Central New York’s Feats of Clay competition was established in 1987 to foster education in the ceramic arts for Syracuse-area high schools. Now in its 36th year, the event includes schools from as far away as the North Country and the Southern Tier and features a juried exhibition that recognizes students who demonstrate excellence in ceramic sculpting and vessel making.
On Friday, May 2, 500 students representing more than twenty-five schools will converge on the Everson Community Plaza to compete in a series of Olympic-style competitive events that involve (among other things) throwing blindfolded on the potter’s wheel, stacking wheel-thrown cylinders, and building towering constructions out of clay coils.
Feats of Clay is supported by Clayscapes Pottery and the Independent Potters Association.