Collection: Clarice Allgood

A somewhat unconventional ceramic history of workshops, open studios, and unofficial residencies led Clarice Allgood to Minnesota in 2018. In 2019, she graduated from the advanced certificate program MN NICE and as of 2020 she is a Fogelberg Fellow at Northern Clay Center. From a free spirited, traveling childhood and her academic education in philosophy come a perspective rooted in thoughtfulness and curiosity. Though Allgood’s ceramics are often grounded in practicality, they maintain a particular whimsy and environmental aesthetic. The forms and use of her pots and objects are meant to enrich what she calls “quiet acts of self-reliance”: they are watering cans for gardening, bowls for knitting, utensils for cooking, bookends to organize reading. Though Allgood is thoroughly involved in the making and conceptualizing processes, the magic, nature and mystery of relinquishing her work to the powers of the soda kiln is currently an important part of her practice.