Limited space is still available for end of term pottery workshop

Jack Troy, a potter, writer, and teacher, will be coming to MHCC March 23 and 24 for a lecture and workshop on pottery.

A free slide show and lecture will take place on Friday at 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Visual Arts Gallery, followed by a day of demonstrations on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m, there will be a break for lunch.

A 2012 National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts (NCECA) Excellence in Teaching Award recipient, Troy has taught more than 185 workshops, many of which are hands on and involve firings (a process involving fire and heat for the hardening or glazing of ceramics).

“Teaching helped me keep learning and gave me a ringside seat at the art arena, where people amaze themselves and others by using clay to make their dreams (and occasionally their nightmares) come true” stated Troy on his website, www.jacktroy.net. “In my workshops I often include a… talk, drawing from the 20,000-year heritage of potters to relate our own quest for meaningful pots to some of the accomplishments of earlier ceramists” he continued.

The fee to attend the workshop on Saturday is $60 for non- MHCC students and $45 for MHCC students and Oregon Potters Association members.

Reservations for Saturday are required. As of Monday only fifteen spots are available. Reservations can be made by contacting Lynn Horn at [email protected] or by calling (503) 491-7309. No parking pass is required for this event.