Ceramics Program Hosts 17th Annual Clay Olympics

Buffalo State’s ceramics program is hosting its 17th annual Western New York Clay Olympics on Thursday, May 21, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the Ceramics Studio (Upton Hall 128). 

This year’s contest features students from four local high schools—Kenmore East, Lancaster, Lewiston-Porter, and Pioneer—whose teachers are alumni of the ceramics and art education programs. Approximately 30 high school student contestants, working individually and in teams, will compete in timed events using clay and various clay-forming methods in an Olympic-style contest.

In conjunction with the contest, there will be an exhibition of the participating students’ artwork in Upton Hall's Czurles-Nelson Gallery. A juror will select the top artworks and the winning artists will receive cash awards made possible by the Sylvia L. Rosen Endowment at the Burchfield Penney Art Center.

The awards will be presented at 1:15 p.m. in the Czurles-Nelson Galley. All the events are free and open to the public. For more information, call (716) 878-6032.