Ep 134 – For Flux Sake Live from Harvard Ed Portal!

Join us for the special live recording for For Flux Sake hosted by the Ceramics Program – Office for the Arts at Harvard and held at their neighbors, the Harvard Ed Portal. The team dives deeper, gets more personal, and explores the topics you want to know more about in the ceramics world!

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