Being a full-time teacher AND still creating art is a difficult balance. Finding time is the biggest obstacle. Here are a few things I've created over the past few years.
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We held our biannual Raku firing on Tuesday Oct. 30th and had about 38 students participate. It was a beautiful day and the firings were successful!
We held our annual Empty Bowls event Wednesday October 3rd, during the fall parent teacher conferences. We had a great turnout with bowls made and donated by local artists and potters, as well as an impressive selection of student made bowls. Local restaurants stepped up and donated the soup and bread for the event, including Olive Garden, Sweet Tomatoes, Pei Wei, and Hagermann's. We are donating every penny we raised to the Utah Food Bank, and that total was..... $1,220! Thanks to everyone who supported this project! The semi-yearly Raku firing was held Thursday, May 24th for all of the advanced Ceramics students. Each class had their project bisque-fired and glazed ahead of time, so when they showed up to class that day, they came outside and Raku-fired their piece. The AP kids were integral to the process running smoothly. I provided cinnamon toast and treats for the students and we were able to complete all firings and all cleanup before the school day ended. The results from the firing were excellent! The students taking AP this year were nearing the deadline for their AP portfolio and asked if we would be firing Raku before the deadline so they could include those pieces in their portfolio. Raku Day this semester is going to be at the end of May, so they would miss the deadline. I agreed to stay after school and allow them to do a special firing for just their work so it would be finished in time for their portfolio deadline. Here are some pictures from the day.
February 29th, 2012, we held our annual Empty Bowls event here at Alta High during our spring parent-teacher conferences. The weather was terrible, but we got enough people there to raise $1333.10 for the Utah Food Bank. Students worked hard to get bowls thrown on the wheel, trimmed, glazed, and fired in time for the event. Parents volunteered and helped pick up soup & bread donations, and brought napkins and utensils. Both parents and students volunteered time setting up and helped during the event. When guests chose a bowl, they paid for it (most bowls were $10) and got a bowl of soups and bread with it. Olive Garden, Pei Wei, and Sweet Tomatoes donated soup, and Great Harvest donated bread. Several parents also made and brought homemade soups. Several bowls were also up for Silent Auction, selling for amounts ranging from $10-$50. Some of the auction bowls were made by students, AP students, and myself and my husband also made several bowls for the event. Everyone really came together and worked hard to make this a success, thank you! RAKU DAY
The advanced ceramics classes did a Raku firing Wednesday November 9th, 2011! Check out pictures: |
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