FIRE AND FIBER JURIED SHOW 2024

Call for Entries

Application deadline May 1, 2024


Fire & Fiber Show Application

The Potters’ Guild of Las Cruces presents “Fire and Fiber 2024” at the Tombaugh Gallery. This biennial exhibition offers collaborative works of art by ceramic and fiber artists. A member of the Potters’ Guild creates a collaborative work of art with a fiber artist.


Fire & Fiber has been offered to the community every other year since 2000. The show begins in Las Cruces in June and then travels to the Deming Art Center in July. Guild members who work in both ceramics and fiber may enter work that encompass both mediums. Juried awards will be given for outstanding art.

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EMPTY BOWLS 2024

GIVING DAY April 26, 2024

The Potters' Guild is preparing for the 2024 Empty Bowls fundraiser: buying clay, making, glazing and firing hand-crafted bowls.  To raise funds for this year, the Guild is partnering with the Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico for Giving Day 2024. You can donate to Empty Bowls at the Giving Day website from 4/22/2024 - 4/27/24. 




This online opportunity helps the Potters' Guild buy and prepare for the Empty Bowls Event to be held October 18, 2024


Our success is especially due to the commitment of our community —

Your commitment and support of Empty Bowls in Las Cruces

Thank you for showing up to help those who need it most--the people El Caldito serves. The need to feed the hungry in our community is growing, and your support helps the soup kitchen meet those needs better than ever.


On behalf of The Potters' Guild of Las Cruces and Empty Bowls, we thank you!

Jan Preston Archey

President of the Potters' Guild of Las Cruces


NBuy 2024 Empty Bowls Tickets

Dinner Party: Multicultural Crossroads in Clay Show

A juried exhibit of Utilitarian and Sculptural Art 

Potters’ Guild of Las Cruces

Branigan Cultural Center in Las Cruces, NM

November 1, 2024,  January 18, 2025



Call for Entry Application Deadline August 17, 2024




Welcome to the Potters’ Guild of 
Las Cruces, New Mexico!

From the Ground Up 2021

30th Annual Juried Exhibition


Show was at the Las Cruces Museum of Art until October 9, 2021.




Click here to see selected pieces.

Our History


Formed in 1981 by a small group of artists, the Potters’ Guild of Las Cruces has endured and thrived for more than 37 years. In the early 80s, there was no support for people in the business of selling pottery so a core group of extremely motivated, creative, and talented people set about building a ceramics community, literally from the ground up. Many members have remained active for ten years or longer and continue to be proud supporters of the group. 

The caring spirits of many people who began and nourished the guild for over three decades have left an impression. To this day, the Guild continues to bring clay into the public view as a medium of artistic expression. 

Our Goals


As a group we have developed and set a certain amount of specific goals that continue to be priorities from our early days as an organization. 

They include the following:

  • Providing a forum for learning and discussion
  • Fostering the education of the arts
  • Sponsoring exhibitions and sales of the groups work
  • Organizing workshops about clay issues 
  • Promoting community service

These goals and principles have set the course for our activities, workshops, meetings and membership.

Potters  of all levels


The Potters’ Guild of Las Cruces has many experienced clay artists that hold positions in the organization, but we also welcome complete beginners, novice potters, and pottery artists with moderate experience. We believe that cultivating a welcoming environment that is instructional, supportive, and inclusive is the best way to operate. 

If you are interested in pottery, feel free to reach out to our group and become a member. You’ll be glad you did—and we’ll be glad to have you! Contact us to learn more about joining.

Apply for Membership Here!

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