Big, Bold, Beautiful Pots  
   For those with some previous throwing experience, this course helps you focus on improving your skills and creating pots with a presence. Create work that gives a sense of strength within simple, aesthetically pleasing shapes. Instructor: Jay MacLennan

NEW!  Canadian Clay Symposium: Aesthetics 2010  
March 13, 2010   9am -5:30pm

The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, in cooperation with the Canadian Clay Collective, the North-West Ceramics Foundation and the Potters Guild of BC are very pleased to host the 5th Triennial Canadian Clay Symposium. The focus this time is 'Aesthetics' and, as usual, the day will be chock full of demonstrations, presentations, panel discussions, exhibits and more. We are thrilled to have the following guest artists coming to share their expertise: Robert Barron, Joan Bruneau, Amy Gogarty, Don Hutchinson, Les Manning, D'arcy Margesson, Gailan Ngan, Alwyn O'Brien, Peter Powning, Jack Troy (keynote speaker) and Kathy Venter. Check out the website at canadianclaysymposium.ca for details. Please note: No refunds after January 15, 2010.

 Continuing Pottery  
   Continue to develop your throwing skills (making larger pots, teapots, plates, baking dishes, etc.) and improve your glazing techniques. You can repeat this course several times. Prerequisite: Introduction to Pottery. Instructors: Rosemary Amon (Tu), Charmian Nimmo (W)

 Daytime Pottery  
   This course accommodates a variety of skill levels, but beginners must have taken one introductory-level pottery course. Some basic instruction in hand-building, wheel work and glazing is offered while returning students are challenged with more advanced projects. Note extended hours for this class. Instructor: Sabrina Keskula

 Focus on Porcelain  
   Explore the sensual qualities of porcelain, while problem-solving and improving your throwing skills to meet its unique technical challenges. From impressed texture to thin translucency, porcelain offers a wide range of expressive possibilities. 'Drying' and 'turning' issues are addressed as well as offering many decorating options (such as fluting, faceting, sprigging and inlaying) along with glazing methods specifically used on porcelain. Coleman porcelain ($29.63 per 25-lb. bag) is used in this course. Instructor: Darlene Nairne

 Introduction to Pottery  
   Designed especially for absolute beginners who learn a range of basic methods used in making clay forms by hand and on the wheel. Glazing and decorating techniques are also covered. Early registration is strongly recommended. Instructors: Sabrina Keskula (Sa), Jay MacLennan (Tu)

NEW!  Peter Powning: Big Project?  No Problem!
   Advice from an expert in an intimate setting.  No refunds after February 12.  Instructor: Peter Powning

NEW!  Pots on a Pedestal  
   Placing something on a pedestal is to regard it with great admiration. Students make pedestals for vases, lamps, etc. as well as pots with pedestals such as goblets, soup tureens and serving bowls. Instructor Linda Doherty has 30 years experience working with clay and is well known for her extruded forms.

 Sculpting the Figure in Clay  
   The focus is on the human figure. There is an undraped model for the first two classes, then one longer session for finishing work. The model is back for the fourth week, followed by another longer finishing session. After a one-week break, glazing takes place at the last session. Students work one-on-one with the instructor to model the figure without armatures. Suitable for absolute beginners as well as those with some experience. Instructor: Debra Sloan

 Tips and Techniques in Clay Construction   
  Functionality and decoration fuse as you delve into both wheel-throwing and hand-building techniques. Simple press moulds, stamps, texture and the construction of sculptural and functional clay objects are covered. Surface design (slips and glazes), discussion of colour and texture included. Instructor: Fredi Rahn

Tutorials in Clay
One-hour private sessions with instructors Linda Doherty, Sabrina Keskula or Jay MacLennan.  Cal  604-205-3042 for details.

 NEW!  Wood Firing With Jack Troy & Robert Barron  
   For those with an interest in wood firing - two masters of the technique join together to provide a unique perspective gleaned from what is equivalent to eight decades of their combined ceramic experience. Jack Troy taught at Juniata College in Pennsylvania for 39 years, instructed 185 workshops, published two books and a collection of poems, and over 60 articles in ceramic publications. Robert Barron is an internationally known wood-firer who runs Gooseneck Pottery in Victoria, Australia where he fires a 1,000 cu. ft., 5 chambered kiln. Bring cone 10 bisqued pots to fill 4 cu. ft. of kiln space. Those wishing to use Shadbolt glazes must come Wed., March 15, 1:30-5:30 (open workshop fee applies). Price includes entrance to the 2010 Canadian Clay Symposium: Aesthetics.