Individual Meetings: 2nd & 4th Tuesdays or Thursdays

Group Meeting: Last Sundays

Workshop Agenda: In-Person Workshop Dates TBD (May/June).

A fun yet intensive week-long creative problem-solving workshop at a local ceramic studio in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. We will also be touring artist’s studios, meeting with gallery staff and touring ceramics in the provincial collections, The Remai Art Gallery and possibly a day trip down to visit the Mackenzie Art Gallery and artist studios in Regina. Basically I’ll make a full menu of fun clay related things for the cohort to choose between and we will plan the focus for the week together to meet everyone’s needs. 

Studio ADA accessibility unknown in each situation but I will address any issues prior to participants arriving. 

Individual Meetings: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays or Thursdays

Group Meetings: last Fridays

Workshop Agenda: In person workshop: dates to be determined. Ideally summer months (because mountains in winter equals snow)

One-week workshop in my studio in Fernie BC, Canada. Focus will be on hand building form, design, and function. (No wheels here, lots of tables.) We’ll focus on your favorite (or most maddening!) form. Expect a mix of experimentation, group/individual feedback, and good studio vibes all round. 

Individual Meetings: to be decided in agreement with the student

Group Meetings: from Friday to Sunday

Workshop Agenda: In-Person Workshop Dates TBD with students (June/July-ish).

A fun yet intensive week-long workshop at a local ceramic studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We will decide as a group beforehand what would be most helpful for me to demonstrate or what kind of activities I can lead in the studio during that week. We'll also be touring local artists’ studios, local museums/galleries, exploring Nova Scotia and eating lobsters ( I will find you a vegetable shaped as a lobster if needed)! Studio ADA accessibility unknown in each situation but I will address any issues prior to participants arriving.

Individual Meetings: 2nd & 4th Tuesdays or Thursdays

Group Meeting: Last Sundays

Workshop Agenda: In-Person Workshop Dates TBD (April/May).

A fun, week-long creative problem-solving and glaze testing workshop at my studio in Meadowview, Virginia.

Studio ADA accessibility limited by a few stairs.

Individual meetings: To be decided in agreement with our cohort

Group meetings: Second Sunday of the month

Workshop Agenda: Dates TBD. Likely early summer because it is such a wonderful time to be in Montana.

Content TBD based on goals of our cohort. We’ll cover as many steps of the ceramic process as possible. Firing options include high-temperature reduction firing in my gas kilns as well as electric kiln firings.

I can also demonstrate surface carving techniques on porcelain forms, and Korean Onggi coil and paddle methods. We’ll also have time for group discussions. The goal is to create an engaging environment for discovery, growth, and fresh ideas.

Studio ADA accessibility limited, willing to make adjustments.

Individual Meetings: 1st and 3rd Mondays or Fridays

Group Meetings: Last Sunday

Workshop Agenda: In-Person Workshop in June. Hands on Making retreat at my studio in Maine. Demos, critiques, ideation and group bonding in my well-equipped space, with delicious food and great conversation.

Studio is ADA accessible

Individual Meetings: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays or Fridays

Group Meetings: Last Sunday

Workshop Agenda: In-person workshop dates TBD with cohort. Hands on making and a soda firing at my home studio in Dollar Bay, Michigan.

Studio ADA accessibility limited, willing to make adjustments.

Individual Meetings: 1st & 3rd Mondays, with the exception of January 1st, in which case the first meeting will be on Tuesday, January 2nd.

Group Meetings: last Sundays

Workshop Agenda: In-person workshop dates TBD. Content will be determined by the needs of the cohorts, as we establish each persons' interests and desires. That being said, I would like to focus a few of our discussions on issues surrounding artists' roles in their communities, locally and societally.

Studio can be made ADA accessible

Individual Meetings: 2nd & 4th Wednesdays or Fridays

Group Meetings: Last Sundays

Workshop Agenda: In-person workshop dates TBD. Wood-firing in my train kiln in Pawnee, Illinois.

Studio ADA accessibility limited, willing to make adjustments.

Individual Meetings: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays

Group Meetings: Last Sundays

Workshop Agenda: In-person workshop during the last full week of July. The content will be determined by the needs of the cohort as I get to know the group. It may be a firing workshop (gas, electric or wood), or a making workshop, and/or a combination, at my studio in Cazenovia, New York.

Studio ADA accessible

Individual Meetings: 2nd & 4th Wednesdays or Fridays

Group Meetings: Last Sundays

Workshop Agenda: In-person workshop dates TBD. Making, glazing, rocket kiln firing in my Massachusetts studio.

Studio ADA accessible.

Individual Meetings: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays

Group Meetings: the last Thursday of each month

Workshop Agenda: The workshop agenda will be determined by the needs and wants from the cohort. Some possibilities are firing together at my home in Nahata' Dziil, Arizona, a group show, or site visits for clay and material gathering. 

Individual Meetings: 2nd and 3rd Tuesday (exceptions: April 7 and 14, July 7 and 14)

Group Meetings: Every 2nd Sunday (exceptions: May 17, June 28)

Workshop Agenda: Date TBD with input from the cohort group.

Workshop content will be determined by the needs and interests of the group. Field trips to the Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Weisman Art Museum, and/or Walker Art Center will be scheduled during the workshop. 

The workshop will take place in Wisconsin near the Chippewa Valley Region, which is approximately a 1 1/2 hour drive from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. Exact location will be determined once we establish our content and goals. Final location may include stairs and/or walking on a slight incline.

Individual Meetings: to be decided in agreement with the student

Group Meetings: from Friday to Sunday.

In-Person Workshop Dates TBD (January/August).

Workshop Agenda: A week in Fazzo, Italy with technical and artistic experiments of various kinds and adaptable to the interests of the group.

Studio ADA accessibility limited by a few stairs

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Incontri individuali da concordare con lo studente, incontri di gruppo dal venerdì alla domenica.

Seminario Annuale: Classe di una settimana in presenza in Italia con sperimentazioni tecniche e artistiche di vario genere e adattabili agli interessi del gruppo.

Individual Meetings: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays or Thursdays

Group Meetings: Last Sundays

In person workshop TBD in August/September

Workshop Agenda: A week in my studio at Golden Bridge Pottery in Pondicherry, India. Based on the needs of the Cohort, we can have a making workshop and fire one of the wood kilns at the pottery.

Individual Meetings: 2nd & 4th Wednesdays or Thursdays

Group Meeting: Last Sundays

In-Person Workshop Dates TBD (Aug/Sep).

Workshop Agenda: A fun, week-long creative/ narrative sculptural work and surface decoration workshop at my university's studio in Bangkok, Thailand.

Studio ADA accessibility limited by a few stairs. (Might be a little bit more limited for sightseeing around the area.)

Word Up with Mary! A special opportunity for past and present Cohorts students to schedule time with a professional writer for review of written projects.

As Community Coordinator, Camille maintains our website resources and social media.

Cohorts Manager with her finger on all the administrative pulses.

Founder, director, mastermind of the Cohorts program.

In addition to her mentor role, Liz is our Continuum Coordinator, in charge of creating each year’s Continuum offerings.