Hudson Valley Pottery Tour 2018

The Hudson Valley is alive with art! Bailey Pottery has been in Kingston, NY since our beginning in 1976, and since then we have seen the ceramics and arts community continue to grow and flourish. In its second annual year, the Hudson Valley Pottery Tour contributes to this wonderful growth. The self-guided tour of six studios in Ulster County, New York allows visitors to see the high-quality of ceramics being produced in the region and interact with the makers that create them.

This year, Bailey hosted a kick-off event on Friday night preceding the weekend tour. Guests gathered at our showroom in Kingston and enjoyed light fare, a slide-presentation describing the studios, and a pottery presentation by tour organizer Doug Peltzman and guest artist Haakon Lenzi.

The following Saturday and Sunday we hit the road and visited the studios. We saw an incredible diversity in the way the artists approached clay as a material. All have developed unique processes that yield wonderfully different results. We saw everything from wood-fired sculpture, to 3-d printed vases, to hand-thrown and ram pressed pots. Getting an inside look into the workings of the studios and having conversations with the artists about their work is an educational and inspiring experience. The opportunity to take home a new piece of pottery or sculpture to enjoy for years to come is a rewarding bonus.

We hope that you will join in on the Hudson Valley Pottery Tour next year. It's growing popularity is proof of its welcome home in this community of makers, thinkers, collectors, and artists.