Clay Arts Utah

Category: Guild Also called: CAU; Clay Arts, Utah; clayartsutah.com Last checked: 2026-09-30

What it is

Clay Arts Utah (CAU) is a statewide nonprofit association dedicated to the education, promotion, and support of ceramic artists in Utah. Its Become a Member page describes it as a 501(c)(3) “run by volunteers and artists.” The About page says membership ranges from professional potters to students and non-artists interested in clay, and that CAU events introduce techniques and end products in classroom and gallery settings. A volunteer Board of Trustees (president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and trustees) governs it. It is not a teaching studio with its own permanent classroom lease as its primary identity, and it is not a clay supplier.

Who it’s for

Utah potters and ceramics enthusiasts who want a member association: workshop discounts at member rates, member-only vendor opportunities such as the annual Holiday Sale, member exhibitions, and connection across the state’s studio network. Professionals, hobbyists, educators, and students are welcome. People who want weekly enrolled open-studio membership should look at partner teaching studios (examples printed on CAU event and NCECA listings include Cottonwood Clay Studio, Sunstone Pottery, Salt Lake Pottery Studio, and others). The guild itself does not present a public open-studio membership desk or a clay shop.

Why it’s listed

This is the first-party Clay Arts Utah domain (clayartsutah.com). It prints annual dues ($45), a named Board of Trustees, member workshop pricing, rotating venue addresses for events, and a contact email. It is not a scraped directory card.

• Membership dues (Become a Member page, checked 2026-09-30): Annual Membership $45.00 per Year. Benefits printed: workshop registrations at member rates; members-only vendor opportunities such as the annual Holiday Sale; opportunities to show work in member exhibitions; connecting with a community of artists. Log in on the site to check current membership status.
• Governance (About page, checked today): Board of Trustees — Brandi Chase (President); Janimarie Lester DeRose (Vice President); Emina Alibegovic (Secretary); Dawn Atkin (Treasurer); trustees Dara Hartman, Joshua Flicker, Stephanie Hillman, Kelly Magleby, Russell Wrankle, Mike Simister.
• Events / workshops (Events index + Jason Walker Masterclass page, checked today): Events index listed Shasta Krueger Masterclass September 19–20, 2026 at Cottonwood Clay Studio, 7587 State Street, Midvale — member price printed $150.00. Past masterclass example (Jason Walker, Oct 25–26, 2025, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. both days at Sunstone Pottery / Sunstone Studios, 250 N Redwood Rd Suite 110, North Salt Lake, UT 84054): $135 members / $180 non-members (sold out; breakfast and lunch provided). Events index also showed a Patterns of Home Opening Reception at Finch Lane, 54 Finch Lane, Salt Lake City (Sep 18, 2026, 6:00–9:00 p.m.) featuring Janimarie Lester DeRose. Organizer contact on the Jason Walker page: info@clayartsutah.com.
• Identity / community (About + March 2025 NCECA events page, checked today): CAU organized a Utah-perspective exhibition for NCECA 2025 in Salt Lake City and collaborates with regional venues; partner studios named on that page include Cottonwood Clay Studio (℅ Shasta Krueger and Adam Addley, Midvale), Sunstone Pottery Studio (North Salt Lake), and others across the Salt Lake valley.

The dues, board roster, and event figures above are what the official pages showed on the check date. Workshop seats sell out; some future event detail pages may still be posting. Check the live Become a Member and Events pages before treating any figure or date as fixed.

Official URL

https://clayartsutah.com/

Become a Member (dues): https://clayartsutah.com/become-a-member/

About / Board of Trustees: https://clayartsutah.com/about/

Events: https://clayartsutah.com/events/

Jason Walker Masterclass (past pricing example): https://clayartsutah.com/events/jason-walker-masterclass/

(Canonical first-party WordPress site checked 2026-09-30.)

Location

Clay Arts Utah is a statewide member association without a single permanent public storefront. Contact email printed on event pages: info@clayartsutah.com. Meetings and workshops rotate among partner studios and galleries (printed examples include Cottonwood Clay Studio, 7587 State Street, Midvale; Sunstone Pottery, 250 N Redwood Rd Suite 110, North Salt Lake, UT 84054; Finch Lane, 54 Finch Lane, Salt Lake City).

This is a membership ceramics association. It is not a teaching campus and not a ceramic supply retailer.

Notes

• Category is Guild: a volunteer-run 501(c)(3) association with $45 annual dues, a named board, member workshop rates, exhibitions, and a Holiday Sale. Not a studio (no CAU-owned open-studio membership product) and not a supplier.
• First Utah listing on Clay Plaza. Distinct from already-listed Western guilds (Arizona Clay Association, New Mexico Potters and Clay Artists, Colorado Potters Guild, Oregon Potters Association, Washington Clay Arts Association, etc.). Keep separate from the Lapidary / Mahjong / Bee / Bonsai directories.
• Site inconsistencies / limits at check: (1) the Events index showed upcoming 2026 items (including Shasta Krueger at $150 member), but the individual Shasta event permalink returned 404 to automated fetch — cite the Events index figures and confirm on the live calendar. (2) Automated curl from some networks hits a SiteGround captcha interstitial; WebFetch/browser reads of About, Become a Member, and Events succeeded on the check date. (3) No dedicated logo file could be reliably saved from the host (CDN/upload paths returned captcha HTML to automated fetch); no listing image file accompanies this page. (4) Do not publish private residential addresses that appear only in third-party registries — use the rotating public venue addresses CAU itself prints.
• $45 dues, the Board of Trustees roster, and Events calendar figures were transcribed from official pages checked on 2026-09-30 and may change.
• No first-party logo on file — listing uses default guild card art. Do not invent a logo.
• Not affiliated with Clay Plaza.
• No Clay Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.

FAQ

Q: What are membership dues?
A: Become a Member page (checked 2026-09-30): $45 per year for Annual Membership. Benefits include member workshop rates, members-only vendor opportunities such as the Holiday Sale, and member exhibitions. Log in on clayartsutah.com to check whether you already paid for the current year.

Q: When is the next workshop or event?
A: Events page (checked 2026-09-30): Shasta Krueger Masterclass was listed for Sep 19–20, 2026 at Cottonwood Clay Studio, 7587 State Street, Midvale, at $150 for members. A Finch Lane opening reception was listed for Sep 18, 2026, 6–9 p.m. Confirm on the live Events calendar; individual event pages can lag the index.

Q: Does Clay Arts Utah offer weekly classes or sell clay?
A: No. CAU is a member-run statewide association with workshops, exhibitions, and member sales. It has no public class studio of its own and no supply shop. Partner studios named on CAU pages (Cottonwood Clay Studio, Sunstone Pottery, and others) may teach. For weekly enrolled classes use a teaching studio, and for clay and glaze use a ceramic supplier.