Events

Students and faculty of the Western New Mexico University clay department will hold their 16th Annual WNMU Friends of Clay Pottery Sale on Saturday, May 8. The sale runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will be held at the Lions Club Building near the intersection of 8th and Bullard streets at the north end of Makers Market. The sale will feature a great selection of pottery and clay art works donated by current and former WNMU clay students, faculty, and professional potters. All proceeds from the sale will be used for the benefit of the WNMU clay program. Sponsored by Friends of Clay, the annual pottery sales have grown in size each year since 2005 and have been an astounding success. Funds raised by the group are used to enhance and promote ceramics and the WNMU clay program through the offering of lectures, workshops, trips and scholarships. A main attraction of the annual sale has been the wide variety of clay works offered, from beginning-student pots to gallery-quality...