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Spring pottery sale at the gallery, May 14-15
Yourist Studio Gallery will hold a spring pottery sale from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 14, and Sunday, May 15. Come browse the latest works for sale by our resident artists and stock up on pottery that will make your spring and summer memorable. Fill your house with colorful vases of fragrant flowers, grow tasty baby lettuces and herbs in spacious planters, cool off a hot summer day with a generous pitcher of ice cold lemonade or tea, toss a light dinner salad in big ceramic serving bowl, and prepare and serve fresh, sweet berries in pretty berry bowls. Artists participating in our spring sale include Kevan Wilson, Deborah Renner, Marilyn Edington, Nancy Bulkley, Darcy Bowden, Stephen Kerr, Jessica Krivan, Gabriel Duque, Marilyn Tripp, Josette Steele, Patty Clark, and Kay Yourist. See you there! |
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What's new in the online Gallery Shop?
If you've visited our online Gallery Shop lately, you'll know that we've added a selection of ceramic bead necklaces by studio resident artist Jeanine Center. Color Play, the necklace pictured here, has 15 stoneware beads - 5 disks, 6 squares, and 4 faceted rondelles in blues, greens, yellow, orange, and purple - strung on 21" silver metal ball chain. It's a celebration of clay and color that's perfect for casual wear. Our Gallery Shop also includes fresh ceramic pieces by studio residents Darcy Bowden, Jerry Bricker, Marilyn Edington, and, of course, Kay Yourist. There are more artists to come, so stop by often. Visit our Gallery Shop today. |
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The joy of clay for kids
School will soon be out, so let the summer fun begin! Enroll your child (or grandchild) for five lively mornings of play with clay in our Kids' Clay Mornings class with teacher Nancy Bulkley. The class runs Monday to Friday, June 20 through 24, from 9:30-11:00 a.m.
What would you see if you dropped in on one of our Kids' Clay Morning classes? Young hands busy with clay and young faces intent on what they are creating. Here, a girl sticking her tongue out slightly as she molds her clay. There, a boy blowing his hair from his forehead as he tries the pottery wheel. Everywhere, delighted laughter and talk. Introduce a child to the joy of clay this summer. Register here.
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Spring cleaning? Pots collecting dust?
Donate to "Pots for Pups"!
Yourist student Matt Krivan is collecting pots of all shapes and sizes to sell as a fundraiser for the Humane Society of Huron Valley (HSHV). Look for the "Pots for Pups" donation box at the studio, and drop off your neglected pots for a good cause. Just like the adoptable dogs at HSHV, your pots don't have to be perfect - just in need of love and a new home. All proceeds from the sale directly benefit the HSHV animal shelter. Donations must be received by Friday, May 20th. Questions? Email Matt.
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Studio calendar
Ready, load, fire
Here's the tentative schedule for our next gas kiln firing:
Loading: Tuesday, May 10. Firing: Wednesday, May 11.
Unloading: Friday, May 13.
This schedule could change depending on the amount of work that's ready for firing.
Tool time demo
The tool time demo is taking Sunday, May 15, off for the Spring Sale. Watch for its return in June. Upcoming classes
Summer pottery classes start in June. To receive our $10 Early Bird Enrollment Discount on our Introductory and Continuing Wheel and Coffee and Clay classes, register by May 23. Book a class now.Coffee and Clay
Saturdays, June 18 through July 23, 9:30-11:30 a.m., with Nancy Bulkley.
Introductory and Continuing Wheel
Mondays, June 13 through July 25, 7:00-9:00 p.m., with Kevan O. Wilson. Thursdays, June 16 through July 21, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., with Nancy Bulkley. Thursdays, June 16 through July 21, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., with Kay Yourist.
Kids' Clay Mornings
Monday-Friday, June 20 through 24, 9:30-11:00 a.m. with Nancy Bulkley.
Try It Once on the Wheel
Saturday, May 14, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. with YSG Team.
Saturday, June 11, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. with Shannon Nelson.
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Reglazing pots with John Britt
Q. I'm not happy with the glazing result I got on one of my pots. Can I reglaze it?
A. Once a pot has been glaze fired it's vitrified and won't absorb any more glaze. Here's how John Britt, the guru of glaze, gets around that problem at cone 6.
Instead of brushing glue on the pot or warming it in the kiln first, Britt says he simply uses time plus a method that many potters employ for multiple glaze firings. So watch the video and then go reglaze about a thousand pots.
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Brief notices
Clay community digest
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Masterworks of American Indian Art from the Diker Collection, now through May 8 at the Toledo Museum of Art
Ends soon! 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 features 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 through September 4 at the Museum on Main Street. Nancy Bulkley, Kay Yourist, Lineke Zuiderweg, and our friend Mieke Zuiderweg 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. Get details here.
Dates: Now through September 4
Museum on Main Street
500 N. Main Street, Ann Arbor, MI
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John Glick: A Legacy in Clay
Beginning June 18, Cranbrook Art Museum will present "the first major exhibition and publication to survey the immense range of ceramic vessels, tableware, and sculpture that has made Glick one of today's premier figures in American studio pottery." The exhibition will feature nearly 200 pieces from throughout Glick's career as a potter. For details, visit Cranbrook Art Museum. View a catalog of the exhibit here. Dates: June 18, 2016 - March 12, 2017 Preview party: Friday, June 17, 2016, 6:00pm-9:00pm (charge for non-members) Cranbrook Art Museum 39221 Woodward Avenue Bloomfield Hills, MI 248-645-3323 |
RnR Ceramics presents Chandra DeBuse in a 2-day, hands-on workshop in August, 2016. After concluding an outstanding workshop with Nancy Gallagher in April, RnR Ceramics is already gearing up for its August workshop featuring Chandra DeBuse. Registration will open to the public on May 9. Learn more about the workshop and register here. Browse a portfolio of Chandra Debuse's pieces here.
Dates: August 19 through 21
Public reception, gallery sale, and artist's talk: Friday, August 19, 6:30-9:00 p.m.
trustArt Studios, 7885 Jackson Road, Suite 1, Ann Arbor, MIWorkshop: Saturday, August 20 to Sunday, August, 21, Yourist Studio Gallery, 1133 Broadway, Ann Arbor, MI. Registrants only.
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Stop, look, listen . . . and learn
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Back to the past
Making pottery the Anasazi way
You'll really appreciate having potter's wheels, kilns, and modern clays and glazes as you watch potter Kelly Magleby venture into backcounty Utah to try her hand at making pottery the same labor-intensive way the ancient Anasazi did. The Anasazi, or Ancestral Puebloans as they are now known, are thought to have emerged in the southwest in the 12th century BCE. You can learn more about the Anasazi and their pottery here and here. |
Just for fun
Jam to this ceramics rap
Seriously? Sing a rap song about pottery? With apologies to Run-DMC, that's exactly how art teacher Molly Renauer of the Portland public schools teaches her middle school students about pottery. She uses this rap to instill in her students the vocabulary and basic procedures they need to know in pottery class. Check it out. You could maybe learn something, too. "It's like that, and that's the way it is. Huh." |
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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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