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The Gallery Shop is blooming
Come see what's new for spring in our online Gallery Shop. We've restocked the shop with exciting pieces like Kay Yourist's luminous bowl shaped like a morning glory flower. It's perfect for fruit, salad, or as a lovely table display. We're also growing the number of Yourist Studio Gallery Resident Artists whose work is represented in the shop. This month we're introducing choice pieces by artists Jerry Bricker and Marilyn Edington. Be sure to visit often to see the work of new artists as we add them. Ordering from our Gallery Shop is a snap, and it's secure. We've also refreshed the contents of our Broadway Street gallery in Ann Arbor. If you're in the area, stop by and see what's new. Visit our Gallery Shop today. |
Register now. Get a discount!
There's an Early Bird Discount of $10.00 waiting for those who register now for our upcoming Spring classes. Sign up by April 10 for our intensive, 14-week
Advanced / Intermediate Independent Study with Kay Yourist to receive the discount. This class runs on Tuesdays, April 26 through July 26, from 6:30 to 9:00 pm.
The discount is also available until April 10 for those who enroll in our 6-week Coffee and Clay and Introductory and Continuing Wheel classes. Coffee and Clay runs on Saturdays, April 23 through May 28, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. We offer multiple Introductory and Continuing Wheel classes. See our Classes page for a day and time that suits you. Grab this discount while it's available. Sign up today.
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Studio calendar
Ready, load, fire
Here's the tentative schedule for our next gas kiln firing:
Loading: Thursday, April 21. Firing: Friday, April 22.
Unloading: Monday, April 25.
This schedule could change depending on the amount of work that's ready for firing.
Tool time demo
Tackling the tray. Sunday, April 17, 4:30 p.m. This demonstration by Kay Yourist is free and open to the public. No registration necessary. Just drop by the studio at demo time and learn Kay's tips and tricks for making her highly admired trays. Upcoming classes
Spring pottery classes are scheduled to start soon. To receive our $10 Early Bird Enrollment Discount on the Advanced / Intermediate Independent Study class with Kay and on our Introductory and Continuing Wheel and Coffee and Clay classes, register by April 10. Book a class now.Coffee and Clay
Saturdays, April 23 through May 28, 9:30-11:30 a.m., with Nancy Bulkley.
Introductory and Continuing Wheel
Mondays, April 25 through June 6, 7:00-9:00 p.m., with Kevan O. Wilson. Thursdays, April 28 through June 2, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., with Nancy Bulkley. Thursdays, April 28 through June 2, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., with Kay Yourist.
Advanced / Intermediate Independent StudyTuesdays, April 26 through July 26, 6:30-9:00 p.m. with Kay Yourist
Try It Once on the Wheel
Saturday, April 9, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. with Shannon Nelson.
Saturday, May 14, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. with YSG Team.
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Making stiff clay workable
Q. I just got a new bag of clay, but it seems too stiff to use. Do I need to replace it?
A. Try dropping your bag of clay on the floor a few times. No, seriously, this is a trick Bill van Gilder uses to soften his clay and restore its workability.
In this video, van Gilder explains why clay can stiffen up in the bag and demonstrates how dropping it can make it workable again.
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Brief notices
Clay community digest
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. . . After All These Years
Ends soon! The Eastern Michigan University Gallery hosts an exhibition of works by 42 potters from around the United States. You can learn more about the exhibition here and here.
Dates: Now through April 12
University Gallery, EMU Student Center
900 Oakwood St, Ypsilanti, MI
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Gifts of Art:
2016-17 Call for Exhibits
Deadline approaching. With nine galleries visited by about 10,000 people a day, the Gifts of Art program brings art and music to the University of Michigan Health System. The goal of the program is "to support the healing process and reduce the stress and anxiety often associated with a healthcare setting." Gifts of Art has issued a call for its 2016-17 exhibit season. If you're interested in applying, hurry because the application deadline is May 1. Submit an online application here.
Date: May 1 Gifts of Art Gallery Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 734.936.ARTS (2787)
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Masterworks of American Indian Art from the Diker Collection, now through May 8 at the Toledo Museum of Art
This display of Native American Art, which includes southwestern pottery, "celebrates the visionary creativity and technical mastery of native North American artists from tribes across the continent." The exhibition includes about 120 works from one of the largest and most comprehensive privately owned collections. Read the details here.
Dates: Now through May 8
Toledo Museum of Art
2445 Monroe Street, Toledo, OH
800-644-6862
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Simple Forms, Stunning Glazes:
The Gerald W. McNeely Collection of Pewabic Pottery, now through August 28 at Cranbrook
The Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research and Cranbrook Art Museum is currently showing an exhibit of the Gerald W. McNeely Collection, one of the largest private collections of Pewabic Pottery. The exhibit includes 117 works.
Dates: Now through August 28
Cranbrook Art Museum
39221 Woodward Avenue, Box 801, Bloomfield Hills, MI
248.645.3323
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Indulge yourself in . . . Cake
Fill up on all things cake at the Dinnerware Museum's exhibition, Cake, which runs from April 9 through September 4 at the Museum on Main Street. Nancy Bulkley and Kay Yourist are among the artists displaying cake stands and cake sculpture at the exhibition, which also includes vintage cake stands and other paraphernalia and utensils associated with cake. Will there be cake, too? You bet. Get full details here.
Dates: April 9 through September 4
Reception: Saturday, April 9, 1 to 4 p.m.
Museum on Main Street
500 N. Main Street, Ann Arbor, MI
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Cutting Edge Texture: Reception, Gallery Sale, and Artist's Talk
The April 16-17 workshop with Nancy Gallagher is sold out, but the public is invited to attend the reception, gallery sale, and artist's talk at trustArt Studios on Friday, April 15, from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. Don't miss this opportunity to meet this noted ceramic artist, view her work, and hear her talk about what inspires her.
Date: April 15
trustArt Studios
7885 Jackson Road, Suite 1, Ann Arbor, MI
734.253.2551
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Stop, look, listen . . . and learn
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Another reason to drop clay
Making spoons with plywood drop molds
"I just love that concept of having a hole or shape in two dimensions and being able to push clay through that hole to get a three-dimensional shape." So says potter Chandra DeBuse, who is a big fan of drop molds. Watch as DeBuse makes an elegant spoon using a simple plywood drop mold .
Part 1: How to create a spoon with a plywood drop mold.
"Spoons are really trendy right now. A lot of people are making spoons. One of the reasons that they're so fun is they can be really, really easy."
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Part 2: How to assemble and finish the spoon.
DeBuse demonstrates how to finish and assemble the spoon she started in Part 1. She also shows how to make a small pinched spoon and a large drop-molded spoon shaped like a scoop. Learn her secret for forming perfect bowls for her spoons.
For an accelerated version of spoon making by Chandra DeBuse, all to the tune of "The Bushwick Tarantella," take a look at this.
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Just for fun
Kitten versus clay cat
Face it, not everyone is a fan of ceramic art, especially not this kitten. (But we're betting you never get tired of cute cat videos.) "Hey, where did you come from? "This is my territory. "I'll show you. "What's the matter with you? Why don't you move? "C'mon you coward, fight back!" |
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Yourist Studio Gallery | 1133 Broadway, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 734-662-4914 | www.youristpottery.comInspiring classes and workshops for new and experienced students | Bright, modern, fully equipped community studio workspace | Comprehensive selection of pottery tools for sale | Gallery exhibiting the works of celebrated artists | Online gallery shop for the purchase of ceramic art |
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