Artist's Statement

Working primarily with stoneware and making use of a few slips and glazes, my pieces are intended for daily use on the table or altar. As I work I do my best to focus equally on the process and my state of mind, aware that each step of the way will be revealed in the end result. Deeply grateful for the boundaries that function and tradition place on my work, I aim to make objects that evoke a sense of history yet are born entirely of our present moment.

My current body of work is centered on the production of ceremonial vessels for use in religious ritual and individual spiritual practice.

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Biography

Steve Théberge is a potter from western Massachusetts. He makes  stoneware intended for daily service on the table, shelf, or altar. He shows his work across the country and has exhibited at the Smithsonian Craft Show and and Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. He is host on the Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail and on the board of Studio Potter.

From 1998-2000 he apprenticed to Mark Shapiro at Stonepool Pottery. Following a degree in Anthropology and years as an activist in New York City, he spent 2008-2013 training in Zen Buddhist monasteries in the United States and Japan. He was a Short Term Resident at the Red Lodge Clay Center and an Artist in Residence at STARWorks Ceramics in Star, North Carolina. He currently maintains a studio in Northampton, Massachusetts.  

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Selected Shows and Exhibitions

2021

NEXT (with Sean Greene) PULP Gallery, Holyoke MA

Field & Supply, Kingston, NY

Asparagus Valley Pottery Tour, Florence, MA

2020

Worcester Center for Crafts Pottery Invitational, Worcester MA (Virtual)

Field & Supply, Kingston, NY (Virtual)

Asparagus Valley Pottery Tour (Virtual)

2019

Worcester Center for Crafts Pottery Invitational, Worcester MA

Field & Supply, Kingston, NY

Asparagus Valley Pottery Tour, Greenfield MA

Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour, Westhampton, MA

2018
            Smithsonian Craft Show Washington, DC
            Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show Philadelphia, PA
            American Craft Show (ACC Emerging Artist) Baltimore, MD
            Paradise City Arts Festival Northampton, MA
            Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour Westhampton, MA
            Ceramicidal Tendancies (NCECA Concurrent Exhibition) Pittsburgh, PA
            Growlerfest (NCECA Concurrent Exhibition) Pittsburgh, PA
            In Your Vase Pinch Gallery, Northampton, MA
            Simple Cup Show, Kobo Gallery, Seattle WA

2017

            Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour Worthington, MA
            Maker’s Market, Northampton, MA
            Contact Collaborative Online Sale
            Three Wheel Studio Annual Ceramic Show, Providence, RI

2016
            Last Call, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
            Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour Worthington, MA
            American Craft Festival at Lincoln Center, NY, NY
            Autumn Craft Festival at Lincoln Center NY, NY                                 

            Berkshire Arts Festival Great Barrington, MA
            Maker’s Market, Northampton, MA
            Winter’s Work Northampton, MA
            Three Wheel Studio Annual Ceramic Show, Providence, RI                        

2015          

            Yunomi Invitational, AKAR, Iowa City, IA
            Apprenticelines, NCECA, Providence, RI
            Kiln Partners, Group Show, Salmon Falls Gallery, Shelburne Falls, MA
            Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour, Worthington, MA
            Green River Festival Greenfield, MA
            GrowlerFest 2015, Cummington, MA

2014            

            Annual Cup Show, Studio 550, Manchester, NH
            Biennial Plate Show, Morean Center for Clay, St Petersburg, FL
            Biennial Cup Show, Morean Center for Clay, St Petersburg, FL
            Invited Artist, re(volve) Pop-Up shop, Easthampton, MA