The Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill announces an exhibit of works by clay artists Mark Shapiro and Sam Taylor will be on display from August 24 – September 3 at the Castle Hill Gallery, 10 Meetinghouse Road, Truro, MA. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, August 26 from 4 - 6pm.

This show brings together works from two of the artists teaching workshops this summer at Castle Hill in ceramics. They co-teach, one a hand builder and one who works on the wheel. Both of their pottery is atmospheric firings. With Salt /soda and or wood firing.

Mark Shapiro’s experience with ceramics in high school led him into a successful career as a potter. In 1986, Shapiro opened his own pottery studio based on the idea of producing functional wares. He likens his working style to that of ancient potters producing large quantities of beautiful, functional pots. He continues to live and work at his western Massachusetts studio (stonepoolpottery.com), where he produces about one hundred pots a week. 

Sam Taylor uses wood to fire his stoneware ceramics. A lover of functional pottery, Taylor’s pots are always functional, although as he admits, some are “prettier to look at while other pieces are more rewarding to use.” Taylor studied ceramics in Wisconsin and now makes his home in Westhampton, Massachusetts. His business, Dog Bar Pottery (dogbarpottery.com), is named after the Dog Bar Breakwater in Gloucester, MA, where he once lived and made pots. 

Please join us for a reception featuring wine, beer and snacks with the artists on the deck at Castle Hill, Thursday August 26 from 4 – 6pm.