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The Arts Council of Princeton announces Call for Ceramic Art for
 STEEP: A National Teapot Exhibition

originally published: 02/14/2022

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- The Arts Council of Princeton is now accepting submissions for STEEP: A National Teapot Exhibition, exploring the infinite possibilities of the idea of a teapot. This year’s exhibition will be juried by Adam Welch, ceramic artist and ACP Executive Director. 

The deadline for submissions is March 7, 2022, open to all artists 18 years or older living and working in the USA. Work must address the idea of “teapot” and have been created primarily out of clay/ceramic in the last 2 years.

Current show awards include Best of Show ($250), Juror’s Choice ($100), and Honorable Mention ($50). 

Juror Adam Welch is the Executive Director for the Arts Council of Princeton and an artist, critic, and educator. Adam’s art is about making and decoration. His writing examines the artists and activities of contemporary art. As an educator, Adam encourages students to inquire and create, examine worldviews and to awaken their understanding of self and the world and the relationship of the two.

Adam has participated in thirty-seven solo or group exhibitions in the United States over the past ten years, including at the Arts Council of Princeton, MoMA PS1 and White Columns in NYC, and AIR Gallery in Brooklyn, with solo exhibitions at the Hunterdon Art Museum, Kean University, Princeton Day School, and Northwestern College, and several curated, group, and invitational exhibitions throughout the United States. His art has been featured in four books including The Best of 500 Ceramics: Celebrating a Decade in Clay and 500 Ceramic Sculptures: Contemporary Practice, Singular Works, in the NCECA Biennial (Tampa Museum of Art) catalogue and has been reviewed in Ceramics Art and Perception, the Korean magazine Monthly Ceramic Art, and featured in Ceramics Monthly. Additionally, in the last ten years he has published forty-eight scholarly essays, reviews and catalogue essays.




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Before joining the team of the Arts Council of Princeton, Adam had worked at Greenwich House Pottery since 2003. In 2007, he was appointed Assistant Director and in 2010 appointed Director. In 2010, Adam was appointed lecturer at Princeton University where he continues to teach. Adam holds an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth and a BFA with a minor in Art Education from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. He lives in Hightstown, New Jersey with his wife, Rachel, a fashion designer, and their two daughters.

“I have always looked at the teapot with both anxiety and awe”, shares Welch. “When you see a good teapot, you know it. In fact, I admire the teapot as an object of contemplation more than a utilitarian object. However, now that I have a small collection of teapots, I now can appreciate the function too. I have wanted to jury a teapot show for some time – I look forward to having a chance to view the works from around this country!"

To learn more and submit, visit artscouncilofprinceton.org.

The Arts Council of Princeton, a non-profit organization founded in 1967, fulfills its mission of building community through the arts by presenting a wide range of programs including public art projects, exhibitions, performances, free community cultural events, and studio-based classes and workshops. Arts Council of Princeton programs are designed to be high-quality, engaging, affordable and accessible for the diverse population in the greater Princeton region.  

IMAGE: Teapot by Adam Welch




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