Welcome to On the Radar, where we preview up-and-coming arts events to mark your calendar for. Last December, I managed to make one of four stops on the Tour de Clay of Tampa Bay, a gallery hop-style tour of local pottery studios. I snagged myself a round, indigo blue ceramic dish created by Rising Sun potter and owner Peter Streit. The top of the dish was embedded with a dragonfly; when you opened it up, the bed was glazed with vivid hues of colored glass that had been melted down and baked to get its artful cracks. Of course, I broke the piece less than two months later. Luckily, the Florida Westcoast Ceramic Society is staging the second edition this weekend and I plan on picking up a new one.
