Cup of Joy

For the last seven years, Trackside Ceramic Studio on downtown’s west end has hosted this annual celebration of vessels of all kinds. Known as the Cup of Joy exhibit, artists from all over the country are invited to each present a quartet of unique cups — glasses, mugs, goblets, steins. They don’t even necessarily need to be functional; the finished product is whatever their interpretation of the prompt happens to be. This year’s exhibit features 150 different pieces made by several dozen participating artists, from local to regional names to folks who are sprinkled around the country. Online sales of the exhibited pieces begin Friday and continue through the end of the exhibit on Jan. 15.

Opens Fri, Dec. 4 at 5 pm; continues through Jan. 15 • Trackside Studio Ceramic Art Gallery • 115 S. Adams St. • tracksidestudio.net • 863-9904