New Plans for Early Spring-Summer '08!

See last post for the Pottery workshops - should be fun! Also have planned a one-person show of paintings at Sparky & Clarke's Coffee Bar in center-city York, PA for May-June. AND one or two Landscape Workshops for early June, before it gets too hot...will also be teaching at the Mannings National Handweaving School again, the first week of August, Tapestry Basics- Tangents and Techniques! This is always a great experience, with students from all over the country! I feel "at home" in Manning's studios, and the camaraderie is always excellent...fiber art folks rock! Details will follow! Cheers!

CityArt show Opening Night!

Learn and Laugh! Art Pottery Workshops, Early Spring 2008

All workshops are for age 18 or older, 4 minimum-8 maximum students, 2 hrs.

Available – 1-3pm, Mondays or Tuesdays., March thro’ April.-see listings

Price? $30 per session, includes materials and firing.

Phone: The Pottery Poole, 339-0797; 317 Buford Ave., Gettysburg, PA 17325 or go to www.thepotterypoole.com for info and registration

Please register at least 1 week before date, to insure class availability!

Famous Artists at Play ( Tues. March 11) – Bisque-ware is just an empty “canvas” for many accomplished artists! True painters love to paint on anything, playing with many surfaces and mediums – Picasso, Matisse, Delauney, Gauguin, Van Gogh and others have tried their hands at painting with glazes on pottery or tiles. So, drop those elitist ideas and learn what real artists have done! Come, laugh and learn with a classically-trained, multi-mused, light-hearted instructor – Andrea Miller Theisson. Bring home your own Art Pottery plate!

The Arts & Crafts Movement & Living With Art Pottery (Tues., March 25)– the philosophy (and lots of fascinating stories) behind the early-20^th Century designs and lifestyle. Form, function and decorative traditions…these folks walked their talk! With examples from Henry Mercer’s Moravian tile works, architectural notes and inspiration, your well-schooled artist-instructor will explain the international renaissance of the artist-craftsperson. Try your hand at simple motifs on simple shapes and have a memorable experience in the Mission style bungalow-studio at the Pottery Poole.

History Meets the Pots (Mon. April7) – Decorative Arts have roots in all cultures. Come & learn about brushwork and glazing motifs from a world of art. Forms and shapes follow traditions, too – Japanese, Chinese, Mediterranean, Germanic, Celtic, and Native American designs will be shown, discussed and demonstrated. Take back your own special interpretation of a historically-based vase, just in timer for spring flowers. Museum & Fine Arts background shared by your instructor, Andrea T.

Firing Your Own History! (Mon. April 21)- Create your own one-of-a-kind tiles, tray or mosaic, with modular pieces telling your own story, using traditional techniques. A bit of art-tile history and ethnic art encouragement, along with an emphasis on YOU learning to create your own style, tell your own story or reflect your own experiences through design! Everyone has a history! Enjoy producing a practical, but totally original result!

Pennsylvania German History, Local Historical Pottery and Redware motifs.(TBA –

Fall preview!)- Come and enjoy a native’s informal but scholarly explorations, historic local potters’ tales, techniques and examples. Show & tell, plus practice your own brushwork to make a meaningful and charming piece to keep! Artist-curator perspectives, but fun-loving individual approach!