Art & Craft Fair Calendar / News & Current Events
Most of my pottery can be purchased directly from local Art & Craft Fairs and Galleries around Southeastern Wisconsin. Below are lists of current Fairs & Galleries where you can find my work. You can also shop online at Jean's Clay Studio on Etsy. Local Customers can use the Coupon Code: LOCALPICKUP when they check out on Etsy to eliminate shipping costs and come and pick up their items at my home studio in Brown Deer, WI.
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WDCC Members at Third Ward Gallery Night
Friday, January 17th, 5pm - 9pm, Milwaukee The Wisconsin Designer Crafts Council is partnering up with the Hudson Business + Lounge - MKE to present the diverse work of 6 WDCC artist members: Janet Hubbard - Jewelry Prudence Canfield- PruVisions - Mixed Media Jacqueline Bevan- Jacqueline Bevan Studio - Mixed Media Maria Knier- The Bezert- Mixed Media Jean Wells- Jean's Clay Studio - Ceramics Rebecca Nicholas- RLNicholas Art - Ceramics Along with our 6 featured members, a special preview of the 15 collaborative pieces our members made exclusively for the Biennial Members Exhibition coming up on January 24 at the Plymouth Art Center. Voting for the People's Choice Award for Best Collaboration will begin on Gallery Night. Join us then for a chance to participate in choosing the award winners. The Historic Third Ward is Milwaukee's Arts and Fashion District. It offers the city's most dynamic array of restaurants, spas, theaters, galleries, and boutiques. The neighborhood was named a Top 12 ArtPlace in 2013. Hudson is located at the heart of the Third Ward on the corner of Buffalo and Broadway. Food and Beverages will be for sale at the cafe. 
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New Aspen Series at MOWA Gift ShopThis Fall 2019, I created a custom Aspen design series to celebrate the newly finished landscaping on the grounds of the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend, WI.
The three images represent the Bark of the Aspen tree, Aspen leaves in the Summer and Aspen leaves in the fall. These pieces are only being sold directly in the MOWA gift shop while supplies last. This is a second in a series of custom designs created for MOWA in 2019. Madison Union Terrace Mugs
I am now an officially a Licensed Artisan with the University of Wisconsin - Madison. I have created Union Terrace Chair mugs that will be available at the Madison Art Fair On The Square and Online via Etsy, or at the studio, until I have sold out. Update: 7/24/2019 - Mugs are sold out for this year. Stay tuned next July 1, 2020 when I will have another batch ready for sale!
Here is a shortened version of how this came about....... I was asked to create a custom mug for the Union Terrace Gift shop. Found out later after the order was complete that I needed to purchase a $100 annual licensing fee with approval from the UW and a 12% royalty fee, even though the order was wholesale. After I did the math, I realized it would make more sense to sell these myself! Never intending to become a Licensed Artisan with the UW, I will now proudly bear the seal of approval AND the Bucky sticker!!!!!...... The mugs have been created in Orange, Green and Yellow blends to resemble the colors of the "Sunburst" chairs on the Union Terrace patio. Due to the extra costs of licensing and royalties, these mugs will sell for $35 each. In the licensing contract, there is a limited sales ceiling, so I will only be able to sell 70 mugs annually. 
Hydrangea Pottery for MOWA Gift ShopThis Spring 2019, I created a custom Hydrangea design to celebrate the newly finished landscaping on the grounds of the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend, WI.
These pieces are only being sold directly in the gift shop while supplies last. Milwaukee & Madison & Chicago Skyline SeriesOver the past year and a half I created new designs that reflect the Downtown Milwaukee Skyline off of Lake Michigan and Downtown Madison off Lake Monona. These designs are being offered on plates and vases of various sizes. I just finished developing a Chicago Skyline design and will be featuring these items at all of my art fairs this summer. Some pieces are currently available in my online Etsy Shop.
Short little video of carving a Madison Skyline vase.
Can't make it to a local show? You can always SHOP ONLINE and get items shipped directly to your house or come to the studio in Brown Deer to pick up your items. The local pickup coupon code is: LOCALPICKUP
Here is my video of the making of the "Coffee Cherry mugs"
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2020 Fair Calendar
Shows for 2020 are still being planned. Shows will be listed here once they are confirmed. Thanks for your interest!
January 17 - WDCC Gallery Night Friday 5pm - 9pm Hudson Business and Lounge/Historic Third Ward 310 E Buffalo Street, Milwaukee, WI February 8 - Madison Valentines Market & Pub Crawl Saturday, Noon - 5pm Brink Lounge 701 E Washington Ave, Madison, WI February 22 & 23 - Fine Art & Craft Sale Saturday & Sunday 10am - 4pm Olbrich Gardens, Madison, WI April 3 & 4 - Prairie View Fine Arts Friday 6pm - 9pm, Saturday 10am - 4pm DuPage Unitarian Universalists Church 1828 Old Naperville Road, Naperville, IL May 2 & 3 - The Clay Collective Pottery Tour Saturday & Sunday, 10am - 5pm both days Jean's Clay Studio will be in Cambridge at Glen Cutcher's Home June 6 - Brown Deer Eat & Greet on the Street Saturday, Marketplace: 2pm - 8pm, Festival music goes till 10pm 8737 N Deerwood Drive, Brown Deer, WI August 8 & 9 - Morning Glory Art Fair Saturday and Sunday 10am- 5pm Plaza of Fiserv Forum, Downtown Milwaukee, WI September 13 - Mt. Mary University Starving Artists Show Sunday, 10am - 5pm Mt. Mary University, Milwaukee, WI $10 admission at the gate October 3 & 4 - MKE - Fine Craft Studio Tour Saturday & Sunday 10am - 5pm both days At my home: 8469 N 50th Street, Brown Deer, WI 2019 Fair CalendarFebruary 2 - Fall in Love with Handmade
Saturday, 10am - 2pm Becket's, 1 City center in Downtown- Oshkosh, WI April 5 & 6 - Prairie View Fine Arts Friday 6pm - 9pm, Saturday 10am - 4pm DuPage Unitarian Universalists Church 1828 Old Naperville Road, Naperville, IL April 14 - MKE Local Market - 414 Day! Saturday 11am - 4pm Third Branch Creative Studio 133 Pittsburgh Ave, Milwaukee, WI April 26 - WDCC Gallery Night Friday 6pm - 9pm Hudson Business + Lounge Third Ward, Milwaukee May 4 & 5 - The Clay Collective Pottery Tour Saturday & Sunday, 10am - 5pm both days Jean's Clay Studio will be in Cambridge at Glen Cutcher's Home June 1 - Brown Deer Eat & Greet on the Street Saturday, Marketplace: 2pm - 8pm, Festival music goes till 10pm 8737 N Deerwood Drive, Brown Deer, WI June 22 & 23 - Naperville Fine Arts & Artisan Fair Saturday & Sunday 10am - 5pm Naper Settlement, 523 South Webster Street Naperville, IL June 29 & 30 - Spring Green Art Fair Saturday, 9am - 5pm Sunday, 9am - 4pm Downtown Spring Green, WI July 13 & 14 - Madison Art Fair On The Square Saturday 9am - 6pm Sunday 10am - 5pm Capital Square, Madison, WI July 20 & 21 - Midsummer Festival of the Arts Saturday & Sunday John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI July 27 & 28 - Midwest Fire Fest Cambridge, WI August 10 & 11 - Morning Glory Art Fair Saturday and Sunday 10am- 5pm Plaza of Fiserv Forum, Downtown Milwaukee, WI August 17 - Agora Art Fair Saturday, 10am - 5pm 5500 E Cheryl Parkway, Fitchburg, WI September 8 - Mt. Mary University Starving Artists Show Sunday, 10am - 5pm Mt. Mary University, Milwaukee, WI $10 admission at the gate October 5 & 6 - MKE - Fine Craft Studio Tour Saturday & Sunday 10am - 5pm both days At my home: 8469 N 50th Street, Brown Deer, WI October 13 - Milwaukee Empty Bowls Sunday, 11am - 2pm MSOE Kern Center, Milwaukee, WI This is not an art fair but a wonderful fundraiser for local food banks and meal programs! November 16 & 17 - MMoCA Art & Gift Fair Saturday, 10am - 6pm Sunday, 10am - 4pm Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI December 8 - East Side MKE Holiday Pop Up Sunday, 11am - 3pm Hangout MKE Cafe & Lounge, 1819 N. Farwell Avenue. December 13 & 14 - The Very Merry Holiday Fair Friday, Noon - 6pm Saturday, 9am - 4pm Baraboo Arts & Convention Center, Baraboo, WI Recent Press:On Sunday, July 29, in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, several members of WDCC who are participating in Morning Glory, were featured in a extensive article on the front page of the Fresh section. Jean's Clay Studio is one of those artists. Click HERE for a link to the entire article.
Below is a link to a recent interview on Lake Effect with Bonnie North about the Wisconsin Designer Crafts Council of which I have been a longtime member.
On Sunday, August 13, 2017, CBS 58 did an hour long show on local artists and arts organizations. I was a featured artist along with Bob Dickey, president of our Wisconsin Designer Crafts Council - WDCC. Here is our segment.
New 2018 Edition for Colectivo CoffeeIn Celebration of Colectivo's 25th Anniversary, I just finished 800 new limited edition mugs for 2018. This year's design will not feature the classic mustachioed skull, but will be a coffee tree branch with coffee cherries in Black, Red and Colectivo Blue. The new mugs should be available for direct sales only in all of the Colectivo Coffee Cafes in Milwaukee, Madison and Chicago areas November 2018.
Colectivo Coffee MugsThe 2017 Limited Edition run of sugar skull mugs made for Colectivo Coffee Roasters are sold out. Here is a video of the mugs being made.
Below is a 4 minute video I created of the making of the exclusive pieces for the US Open Championship in June of 2017.
WDCC Profile
Wisconsin Designer Crafts Council (WDCC) celebrated its 100 year anniversary in 2016. To celebrate, they featured profiles of their current members. My personal profile was published on the site just recently. Click Here to read it.
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