Pottery Northwest invites artists to submit work for our inaugural exhibition in our new South Lake Union space. This community group show launches our year-long theme, Building Belonging, which considers how we actively create spaces of connection, care, and inclusion, through both material practice and shared experience.
This first exhibition centers on the idea of home.
Home can be a structure, a place, a body, a memory, or a community. It can be something inherited, something built, something longed for, or something in flux. For some, home is a site of comfort and grounding; for others, it is complicated, fragmented, or continually redefined.
We invite artists to reflect on questions such as:
What does home mean to you?
Where—and with whom—do you feel a sense of belonging?
How is home constructed, maintained, or disrupted?
What does it mean to build home in a time of personal or collective transition?
Submissions may explore home as both physical space (architecture, shelter, domestic environments) and metaphorical space (identity, culture, relationships, community). We welcome a wide range of perspectives and encourage work that engages with the complexities of belonging.
This exhibition is ceramics-focused. Functional wares are as welcome as sculptural work, and we encourage a wide range of approaches, from utilitarian objects to conceptual and sculpture-based practices. Multimedia works are eligible so long as ceramic material is a central component.
We are also committed to presenting a range of price points, with the goal of making collecting and engaging with ceramic work accessible to a broad audience. Artists are encouraged to submit work that reflects a diversity of scales, formats, and price ranges.
Artists may submit 1–5 works for consideration. Proposals for unrealized work are welcome; however, submissions must clearly demonstrate how the concept relates to the exhibition theme and be feasible within the exhibition timeline. Accepted proposals are expected to be completed as described—failure to realize the work as proposed may result in exclusion from the exhibition.
This exhibition reflects Pottery Northwest’s commitment to building a more inclusive and responsive cultural space. We strongly encourage artists from historically underrepresented and underinvited communities to apply.
Sales, Commission and Shipping
All works on exhibition must be for sale.
Gallery/artist split will be 60/40
All works for this show must be dropped off and picked up by the artist. We will not be able to ship any works back.
Dates and Deadlines:
Application Deadline: Monday, July 27th, 2026 at 10:00AM
Artists Notified: Monday, August 3rd, 2026 by 6:00PM
Artwork delivery dates: Wednesday, October 28th - Friday, October 30th, 2026
Opening Reception: Sunday, November 1st, 6:00 - 8:00PM*
*This may be subject to change depending on the construction schedule. Any changes will be communicated to all artists ASAP.
First Friday Art Walks: Artists Reception on Friday, November 13th, 2026; Friday, December 11th; Friday, January 8th.
Deinstallation: Monday, February 1st - Friday, February 5th, 2027
Artwork pickup: Saturday, February 6th - Sunday, February 8th, 2027