by Cindy Bracker | Dec 1, 2022 | Community, Education, opportunities, Featured, News
It started with the wheel. Our William Bracker Wheel Donation, that is. But this year, Dave asked me “does it have to be a wheel? There are a lot of schools that have needs that aren’t a pottery wheel..” I couldn’t break with tradition and... 
by Cindy Bracker | Dec 1, 2022 | Community, Family, Featured, News, Wheels
Today is Bill Bracker’s Birthday. For over 25 years, we have donated a Brent Model C Wheel (the wheel Bill always used) in his memory. Previous recipients have included Lawrence Schools (where his kids were educated), Kansas University (where he taught)... 
by Cindy Bracker | Mar 9, 2022 | Community, Featured, News
2022 Random Acts of KindnessWe are excited to bring back this community project that celebrates and promotes the joys of using handmade objects. Kindness week is typically in February each year, but we feel that kindness needs to extend to many weeks. (Plus, our... by Kelli Sturm | Feb 4, 2021 | Community, News
In 2020 Covid definitely threw the world a curveball, but it also reminded us how important it is for communities to pull together to support each other, that being apart doesn’t equate to being alone, and that kindness is the one thing the world can always use... 
by Cindy Bracker | Jan 22, 2021 | Community
Kindness Week: February 14-22 Mass Street Muggings 5 years ago, we gathered handmade ceramic mugs (some that we made, some that were donated by local artists), and we descended upon our vibrant downtown Lawrence shopping district, Massachusetts street. We... 
by Kelli Sturm | Jan 19, 2021 | Community, Education, opportunities, Featured
Bracker’s has always kept its hands in the education of ceramics students in some way Bill Bracker was a university ceramics professor before he and Anne founded Bracker’s Anne Bracker started our company’s annual pottery wheel donation campaign,...
