Events
March 26-28, 2026
The Protest Cup Fellowship
The act of protest lies at the heart of American values. In the current political maelstrom, POW! will present an exhibition at NCECA 2026 in Detroit titled The Protest Cup Fellowship. We’re asking contemporary makers to use clay to communicate heartfelt opposition to the wrongs they observe. Some of the work will be blatantly in-your-face, others more subtle.
As a form of economic protest, the show will offer a different model from the usual capitalist exchange of goods for money.
November 15-30, 2025
Drawn To Online Exhibition
We’re all drawn to something, sometimes without knowing quite why. POW! will bring that awareness into focus in a show we’re calling Drawn To. Curated by Yeonsoo Kim, Jihye Han, Didem Mert and Peter Jadoonath, Drawn To explores the dynamic intersection of two-dimensional mark-making and three-dimensional form. This show celebrates a diverse group of makers, encompassing those who employ painted, drawn and built surface decoration, as well as those who use fire to enhance their object surfaces, or broad swathes of color to emphasize forms.
Drawn To will preview on November 12, 2025. The show will be open for purchases from November 15-30, 2025.
July 1, 2025
The POW! Truck at Meet the Machines
POW! partnered with Chelsea Recreation and Cultural Affairs to bring the POW! truck to this free, all-ages family-friendly event in Chelsea, MA.
June 28, 2025
The POW! Truck at the Found Object Market
The POW! truck joined 40+ members and friends of Running with Scissors Artist Studios and Maine Crafts Association at this Second and Supplies Market in Portland, ME.
March 25-May 3, 2025
Treading Lighting: Walking the Talk 2025 NCECA Featured Exhibition
Curated by Lisa Orr, with assistance from Hannah Niswonger and Adero Willard, POW! presented an exhibition of the work of ceramic artists from the US and internationally, whose practice and artwork focuses on sustainability and care for the environment.
Read more about the participating artists and our Carbon Footprint Assessment.
September 8, 2024
The POW! Truck at the Cambridge Foundry
Community members were invited to explore the POW! truck and make their own cups as part of this free event in Cambridge, MA.
April 5, 2024
The 2024 Inaugural Stonepool Pottery Cup Fellowship
POW!’s Stonepool Pottery Cup Fellowship offers a unique opportunity for an emerging clay artist to expand their practice, take artistic risks, and receive mentorship from established artists throughout the country.
Read more about our 2024 Fellow Quinn Terrones.
May 18, 2024
“Baby Bucket Rocket” Kiln Test Firing at the Cambridge Foundry
The “Baby Bucket Rocket” kiln is a highly efficient and low smoke wood fired kiln. As the culmination of our spring 2024 program Empowered Earth: Clay Connections in Community in partnership with Urbano Project, we held a free kiln firing demonstration and pottery-making party for the public in Cambridge, MA.
November 18, 2023
Partnership with Urbano Project
POW! collaborated with Urbano Project to facilitate an 8-session ceramics workshop led by Artist-in-Residence and POW! Founder Hannah Niswonger. In this workshop, students learned to build sculptural and functional clay forms. As a group, they considered places and spaces that are important to them while drawing inspiration from spoken word, poetry, or short essays by a variety of authors. They covered a range of basic clay hand-building and ceramic surface decoration techniques while exploring visual expression and form.
March 15-17, 2023
Clay Holds Water •Water Holds Memory NCECA Exhibition
POW! was a collaborating partner in an exhibit entitled Clay holds Water, Water Holds Memory. Clay Holds Water showcased the work exclusively of 19 Black woman and gender non-conforming ceramic artists. This exhibit was a celebration — like electrical current moving from negative to positive — of work that has been brought about by the perseverance of these artists. The objects tell the stories of our histories, speak to our diverse identities, promote healing and community, and demand real action. Through this exhibition we asked, “What could real diversity, equity, and inclusivity in clay institutions, organizations, and curated exhibitions look like?”
July 13-23, 2022
POW! Hosts Youth Workshop with Support from the NEA
Led by POW! co-founder Hannah Niswonger in collaboration with Urbano Project, POW! hosted a 4-day, intensive ceramics workshop. In this introductory course to clay materials and techniques, Youth Artists learned a variety of hand-building techniques, and glazed and fired their work. This program was funded by the generosity of our supporters, and with the support of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
July 23, 2022
POW! Truck on the Rose Kennedy Greenway
Youth Artist participants of POW! and Urbano Project’s 4-day workshop designed a program which took place on the Greenway in Boston, where they shared the pottery making and decorating techniques they learned with members of the public. We taught visitors to make cups using a variety of techniques, and they were able to try throwing on the people-powered treadle wheel. Folks also decorated cups and toured the pottery gallery in the truck. This project was funded by the generosity of our supporters, and with the support of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Hilltown 6 Public Event
In conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour in western Massachusetts, the POW! truck had a prominent place in downtown Northampton as part of the town's monthly Arts Night Out.
Free and open to the public, POW! staged its cup exchange, provided basic instruction on use of the potter's wheel and other techniques, and displayed work in the truck's mobile gallery. The event was held with support from the Artisan Gallery and the Northampton Arts Council.