SP Pride

By SP Staff
Jun 26, 2019

Mac McCusker, Peeping Pat McCrory, 2016. (Detial, left). Photo by artist. The Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, published an article on its blog titled, "Queering Clay: Five LGBTQ+ Ceramists You Need To Know." Studio Potter is pleased to note that it has featured all five of these people as artists or authors in past articles. Check them out by clicking their names in the list below. We also think you should check out Saba Stovall's article in Volume 45, Number 2, Summer/Fall 2017, "Trans-Action Art," which features the work of Mac McCusker, another LGBTQ+ artist you should absolutely know. Happy Pride Month! 

Léopold L. Foulem

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Kathy King

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