OPPORTUNITIES SUMMER PROGRAMS

Fourth Bi-Annual Medicine Hat
CERAMIC SYMPOSIUM at Medicine
Hat College, Alberta, on May 8, 8, & 10,
1992, with presenters including Hit
Cornell of the Stuctlo Potter Network,
Ken Lowe, Jim Marshall, Grace Nickel,
Jean Pierre Laroche, Andrew Wong, and
Ed Bamiling. Theme is *Pottery - An
Extension of the Maker*, and includes
workshops, lectures, forum, and a tour
of Medalta. $150,00 fee inchides Friday
fight mixer, two lunches, Saturday night
dinner and Sunday breakfast. Contact
(403) 520-3644 for registration.

NSCAD SUMMER 1992

The Nova Scugia Collewe

of Art & Design offers
30/2 and 7 week summer
credit courses in

(Crafts. Design, Pime Arts,
Ant History, and Art
Education

CERAMICS PROGRAMS
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The EMILY CARR COLLEGE OF ART
AND DESIGN offers two second year
courses In ceramics. Prerequisites may
be Foundation Parts 1 & 2, or by permis-
slor.. Phone the Part-Time Stuclies office
at (604) 844-381 0or 687-2345 torecelve
a copy of the detalled registration bro-
chure. Applications are received after
April 13th, and registration ts limited,
so contact the College ASAP.

CERAMICS POTTERY:
July 7 - July 24, 1992

This course focuses on the creation of
furnctlonal pottery - pols which require
food or drink to complete their state-
ment. The question “Why make pottery
for use tn this century?" is addressed,
Beyond the goal of making work that ts
Inviting to use, the importance of per-
sonal expression in clay is stressed. The
potter's wheel is the primary means of
forming, with additional exploration of
altered shapes. Stoneware clays, fired in
& reduction atmosphere are used. Lec-
turea discussion, demonstrations and
eritiques occur throughout the course.
Previous experience In throwing potas Is
required. The instructor, Jeff Oestreich,
is a Minnesota-based artist who ap-
preniiced under Bernard Leach in Eng-
land. Among the many institutions in
which he has instructed are Alfred
University, New York: Anderson Ranch
School of Crafts, Colorado: Arrowment
School of Arta and Crafts, Tennessee,
and Rhode Island School of Dealgn.

CERAMIC SCULPTURE:
July 28 - August 14, 1992

This course offers the opportunity to
work on an independent ceramic project
with the instructor providing Individual
practical asalatance in all aspects of the
project fram concept to construction Lo
final presentation. It includes proce-
dures and techniques to create large
scale ceramic installations for indoor or
cutdoor public attes. Group discussion,
demonstrations. assignments and cri-
Hques enrich the practical studio work
performed by each student. Sedashi

Inuzuke, a Toronto-based artist is a
graduate of Emily Carr College of Art
and Design, and received his Master of
Fine Art from Cranbrook Academy of Art
in Michigan. His large scale ceramic
Installations have been exhibited in
Canada, the United States, Czechoslo-
vakia and Holland,

METCHOSIN INTERXATIONAL
SUMMER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS,

3505 Richmond Rd., Victoria, B.C.
VSP 4P7 Phone (604) 598-1695
Fax (604) 370-2324

TWO WEEE COURSES:
JUNE 28 to JULY 11, 1992:

Glaze and Colour Development with
Robin Hopper, for ceramic artists
focusecs on the specific interest and
firing temperature of attending artists.
Text: “The Ceramic Spectrum* by Robin
Hopper, and an additional #50 firing fee
(15 students).

Clay Hand-building and Low Tem-
perature Firing with Denys James
explores three-dimensional expression
using the medium of clayin the personal
creation of sculptural form (12 students),

WEEKEND COURSE: Saturday, July 4
and Sunday, July 5, 1oa2

Raku— Kiln Building and Firing Tech-
niques with Randy Brodnax Innovative
approaches ta simple kiln building for
raku and Low Temperature Firing (30
students

COST: 2 week tuition: $495; weekend
tuition: $95. Accommedation, inchud-
ing meals from $479 for two weeks [Add
T ‘% GST to all prices).

April, 1992