All workshops are hosted by Flathead Valley Community College; all conference activities will take place in the lower-level of the Arts & Technology Building.
Most workshops will indicate a maximum number of people who can enroll for each session--this doesn't mean you can't attend and watch, it just means we only have room for so many people to have a hands-on experience, and this is first-come-first-serve. To enroll in a specific workshop you must have already sent your registration fee, and then you must send David Smith an e-mail (dsmith@fvcc.edu) with a list of the workshops you would like to attend. However, you are not officially on the list until David has sent you a return e-mail!
We will be updating this itinerary as we get closer to the Festiva, so make sure to check-in for more details on conference workshops and events.
Click on 'Evenings' for more information on events beyond the conference.
There will be additional artist demos Wednesday through Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. See how they create their work.
Wednesday May 22, 2013
9am - 12 noon:
- Location: AT 108
- Bryce will spend the morning discussing using 'found' natural materials (clay, slips & silt, ash, recycled glass, etc.). He will demonstrate how to test and use these materials; a prelude to his firing on Thursday.
- Limit: 15 participants
- Limit: 15 participants
9am - 12 noon:
- Location: Glaze room and outdoor kiln pad, AT Ceramics
- Stephen and David will spend the morning mixing glaze recipes that will be test-fired in the afternoon.
- Limit: 15 participants
- Limit: 15 participants
9am - 12 noon:
- Location: Outdoor kiln pad and field next to the community garden, AT Ceramics.
- Group will discuss saggar firing techniques, and options for preparing work to be pit-fired.
- Limit: 10 participants
- Limit: 10 participants
12 noon - 1pm: Lunch
- Lunch Speaker
- Stephen Braun--welcome to the Festiva 2013
1pm-5pm:
- Location: Outdoor Kiln Pad.
- We will be firing glaze tests previously mixed; we will also be experimenting with Horse-hair and Naked Raku techniques, and discussing Raku firing techniques.
- Limit: 15 participants
- Limit: 15 participants
1pm - 5pm:
- Location: AT 108 and outside kiln pad.
- The conclusion of the morning workshop, which will end in loading the kiln (to be fired the next day).
- Limit: 15 participants
- Limit: 15 participants
1pm - 5pm:
- Location: Main ceramics studio, AT building
- Dennis Sipiorski will demonstrate how he creates his work, and discuss the process of making art. Poets and free-thinkers are encouraged to attend.
- Limit: 15 participants
- Limit: 15 participants
Thursday May 23, 2013
9am - 5pm:
- Location: Outdoor Kiln Pad
- Bryce will spend the day firing the wood kiln and discussing working with indigenous materials.
- Limit: 10 participants
- Limit: 10 participants
9am - 5pm:
- Location: Field next to the Community Garden
- Limit: 10 participants
9am - 12noon:
- Location: Ceramics Studio
- Stephen will discuss/demonstrate how he builds sculpture for raku.
- No Limit, the audience will watch as Stephen works.
- No Limit, the audience will watch as Stephen works.
9am - 12noon:
- Location: Ceramics Studio
- David will discuss/demonstrate how he builds for raku. We also will make clay food and wear hairnets. Also the opportunity to heckle Stephen Braun.
- No Limit, but only 12 hairnets will be available.
- No Limit, but only 12 hairnets will be available.
12noon - 1pm: Lunch
- Lunch Speakers
- David Smith and Dennis Sipiorski
1pm - 5pm:
- Location: Ceramics Studio
- Participants will have the opportunity to build their own fiber kiln.
- Limit 6 people building kilns; additional fee required to cover materials.
- Limit 6 people building kilns; additional fee required to cover materials.
Friday May 24, 2013
9am - 12noon:
- Location: Outside Kiln Pad (unloading kiln) and AT room 108
9am - 5pm:
- Location: Outdoor Kiln Pad
- We will spend the day firing work brought by Festiva attendees--so bring your bisque-fired pots and sculpture! You will also have the opportunity to pit fire, horse hair, naked raku, and saggar fire your work; connect with the people who are organizing these firings.
- For guidelines on what types of work to bring (dimensions, type of clay, etc.) please click on the 'What to bring'
- No Limit, all Festiva attendees are invited to attend.
- For guidelines on what types of work to bring (dimensions, type of clay, etc.) please click on the 'What to bring'
12noon - 1pm:
- Lunch Speaker
- Bryce Brisco, "Weird Function-or-The Nasty Bits of Ceramic History: Toilet, Table and Tomb."
Saturday May 25, 2013
Noon: Lunch (BBQ/potluck and possible pig roast)
- Review and critique of pieces fired during the Festiva.
