 Call for Artists
Spruce Forest Artisan Guild seeks Guest Artists for one-month residencies in Alta's Cabin and John's Little House, both centrally located studios in the Artisan Village.
Interested artists may contact the guild at 301.895.3332 or artisans@spruceforest.org
Click here to download application.
Group Tours
A visit to the Village is FREE, but tours are available for groups at a $4 per person fee. Every day promises something different. Check the calendar for events and hours of various studios and museums.
Pottery Teaching Studio offering classes
Spruce Forest Artisan Village will open the new Riverview Community Clay Studio this spring, offering pottery classes for adults on Thursday evenings 6-9pm, beginning May 19. Resident potter Lynn Lais will teach the pottery classes.
The Riverview Community Clay Studio will have 6 pottery wheels and two worktables of different heights. Student work will be fired in cone 6 electric kilns. Glazes and pottery tools are available in the studio.
Registration for the adult pottery class is now open. The class fee is $120 for 3 hours of instruction per week for six weeks, plus extra studio time on other days for students to practice. There is an additional cost for clay, but tools and equipment will be available for general use. To register, call the pottery at Spruce Forest: 301.895.5932.
For information on teen clay programs happening this summer or if your group wants to design or schedule a program, please call 301.641.8171. |
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Upcoming Events:
Winter Workshops
May 2011 Newsletter
December 2011
December 2, 3, 2011
Christmas in the Village, Friday 4-8pm, Saturday 12-8 pm: See the Village lit by over 400 candle luminaries, visit the fire-warmed studios to meet the artists and purchase holiday gifts, hear stories in the Miller House, help the children decorate cookies in the Compton One-Room School. Visit the House of Yoder to witness an “Amish Christmas” and join carolers strolling the pathways through the traditional greenery and garlands. Visit the Village Church for hours of live music. Refreshments will be served, free admission, donations appreciated.
Gary Yoder Bird Raffle Winner:
2011 raffle drawing will be Dec 3. |
