Oregon Potters Association Ceramics Showcase

April 29th, 30th and May 1st 2011

Oregon Convention Center – Portland OR

On the Max Light Rail Line

– Free event admission –

Opens 10-9 Friday & Saturday       10-5 on Sunday

The nations largest show and sale of pottery, sculpture, garden art, home accessories and other works in clay exhibited in 150+ booths!

I will be in Booth B-9 — Stop by and say HI!!!

September 25 -27, 2010

Central Park, Corvallis, Oregon

I will be participating as a member of the Willamette Ceramics Guild and will be in Booth #116.

Clayfest

October 8-10, 2010

Lane County Fair Grounds, Eugene, Oregon

Pat Weber Workshop

October 22-23, 2010

Linn-Benton Community College, Benton Center, Corvallis, Oregon

Friday evening slide show and discussion, 7:00pm – 9:00 pm FREE

Saturday workshop demonstrations, 10:00 – 4:00

Handmade in Oregon VII

October 30 – December 4, 2010

Oregon State University Memorial Union Concourse Gallery

An exhibition to promote the OSU Holiday Marketplace

Wildfire Pottery Showcase

November 6 – 7, 2010

Highland Elementary School (Old Kenwood School)

701 NW Newport Ave.

Bend, Oregon

6^th Annual show of the Clay Guild of the Cascades

Festival of Guilds

November 9 – 14, 2010

The Arts Center

Corvallis, Oregon

A show and sale of nearly 60 artists from the various guilds associated with Arts Center in Corvallis, Oregon.

OSU Holiday Marketplace

December 3 – 4, 2010

Oregon State University Memorial Union Ball Room

A holiday sale to support the OSU Craft Center.  I will be participating as a member of the Willamette Ceramics Guild

Benton Center Winter Studio Sale

December 10, 2010, 3:30 – 5:30

A sale for work by the students and faculty at the Linn-
Benton Community College’s Benton Center in Corvallis, Oregon

Oregon Hazelnut Country:  the Food, the Drink, the Spirit, By Jan Roberts-Dominguez

A beautiful book with recipes celebrating hazelnuts.  Jan has chosen to photograph the food in work from local artists.  The book is available in Corvallis, Oregon from Grass Roots Books and Music, The Inkwell Home Store, Garland Nursery, Tyee Winery and the Book Bin.

Saturday, May 15th (9am – 4pm) and Sunday, May 16th (9am – 3pm)

A Neighborhood Plant, Jewelry and Pottery Sale in Beautiful Crescent Valley (just north of Corvallis, Oregon).

Benton Center Spring Studio Sale

Friday, June 4 (3:30-5:30) on the patio in front of the Ceramics Studio

• 757 NW Polk (Behind Borders Books), Corvallis, Oregon

• A sale of student and instructor pottery and sculpture.  Gas-fired, wood-fired, salt-glazed and raku pottery all for sale.  Part of the proceeds go towards supporting the Benton Center Ceramics Studio.

Ceramics Showcase

• April 30th , May 1st and 2nd, 2010
• Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon
• 777  NE Martin Luther King Blvd.
  
• The largest all pottery show in the country!
• I will be in Booth B-12

• Clayfest, Eugene, Oregon
• Lane County Fairgrounds
• (Booth 9)

November 2 – December 5, 2009

• Handmade in Oregon VI, Corvallis, Oregon
• Oregon State University Memorial Union Concourse, Corvallis, Oregon

November 14-15, 2009

• Wildfire Pottery Showcase, Bend, Oregon
• Highland Elementary School (Old Kenwood School) in Bend

November 21 – 22, 2009

• Studio Sale, Corvallis, Oregon
• Our first studio sale in our new studio.  Come celebrate with us!!!

December 4 – 5, 2010

• OSU Holiday Marketplace, Corvallis, Oregon
• Oregon State University, Memorial Union Ball Room, Corvallis

December 11, 2009

• Benton Center Ceramics Studio Artists Sale, Corvallis, Oregon

Da Vinci Days

July 17-19, 2009

Oregon State University Lower Campus

Corvallis, Oregon

I will be participating in the Da Vinci Days festival as part of the Willamette Ceramics Guild.  Ten artists from the Guild will be selling their wares and providing both hand-building and wheel-throwing demonstrations on Saturday (10:00an – 6:00pm) and Sunday (11:00am-5:00pm).

The Bounty of Benton County

September 5th and 6th, 2009

1:00pm to 4:00pm

Alsea Anagama Kiln at Jay Widmer’s Digger Mountain Studio, Alsea, Oegon

I will be participating as one of the crew members when we fire the Alsea Anagama (aka Digger Mountain Anagama) over Labor Day weekend.  The Alsea Anagama is one of the tour sites for the Bounty of Benton County event.  A percentage of the proceeds will go to support the Strengthening Rural Families program.  By purchasing a Passport (see the Bounty of Benton County website for locations) you will be able to watch us fire this incredible wood-fired anagama kiln.  This is a rare treat to view the anagama during a firing as these kilns are generally not open to the public during firings.

Here is a link to an article about Jay Widmer and the Alsea Anagama kiln that appeared in the Corvallis Gazette Times on September 7th, 2009.

Corvallis Fall Festival

September 26 – 27, 2009

Central Park, Corvallis, Oregon

Saturday 10:00am – 6:00pm

Sunday 10:00am – 5:00pm

I will again be participating as a member of the Willamette Ceramics Guild. Stop by and say Hi!  I will post my schedule here when I find what it is.

Also don’t forget to attend the Fine Arts Showcase exhibit in the County Library.  My wife, Sandy Segna, and  Willamette Ceramics Guild members, Pat Berman and Sandy Houtman will be exhibiting examples of their work.

A gala reception for the Fine Arts Showcase artists and kick-off for Fall Festival will be held Friday, September 25, 2009, from 6-8 pm. Hours for the show are 10-6 Saturday, September 26, and 10-5 Sunday, September 27. The Corvallis-Benton County Public Library is located at 645 NW Monroe Street, Corvallis.

After two days of loading we started the fire late Friday afternoon.  Most of us had to go to the Ceramics Showcase meeting in Multnomah to pick our booths for the show.  Sandy Segna stayed and tended the kiln in our absence.

On Saturday night we had our usuall pizza and potluck  dinner where Jim, Robin and Nathan Hominiuk cook homemade pizzas in the pizza oven made out of kiln bricks.  Everyone involved with the firing and invited guests bring a wide assortment of pizza toppings.

To add to the festivities we also celbrated Brenda Scott’s birthday.  Sarah Chenoweth brought cake and noisemakers for everyone.  It was quite the festive evening and we even remembered to stoke the kiln when it was needed. 

The firing went well with good results.  We had problems with the pyrometers and consequently we let the front of the kiln get a little hotter than usual.  Good for my large stoneware pots … not quite so good for some of the porcelain and porcelaineous stonewares.  Except for the front rank of shelves the front of the kiln produced its usual beautiful, drippy and glossy pots.

The center of the kiln produced glossy drippy pots near the first stoke alley and quieter surfaces further back until the second stoke alley.  I want to try some sagger pots for the floor of the kiln in the middle section since this is often cooler and less ashey.  The pack of the kiln had pots with glazes since it is somewhat cooler.  Some great pots came out of the back.  I am learning more and more how to prepare my work for this section of the kiln and was pleased with the results.

Middle Section

Back Section

The reception for the Soulbuds Show was a great event.  There was a good turnout, good music and good food provided by the artists in the Soulbuds show.  The show is in the Visual Arts Center at Mount Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon and runs through May 22nd, 2009.  The Visual Arts Center is a wonderful venue for the show.  The lighting is good and the pieces are displayed well. 

An added plus to the event was the celebration of Stephen Mickey’s birthday.  It was nice to celebrate the man who provided the kiln and creative environment from which so many of the pots in the show emanated.

My booth at Showcase 2009

April 24, 25 and 26, 2009

Portland Convention Center

777 NE Martin Luther King Blvd

This is the largest all ceramics show in the country … really a great event that is put on by the Oregon Potters Association.  Stop by and see me in Booth B8

Stephen Mickey and the Soulbuds

May 1st through 22nd, 2009

Opening Reception — May 1st, 6:oopm – 9:00pm

A collection of work by 20 artists that have contributed to the success of Stephen Mickey’s Soulgama.

Mount Hood Community College Visual Arts Center

Gresham, Oregon

Glen Burris Workshop

May 15th and 16th, 2009

Linn-Benton Community College, Benton Center Campus

Benton Center Ceramics Studio

Corvallis, Oregon

Join master potter Glen Burris for an invigorating two day, multi-media

workshop featuring wheel and slab demonstrations, brush work and glaze

techniques. Suitable for artists of all skill levels. The workshop will

include a slide lecture from 7-8:00 p.m. on Friday, open to the public at no

cost and a no-host noon potluck on Saturday. For more information call the

Benton Center at 757-8944.  The cost is a $35 lab fee.

This should be a really good workshop.  Glen is truly a master potter.  I am REALLY looking forward to attending this workshop!

Friday, May 15

2:00-4:00 pm-Demo, BC140

7:00-8:00 pm-Free slide show/lecture, BC204 Free and open to anyone.

Saturday, May 16

9:00 am-12:00 pm-Demo, BC140

12:00-1:00 pm-No host potluck, North patio

1:00-3:00 pm-Demo, BC140

Benton Center Studio Sale

June 5th, 2009

3:30-5:30

The spring sale of faculty and student work that helps support the Benton Center Ceramics Studio.

Benton Center Ceramics Studio

Corvallis, Oregon