By Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

…As with glass in 2007, ceramics garnered citywide attention. The medium rode in with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts conference in March, which inspired more than 100 exhibitions and drew an estimated 5,000 attendees.

Most of those exhibitions ran during conference week, requiring a marathon mentality to see but rewarding with similar highs. Special recognition is due the community spirit that made it all happen, particularly because Pittsburgh agreed to host the large conference with far less than usual lead time.

Kudos to Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild’s Joshua Green who was local organizer and worked with unfathomable energy, and to both arts and non-arts venues that provided help and exhibition space (including Ellis School and Armory, the Alcoa Corporate Center, Standard Ceramic and the Andrew Carnegie Free Library, Carnegie, among many laudable sites)….

For the complete Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09007/939965-42.stm