The Clay Studio | Small Favors 2024

Apr 11th - Jun 2nd, 2024

Exhibition Catalog

You can view and click to shop the Small Favors below on this page. You can also access the works on our Shop Special Feature Page here. Don't forget to purchase a plexi cube for an unique way to display the Small Favors you purchase!

This page will remain an archive to view of all the works in the exhibition even after they sell.

The 50th anniversary edition of Small Favors presents almost 500 small artworks displayed in 4-inch cubes. In the exhibition you will find big ideas, individuality, and material awareness. Some artists were invited, while others were selected from an applicant pool of over 1,000. To celebrate that this truly is an exhibition for everyone, the call was extended to artists using other media to create their art, including wood, metal, glass, fiber, paper, and paint. The majority of the works are examples of small ceramic artworks that range from tiny mugs to intricate sculptures.

Artists represented in Small Favors range from the most established ceramic artists in the field, to young artists and students new to the material. Small Favors engages artists' creativity in new and exciting ways with the challenge of making art on a very small scale. Some create works in their usual style, but at a reduced scale. Others use it as an opportunity to experiment and break away from what they create in their daily studio practice.

This range of artists allows us to present works in a broad price range, from $35 to $4,500. We hope that this empowers people to become collectors, as well as helping established collectors continue to support artists.

Did you know the cubes for Small Favors are local and handmade?

Everything Plastic expertly creates each box for the show every year and we are so grateful that they are an official sponsor this year!

Check back soon for images of the work that will be available starting April 11

Thursday | May 16 | 1pm

Small Favors 2024: Derek Reeverts & Jill Birschbach

Join us as we talk about the challenges of working SMALL with Derek Reeverts and other artists who have made a regular practice of participaint in Small Favors over the years.

View the Recording

Thursday | May 30 | 1 pm EST

Small Favors: Claire McCauley & Sharon Bartman

Join us as we talk about the challenges of working SMALL with Derek Reeverts and other artists who have made a regular practice of participaint in Small Favors over the years.

View the recording

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Small Favors 2024

Thursday | May 16 | 1pm

Small Favors 2024: Derek Reeverts & Jill Birschbach

Thursday | May 30 | 1 pm EST

Small Favors: Claire McCauley & Sharon Bartman

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Opening Reception

Small Favors 2024

Small Favors to view and purchase

Wee Three

Ewer

B/W Cup

Flower Shop

Hiding in the Leaves

Mini Animal Box - Ram

Little Vixens 3

Egg 1

Egg 5

Sculpture I

Sculpture VII

Marble Music Box

Form Study Tourqois Soda

Form Study Yellow Salt Soda

Rana Swarm 2

Ashen Shino Glazed Porcelain Seed Pot 1

Gold Tip Wood Fired Seed Pot

Chopstick Holder 1

Chopstick Holder 2

Demitasse Cup 1

Demitasse Cup 2

Demitasse Cup 3

Angel R. Vazquez Figueroa

Angel R. Vazquez Figueroa

Daffodil with teef

Trubbled Love

Beach Bowl

Little Puma Cub

Old Meets New I (left)

Check yes or No

Porcelain Crane

"Let Everything Happy to You" Journal Cup

Rat Air

Cnidaria

Rainbow Cloud Demi Mug

Walleye Cup

Baltimore Oriole Espresso Mug

For Olin

Nice Punch

MTVs The Head

Cozy Kitten Trinket Box

Skunk and Dogwood Bud Vase

not for the faint of heart

got dealt a shit deck

Untitled

Egg 2

Egg 3

Egg 4

Sculpture II

Sculpture III

Sculpture IV

Sculpture V

Sculpture VI

Thimble Earrings

Devil With a Painted Face

microscape o.02

June on Campus

Armchair

Goose Bundle

An Evolving Drop

Gentite

Gentite

Meloncholy

Full Bloom Vase

Wedgwood Blue Reimagined

Thank You with Cherry Blossoms

Glass Eye

Unearthed

Comfy Chair with Tuxedo Cat

Comfy Green Chair with Tuxedo Cat

Always & Forever (Ring & Box)

Cup #1

Small Mushroom Vessels

Crow Totem

Forest Dance

King Fungi

Searching

Meditation on Mycology