About Michigan Ceramics

The Michigan Ceramics exhibition features Michigan resident and affiliated ceramic artists, with prizes awarded for functional/utilitarian expression and for sculptural expression as determined by Juror George Rodriguez. This outstanding biennial event is sponsored by the Michigan Ceramic Art Association to celebrate the ceramic arts in Michigan

The mission of MCAA is to expand and strengthen the network of community members.

About the Juror, George Rodriguez

Born and raised in the border city of El Paso, Texas, George Rodriguez creates highly ornamented, figurative ceramic sculptures, often underlined by a connection to the sociopolitical issues the artist explores.

Rodriguez holds a BFA from the University of Texas El Paso and an MFA in ceramics from the University of Washington, Seattle. His world curiosity grew as a recipient of a Bonderman Travel Fellowship, where he traveled the world through most of 2010.

His work has shown at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA; Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; Canton Art Museum, Canton, OH; and others. His sculptures are part of the collections of the National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL; the University of Washington’s Paul G. Allen College of Computer Science and Engineering, Seattle, WA; the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University, Salem, OR; Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.; and the National Museum in Stockholm, Sweden.

George was featured on PBS Craft in America “Storytellers” episode and has created a large public sculpture for the new Kansas City Airport which opened March 2023.