Hey everyone! Charles wants you to know...

July is just around the corner.  A new session of classes start this monday, the 31st.  Remember the office is closed on the weekends.  They are open monday through friday and can take credit cards over the phone.  The 1st is tuesday for all of you doing independent studies. Your instructors can also take checks or cash before class times. 

There is a lot going on in july!  Adult clay camp with Maureen Joyce, Highwater open house and Southern Highlands will be at the convention center.  Watch for times and dates on the board.

X-mas in july!  Beat the rush in november by checking off that holiday list with presents made of clay for all your friends and loved ones.  Know the satisfaction of having all your gift gathering done before september.

 

 

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Gallery Exhibit - Maureen Joyce

Zeus, Maureen Joyce

Maureen moved away from Black Mountain several years ago, but comes back in the summers to teach a one-week workshop.  She was one of the earliest students at the Clay Studio, and has developed a great style of faces in various forms.  She also sells her work at Morning Sky Pottery on Cherry Street.

Her bio for her BMCA teaching says:

Maureen Joyce, who studied Fine Art at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, has been involved in various mediums of art during her career.  She took classes at the BMCA Clay Studio, opened a studio in her home, offered a variety of classes to adults and children at BMCA, and continued her education at a community college when she moved to Pennsylvania.  Joyce specializes in face vases and raku.

One teacher is leaving

Maureen Joyce, one of our teachers, is leaving to relocate to Pennsylvania with her family this summer.

Her students threw her a "going away" party yesterday.

Great food, good laughs, a few tears...Maureen will really be missed here.

Molly and Pat discuss a beautiful piece of design.

 Maureen's students wish her well in her travels.

Thanks to Sarah Vakesi for the photos above, which were FaceBook posted.  
The following photos were taken late in the party by Barb Rogers (missed the feast cause I was feeling poorly).

Trish and Sarah are glazing away!

Our good friend Bette is heading for Alaska, and probably telling Gale just what that means.

 Maureen empties the kiln and puts Marsha's pottery on her shelf.

 Maureen cleans up some of the food.  Do you get the picture?  She's everywhere at once, doing everything, and answering everyone's questions.  That's Maureen!

Joe says good bye to Maureen while Pat does some cleaning up.

The end of the party...but not the last with Marueen for those who love her...she will still be here for Open Studio on Tues afternoons for a while.

From mopping the floors, mixing glazes, firing kilns, making the signage, organizing the tile display, opting for Holly Jolly student show and sale, teaching so many of us how to do what we want done, starting a business with other potters...Maureen Joyce, you've made a great difference in the Black Mountain clay community.  I hope you'll find another clay studio that you can enjoy as much as you have nourished this one.