Over my head

I may very well be in over my head in 2015. I just got an invite and I  accepted to show in Rochester, NY in a show in October with many of my American favourites.  Oopps make that favorites for my US friends.
Here is the line up YIKES!:

Matthew Metz, Alfred, NY

Richard Aerni, Rochester, NY

Peter Beasecker, Syracuse, NY

Forest Lesch Middleton, CA

Dan Finnigan, VA

Mark Shapiro, MA

Kristen Kieffer, MA

Julie Crosby, Trumansburg, NY

Mary Barringer, MA

Liz Quackenbush, State College, PA

John Gill, Alfred, NY

Bob Briscoe, MN

Doug Peltzman, NY

Jenny Mendes, Cleveland, OH

Bryan Hopkins, Buffalo, NY

Jane Shellenbarger, Rochester, NY

 

Thanks to my buddy Dick Aerni The King of Ash Glazes for putting me in the line up. Dick and I have fought some of the same battles and share a kinship though we have only met a couple of times in real life. This show is about good potters taking charge of the marketing process. It's about taking the high road and not battling it out in a marketplace that celebrates who sells the best.  I will be humbled indeed.  There will be workshops, lectures and best of all food and drink with potters, collectors and lovers of good pots. 

  This reminds me of almost 35 years ago when I wandered into the The Potter's Shop on Avenue Road in Toronto. I wanted so badly to one day be one of them. This show makes me want to step up my game and be one of them. No resting on yesterdays laurels. No knicky knacks!  That is a great feeling at this stage of the game. 

Shit, I hope I come home with some money. I'd like to own a piece by everyone in the line up.