The Berkeley Potters Guild, founded in 1971, is northern California's oldest and largest collective of professional ceramic artists. Our renovated warehouse accommodates nineteen private studios. While we work independently, we also collaborate to produce semiannual sales and to operate the Gift Gallery which is located in the Guild and open to the public every weekend.
Most members are production potters who create a wide variety of functional items.
Some work in traditional colors and forms influenced by an Asian aesthetic, while a few of our members make playful forms and decorate with intricate and colorful hand painted designs. The work reflects the broad spectrum of California contemporary ceramics. Our work is shown in museums and galleries world wide, including The Smithsonian, the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, the Oakland Museum, The Los Angeles Museum of Art, The Museum of History of Moscow, Nieman Marcus and Fumiki of San Francisco.