CREATIVITY IS EVERYWHERE.
POW! BRINGS THE CLAY.
Open Call
Apply for POW!’s 2026 exhibition: “The Protest Cup”
We invite our community of potters to submit images of protest cups you have already made, or cups you’re envisioning (well photographed drawings/models are a fine replacement if you haven’t yet made the cup). Selected works will be featured in POW!'s 2026 exhibition, "The Protest Cup" at NCECA in Detroit.
We want to center artists and empower creativity. We are working to develop a new model of compensation rooted in equity and inclusivity—one that values both the makers and those seeking to engage with and own pottery. We are looking at this exhibition as an experimental version of our biannual Cup Fellowship. Further details to follow as we evolve the ideas.
Deadline for submissions: June 1, 2025 at 11:59pm EST
Have questions about the application? Email potsonwheels@gmail.com.
Prunck Cups by Adero Willard
Pots On Wheels — POW! — is a mobile clay education and exhibition space, opening new doors of creative experience to communities and organizations.
OUTREACH
The POW! truck allows established and emerging ceramic artists to share their knowledge and perspectives with audiences of all ages and backgrounds outside the conventional educational or studio settings.
ENGAGEMENT
By encouraging participants to actively participate in the creation of hand-made objects, POW! cultivates each individual'sability to make something useful and beautiful with their hands, and their understanding of how that can impact the experiences of others.
AWARENESS
The gallery space within in the POW! truck serves as a showcase for the diverse and dynamic range of functional handmade ceramics currently being created by artists from around the country (and sometimes even by program participants!).
Hands-on creativity
Most POW! event participants have never had the chance to make something with clay. For others, it rekindles a joy they may not have had the opportunity to pursue in decades. You would be surprised by what you are capable of!
Connecting people & ideas
Our Make-A-Cup, Take-A-Cup exchange has given a first-hand introduction to creating an original clay object to thousands of participants! Folks can decorate (and sometimes even hand-make) a cup that will be part of a future POW! event, while taking home a cup that someone else decorated at a previous one.