Julia Galloway

Hey there! I am just poking my head up out of the studio to say hello! YUP! I am still working away on the Endangered Species Project, making great progress… urn by urn…carve carve carve. It is still, years in, interesting, and though a challenging subject, a pleasure to make. I thought I’d share some new ones with you, stay tuned! Enjoy! 😊 #AdelaideAlsopRobineau

May 15 National Endangered Species Day.  I believe that all species have a divine right to exist. Humans are the apex predators on this planet, it is our duty to protect all species. Since 1970 the average wildlife population has dropped by 73%. We are now the stewards of this great earth. We can do better.   #endangeredspecies #endangeredspeciesday #endangeredspeciesact #protectwildlife #wecandobetter

The ESP - it’s a family affair! My scientist sister, Laura Galloway, continues her research on the American Bell Flower. Since I have been working on the Endangered Species Project, I have come to have a better understanding of how scientists think and, honestly, what biology and scientific research actually is in general. I have no training in the sciences, and Laura is tremendously patient with me when I ask the most basic of questions. Sharing this project with her is a delight.  Laura and Ellen are fabulous sisters. Ellen is a super fan of the project - always making a positive comment on Instagram - thanks Ellie!...maybe a post about her soon… SOOOO lucky to have fabulous sisters!  #endangeredspecies #scienceiscool #sisters #familyaffair #ecology @lfgalloway @ellen.galloway2

Huzzah! Great way to take pottery on the plane! #ceramics #studiolife #shipping #outsidethebox #cooler

How much time is the right amount of time to spend on social media? Are people learning about the Endangered Species Project through Instagram? Are the posts interesting? Helpful? How we spend our days is how we spend our lives... ➡️To engage with the Endangered Species Project through an old fashioned email newsletter, you can join our mailing list at the link in our bio or at #endangeredspeciesproject #endangeredspecies #selfcarematters #howsmydriving #ceramics

In praise of the California Clapper Rail! Such a beautiful bird! And what exceptional probem solving — how to carve the bird itself, the water, and the land so it all comes together and looks a little, but not too much, like a natural history museum! #endangeredspecies #californiawildlife #endangeredbirds #carving #ceramics

Thank you to Baltimore Clayworks for including me in their recent porcelain focused exhibition titled 'Contemporary Porcelain: from Tradition to Innovation'. It looks like a beautiful exhibition, and congratulations to my fellow participants Sam Chung, Tom Coleman, Martha Grover, Bryan Hopkins, Cliff Lee, Heesoo Lee, Steven Young Lee, Kyounghwa Oh, Yoko Sekino-Bove, and one of the all time best carvers of porcelain - Elaine Coleman. #endangeredspecies #endangeredspeciesproject #ceramics #porcelain #carving @baltimoreclayworks @sammychung70 @enshinoman @marthahgrover @bryanshopkins @heesooceramics @stevenylee @kohporcelain @yokosekinobove

Thank you to the Virginia A. Groot Foundation for the honorable mention in this year’s grant awards. I have known of this grant for a long time, and having my work recognized is a thrill. Thank you for your ongoing support of so many artists over many years. I—we—thank you. @grootfoundation #endangeredspecies #endangeredspeciesproject #ceramics #grateful #thankyou

Next year, in April 2027, 100 Endangered Species urns will go on parade as part of the Missoula Wild Walk! We will walk over the CLark Fork River and end at the Missoula ARt Museum, where some of the urns will be on display in preparation for the first exhibition in fall 2027. This parade is in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the International Wildlife Film Festival. We hope you can join us for this fabulous event honoring endangered species! #endangeredspecies #missoula #ceramics #earthday #parade

Baltimore Clayworks is proud to feature Julia Galloway of Missoula, Montana, in “Contemporary Porcelain: From Tradition to Innovation”, on view now through May 23, 2026. Julia Galloway is a professor, studio potter, and nationally recognized ceramic artist based in Missoula, Montana. A longtime faculty member at the University of Montana, her utilitarian pottery is held in the collections of more than 25 museums. Throughout her distinguished career, Galloway has also served on the boards of NCECA, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts. In 2023, she was named Ceramic Artist of the Year by Ceramics Arts Network. Her current body of work reflects both her deep roots in functional pottery and her evolving commitment to environmental storytelling through clay. “Trained as a studio potter, for much of my life I have made pottery for the home, to be used daily or to decorate our domestic spaces. Currently I am deep into an eight-year project, make an urn for each threatened, endangered, extinct and recovered species in the United States. These porcelain wheel thrown and hand carved urns are metaphor, to make the unseen, visible, to bring awareness to humans’ effect on the natural world. Ultimately an exhibition of more than 1,100 urns will be displayed empty as a sign of hope.” @galloway_pottery Experience Julia Galloway’s work in “Contemporary Porcelain: From Tradition to Innovation”, an exhibition that explores the enduring legacy of porcelain while showcasing the bold ways artists are redefining this historic material today. On view March 21 – May 23, 2026, in person and online. #BaltimoreClayworks #ContemporaryPorcelain #JuliaGalloway #CeramicArt #ContemporaryCeramics

Faboulous exhibitions at NCECA this week! #nceca #ceramics #pottery #makersgonnamake #thanksmom

What is it about clay? This mud? This slippery plastic earth? Brown, tan, red, white, smooth...sandy, sticky, gritty...wedge, roll, throw, pour...pinch, pull, slap, roll, stir, sand, carve.... Why do we, over and over again return to this fabulous, challenging, delightful, beautiful material...? because WE LOVE IT! Thank you @susie_rubenstein for your fabulous email! #clay #ceramics #pottery #mud #nceca