Kingston commUNITY Clay Project 2020

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“Great art is made when many hands work together.”

The 6th Annual Midtown Art District's Celebration of the Arts has been radically altered due to the restrictions of COVID-19. Last year many hands helped create a mural and a Community Coil Pot which are on view at the Kingston Library.

This year we are unable to come together as a community for a daylong gathering of art making. Instead we’re inviting the Kingston community to join us for a month-long clay project while keeping our distance! This community project has been made possible with the generous support of Bailey Pottery.

Team Bailey

commUNITY Clay Project 2020

Our project was inspired by Antony Gormley’s dramatic installation, “Field for the British Isles.”

Unlike Gormley’s installation where 100 volunteers created 40,000 figures, our project will be made from many hands and each figure will be unique. The clay will be a red brick color, a nod to Kingston’s history as a brick-making center.

There are only three rules to follow:

Must be hand sized
Must stand up
Must have a face!

These are the beginnings of commUNITY that were created on opening day, August 1st! You can clearly see the creativity and diversity of our community coming together to make big things happen!

All are welcome to participate in this FREE, family oriented Community Project. Clay figures will not be returned but will become part of a bigger project representing all of us: The commUNITY display will be on public view at the MAD's new space at 20 Cedar Street in the fabulous, new Energy Square building.

Ways to Participate!

Bailey Pottery to the Rescue!

How does one get hundreds of pounds of clay distributed in an appropriate size to the community? Slicing and dicing blocks of clay is a time-consuming proposition: Jim Bailey to the rescue! So far over 300 hundred pounds of clay have been extruded, sliced into four inch segments, bagged, and distributed to the pickup/drop off locations and our Community Partners. Big thanks to Brian Recchia and Mike Serfis, Bailey's do-it-all guys!

They will be returned transformed to Bailey to be fired. We can't wait to see them all together!

Brian mans the Bailey System 3 Power Drive Extruder.

Mike slices and bags the extrusions.

Bailey Bucks in Your Account!

$5.00 OFF or $10.00 OFF your next order!

Everyone likes a few extra bucks in their Bailey account for their next purchase!

Spend $50 by Thursday and you will have a $5 coupon attached to your account toward your next order. Spend $100 and you will get a $10 coupon! Amount spent is calculated after discounts are applied and before shipping charges are added. Offer good for new orders only.

Use code 2020$$ in the comment field online or mention it to our sales staff when ordering by phone.

Offer expires at midnight, Thursday, August 6, 2020.