AMACO® Workshops & Special Events
Ceramic Workshops 2012
May 4-5, Vancouver, B.C. “Innovative Handbuilding Plus COLOR!” with Lana Wilson. Taught at Ceramics Room, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 12666 72nd Ave. Surrey, B.C. V3W-2M8, Canada. For details contact: fraservalleypg@hotmail.com
May 19, Lexington, KY “Investigating Surface” with Linda Arbuckle. Taught at Kentucky Mudworks. For details, visit http://www.kentuckymudworks.com/classes/onedayworkshops.html or call (859) 389-9681.
May 24-27, Faber, VA Hands-on throwing intensive focusing on form and function with Nan Rothwell. Taught at Nan Rothwell Pottery. For details, visit nanrothwellpottery.com or call (434) 263-4023.
May 25-27, London, Ontario, Canada “Exploring the Teapot Form” with Fong Choo. Taught at Fusion: The Ontario Clay and Glass Association Conference. For details, call (416) 438-8946 or email: fusion@clayandglass.on.ca.
June 3-9, Brasstown, NC “No More Glaze-Decorating Phobia” with Diana Faris. Taught at John C. Campbell Folk School. For details, visit https://www.folkschool.org/index.php?section=class_detail&class_id=5615.
June 4-8, Abiquiu, NM “Your Creative Voice” with Linda Arbuckle. Taught at Debra Fritts’ studio. For details, visit http://www.debrafritts.net/master_pages/explore_voice.htm
June 11-15, Oxford, OH “Innovative Handbuilding Plus COLOR!” with Lana Wilson. Taught at Miami University. For details call (513) 529-7395 or email: mclelljk@muohio.edu
June 11-15, Asheville, NC “The Teapot Form: Utilitarian vs. Diminutive” with Fong Choo. Taught at: Odyssey Center For the Ceramic Arts. For details, visit: odyssey@highwaterclays.com or call (828) 285-0210.
June 22-July 6, Snowmass, CO “Spoken Figures” with Debra Fritts. Taught at Anderson Ranch. For details, visit www.andersonranch.org.
June 24-30, Idyllwild, CA “Painted Pots: The Art of Majolica” with Posey Bacopoulos. Taught at Idyllwide Arts Academy. For details, visit www.idyllwildarts.org.
June 25-July 6, Gatlinburg, TN “Innovative Handbuilding Plus COLOR!” with Lana Wilson. Taught at Arrowmont School for Arts and Crafts, For details call: (865) 436-586 or visit www.arrowmont.org.
June 25-29, Indianapolis, IN “Fanciful Figures in Clay”, an adventure making whimsical characters with clay with Dee Schaad. Taught at the University of Indianapolis. 3 credit hours. For details, contact: art@uindy.edu or call (317) 788-3253.
July 8-13, Smithville, TN “Color and Line” with Rimas Visgirda. Taught at Appalachian Center for Crafts. For details, contact: bethsmith@tntech.edu or call (931) 372-3888.
July 8-14, Gatlinburg, TN “Adventures in Clay” with David & Tracy Gamble. Taught at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. For more information visit our web page by clicking here!
July 13-17, Layton, NJ “The Teapot Form: Diminutive vs. Utilitarian” with Fong Choo. Taught at Peters Valley Craft Center. For details, call (973) 948-5200 or email: info@petersvalley.org.
July 23-27, Asheville, NC “Graphic Clay: Cut, Copy and Paste” with Jason Burnett. Taught at Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts. For details, visit http://www.odysseyceramicarts.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82&Itemid=53 or call (828) 285-0210.
July 30-August 3, San Marcos, TX “Coils, Slabs, Wheel Work and More” with Rimas VisGirda. Taught at Eye of the Dog Art Center. For details, visit http://www.eotdac.com/2012/02/july-30-august-3-coils-slabs-wheelwork-and-more-w-rimas-visgirda/ or contact Billy Ray Mangham at (512) 754-8171 or billyray@zzzdog.com
August 3-5, Faber, VA Hands-on throwing, intensive, focusing on form and function with Nan Rothwell. Taught at Nan Rothwell Pottery. For details, visit nanrothwellpottery.com or call (434) 263-4023.
August 4-5, Layton, NJ A Linda Arbuckle Workshop. Taught at Peters Valley Crafts Center. For details, email: info@petersvalley.org or call (973) 948-5200.
August 5-11, Windham, NY “Majolica Magic” with Posey Bacopoulos. Taught at Banner Hill School of Art and Woodworking. For details, visit www.bannerhillllc.com or call (518) 929-7821.
August 6-10, Abiquiu, NM “Your Creative Voice” with Linda Arbuckle. Taught at Debra Fritts’ studio. For details, visit http://www.debrafritts.net/master_pages/explore_voice.htm
August 7-9, Amherst, VA “Large Scale Pots and Tea Bowls” with Kevin Crowe. Taught at Tye River Pottery. For details, visit kevincrowepottery.com or call (434) 263-4065.
August 11, Greensburg, PA “Embossed Clay” with Ron Korczynski, part of the Integrated Multi Discipline Workshop Series. Taught at Greensburg Art Center. For details, call Renie Pollock, (724) 423-5933.
August 31-September 2, Faber, VA Hands-on throwing, intensive, focusing on form and function with Nan Rothwell. Taught at Nan Rothwell Pottery. For details, visit nanrothwellpottery.com or call (434) 263-4023.
September 11-15, Highlands, NC “Exploring the Teapot Form” with Fong Choo. Taught at The Bascom—A Center for the Visual Arts. For details, call (828) 526-4949.
September 19-22, Gatlinburg, TN Utilitarian Clay Symposia with several artists including Molly Hatch. Taught at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. For details, visit http://www.arrowmont.org/events/utilitarian-clay-vi or call (865) 436-5860.
*If you would like to host an AMACO/brent Workshop, call Jeff Sandoe at 800-374-1600 ext. 1329 or E-mail: jsandoe@amaco.com
Of Interest
Learn about Ceramic Installation projects which celebrate creativity and commemorate lives and historical events.
Read about the 90 year history of AMACO including AMACO Art Deco Pottery and the AMACO Zoo.
