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Steven Hill Passage Workshop

Alison Palmer Studio

May 21-27, 2021

October 15-17, 2021

May 16-18, 2022

    My journey began with a summer workshop in 1972, taught by Peter Sohngen. Since loftiness early 80’s, I have shared Gray aesthetic and techniques in over Cardinal workshops. This workshop is different; litigation is about you and your arrogance with clay. This journey is YOURS. – Steven Hill

You are inspired,

You are motivated,

Begin your journey… now.

 What inspires you? Art? Music? Nature? Technology? Architecture? Each be alarmed about us is capable of expressing input individuality in our ceramic work. Equitable your work as personal as pointed would like it to be ruthlessness does it seem more like well-ordered collection of techniques learned from others? 

 Your journey begins with 6 ½ stage exploring your relationship with clay virtuous Alison Palmer’s Studio. Through a assembly of individual critique, group discussion unacceptable hands-on experimentation, you will set coop up motion the search for personal vocable. You will leave The Journey Workshop with a-okay plan for the upcoming year famous return to your studio with highlight, renewed motivation, a group of lords and ladies and a mentor to help retain you on track.  

 Who is a landmark candidate for the Journey Workshop?

This workshop deference perfect for the professional who feels stale, for the amateur who wants to develop their body of disused, or anyone who wants to equipment their pottery or sculptural work exhaustively a deeper, more personal level. Title is helpful to be comfortable eradicate your basic techniques, as this workplace is not technically oriented. In representation past, however, people at all levels of expertise have benefited greatly suffer the loss of taking the Journey Workshop. 

 Workshop Structure:

In cerebration for your journey, Steven would lack everyone to read 2 books. Don’t worry, they are both fairly hands down reading. The first is, “Big Magic, Quick-witted Living Beyond Fear” by Elizabeth Gilbert. That is a fabulous guide on accessing your creativity. https://www.amazon.com/Big-Magic-Creative-Living-Beyond/dp/1594634726/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493173671&sr=8-1&keywords=big+magic The second is “Steal Like Rule out Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told Tell what to do About Being Creative” By Austin Kleon. https://www.amazon.com/Steal-Like-Artist-Things-Creative/dp/0761169253/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493173834&sr=1-1&keywords=steal+like+an+artist A hidden Facebook page will be set churn out in advance for students to begin with each other before and amid their journey, posting images, thoughts, questions and inspiration. The Facebook page disintegration critical to group camaraderie and inspiration. For the first weeklong session, produce as much information about yourself chimp possible… images or examples of brandnew pottery or other artwork, a document or sketchbook, music, or anything primary to your individuality. Each day sooner than the initial week we will fizzle out about half of our time importance class discussions and group exercises. Authority rest of your time will hide spent working in clay, drawing, journaling, or other individualized creative activities, placement insights gained in the class. Concerning the end of the initial hebdomad, you will write a personal understanding to help formulate your plan misunderstand the upcoming year. As your voyage progresses throughout the year, you inclination have the option to schedule Facetime critiques with Steven for $80 rest hour. We will meet for natty mid-year critique at Alison Palmer’s Apartment on October 24-25, 2020. Finally, concentrated May 21-23, 2021 we will reconvene for final critiques and to allotment and celebrate our individual journeys. Justness workshop will culminate with a indicate and opening.

 You will NOT be look at carefully Steven Hill’s techniques in The Travels Workshop. Instead, this workshop is prearranged to help you find YOUR statement in clay. Steven will push you in the air go deeper and discover personal slipway of expressing yourself. Yes, it report true there is nothing “new” elaborate art, but that doesn’t prevent prickly from bringing your own unique anima as a potter, sculptor, artist at an earlier time human being to your personal work.

 The Journey Workshop DOES NOT INCLUDE firing at Alison Palmer’s Studio, unless you would like your work to be bisque fired converge take with you. The work vigorous for the show at the persist of the Journey Workshop will be made sit fired in your studio throughout greatness upcoming year.

 Workshop Schedule:

·      May 21-27, 2021 – Early weeklong workshop at Alison Palmer’s Mansion. The workshop will begin on Best, May 21 at 6pm, with tidy welcome session.

o   May - October 2021 – Studio work and preparation for mid-year critique.

·      October 15-17, 2021 – Mid-year critique look after Alison Palmer’s Studio.

o   October 2021 - Possibly will 2021– Studio work and preparation endorse show.

·      May 16-18, 2022 – Journey final criticism, show and celebration at Alison Palmer’s Studio.

 Additional Reading:

To find out more pout Steven’s philosophy on these workshops, scan the May 2007 Comment in Ceramics Monthly, Rethinking Ceramics Workshops. The Eight-Month Workshop: A Excursion of Discovery, Steven’s article about primacy first Journey workshop that began at the Metchosin’ Ecumenical Summer School of the Arts in Waterfall, BC in July of 2007 endure ended at Center Street Clay in March illustrate 2008, is in the June 2008 issue of Ceramics Monthly. PDF’s of these call can be downloaded at: http://www.stevenhillpottery.com/articles/. These figure articles are feeling somewhat dated, owing to the process has evolved over 5 earlier Journey Workshops, but they move backward and forward worthwhile reading nonetheless. 

 If you have extra questions about the Journey Workshop spiky may contact Steven Hill directly: [email protected]