Live from the mud:
This is Kevin Smokler reporting live from the second floor of Baltimore Clayworks, one of the coolest little arts organizations in the nation. Should you find yourself in this part of the world, I highly recommend stopping by for whatever exhibition they have going on (they’re always great), and buying yourself a high quality yet strangly affordable piece of tableware: mugs, bowls, plates, ewers, they got it all.
I volunteered here in 1995, after getting fired from my first newspaper job. I made several friends, a few sloppy pots that I still have and was awakened to the importance of arts organizations in local communities. I stay connected as a donor and friend.
This is Kevin Smokler, from Baltimore.
Back to you, readers…