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Minnesota Women Ceramic Artists

Guild Minnesota statewide (also welcomes artists from North and South Dakota, western Wisconsin and northern Iowa); contact via mnwca

Website
https://mnwca.com/
Location
Minnesota statewide (also welcomes artists from North and South Dakota, western Wisconsin and northern Iowa); contact via mnwca.com About/Contact
Last checked
2026-10-27

Minnesota Women Ceramic Artists (MNWCA) is a professional membership organization for ceramic artists who identify as women in Minnesota, offering exhibitions, mentoring, workshops, critiques and networking, with printed annual dues and online join/renew.

Official URL: https://mnwca.com/

Last checked: 2026-10-27

Category: Guild Also called: MNWCA; Minnesota Women Ceramic Artists; mnwca.com

Who it’s for

Ceramic artists who identify as women and live or work in Minnesota, plus artists from North and South Dakota, western Wisconsin and northern Iowa. Membership spans students through contributing professionals; the guild supports exhibiting, mentoring and career development rather than running a public teaching studio.

Why it’s listed

This is the organization’s own Wild Apricot membership site, with a mission statement, Join/Renew page that prints three dues levels and accepts PayPal/card/check, member-directory and exhibition/gallery sections. It is a members’ guild, not a class studio or a shop with a cart.

  • Home page (checked 2026-10-27): states MNWCA supports ceramic artists who identify as women in Minnesota through exhibiting, networking and mentoring; membership also open to artists from the Dakotas, western Wisconsin and northern Iowa.
  • About/Contact page: mission to support women ceramic artists in Minnesota and further members’ creative and professional development.
  • Join/Renew page: membership benefits include workshops, group firings, critiques, social events, mentoring program, juried and members’ exhibitions, website/social promotion, members’ intranet and discounts on MNWCA and Springboard for the Arts events. Printed annual dues: Contributing $75, Regular $40, Student $25 (1-year terms, renew manually); pay online with PayPal, credit card or check. Student memberships available to full- and part-time students; membership open to all ceramic artists (site copy).
  • Members page: member-directory section (directory content is behind the membership system).
  • Site navigation also includes Event Calendar, Opportunities/Calls for Entry, newsletters and gallery/exhibition archives (some gallery pages show older exhibition dates).

Official URL

Home: https://mnwca.com/

Join/Renew: https://mnwca.com/page-1156470

About/Contact: https://mnwca.com/page-1303078

Members: https://mnwca.com/page-1297982

Event Calendar: https://mnwca.com/page-1156471

(First-party site checked 2026-10-27. Every cited URL returned HTTP 200 to curl -sL -m 30 with a Chrome User-Agent and browser Accept headers, spaced 3 seconds apart. No membership was purchased and no form was submitted.)

Location

Statewide Minnesota membership organization (also welcomes nearby Dakotas, western Wisconsin and northern Iowa). Contact through the About/Contact page on mnwca.com. No single public teaching-studio street address is printed on the public pages checked.

This is a guild. It is not a studio or a supplier.

Notes

  • Category is Guild: membership organization with printed dues, mentoring, exhibitions and member directory—not a class studio and not a supply cart.
  • Some gallery/archive pages show older exhibition dates (e.g. 2008–2013); Join/Renew dues and mission pages were current on the check date.
  • First Minnesota guild listing (Northern Clay Center is a studio; Minnesota Clay is a supplier). Checked local files, GitHub main at 0e53033 and live clayplaza.com on 2026-10-27; not listed. Deferred on Mon Oct 26 behind Memphis; reopened with clear printed dues.
  • Not affiliated with Clay Plaza. No contact, membership, form, purchase or donation action was taken.
  • Image: the organization’s own logo (MNWCA-FINAL-LOGO.jpg from the site, PNG source flattened), saved as minnesota-women-ceramic-artists.png, PNG 208 × 200.

FAQ

Q: How much does MNWCA membership cost?
A: On the check date, Contributing $75, Regular $40 and Student $25 per year, payable online or by check.

Q: Who can join?
A: Ceramic artists who identify as women in Minnesota, plus artists from North and South Dakota, western Wisconsin and northern Iowa. Student rates are available for full- and part-time students.

Q: Does MNWCA run a shared teaching studio?
A: No. It is a professional membership organization focused on exhibitions, mentoring, workshops and networking.

Q: What do members get?
A: Workshops, group firings, critiques, social events, a mentoring program, exhibitions, online community access and discounts on MNWCA and Springboard for the Arts events.

Q: Where is the guild based?
A: It is a statewide Minnesota organization; contact is through mnwca.com. No single public studio street address was printed on the pages checked.