Allison Coles Severance   •   Events


 
October 2025 Studio Potter
Allison is featured in the article Embracing the Squish with Allison Severance, part of a series by Hamish Jackson for Studio Potter website. The author interviews artists who make casual, loose pots; pots that retain the freshness and malleability of wet clay.
 
September 10 thru
November 1, 2026
From Soup to Nuts: A Diversity of Ceramic Forms & Methods

Morgan Arts Council's Ice House Gallery
138 Independence Street
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

Invitational Exhibition, curated by Crawford Horne.
Opening Reception: September 12 6:30 P.M.
 
May 25, 2025
July 27, 2025
August 24, 2025
September 28, 2025
Pottery Demonstration
Bowman House and Museum
323 N. Main St, Boonbsboro, Maryland

You are invited to join me for a wheel throwing demo in the historic red ware pottery shop. The shop was originally owned and operated by John Bowman following the Civil War. The museum will also offer tours and open hearth cooking demonstrations in the early 19th century log home. Visitors are welcome to stroll around the 19th century garden. Event is free and open to everyone.

Boonsboro Historical Society
 
May 17th & 18th, 2025 Mountain Spring Festival
Coles Pottery

Join me and other artisans on this self-guided tour along the South Mountain trail for a fun-filled weekend! Over 12 venues will be hosting activities and providing tours

Open 10:00 to 5:00 both days
 
June 16 & 17, 2023 Demo and Hands On Workshop
Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen in Lancaster, PA

From the Potter's Wheel to the Kitchen Table
 
August 6 to October 9, 2022 12th Annual Clay International Exhibition
Workhouse Arts Center
Lorton, Virgina

Juried by Tony Clennell
 
August 2022 Clay National XVI
Carbondale Clay Center
Carbondale, Colorado

Carbondale Clay National is a national exhibition of ceramic art held annually at the Carbondale Clay Center Gallery. Each year the selected juror develops a theme for the exhibition and invites a handful of contemporary ceramic artists who emulate the theme, and chooses an additional 25-30 works from the jury pool.

The 2022 juror is Dianne Kenney. Allison is one of the invited artists.
 
September, 2022 30th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National
Lancaster Museum of Art
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Juried by Jack Troy and Carolanne Currier
Opening reception Friday, September 16th, 5:00 to 8:00 P.M.
 
March 2022 Last Call VII
Companion Gallery
Humboldt, Tennessee

Handmade Ceramics for Storing, Pouring, & Sipping Fine Libations.
Juried by Tim Kowalczyk
 
November 20, 2021
to January 22, 2022
Random Bourbon Encounters
Portico Gallery
Brentwood, Maryland

An invitational exhibition of ceramic bourbon cups
 
March 15 to April 17. 2021 Functional Ceramics Exhibition 2021
Ohio Craft Museam
Columbus, Ohio

Hosted by the Ohio Designer Craftsman, this invitational exhibition features pottery by 20 artists from across the country and Canada
 
June 5 to 27, 2020 Contemporary Clay 2020
The Art Center of Western Colorado
Grand Junction, Colorado

National exhibition juried by Bill van Gilder
Allison is an invited guest exhibitor
 
March, 2020 From the Potter's Wheel to the Kitchen Table
Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Demo and hands-on workshop
 
November 29, 2019 to
January 4, 2020
Potluck
Washington Street Studios
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Invitational exhibition of ceramics that celebrates and elevates the functional pot.

Opening reception Friday, November 29 from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M.
 
September 7 to
November 2, 2019
Triumphant Traditions
Baltimore Clayworks
Baltimore, Maryland

An exhibition featuring a trio of women artists each working within a strong ceramic tradition: Allison Coles Severance, Carren Clarke, and Mary Bowron.
 
September 21 to
October 26, 2019
27th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National
Market House Craft Center
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Juried by Malcolm Mobutu Smith
Opening Reception Friday, September 20th 6:00 to 9:00 P.M.
 
June 2019 New Ceramics

Allison was interviewed by:
New Ceramics - the European Ceramics Magazine.
(Scroll down the page to see the interview.)
 
June 2019 Tabletop: Functional Art for the Table
The Art League Gallery
Alexandria, Virgina

Juried by Takuro and Hitomi Shibata. Merit award for kitchen colander.
Opening reception and gallery talk Thursday, June 13 5:30 P.M.
 
February 2019 Eleventh Annual Cup Show �Form and Function�
Gulf Coast State College Amelia Center Gallery
Panama City, Florida

Juried by Adam Field
 
March 2019 Mugshot 2
Mojo Coffee Gallery
Minneapolis, MN

Second Biennial International Juried Ceramic Mug Competition held in conjunction with the 2019 NCECA Conference
Juried by Marko Fields and Diego Valles
 
Sept. 2018 Strictly Functional Pottery National 2018
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Juried by Ben Carter
 
July 2018 Tabletop: Functional Artwork for the Table
The Torpedo Factory
Alexandria, VA

The Art League�s Annual Exhibition. Juried by Cathi Jefferson.
 
August 2018 Quietude
Schaller Gallery
Saint Joseph, MI

An invitational exhibition curated by Linda Christianson.
 
May 2018 Atmospheric
New Orleans Clay Center

Juried exhibition featuring ceramics fired in atmospheric types. Juried by Linda Christianson.
 
March 2018 International Orton Conebox Show
Juried by Pete Pinnell.
 
Jan. 2018 On The Rocks: An Exhibition of Vessels for and Related to Drinking
Pewabic Pottery
Detroit, Michigan

An international exhibition juried by Pete Pinnell.
 
Jan. 2018 The Soul-Full Cup
Rivers Studio and Gallery
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Invitational Cup Exhibition
 
Sept. 2017 Art for Food
Rivers Gallery
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Solo invitational exhibition
 
Oct. 2017 Teabowl National 2017
Kansas City Clay Guild
Kansas City, Missouri

Annual juried exhibition of traditional and nontraditional teabowls. Juried by Chandra Debuse. Bredin-Lee Gallery.
 
Dec. 2016 Out of the Ashes
Morean Clay Center
St. Petersburg, Florida

Juried wood fire show held in conjunction with the annual Florida Heat Wave Wood Fire Workshop. Juried by Matthew Schiemann.
 
Nov. 2016 Homegrown Talent
District Clay Center
Washington, D.C.

An invitational exhibition featuring the work of artists from the Maryland, Virginia and DC area
 
Sept. 2016 Strictly Functional Pottery National 2016
Market House Craft Center
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Juried by Matt Long