Upcoming Exhibitions, Sales, Workshops, & Events

Past Workshops & Demos

Penland School of Crafts
Two-week, Surface Intensive
July 7th – July 20th, 2019
penland.org

Anoka-Ramsey Community College
Artist Demonstration: Sean O’Connell & Candice Methe
Thursday, Sept. 26th, 2019
Coon Rapids, MN

University of Arkansas – Little Rock
Windgate Center of Art + Design
Candice Methe & Sean O’Connell
April 13th – 14th, 2019
Little Rock, AR

Red Deer College
Summer Workshop Series
Patterns, Color, & Form
July 16th – July 20th, 2018
Red Deer, AB, Canada

Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts
The Exquisite Surface:
Week-long, Surface Intensive
October 21st – Oct. 27th, 2018

Palmetto Bluff – Moreland Art Loft
2-Day Hands-on Deco Intensive
Friday, Oct. 20th – Saturday, Oct. 21st, 9am – 4pm Daily
Bluffton, SC

NCECA – Portland
Process Room – “The Exquisite Surface”
Oregon Convention Center
March 24th, 2017
Portland, OR

NCECA Emerging Artist 
Kansas City Convention Center
March 16th – 19th, 2016 (artist talks Sat. 19th)
Kansas City, MO

Visiting Artist Demonstration
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mon. March 28th, 2016
Madison, WI

Visiting Artist Demonstration
Bowling Green State University
Oct. 29th – 30th, 2015
100 Fine Arts Center
Bowling Green, OH

Visiting Artist Demonstration
University of Arkansas
Thurs. Nov. 12th – Friday Nov. 13th, 2015
Fayetteville, AR

Cultivating the Ceramic Surface
Fine Line Art Center
Sat. June 20th, 2015
St. Charles, IL

Ceramic Surface Intensive
Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB, Canada
July 13th – 17th, 2015

The Exquisite Surface
Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV
July 27th – 31st, 2015

Thinking Through Making
Khnemu Studios
Sat/Sun September 19th – 20th, 2015, Fennville, MI 

Visiting Artist Demonstration/Lecture
University of Wisconsin – Osh Kosh, WI
Mon. Feb. 9th, 2015
9:30 am – 4:30 pm

NCECA 2015
Demonstration 
AMACO Booth – Expo Hall
1:30 – 3:30 pm Wed/Thurs,
March 25th – 26th, 2015
Rhode Island Convention Center
One Sabin St.
Providence, RI

NCECA 2015
Panel: “Challenging the Cabin Mentality . . .” George Mason, Sean O’Connell, Sequoia Miller
Jill Oberman.
March 25th – 28th, 2015
Rhode Island Convention Center
One Sabin St.
Providence, RI

Ox-Bow School of Art
Visiting Artist
Kendall College Workshop
April 3rd – 5th, 2015
Saugatuck, MI 

Past Sales & Events

Toe River Arts Tour – Spring 2023 The Barnes – Penland Resident Gallery November 11th – 13th, 2022 46 Bill Brown Way, Bakersville, NC

Online Holiday Sale – Sean O’Connell Pottery Sale begins Friday, Dec. 2nd @ 10am est – Ends Monday, Dec. 5th @ 6pm est

2022 Western Wisconsin Pottery Tour
Hosts: Mark Pharis & Wayne Branum
Online: starts Friday, Sept. 16th at 10am cst In-Person: Saturday, Sunday – Sept. 17th-18th
Roberts, WI

Toe River Arts Tour – Fall 2022 The Barnes – Penland Resident Gallery November 11th – 13th, 2022 46 Bill Brown Way, Bakersville, NC

NCECA EXPO – Red Lodge Clay Center, March 16th – 19th, 2022

Western Wisconsin Pottery Tour
Hosts: Mark Pharis & Wayne Branum (ONLINE), 2021
Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Flower City Pottery Invitational
Flower City Art Center
October 11th, 12th, 13th – 2019
Rochester, NY

Western Wisconsin Pottery Tour
Hosts: Mark Pharis & Wayne Branum
Friday, Saturday, Sunday – Sept. 27th, 28th, 29th, 2019 
Roberts, WI

Montana Clay Tour
Hosts: Mel Griffin & David Peters
July, 2018
Helena, MT

NCECA EXPO 2019 – Red Lodge Clay Center
Minneapolis Convention Center
March 26th – 29th, 2019

Pottery Northwest
Clay Fest 2018
August 23rd – 26th, 2018
Seattle, WA

Pottery Northwest
Clay Fest 2017
Saturday Sept. 16th – Sunday, Sept. 17th, 2017
Seattle, WA

NCECA EXPO 2017 – Red Lodge Clay Center
Minneapolis Convention Center
March 26th – 29th, 2019

Designed & Crafted – Signature Shop
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
Sept. 30th – Oct. 2nd, 2016
Atlanta, GA 

Montana Clay Tour
Hosts: Mel Griffin & David Peters
July, 2017
Helena, MT

NCECA EXPO 2016
Kansas City Convention Center Lill St. Gallery
March 16th – 19th, 2016
Kansas City, MO 

Art of the Pot
Host: Ryan McKerley May  7th – 8th, 2016
Austin, TX 

The Art School at the Old Church
Annual Pottery Invitational
December 4th – 6th, 2015
Demarest, NJ

Evanston Clay Guild
Annual Pottery Invitational
December, 2015
Evanston, IL

Dallas Pottery Invitational
Addison Visitors Center
April 17th – 19th, 2015
Addison, TX

Past Exhibitions

Appalachian Center for Craft Tennessee Tech University, “Penland Resident Exhibition”, October 7th – December 21st, 2022, Smithville, TN

Above Board Ceramics
In conjunction with Virtual NCECA 2021
March 16th – 30th, 2021

Radius Gallery
“The Sense Beyond Desire”
Jan. 22nd – Feb. 27th, 2021
Missoula, MT

Red Lodge Clay Center
“Objects of Desire” – Holiday Sale
November  – December,  2020

Penland School of Crafts – Gallery
Porcelain
May 29th – July 5th, 2020

Art Spirit Gallery
“Featured Artist”
September 2019
Coeur d’Alene, ID

Artaxis
Featured Artist
September 2019
Online Sale

Red Lodge Clay Center
Objects of Desire
November 8th – December 20th,  2019
Red Lodge, MT

Clay Studio – Missoula
Abundant Bowls
May 4th – 25th, 2018
Missoula, MT

Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts
2018 Instructor Exhibition
May 12th – August 25th, 2018
Gatlinburg, TN

Red Lodge Clay Center
Solo Exhibition: Sean O’Connell 
September 7th – 30th, 2018
Red Lodge, MT

Lawrence Arts Center
The Image & the Vessel
September 28th – Oct. 20th, 2018
Lawrence, KS

Clay Studio – Missoula
Annual Teapot Show
November 2nd – 30th, 2018
Missoula, MT

Radius Gallery
Shape /Shift: Sean O’Connell, Beth Lo, & Pamela Caughey
January 26th – February 24th, 2018
Missoula, MT

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Asher Gallery
January 12th – 13th, 2018
Houston, TX

Clay Art Center
“Redux: Transformations 6×6”
July 22nd – September 15th
Port Chester, NY, 2017

Sage Community Arts
“Splendid Table”
August 2nd – September 20th,
Sheridan, WY, 2017

Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts
Utilitarian Clay VII – Invited Artist Exhibition, 2016
Gatlinburg, TN

University of St. Francis – School of Creative Arts
Midwest Ceramics Invitational
Oct. 15th – Nov. 20th, 2016
Fort Wayne, IN

Carthage College
“Lability” 
H.F. Johnson Gallery of Art
Oct. 29th – Dec. 13th, 2016
Kenosha, WI

Turman Larison Contemporary 
Shift – Sean O’Connell & Allison Reintjes
June 2016

Havard University
Gallery 224
“Chemical Addiction: Exemplary Ceramic Surfaces form the Rosenfield Collection”
June 20th – August 12th, 2016

Red Lodge Clay Center
Featured Artist
July 2016
Red Lodge, MT 

Martin County Cultural Center Gallery
Earth to Table: The Art of Functional Ceramics
February 19th  – April 9th, 2016
Stuart, FL 

NCECA Emerging Artist Exhibition
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center
March 4th – 19th, 2016 
Kansas City, MO

Santa Fe Clay – La Mesa, NCECA 2016
Central Exchange
March 16th – 19th, 2016
Kansas City, MO 

Polk State College – Ceramics Invitational
Winter Haven Fine Arts Gallery
February 29th – March 18th, 2016
Winter Haven, FL

AKAR
Pattern
March 25th – April 25th, 2016
Iowa City, IA 

AKAR
Yunomi Invitational
May – June, 2016
Iowa City, IA 

Trackside Gallery
Ode to Bowls
December 4th, 2015 – January 15th, 2016
Spokane, WA 9

Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics
September 25th, 2015 – January 2nd, 2016
Zanesville, OH

Society for Contemporary Craft
CRAFTED: Ceramic Tableware
November 6th – December 28th, 2015
Pittsburgh, PA 

Claymakers Gallery
Steinfest – 2015
September 25th – November 15th, 2015
Durham, NC

Ralph Arnold Gallery/Loyola University
Negotiated Relationships
October 1st – November 7th, 2015
Chicago, IL

Three Wheel Studio
Teapots: Annual TWS Exhibition
October 15th – November 15th, 2015
Providence, RI

Schaller Gallery
FORMS
September 20th – October 9th, 2015
St. Joseph, MI 

AKAR
Solo Exhibition
July 10th – 31st, 2015
Iowa City, IA 

LillSt. Art Center
Featured Artist
June 2015
Chicago, IL

Schaller Gallery
Functional Spectrum
March 1st – 19th, 2015
St. Joseph, MI 

Crimson-Laurel Gallery
Featured Artist
March 2015
Bakersville, NC

NCECA 2015/Providence, RI – Multiple Venues
*La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, Providence, RI
*New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
*AMACO Artists Exhibition

AKAR
Yunomi Invitational
May 15th  – June 5th, 2015
Iowa City, IA