The Potters (artists group)

The group was mentored by Lillie Rose Ernst, assistant superintendent of education in the St. Louis public school system.

Several members of the group went on to have successful careers in the arts, notably Sara Teasdale, Caroline Risque, and the Parrish Sisters.

[1] Williamina Parrish, who acted as editor-in-chief of the magazine, preferred to call the group the "Self and Mutual Admiration Society".

[12] The group described themselves as "idolatrous females worshipping a yellow-haired Amazon"; they called Ernst a "blond brute...the star of our existence".

[3][16] The thick, textured pages of the hand-bound magazine were decorated with "border designs, illuminations, and watercolors".

[3] These critiques were printed in booklets which later became part of The Potters Wheel Collection at the Missouri History Museum.