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April 20-23, 2006  
Clayscapes - A Potter's Council Conference
Mother Earth Clay Art Center - Sunnyvale, CA
Mother Earth Clay Art Center is proud to host ClayScapes, the April 2006 Potters’ Council Conference with the theme of surface design. We have invited nine gifted ceramic artists to demonstrate various techniques to enrich the surface of your clay artwork.  More Info >>

Tom Coleman - Paul Geil Firing Workshop
July 30th, 31st & August 1st
Geil Kilns is presenting a 3-day workshop covering Coleman glazes and kiln firing.  Topics will include glaze applications, spraying techniques, firing in a Geil Downdraft Kiln and use of kiln controllers. Breakfast and lunch will be complimentary.
Location: Geil Kilns, 7201 Clay Ave., Huntington Beach, CA
For more information contact Sophia Bobakir at (800) 887-4345 or e-mail geil@kilns.com

Penland School of Crafts
 Alice Ballard Munn
     5/29-6/10 - Discovering Your Form
Lale Andic and Donna Polseno
     6/26-7/8 - Crossing Boundaries:  Turkish/American,
James Tanner
     7/10-7/22 - Working in Clay:  Exploration
David Studmpfle
     7/24-8/9 -  Techniques for Big Ware
David MacDonald
     7/24-8/9 - Concealment/Discovery:  Lidded Vessels
James Watkins
     8/14-8/26 - Raku, Sagger & Throwing Large
Anne Hirondelle
     8/28-9/3 - Form from Function
     For more information see www.penland.org

Santa Fe Clay
Summer Workshops
Debra Fritts Storytelling, Narrative Sculpture
Richard Shaw, Ceramic Transfer Printing
Xavier Toubes, Poetic Intention
Beth Cavener Stichter, The Wilderness Within
Jason Walker, Drawing on Form: Developing a         
     Personal Vocabulary
Robert Briscoe, Keeping it Fresh - Functional Pots
Jane Shellenbarger, Drawing with Form
Charles Kraft, The Devil's Hobby
Jack Earl, A Week with Jack
Victoria Christen, Form and Surface in Earthenware

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Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
Registration begins February 1 for Members, Nonmembers may begin registering on March 1.
     Paulus Behrenson
     Todd Piker
     Randy Brodnax
     Mary Barringer
     Tom Turner
     Sin Ying Ho
     Junya Shao
     Nicola Boccini
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Wally Asselberghs Exploring Naked Raku
April 23, 24, 10 am to 5 pm
$160, Lunch included

A few spaces remain in this fabulous, hands-on workshop which will be held at the Hambidge Center, nestled in the mountains of northeast Georgia!  To register, call (706)746-5718 or email: center@hambidge.org.
Take a look at our website for full workshop listings for spring and summer or to download a registration form:  www.hambidge.org.
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Matt Long  Celebrate the "Full Victory"
April 23 - 24, 2005
$100 Registration Fee
Matt Long has been featured in Ceramics Monthly and Clay Times and teaches at the University of Florida, Gainesville.  Visit www.fullvictory.com to learn about Matt and his work.  This workshop is hosted by Finch Pottery, Bailey North, Carolina.

March 30 - April 9, 2005
Yucatan Travel Art Adventure Series: Ceramics.  LivingAdventure.com offers a learning vacation with an itinerary for an 11 day exploration of place, culture, adventure and learning. We are very excited to present an extended format (trips are typically a week) where further travels take us to special Mayan sacred sites, where we create replicas and painted artworks in the atmosphere of an authentic and remote Mayan community, and where we have the opportunity to work with clay at the beach in one of the most beautiful locations on the Caribbean coast.
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http://www.livingadventure.com/aseries001.html

April 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, 2005
Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California
Join the First Mata Ortiz Pottery Workshop
Ever Held at the MoLAA.  Learn with the master Juan Quezasa in person!
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April 9-10, 2005
Paul Lewing
Tile: Making, Decorating, Marketing
This two-day lecture/demonstration shows how to make tile on the slab roller, extruder and tile press. It includes information on installation, and an extensive discussion of designing commission work, shows, selling, portfolios, and promotional literature. The second day is devoted to decorating, with demo of Paul’s unique style of glaze painting, as well as discussion of china painting, sume painting, silk-screening and airbrushing. Also included is a slide show of Paul’s work and historical and contemporary tile work.
Flat Rock Studio, 2002 South School, Fayetteville, AR 72701
For info, contact Kelley, 479-521-3181.
flatrockclay@sbcglobal.net

Ceramic Weekend San Angelo, TX
April 14 - 18, 2005
Workshop with Bridget Hauser, James Watkins,  Bill Wilhelmi James Watkins and Jim Bob Salazar. Numerous ceramic exhibits including:

San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
Different Directions: Coming Together in Clay 4
The Cone Box Show
Seven Worlds: Veracruz Ceramics

14th Annual Angelo State University Ceramic Invitational

Chicken Farm Art Center
Gecko Gallery
StarKeeper Gallery
Vicki Hardin Fine Works in Clay
Go Here to Register.
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Appalachian Center for Craft
Weekend Workshops in April
     
     Christine Colombarini 
     Primitive Firing & Surface Design
     April 16 & 17.  Explore the magic of primitive firing techniques using simple elements from nature. The resulting color and fire clouds provide a “canvas background” for surface design with non-fired art materials. Learn methods of color applications and textural surface treatments. 

     Susan Vey 
     Clay: Useful & Ornamental
     April 16 & 17.Finish and embellish decorative/utilitarian forms by adding handles, knobs, and feet and by using slip trailing, incising, sgraffito, and stenciling with colored slips. Use the placement and proportions of these elements to make a strong personal statement.

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