{"title":"Art of the Cup 2026","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"row section-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content-area header-area  col-xs-12\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"section-title\"\u003eOCTOBER 24 - DECEMBER 7, 2026\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row section-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content-area col-xs-12\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Center for Southern Craft \u0026amp; Design presents its 19th annual juried exhibition, \u003ci\u003eArt of the Cup\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cspan\u003e Since its launch, the exhibition has featured over 1,044 cups and teapots created by world-class Southern ceramicists. To celebrate 19 years, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eArt of the Cup\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 2026 will be juried by Ina Kaur, Curator of Creative Practice at the Newcomb Art Museum, and exhibited in Ogden Museum Store’s Center for Southern Craft \u0026amp; Design, with the cups available for purchase.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eNote\u003c\/span\u003e from the \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eJuror\u003c\/span\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArt of the Cup 2026 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erepresents an expansive range of approaches to the humble, familiar form of the cup. Artists transform its functionality into a site of inquiry, where form, surface, gesture, ritual, and cultural memory converge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe cup is, after all, an object we hold, use, share, and encounter repeatedly. In these works, it becomes something more\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea record of presence and a witness to our time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e carrying traces of place, memory, and lived experience. The display brings into dialogue a range of Southern ceramists, foregrounding both technical rigor and distinct aesthetic languages. Some works remain intimate and restrained; others extend the cup toward figuration, landscape, and abstraction. Design and illustration become vehicles for expression.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat connects them is not a singular aesthetic, but the capacity of the cup to hold difference, to accommodate radically varied ways of seeing, making, and being. Together, these works reflect the vitality of contemporary ceramics in the South: rooted in tradition, yet continually questioning, transforming, and expanding what the cup can be.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI am honored to have been part of the jurying and curating process; it was both generative and exacting. Each submission carried a sense of care, intention, and embodied knowledge. Given the spatial limitations, the process required careful distillation while attending to the integrity of individual works. I extend my sincere appreciation to all who submitted; to place one’s work into this dialogue is an act of generosity and engagement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIna Kaur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"jamie-adams-hell-cup","title":"Jamie Adams, Hell Cup","description":"\u003cp\u003ePurchased cups will be available to pick up or have shipped after the exhibition is over - December 8th, 2026. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHell Cup, 2026, Sgraffito'd terracotta, cone 04, 4\" x 4\" x 6\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI was born and raised in rural North Alabama, in a small farming community in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. 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