaton)

    John Bryan Community Pottery took a big step toward growing in the community by finally incorporating as a nonprofit organization.

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