AMACO® Workshops & Special Events
Ceramic Workshops 2012
February 11-12, Mt. Rainier, MD “Pinch Heads and Surfaces” with Debra Fritts as part of the Distinguished Artist Series in association with the James Renwick Alliance. Taught at Flux Studios. For details, visit www.fluxstudiosdc.com or call (703) 346-5284.
February 17-18, Jekyll Island, GA “Innovative Handbuilding Plus COLOR!” with Lana Wilson. Taught at the Golf Course Clubhouse, for details contact: dspscp@bellsouth.net
February 18-19, Tucson, AZ Debra Fritts’ Workshop. Taught at Southern Arizona Clay Artists. For details, visit: www.southernarizonaclayartists.org
February 18-19, Port Chester, NY “Conversations Between Form and Imagery” with Kathy King. Taught at Clay Art Center. For details, visit: http://www.clayartcenter.org/Conversations_Between_Form_Imagery_p/ws12w4.htm
or call (914) 937-2047.
February 18-19, Tucson, AZ “Sculpturing Figures in Clay Using Handbuilding Techniques” with Debra Fritts. Taught at Kino Community Center. For details, contact Elaine Dow: cone10elaine@gmail.com.
February 24-26, Decatur, GA “Drawing Into Form” with Molly Hatch. Taught at Mudfire. For details, visit http://www.mudfire.com/molly-hatch-workshop-20120224.htm or call (404) 377-8033.
March 4, Warrenville, IL “How I make my stuff…line making techniques” with Rimas VisGirda. Taught at ClaySpace. For details, contact: info@clayspace.net or call (630) 393-2529.
March 4, Chicago, IL “Printmaking on Clay” with Tom Lucas. Taught at Lillstreet Art Center. For details, visit http://www.lillstreet.com/class/7123.
March 10, Berkeley, CA “Innovative Handbuilding Plus COLOR!” with Lana Wilson. Taught at 4th and Clay. For details email: josiepotato@aol.com
March 9-11, 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.
March 10, Nashville, TN “The Teapot Form—Diminutive vs. Utilitarian” with Fong Choo. Taught at The Clay Lady’s Studio, Artist Co-op and Galleries. For details, call (615) 242-0346.
March 10-May 4, Penland, NC “Looking Over Your Shoulder” with Kathy King, an 8-week art history and hand-on workshop. Taught at Penland School of Crafts. For details, visit http://www.penland.org/classes/spring/spring_8.html.
March 13-15, Amherst, VA Large Scale Pots and Tea Bowls with Kevin Crowe. Taught at Tye River Pottery. For details, visit kevincrowepottery.com.
March 24-25, Ferendale, WA Thrown and Altered Majolica (NCECA Pre-Conference Workshop) with Posey Bacopoulos. Taught at DeCo Ceramics. For details, contact: anniedeco@comcast.net.
March 29-April 1, Gatlinburg, TN “Tiles to Teapots and Beyond” with Ron Korczynski. Taught at Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts. For details, visit http://www.arrowmont.org/workshops/details/161-tiles-to-tea-pots-and-beyond/2012-03-29/
March 30-April 1, Arlington, VA “Exploring the Teapot Form” with Fong Choo. Taught at Torpedo Factory. For details, visit: www.theartleague.org/school/course_desc.php?class_id=489
April 14-15, Raleigh, NC “Slip, Slide, and Stick…a Ceramic Surface Workshop” with Jason Burnett. Taught at Sertoma Arts Center. For details, visit http://www.raleighnc.gov/content/PRecRecreation/Documents/SertomaAdultAndSeniorPrograms.pdf
April 14-15, Winston-Salem, NC “Innovative Handbuilding Plus COLOR!” with Lana Wilson. Taught at Sawtooth School for Visual Art. For details visit: www.sawtooth.org or call (336) 723-7395.
April 23-27, Abiquiu, NM “Memory and Myth” with Debra Fritts and Johan Hagaman. Taught at Debra Fritts’ studio. For details, visit http://www.debrafritts.net/master_pages/memoryMyths.htm.
May 4-5, Vancouver, B.C. “Innovative Handbuilding Plus COLOR!” with Lana Wilson. Location to be announced. 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 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.
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 Elaine Zimmerman at 800-374-1600 ext. 1378 or E-mail: ezimmerman@amaco.com
Of Interest
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