Community Arts Partner – The Creative Advantage

Participant Details

Community Arts Partner Name: Pottery Northwest

Partner Type: 1

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Individual Bio or Organizational Statement

Pottery Northwest is a nonprofit organization founded in 1966. Artists and learners come here in the spirit of artistic dialogue and creative outlet. Located at Seattle Center, we offer community classes, a lecture series, access to equipment, exhibitions, and a residency program.

Pottery Northwest is a community clay facility and adjoined outdoor kiln yard, housed in a historic building at Seattle Center. Our equipment includes potter’s wheels, a slab roller, and various workshop tools and a well-stocked glaze area, electric and gas fired kilns, and a wood-fired pizza oven. We have recently upgraded air filtration and working on refurbishing the studio for pandemic guidelines. In this time of Covid, we are pivoting much of our programming so that students can access classes online and we are providing clay kits with tools so students can work on their projects at home. We strive to fulfill our mission to continue to develop excellence in clay by:

creating an educational atmosphere for the enhancement of ceramics skills
Nuturing a residency program to launch/foster/inspire professional ceramics artists
Encouraging a sense of community among the people who participate in the work of Pottery Northwest
Cultivating an audience of people who appreciate art and culture

Contact Information

First Name: Jennifer

Last Name: Fujimoto

Address: 226 1st Ave N

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City: Seattle

State: WA

Zip: 98109

Email: fuj@potterynorthwest.org

Phone: 2062854421

Website, Blog or Social Media Link: potterynorthwest.org

Facebook: facebook.com/PotteryNorthwest

Other: Instagram

Grade Levels Preferred

Grade Levels Preferred: 9th - 12th

Artistic Disciplines

Discipline: 5, Ceramic Art

Type: Clay Sculpture Pottery Ceramics

Experience

Previous School Partnerships: Center School

WA State TAT Lab Graduate: No

Other Trainings or Certifications

Sample Lesson Description: Student / Classroom Residencies: SPS Art teachers or art department are paired with one of Pottery Northwest’s ceramics teachers who meet virtually with students. Teachers cover ceramic skills like handbuilding, sculpture, and making pottery. Students will also learn about kilns, temperature, and glaze. Pottery Northwest can arrange for clay kits to be delivered and for green-ware to be picked up for firing from a location in the district. We encourage the school to arrange volunteers to help with drop off and pick up, but understand that this isn't always possible. Car space may be limited for green and bisque-ware delivery based on how PNW volunteers and/or parents can volunteer to drive finished work back. Sample work plan from Center School: Center School Fall 2020 Class Liz Duarte, Instructor Online Format Class will meet for 12 one hour sessions, Mon Oct 19 - Mon Nov 23 with a final critique on Thurs Dec 10. The class will meet via Microsoft Teams on Mon & Thurs 11:20 - 12:20, with both Alex & Liz available to students. Class kit pick up will be between Oct 7th - 14th. The Pottery is open 10am - 10pm Mon-Fri and 8am - 8pm on Sat & Sun. Project 1 drop off at PNW Oct 26 - 30, available for pick up Nov 2-4, critique in class on Nov 5. Final Project drop off at PNW by Mon Nov 30, available for pick up Dec 5-9, critique in class on Thurs Dec 10. All of the work will be completed using 5 colors of underglaze plus white slip, with a clear glaze on top, and once fired to cone 04. Approximately 35 sculpture students. We will have 37 kits available. Kits will include: 20 lbs House Blend Clay 6 oz Yellow underglaze 4 oz each black, white, red and blue underglaze 1 pint white slip Basic 10 piece pottery tool kit 10 quart bucket Large cleanup sponge 1/4" square dowels for rolling slabs (12" long) Piece of heavy plastic to work on 14" x 14" drywall with taped edges for work surface Hake brush Detail brush 1 pint clear glaze Class meets for one hour, twice a week. We pay instructor for 3 hours per session (1 hour contact time, 2 hours of prep) at our standard instructional rate. Invoice Center School via Alex for instructional hours @$40/hour, class kits and firing fees.

Sample Workshop Description: Teacher Professional Development

Areas of Experience and Expertise

Approved Professional Development Provider: 1

Approved Classroom Residency Provider: Yes

Lesson Plan

Integrated Art

Cultural Art

Teaching Approach

Teaching Philosophy + Approach: Pottery Northwest employs local ceramics artists who love teaching to work with schools. We are currently building our online class plan from in-person classes that we taught to the Center School in 2018 and 2019. Teachers are paid per hour for teaching and prep time (which are usually equal). Offering a youth program during a pandemic is new for all of us, but we have had success in getting clay around the city and will make plans for drop off of supply kits. We can pick up a limited amount (per student) of work to be fired at our facility and bring it back to the school. We will work with schools individually to ensure that the student's work is fired.

Curriculum Integration Possibilities: Studio practice Gallery management Artist presentation Arts Administration

Special Skills and Areas of Expertise: Student showcases and exhibitions

Testimonials from Schools

Fees

Fees: Pottery Northwest wants to make sure that our classes are available to students around the city. Our teachers are paid $30 per hour for teaching and prep time. Supply kits are sold at cost. Please reach out if for pricing based on class length and frequency , Title 1 school status, etc.