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,...
by Cindy Bracker | Sep 18, 2020 | Education, opportunities, Featured, News, Service
With the pandemic raging on, we have found that many ceramic enthusiasts have been left without access to teachers and instruction. We are excited to help fill that gap with our new Custom Consulting Services Even before Covid-19 shut down many clay centers, we were...
by Cindy Bracker | Aug 31, 2020 | Community, Education, opportunities, Featured, News, Service
Here at Brackers, we continue to study & research the relationship between the COVID-19 virus and how it may affect ceramics studios and classrooms. While none of us here are microbiologists or epidemiologists or experts in any way, we do feel strongly that it is...
by Cindy Bracker | Aug 10, 2020 | Education, opportunities, Featured, Lesson Plans, News
Many of you have been following our instagram posts sharing the work of artists of color for the last couple of months. We started to feature these ceramic artists in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, which brought on the most recent surge in the Black Lives...
by Cindy Bracker | Jul 22, 2020 | Community, Education, opportunities, Featured, News
It used to be when we talked about safety in the ceramics studio we were refering to various glaze chemicals, maybe some airborne silica. Or maybe we were referring to body strain from sitting a potter’s wheel or fatigue in the muscles of our hands. Now it...
by David Sturm | May 8, 2020 | Community, Featured, Lesson Plans, Products, Videos, Wheels
“Wheels will always turn full circle.” ― Anthony T. Hincks Even as many states start to re-open their economies, community art centers remain closed for the time being. This leaves many of us still disconnected from the people, places, and implements...