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Five artists. Five distinct practices. One shared commitment to craft.

Meet the 2026 Spector Craft Prize Emerging Artists.

Learn more about each artist at spectorcraftprize.org

@demetribroxton @merrynalaka @lukee._.h @viv_chiu @japheth_global

Photos by @christiancargill @dalmatianfilms

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FAMILY, MEMORY, HOME — IN CLAY.

Japheth Asiedu-Kwarteng (@japheth_global) is one of the five inaugural recipients of the 2026 Spector Craft Prize for Emerging Artists.

Drawing on his Ghanaian heritage, Asiedu-Kwarteng explores family, memory, identity, and home through bold, sculptural ceramics.

Dining with Mama & Dada: In Space (2026) brings stoneware, stained porcelain, and underglaze together in a work rooted in warm memories of home.

Learn more about Japheth Asiedu-Kwarteng at spectorcraftprize.org

Directed by @christiancargill
Produced by @dalmatianfilms

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Launching today – our new series of films following some of the most exciting and talented artists in America. This summer we travelled the length and breadth of the US, from New York to Hawaii, observing and getting to know these brilliant craftmakers. These are the winners of the @spectorcraftprize.

Thank you to @abigail_klem, @spectorcraftprize and @dadagoldberg for having us on the journey.

Directed & Produced by @christiancargill
Cinematography by @theotennant1
Sharif Bey Cinematography – @seanmattison
Edited by @tomgilfillan
Colourist – @nathanielskeels
Edit Producer – Luke Spencer
Sound Mix – @dalecrtis

Agency – @dadagoldberg
Digital Campaign – @alinaheim
Client – @spectorcraftprize

A @dalmatianfilms Production

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A very special day for us. We’re so excited to announce the inaugural recipients of the Spector Craft Prize.

We couldn’t be more proud of this extraordinary group of artists and the work they are creating. This is only the beginning.

Head to @spectorcraftprize and spectorcraftprize.org to meet the 2026 recipients and learn more.

Directed by @christiancargill
Produced by @dalmatianfilms

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Meet the artists shaping the next chapter of American craft.

Introducing Sharif Bey, inaugural recipient of the Spector Craft Prize, and Japheth Asiedu-Kwarteng, Demetri Broxton, Vivian Chiu, Merryn Omotayo Alaka, and Luke-Thomas Tokimasa Henderson, the inaugural recipients of the Spector Craft Prize for Emerging Artists.

Six artists transforming materials, bringing new perspectives, and expanding the possibilities of American craft.

Meet the 2026 recipients and discover their work at spectorcraftprize.org.

Directed by @christiancargill
Produced by @dalmatianfilms

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Can’t believe I convinced everyone to get on the floor to lip sync 😂 love ya’ll 🫶🏻
I made the Popete ✝️
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#puppet #sockpuppets #gradschool #studio956 #puppetshow

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Making my first ceramics professor @japheth_global a custom mug! I don’t think I would’ve loved ceramics as much as I do if I hadn’t had him as my first teacher for it so I wanted to give him something before I moved to Houston!🥳
It’s a ceramic studio with a lot of his VERY COOL artwork all around!😎

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Haciendo una taza personalizada para mi primer profesor de cerámica Japeth! No creo que hubiera llegado a amar la cerámica tanto como la amo hoy si él no hubiera sido mi primer maestro así que quise regalarle algo antes de mudarme a Houston. 🥳
La taza es un estudio de cerámica rodeado de muchas de sus increíbles obras de arte! 😎

#Ceramics #Pottery #handmadeceramics #CustomMug #CeramicArtist

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Everyone congratulate Japheth Asiedu-Kwarteng based out of Edinburgh,Texas on the BIPOC Award for the Mid Career and Beyond Category!
Artist Statement:
His artistic practice honors the legacy of Ghanaian ceramic history and its contemporary presence, drawing on complex cultural symbols with a spirit of openness and innovation. His work has been showcased at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas; Utah Museum of Contemporary Art; Crocker Art Museum; University Galleries; Museu de Ceràmica de l’Alcora, Spain. Japheth has works in the permanent collections of H.R.H Duke Franz of Bavaria, Germany, University Galleries, Illinois and other private collections across the United States.
Social Media:
IG: @japheth_global
Website: www.japhethglobal.com

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Clay at it best, Clayman will alway deliver. Think no where else when you need ceramic raw materials thanks.

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Ghanaian Ceramics on the Rise
By JAPHETH ASIEDU-KWARTENG @japheth_global

Within this framework, their ceramics function as sites of negotiation rather than nostalgia. Identity is articulated as fluid and continually reshaped through movement and exchange, positioning Ghanaian ceramics as a dynamic contemporary practice grounded in cultural specificity while responsive to global circulation.

These artists, whom I refer to as the “Big Six,” are Vincent ‘Sniper’ Frimpong, Ross Owusu Junior, Teddy Osei, Eugene Ofori Agyei, Eric Andre, and Japheth Asiedu-Kwarteng. To call them the Big Six is not out of place since their practice to rewrite the narrative of Ghanaian ceramics and the Ghanaian story in the diaspora is similar to the exploits of the big six - Kwame Nkrumah, J.B. Danquah, Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, Edward Akufo-Addo, Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey, and William Ofori Atta – who gained independence for Ghana on March 6, 1957.

As their works enters public and private collections nationally and internationally – including Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi; University Galleries, Normal, Illinois; Franz, Duke of Bavaria, Contemporary Art Collection, Munich, Germany; Changchun International Ceramic Museum, Changchun, China – it points toward a future in which Ghanaian ceramics is recognized not as peripheral, but as an active and evolving contributor to global contemporary art.

To read the full article, follow the link in our bio. All articles are free this month in celebration of NCECA and community building.

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In This Issue - Homeland and Materiality
By editor-at-large VINCENT “SNIPER” FRIMPONG @sniper_ceramica

"When stories of African and international art are written, often the analysis is shared by someone with little time spent within these artists' homelands, who lacks understanding of lived experiences, and is removed from important cultural and social contexts. As an artist and educator from Africa, I feel it is vital to gather artists who are raised and rooted in African and international places to share our journeys within the ceramic arts. And for our discourse to be written with our stories at the forefront, because we are invested in the portrayal of our art practices, written and visual, to be for and by us. With respect to transparency, the authors Japheth Asiedu-Kwarteng, Teddy Osei, and Ross Junior Owusu are Ghanaian practitioners and scholars who have mobilized the knowledge and experiences of artists from Cameroon, Canada, Ghana, Iran, Nigeria, and South Africa. These authors highlight multiple international contemporary artists who showcase where they come from by adding to the intercontinental ceramic arts history, pedagogy, ceramic methods, and its future."

To read the full "In This Issue - Homeland and Materiality" by editor-at-large VINCENT “SNIPER” FRIMPONG follow the link in our bio.

All articles are free this month.

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Former Artaxis Board member, Japheth Asiedu Kwarteng (@japheth_global), just updated his Artaxis page with new work! This is ” Dining with Mama & Dada: Purity #1”. Japheth writes about this work, "The Dining with Mama and Dada series draws from “Abusua Kuruwa” - the Asante family pot that preserves hair, nails, and other belongings of relatives of the departed. Traditionally kept in a royal stool house, shrine, or cemetery, it holds presence beyond absence. This body of work embodies memory, food, labor, architecture, and belonging. It asks how we remember - how we hold the ones who are gone, and what remains when touch becomes memory." Learn more at https://artaxis.org/artist/japheth-asiedu-kwarteng/

#Artaxis #JaphethAsieduKwarteng #ceramics #contemporaryceramics

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