WORKSHOPS Note the new listings this month from the Nanaimo Pottery Co-Op. With approxi- mately 45 members, they work closely with Tozan Cultural Society on work- shops and fundraising. At least two sales art organized annually and they partici- pale in the Arrowsmith Pottery Guild and Courtney group workshops. See their work- shops below on June 26, August 21 and 29, and September 25. June $-6 Sat & Sun Creating Depth and Texture on Oxidation Surfaces Chandler Swayne who works in cone 6 porcelain; in Parksville. Fee: $55. Arrowsmith Potters Guild, Lois Romanow 250-245-0243 June 21-24 Mon-Thurs 10:00-16:00 Phi- losaphy, Aesthetics, and Ergonomics af Wheelwork Les Manning. Develop o per- sonal identiry in wheel throwing; achieve safer, healthier physical work practices. Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby. Fee: $331.70. Tel: 604-29 | 6864 June 26 and 27 Sat & Sun Randy Brodnax. On Saturday, Texan raku artist Brodnax demonsirates his work with slides and lecture at Malaspina College, Bldg 320, Room 105 (Choral Room). Fee: $50. On Sunday, there is a hands-on raku firing at Tozan, Malaspina College. Max: 25, Fee: $35 or for both days: $65. Nanaimo Pot- tery Co-Op and Arrowsmith Potters Guild, tel: Anita Lawrence 250-722-2037 July L011 and 17/18 Saturdays'Sundays 1000-16:00 Rake John Cloutier. Two sessions of making and two of firing in Centre's new raku kiln. Handbuilding tech- niques, glaze methods and recipes, slide presentwion and assistance firing. Por all levels of expertioe. Pee: $139.10. Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby. Tel: 604-291-6864 July 12-16 Mon-Fri 10:00-16:00 Form and Imagery in Coloured Clays Vince Pitelka. Exploring many uses and tech- niques for coloured clays in handbuilt and thrown forms; bepinners of ad- | vanced. Fee: $326.35, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby. Tel: 604-291-6864 June 1999 July 12 Mon & Wed 5 sessions 19:00- 220) Casting and Wold-Making fnten- , sive Bruce Van Slyke. | Two-purt mold making / from modelling clay to creating mold and cast- ing, Fee: $123.05. | Shadbolt Centre for the | Arts, 6450 Deer Lake | Ave, Burnaby. Tel: 604- 291-6864 July 19-23 Mon-Fn Pattern and imagery in Coloured Clay Vince Pitelka in Bellingham, Wash. Michael McDowell or website: ww 2 TMs Cc Omni pends July 24 Sat 10:00- 16:00 Pate Images on Clay Andrew Wong. Fee: $45, Shuswap Summer School, Shuswap District Arts Council, Box 1181, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4P3. Tel: 250-832-6807 July 26-30 Mon-Fri Ancient Clay Vince Pitelka in Bellingham, Wash. M McDowell; see information above. July 26-30 Mon-Fri 10:00-16:00 daily Mold Making for Sculpture Phillip Todd. Fee: $215. Summer School, Shuswap Dis- trict Arts Council, Box 1181. Salmon Ann, BC VIE 4P3. Tel: 250-332-6807 August 2-6 Mon-Fri Ordering Chaos: Pots of Purpose from Greenware Molds Vince Pitelka and Dannon Rhudy in Bellingham, Washington. M. McDowell. See July 19-23 workshop. August 21 & 22 Sat & Sun Carol Michaelson demonstrates her technique of handbuilt and thrawn forms and uses of ash glazes in oxidation. She discusses co- operative studios in Ontario and market- ing strategies. Fee: $65, Registration dead- line: June 10, Nanaimo Pottery Co-Op and Arrowsmith Potters Guild, tel: Lois Romanow 250-245-024 August 29 Sun Manifesting Your Clay Imaginaion Kit Cornell, Extend your throwing skillsat Belan Park Pottery Room. Fee: $35, Nanaimo Pottery Co-Op, tel: Lois Romanow; 250-245-0243 September 25 & 26 Sat & Sun Improve Your Teapots Liz Willowby. Select clay for a later firing in Lois’ cone 10 gas kiln. Max: 12. Fee: $45. Nanaimo Pottery Co- Op and Arrowsmith Pottery Guild, tel: Lois Romanow 250-245-0243. SUMMER SCHOOLS SUMMER ART INSTITUTE ALBERTA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN July 5-9 Mon-Fri Throwing aad Altering Forms: cone 6 and soda firings Julia Galloway. Pottery design for daily and specialized uses in home; integration of form and surface; wheel throwing and handbuilt techniques. Pee: $450 plus sup- plies: $30. July 19-23 Mon-Fri Expermmental Figura- tive Clay Sculpture Trudy Golley, Using paperclay and paperplaster molds create absiract and symbolic figurative sculpture in unconventional ways. Fee: $450 plus supplies: $30, ACAD, 1497 = 14 Ave NW, Calgary, Alberta, TZN 4R3, tel: 403-284-7640 o¢ email: EMMA LAKE WORKSHOPS UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN July [l-16 Sun-Fri Katy Don Chester. Glazing, firing and various options of post- firing reduction; types and styles of kilns, materials and reduction containers. Expe- rience required in handbuilding or wheel throwing. Fee: $180 plus materials, meals and accommodation, Extension Division, Kirk Hall, 117 Science Place, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, STN SCS, tel: 306-966-5539 or fax: 46-966- 5567 METCHOSIN INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS July 5-July 16 2 weeks, Mon-Fri Glaze aid Colour Robin Hopper July 5-July 16 2 weeks, Mon-Fri Throw- ing Don Sprague July 5-9 Mon-Fri Tiles Patrick Crabb July 5-9 Mon-Fri Ceramic Surface Design Randy Brodnax July 10-12 Sat-Mon Raku: Common Nails! Cnconvmon Object? Bill Ray Mangham July 10-12 Sat-Mon Painterly Terra Cora Pors Jan Edwards July 12-16 Mon-Fri Firing Techniques Randy Brodnax October 2-3 Sat & Sun Susy Siegele and Michael Haley demonstrate neriage or millefiori, See their website: www.coloredclay.com Fee: $100 includes lunches Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, Lester B Pearson College of the Pacific, 650 Pearson College Drive, Victona BC, Contact: Meira Mathison 250- 391-2420 or 1-800-667-3122 or fax 250- 391-2412 or email: 11