Teapots A-Go-Go 2006

MudFire Gallery welcomes back the teapot with "Teapots-A-Go-Go 2006", our third bi-annual gallery exhibit and sale of dainty, gorgeous, eccentric, frightening, sublime and otherwise wickedly-cool teapots.

This huge multi-artist show opens on April 15 and continues through May 8. An opening party will be held on April 15 from 5p-10p.

Kyle Carpenter

The teapot is the most expressive, inspiring and challenging of functional forms. The artist must carefully balance their creative ambitions with the technical requirements of thoughtfully integrating handle, spout, body and lid. The teapot is an invitation to experiment, and an important proving ground for contemporary studio ceramicists.

The goal of our curators and jurors is to celebrate the diversity of the contemporary teapot. We will bring you teapots gentle, insouciant, staunch, wild, formal, rustic, elegant, and playful. And maybe, just maybe, amongst them you'll find the perfect teapot.

Sooyeon Kim

For the first time, MudFire invited other local fine craft galleries and clay venues to participate with their own teapot shows and programming. The unique result is The Atlanta Teapot Festival...the only such event in the country. We expect teapot lovers from all over the country to attend, so don't miss something this special in your own backyard!

Two $250 awards will be juried by teapot master Rick Berman of Atlanta. One for Best Sculptural and one for Best Functional. Awards will be announced April 24th.

Our Teapot Artists

Teapots-A-Go-Go will include the work of over 100 artists. We have invited nationally and regionally prominent artists to participate. We will also be jurying submissions from all over the continent, including a strong showing from local potters. The many artists of MudFire Clayworks will also be submitting teapots.

Silvie Granatelli

Pete Pinnell

Sam Chung

Lana Wilson

Karl Yost

Sheila Clennell

Tim Sullivan

Margaret Patterson

Joy Tanner

Anne Fallis Elliott

Michele Smith

Beth Tarkington

John Elder

Barry Gregg

Neil Estrick

Richard Schneider

D. Hayne Bayless

Brooke Cassady

Gloria Singer

Eileen Braun

Jeff Brown

Bryan Hannis

Stephen Heywood

Neil Estrick

Ken Horvath

Robert LaWarre, III

Lynne McCarthy

Sandy Miller

Marcia O'Brien

Knox Steinbrecher

Donna Owens

Joan Rasmussen

Meryl Ruth

Deb Schwarzkopf

Pamela Segers

Richard & Carol Selfridge

Judy Shreve

Sam Chung

Gina Skillings

Sally Smith

Keri Straka

Sharon Woodward

Jillian Higley

Bryan Dodd

Charlie Kern

Judy Cutchins

Donna Friedman

Hank Hogan

Donna Kemp

Fabor Corbett

Maithilee Pathak-Sharma

Liz Peterson

Val Jefford

Sheri Monack

Michele Smith

Keiko Coghlin

Pete Mooneyham

John Thigpen

Barry Gregg

Brooke Cassady

John Elder