Time and Materials. Dates: 22 January - 27 February 2009. Address: Bradley University, Hartmann Center Gallery, 1423 W. James Street, Peoria, Illinois 61625. Telephone: 309-677-2989. Email: ekauffman@bradley.edu. Surf: art.bradley.edu.

The Lormina Salter Fellowship is a one year fellowship open to all clay artists world wide. It includes a studio space, teaching opportunities, exhibition, and $100/month materials and firing stipend. Starts 1 September. Contact: Jim Dugan, Resident Coordinator. Address: Baltimore Clayworks, 5707 Smith Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21209. Telephone: 410-578-1919. Email: jim.dugan@baltimoreclayworks.org. Surf: www.baltimoreclayworks.org. Deadline: 1 May, annually.

Tim Rowan: Sculpture. Dates: 27 January 2009 - 2 March 2009. Brian Rochefort: Sculpture. Dates: 3 March - April 6 2009. Exhibitions online, only. Hours: 24 hours/day Contact: Jayson Lawfer. Postal Address: 1921 Navajo Drive, Freeport, Illinois 61032. Telephone: 406-360-0164. Email: info@thenevicaproject.com. Surf: www.thenevicaproject.com.

Beyond the Brickyard. Dates: 31 January - 15 March 2009. All events free and open to the public. Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm; Sunday 1 pm - 5 pm. Address: The Archie Bray Foundation, 2915 Country Club Avenue, Helena, Montana 59602; Telephone: 406-443-3502; Email: archiebray@archiebray.org; Surf: www.archiebray.org.

Don Reitz: Standing Alone. Dates: 14 February - 7 March 2009. Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10 am - 6 pm; Thursday 10 am - 7 pm; Sunday, 12 noon - 5 pm. Contact: . Address: Lacoste Gallery, 25 Main Street, Concord, Massachusetts 01742. Telephone: 978-369-0278 . Email: info@lacostegallery.com . Surf: www.lacostegallery.com.

Sculpture 1275: Kyan Bishop. A large-scale installation comprised of hundreds of ceramic forms. Dates: 29 January - 27 March 2009. Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 am - 8 pm. Contact: Kyan Bishop. Address: 1028 4th Street NE, Washington, District of Columbia 20002. Telephone: 301-891-1728. Email: kyanbishop@hotmail.com. Surf: www.kyanbishop.com.

Contemporary Monsters Dates: 13 March - 3 May 2009. Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am - 6 pm; Thursday, 10 am - 7 pm; Sunday, 12 noon - 4 pm. Contact: Jamie Lang. Address: Northern Clay Center, 2424 Franklin Avenue East, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55406. Telephone: 612-339-8007. Email: jamielang@northernclaycenter.org. Surf: www.northernclaycenter.org.

Pottery 101. Sarah Jaeger. Dates: 28 - 29 March 2009. Connecting to Place: Exploring Local Ceramic Materials. David Peters and Tim Stepp. 29 - 31 May 2009. Sculpting Gesture: Animal and Human. Beth Cavener Stichter and Tip Toland. 15 - 26 June 2009. All the things you want to know about clay but couldn't find someone to ask.... Don Reitz. 10 - 12 July 2009. Process & Design: Hand Building Slab Pots. Sam Chung. 7 - 9 August 2009. More is More: An Over-the-Top Approach to Majolica. Rosalie Wynkoop. 25 - 27 September 2009. Embracing Doubt. Wayne Higby. 10 - 11 October 2009. Address: The Archie Bray Foundation, 2915 Country Club Avenue, Helena, Montana 59602; Telephone: 406-443-3502; Email: contact@archiebray.org; Surf: www.archiebray.org. Deadline: on-going.

A workshop focusing on pushing clay in new directions, working with Jayson Lawfer to 'push' your techniques and create new forms and surfaces. Optional travels to visit museums and Teotihuacan. Dates: 9 - 13 March 2009. Contact: Cristina Riego. Address: Taller La Jicara, Revoluci�n # 4 Col Ju�rez Ocoyoacac Edo de Mexico, Mexico D. F., Mexico. Telephone: 5255 728 2841148. Email: artstudio@tallerlajicara.com. Surf: www.tallerlajicara.com. Deadline: 20 February 2009.

The Firehouse Gallery at Genesee Pottery is seeking original work incorporating historically-based design elements, themes, materials, applications, or trends. Juried by Ron Meyers. Dates: 18 September - 24 October 2009. Contact: Kate Whorton. Address: Genesee Pottery, 713 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, New York 14607. Telephone: 585-271-5183. Email: pottery@geneseearts.org. Surf: geneseearts.org. Deadline: 2 June 2009.

Taking applications for remaining 2009 slots and all of 2010. Each artist has an individual apartment and access to the studios. Contact: Maud Gauchon. Address: A.I.R. Vallauris, Place Lisnard, 1 Boulevard des Deux Vallons, 06220 Vallauris France. Telephone: +33 493 64 65 50. Email: contact@air-vallauris.com; Surf: www.air-vallauris.org. Deadline: 15 January, 15 April, 15 July, 15 October, annually.

Jeff Oestreich: Influences Near and Far. Dates: 28 February - 29 March 2009. Hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 12 noon to 5:30 pm. Address: Trax Gallery, 1812 Fifth Street, Berkeley, California 94710. Telephone: 510-540-8729. Email: sandy@traxgallery.com. Surf: www.traxgallery.com.

Cerámica de la Tierra Dates: 28 February - 9 May 2009. Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 12 noon - 5 pm. Contact: Christy Johnson. Address: The American Museum of Ceramic Art, 340 South Garey Avenue, Pomona, California 91766. Telephone: 909-865-3146. Email: frontdesk@ceramicmuseum.org. Surf: www.ceramicmuseum.org.

International biennal competition. Dates: 2 January - 26 June 2010. Contact: Monica Cirbián. Address: Patronat Municipal de Serveis Culturals, La Rambla, 24, El Vendrell 43700, Spain. Telephone: 00 34 977 66 56 84. Email: ceramica@elvendrell.net. Surf: www.elvendrell.net. Deadline: 2 October 2009.

Beauty and Balance. A workshop with Doug Casebeer. Dates: 20 - 22 March 2009. Contact: Helen Otterson. Write: Armory Art Center, 1700 Parker Avenue, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Telephone: 561-832-1776. Email: helen@armoryart.org. Surf: www.armoryart.org.

The EnergyXchange Craft Studios Business Incubator Program allows emerging artist to develop their aesthetic and business skills, leaving the EnergyXchange with a viable ceramic business. The EnergyXchange sits above a landfill that produces large amounts of methane gas which is captured to heat our greenhouses, fire our kilns and glass furnaces. Contact: Heather Dawes, Executive Director. Address: The EnergyXchange, 66 Energy Xchange Drive, Burnsville, North Carolina 28714. Telephone: 828-675-5541. Email: energy@yancey.main.nc.us. Surf: www.energyxchange.org. Deadline: 31 March, annually.

Simultaneous demonstrations, mini-workshops, slide shows, ceramic industry vendors, entertainment, and guest potters. Dates: 1 - 4 October 2009. Contact: Mike Swauger. Address: The Clay Connection, P.O. Box 3214, Merrifield, Virginia 22116. Telephone: 540-636-6016. Email: conference@theclayconnection.org. Surf: www.theclayconnection.org. Deadline: 1 September 2009.

Throwing altering and construction of vessels by Josh Deweese. Model making, layering and incising techniques used for Frank Giorgini's tile inspired 'Off the Wall' dinnerware. Marjon Ceramics in Phoenix, Arizona. Dates: 6 - 7 April 2009. Deadline: Unknown. Contact: Carol Schober. Address: Laguna Clay Company, 14400 Lomitas, Industry, California 91746. Telephone: 800-452-4862. Email: carol@lagunaclay.com. Surf: www.lagunaclay.com/nceca.

Patchwork. Dates: 10 February - 4 April 2009. Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 9 am - 4:30 pm. Address: Armstrong's, 150 East 3rd Street, Pomona, California 97166. Telephone: 909-623-6464. Email: armstronggallery@verizon.net. Surf: www.armstronggallery.net.

Suzy Birsteing leads this handbuilding workshop. Under the Skopelos sun, we will create using participants' initial concepts of muse and personal ongoing sources of inspiration, such as visual, musical and theatrical. Dates: 10 - 25 September 2009. Contact: Jill Somer. Address: The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, P.O. Box 56, Skopelos 37003, Greece. Telephone: 24240 24143. Email: info@skopart.org. Surf: www.suzybirstein.com. Deadline: 30 July 2009.

International Workshops Enfanga't. Dates: 8 - 12 April 2009. Contact: Roser Raluy. Address: Ceramistes de Girona & Ajuntament de Celra, c/Nou, 9, Girona, Navata 17744, Spain. Telephone: 34 972 56 53 43. Email: info@enfangat.net. Surf: www.enfangat.net. Deadline: unknown.

Open ceramic fair in Argentona (Barcelona, Spain). Dates: 7 - 9 April 2009. Contact: Oriol Calvo. Address: Museu del Cantir d'Argentona, Pl. Esglesia, 9, Argentona, Spain. Telephone: 34 937972732. Email: correu@museucantir.org. Surf: www.museucantir.org. Deadline: unknown.

Carles Vives. The selections of works were created during the time which Spanish sculptor Vives was a visiting artist at Onondaga Community College. Dates: 7 February - 26 April 2009. Hours: Tuesday - Friday and Sunday, 12 noon - 5 pm, Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm. Contact: Sarah Massett. Address: The Everson Museum of Art, 401 Harrison Street, Syracuse New York 13202; Telephone: 315-474-6064; Email: everson@everson.org; Surf: www.everson.org.