From left to right, artists Ann Judy, Rene Olson, Terry Fortkamp, and Elizabeth Brown look at a ceramic mug that will be on display at their national cup show in Starbrick Gallery in Nelsonville, Ohio on September 19, 2015. The gallery hosts the cup show every other year and features artists’ work from across the country.
Ann Judy, an artist and one of the founders of Starbrick Gallery, paints the walls of the gallery in preparation for the Starbrick Clay National Cup Show on September 14, 2015 in Nelsonville, Ohio. To get ready for the show, Judy and the other artists at the gallery painted all ofthe galleries walls and rearranged everything inside, which, according to Judy, they do about three times a year.
Starbrick Gallery artist Terry Fortkamp, left, and Nelsonville Public Library storyteller Mary Van Doren, right, look at ceramics on display in the front of Starbrick Gallery in Nelsonville, Ohio before the opening night of the Starbrick Clay National Cup Show on September 25, 2015. Starbrick is a cooperative art gallery that exhibits and sells the work of 40 local artists and features a different artist’s work every month.
Patricia Cox, center, of Perry County, Ohio gets prepared to buy a wooden puzzle from Paul Kerns, right, a Starbrick while Melinda Armstrong, left, another artist paints the walls of Starbrick Gallery in Nelsonville, Ohio on September 23, 2015. The gallery stayed open every day while its artists prepared for the Starbrick Clay National Cup Show.
Andy Depalma, left, and Leeanna Morgan, right, of Nelsonville, Ohio look at ceramic cups that won an Award of Excellence, an Award of Distinction, and a Purchase Award during the Starbrick Clay National Cup Show on September 25, 2015 in Nelsonville, Ohio. Depalma said he was familiar with the work of the artist, Nicole Aquillano of Boston, MA, and even owned some mugs that had similar designs to the winning cups.
Starbrick artist Sue Hazen holds up a cup made by Boyce Covert of Carrollton, GA during the opening night of the Starbrick Clay National Cup Show in Nelsonville, Ohio on September 25, 2015. It was one of the 57 cups and Covert was one of the 20 different artists that were featured in the show.
Brett Kern, back, an artist from Elkins, WV and a participant in the Starbrick Clay National Cup Show, looks at other artists’ cups with David Hiltner, front, of Red Lodge, MT and the juror of the show at Starbrick Gallery in Nelsonville, Ohio on September 25, 2015. Hiltner presented awards for the cups and bought the winning cups that night.
Teny Bannick of Athens, Ohio tries on a tiara made by Tina Kelsey of Shade, Ohio in Starbrick Gallery in Nelsonville, Ohio on September 25, 2015. The work of artists who are not a part of the cooperative gallery are featured in the gallery’s back room.