# Event Details

- **Event Name**: "It's Only Clay Exhibit" Reception and Awards Presentation
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 07 Nov, 2025 at 05:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Watermark Art Center opens the annual "It’s Only Clay Exhibit" on November 7 from 5 to 7pm.  Awards and presentations begin at 5:30pm with Special Guest Artist and Juror Nick DeVries. The exhibit will be on display through December 23, 2025.

"It’s Only Clay" (IOC) is a national juried ceramics competition focusing on, and dedicated to, functional clay vessels. Each submission for IOC is judged in four areas: function, form/aesthetic, craftsmanship, and surface design. Selected works from the 2025 submissions as well as work by DeVries will be on display as part of the IOC exhibit.

On November 8 from 9am to 12 noon, DeVries will lead a  hands-on workshop where participants will learn techniques and processes to build interesting textures and surfaces. Leather-hard cylinders will be provided for the workshop as well as tools and additional materials. The class fee is $30 or $15 for students ages 16 and up (bring student ID day of class). All participants must register in advance and pay online. Space is limited. Learn more at WatermarkArtCenter.org. (watermarkartcenter.org/product/surface-ioc-2025/)

Watermark galleries are accessible, free and open to the public Monday - Saturday from 10 to 5pm and located at 505 Bemidji Avenue N. in Bemidji, Minnesota, 218-444-7570. Visit WatermarkArtCenter.org for detailed competition, workshop and exhibit information.

IOC is a collaboration sponsored by Watermark Art Center and Bemidji State University Department of Technology, Art and Design. Thank you to Paul Bunyan Communications and Bemidji Area Arts Endowment, a component fund of the Northwest Minnesota Foundation.
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- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Bemidji
- **state**: MN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 505 Bemidji Ave N, Bemidji, MN, United States, Minnesota 56601
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- **long**: -94.8798
- **full address**: 505 Bemidji Ave N, Bemidji, MN, United States, Minnesota 56601

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- **organizer**: Watermark Art Center (https://allevents.in/org/watermark-art-center/26063376)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 07 Nov, 2025 at 05:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 505 Bemidji Ave N, Bemidji, MN, United States, Minnesota 56601
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Watermark Art Center
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, art, contests
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