Oregon Potters Association
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The Oregon Potters Association (OPA) is not-for-profit
group of clay artists
working in Oregon
and southwest Washington, United States
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The OPA seeks to bring its members together with the public, galleries
, businesses, publications and arts agencies locally, nationally and globally. Its members organize cooperative purchases to obtain pottery supplies, books and materials at quantity discount prices. They help and enable members to publicize, exhibit and sell their work at the annual OPA Ceramic Showcase and in conjunction with other guilds, fairs, and craft organizations.
Membership in the OPA is $45 dollars per year. There is also a newsletter $12 dollars per year for anyone living outside a 100 mile radius from Portland, Oregon
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Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
group of clay artists
Ceramics (art)
In art history, ceramics and ceramic art mean art objects such as figures, tiles, and tableware made from clay and other raw materials by the process of pottery. Some ceramic products are regarded as fine art, while others are regarded as decorative, industrial or applied art objects, or as...
working in Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
and southwest Washington, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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The OPA seeks to bring its members together with the public, galleries
Art gallery
An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection...
, businesses, publications and arts agencies locally, nationally and globally. Its members organize cooperative purchases to obtain pottery supplies, books and materials at quantity discount prices. They help and enable members to publicize, exhibit and sell their work at the annual OPA Ceramic Showcase and in conjunction with other guilds, fairs, and craft organizations.
Membership in the OPA is $45 dollars per year. There is also a newsletter $12 dollars per year for anyone living outside a 100 mile radius from Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
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