Calling all Great Shapes!
The 2009 Great Shapes Auction is fast approaching!

The Annual CCSA Great Shapes Auction has raised more than $170,000 for breast cancer research in just 6 years.  The 2009 event at the CCSA Inspiria Conference will once again benefit the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer. We were all so moved by Heidi Floyd last year and her incredible story of strength and faith. We are thrilled to announce that Heidi will be joining us again this year!

Check out the great shapes from past auctions on the gallery page of ccsaonline.com. Get inspired and then create your own masterpiece! All kiln fired mediums and mosaics are welcome!

The Great Shapes Auction is the CCSA social event of the year. Click your heels together and come to Kansas to gather with your colleagues to eat, drink, and be merry while raising money for a very important cause!

“I am honored to be invited to convention this year as a Breast Cancer Survivor. As I type this, I am anxiously awaiting surgery to remove both of my breasts due to this terrible disease.
I encourage you to please, please contribute to the CCSA Auction for Breast cancer Awareness. Monies from the auction are donated to The Vera Bradley Foundation-which has already been a great source of support for me. We all know someone; have maybe lost someone to this terrible disease. I hope you will attend convention, visit with me, attend classes, learn, renew your spirit and donate to this great cause.”
Thank you,
Laurie Ann Laskowski,  The Clay Ground, Vestal, NY

About the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer: The Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer is celebrating its 10th year of funding breast cancer research. With the endowment of a Vera Bradley chair in oncology, Dr. Linda Malkas at the Indiana University Cancer Center and more than $10 million pledged to breast cancer research, the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer is doing its part to eradicate breast cancer. The Foundation receives funding through the sale of Vera Bradley breast cancer awareness designs, special events across the nation and through donations on verabradley.org.

The Contemporary Ceramic Studios Association is an international organization comprised of more than 1000 paint your own pottery studios and suppliers.  The association is dedicated to the growth and development of the contemporary ceramic industry.  Consumers can find a studio near them at www.paintyourownpottery.com, www.paintyourownpottery.net, and www.ccsaonline.com.