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Upcoming Workshop Sponsored by The Potters Council
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We are fired up!This red-hot workshop is focused on alternative firing methods -naked raku, saggar, pit and salt along with presentations focused on ceramic history and tradition. Gain hands-on experience in preparation, loading and firing from five of the most engaging and influential artists and teachers from around the Long Island Region -- Anti Liu, Hugh McElroy, Mena Romano, Jeff Shapiro, and Bill Shillalies. This workshop will not only focus on firing methods, but will include
how to get the best firing results utilizing throwing, handbuilding,
glazes, etc. Attendees will be requested to bring their own work with
them and will have the opportunity to prepare, load and fire in all
firing methods as time and space allows. Don't miss a minute.
Adelphi University is proud to be hosting their second Potters Council workshop and cannot wait to share their beautiful campus with you. The Island Clay workshop begins on Friday
evening with an opening reception and Keynote from Jeff Shapiro titled The Romanticist and the Pragmatist: Finding Common Ground. This will lead into Saturday and Sunday presentations and demonstrations from our five artists. Included within those two days will be two keynote presentations that will follow lunch from Arthur Goldberg - The Pottery of the Enslaved African-American Potter, Dave (Saturday) and Judith Schwartz - Confrontational Ceramics: The Clay Artist as Social Critic (Sunday). Mark Your Calendar and Register Today!
SAVE $50 ON REGISTRATION
Special Offer Good Until June 3, 2008
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Friday, June 27, 2008
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All Locations on Adelphi University Campus
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6-8 pm
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Registration, Opening Reception, and Keynote by Jeff Shapiro - Pragmatism & Romanticism
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Bldg - University Center - Rm: Atrium, 201-202 and 203.
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8:30 - 9 am
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Bldg - Klapper Center for Fine Arts, FAF - Rm: Patio/Foyer (Rain)
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9 am - 12 pm
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Bill Shillalies - Naked Raku Firing |
Bldg - Klapper Center for Fine Arts, FAF - Rm: Patio/Studio
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Anti Liu - Salt Firing |
Bldg - Klapper Center for Fine Arts, FAF - Rm: Patio/Studio
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Mena Romano - Saggar Firing- Demo, Prepare and Load
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Bldg - Klapper Center for Fine Arts, FAF - Rm: Patio/Studio
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12:10 - 1 pm
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Lunch
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Bldg - University Center - Rm: 202
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1 - 1:45 pm
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Keynote: Arthur Goldberg - The Pottery of the Enslaved African-American Potter, Dave
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Bldg - University Center - Rm: 203
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2 - 5 pm
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Hugh McElroy - Pit Firing - Demo, Prepare, and Load |
Bldg - Klapper Center for Fine Arts, FAF - Rm: Patio/Studio
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Jeff Shapiro - Problem Solving From Concept to Resolution
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Bldg - Klapper Center for Fine Arts, FAF - Rm: Studio
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Sunday, June 29, 2008
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8:30 - 9 am
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Bldg - Klapper Center for Fine Arts, FAF - Rm: Patio/Foyer(Rain)
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9 am - 12 pm
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Bill Shillalies - Naked Raku Firing |
Bldg - Klapper Center for Fine Arts, FAF - Rm: Patio/Studio
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Anti Liu - Salt Firing |
Bldg - Klapper Center for Fine Arts, FAF - Rm: Patio/Studio
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Mena Romano - Saggar Firing- Gallery and Slide Show |
Bldg - Klapper Center for Fine Arts, FAF - Rm: Patio/Studio
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Lunch |
Bldg - University Center - Rm: 202
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Keynote: Judith Schwartz - Confrontational Ceramics: The Clay Artist as Social Critic
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Bldg - University Center - Rm: 203
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1:55 - 2:10 pm
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Pottery Exchange (Optional)
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Bldg - Klapper Center for Fine Arts, FAF - Rm:
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2:10 - 5:10 pm
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Hugh McElroy - Pit Firing - Demo & Unloading
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Bldg - Klapper Center for Fine Arts, FAF - Rm: Patio/Studio
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Jeff Shapiro - Problem Solving From Concept to Resolution |
Bldg - Klapper Center for Fine Arts, FAF - Rm: Patio/Studio
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Mena Romano - Saggar Firing- Unload and Discussion
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Saturday and Sunday Presenter Demonstrations
Two
full days of demonstrations, hands-on opportunities and information
exchange, along with this unforgettable collection of ceramic artists,
will make ISLAND CLAY a premier New York event. The schedule is set-up
so that attendees can pick and choose which classes to attend over the
two day event.
Anti Liu
Salt Firing
Anti Liu, an adjunct professor at Adelphi University, will focus his attention on salt firing. He will discuss how to make your own salt kiln using various methods. Anti will then provide you with the appropriate clay bodies to use, hands-on instructions on loading and firing the salt kiln without using pyrometers and cone packs. He will show you different methods of putting salt and other materials in the kiln and how to understand what happened to your own piece in the firing. Requirements to participate are: Bring 1-2 pieces that can be no larger then 9 x 4 x 4 inches; bisque fired; use a stoneware clay body that is cone 8-10 and unglazed. After the firing process has begun, Anti will conduct a handbuilding demo sharing techniques to take back to your own studio.
Additional Information:
Liu holds a BFA from the National Taiwan University of Arts, and upon completion of his military service, he traveled to New York to further his education. In 2003, he graduated from Adelphi University with a MA, and in 2007, he graduated with an MFA from Long Island University. During his school years, Liu won several awards, honorable mentions, solo shows, scholarships and commissions which established the foundation for his later career.
In 2006, Liu was one of the driving forces in the planning and organization of the first Anagama Kiln on Long Island and immediately got hired at Adelphi University as the lead studio technician. Liu is responsible for the new Herbert and Adele Klapper Center for Fine Art. He is also an adjunct professor at Adelphi University and at Nassau Community College teaching Ceramics, and Sculpture.
As a ceramic artist, Anti Liu creates architectural forms. He breaks the boundaries and notions of what one sees as a building or a proper form. Liu finishes these structures with both wood and salt firings. He became very accomplished in the last ten years with the techniques of wood and salt, and is always eager to fire new and different kilns. Liu uses traditional and experimental ways of firing the kiln and feels that to fully understand the technique one must understand the material and the fire.
For more information about artist, visit http://artistantiliu.googlepages.com
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Hugh McElroy
Pit Firing
Hugh will focus on pit firing – a primitive firing technique in which ceramic wares are placed in either above or an in ground trench, and the wares are surrounded by dried organic material that encourages different coloration possibilities. He will provide instructions on preparation, application of slip, carving, sanding, burnishing and polishing as the final step. On the first day, Hugh and attendees will prepare their work and fire. The second day will be for discussion of the influence of Native American pottery on ceramic styles today, and the contribution of Maria Martinez and Lucy Lewis will be examined. Continuation of discussion on various kinds of pit kilns, building and firing advantages. Attendees will be given the preferred clay body to build a small piece. Requirements to participate are: Bring 1-2 pieces no larger than 4” to 5” each. The clay body to be used should be a smooth, white stoneware or porcelain for one and red stoneware for the second. Tools for carving will be provided at the workshop.
Additional Information:
Hugh McElroy is a fine art photographer and potter, who has devoted over forty years of creativity to these art forms. For some time now, his main focus has been in the area of pottery and sculpture. His drive is very much influenced by the Native American and a spiritual belief in the circle of life.
McElroy has devoted the past three decades to a low-fire method of pottery, using in-ground dung/wood. His handcrafted pieces are painted with colored clays and burnished with a smooth stone before being fired in the earth to achieve his rich and textured tones. Digging and making much of his own clay, McElroy prefers to work within the environment and uses nature as a guiding force.
Mena Romano
Saggar Firing
Mena, an artist for more than 30 years and currently an assistant professor and coordinator of the 3D area at Nassau Community College, will share her interest in non-functional handbuilt saggar fired forms.
The exciting colors and marks created by the fire and a variety of added ingredients have taken her on an adventure of chance and discovery. During her weekend presentation, Mena will demonstrate the preparation and saggar firing of bisque ceramic forms that attendees will bring to the workshop. The Saturday program will be an introduction to various ways of preparing the work for the saggar as well as loading and firing the kiln. The Sunday program will include a visit to the gallery for a brief discussion of the various works on display, the unloading of the kiln and a discussion of the effects of the fire and additives on the finished works. Requirements to participate are: Bring 1-2 pieces no larger than 4” to 5” each, bisque fired and may be burnished or not. Participants may want to bring various combustible materials i.e. straw/hay, pine needles, fine copper wire, wood shavings, etc.
Additional Information:
Mena is a full time assistant professor and teaches Sculpture, Ceramics, 3D-design, Drawing, Painting and 2D-design, at Nassau Community College. She is also the coordinator for the 3D area and the Art Internship program at NCC. She holds a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. in sculpture and painting from LIU CW Post. Her work has been exhibited locally and nationally and is included in various public and private collections. Mena has served as president of the Long Island Craft Guild and served on the board of The National Drawing Association.
Jeff Shapiro
Problem Solving From Concept to Resolution
Jeff, with over 35 years of ceramic experience will take you through his thought processes on choosing the right material, technique and steps to best serve the end result. Techniques to be shared during his demonstration include: loose throwing and altering; soft/spontaneous trimming; and slab fabrication of a five-foot tall, narrow, triangular bottle. Jeff will also reveal short excerpts from a memoir he is writing about the Artist/Patron relationship that he was fortunate enough to be a part of while in Japan.
Additional Information:
Born in 1949 in New York City, Jeff Shapiro, went to work/study in Kyoto, Fukuoka, Ehime, Hamasaka and Bizen, Japan between 1973 -1980. After his return to America he built an anagama kiln in Accord, New York. Jeff’s work can be seen in prestigious collections all over the world - AMOCA American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA, Currier Museum, Manchester, NH and Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA.
For more information about artist, visit www.jeffshapiroceramics.com
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Adelphi University - Host
Adelphi University
1 South Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530
Telephone: (516) 877-4460
Website:www.adelphi.edu
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AMACO/Brent
AMACO/Brent
6060 Guion Road
Indianapolis, IN 46254-122
(800) 374-1600
(317) 244-6871
Website: www.amaco.com
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Ceramic Supply Inc.
Ceramic Supply Inc.
7 Route 46 West
Lodi, NJ 07644
(973) 340-3005
(800) 723-7264
Email: orders@ecramicsupply.com
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Elizabeth T. Busby
Cornwall Bridge, CT
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Susan Kadish
Old Westbury, NY
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Hampton Inn-Garden City
1 North Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530
(516) 227-2720
Click Here for Hampton Inn Website
$159 per night for single/double occupancy. Complimentary hot breakfast, wired and wireless high-speed internet access available.
Ask for Potters Council room block or refer to code POC to get preferred rates when making reservations. Room blocks will be held until May 29, 2008.
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Facility Information
Adelphi University
1 South Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530
Telephone: (516) 877-4460
Website: www.adelphi.edu
Campus Maps:
Campus Map: www.adelphi.edu/visitors/campus.php
Campus Walking Map: www.adelphi.edu/visitors/campus.php
Friday Evening Opening Reception and Registration | 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
A Friday
night reception and registration will be held at Adelphi University in the Klapper Center for Fine Arts building (FAF). See campus maps below for building location. During the reception, attendees
will have the opportunity to meet the presenters, register and enjoy
light hors d'oeuvres.
Friday Evening Keynote Presentation | 7:00 to 7:45 p.m.
We are truly excited to have Jeff Shapiro as our opening Feature Artist for Friday evening and a presenter on Saturday and Sunday. The keynote presentation will be held at the Klapper Center For Fine Arts Building (FAF). This event is not to be missed and you will find Jeff Shapiro's keynote unique and invaluable.
JEFF SHAPIRO
The Romanticist and the Pragmatist: Finding Common Ground
Jeff Shapiro, a professional artist with over 35 years in ceramics, the distinctively different approaches of a romanticist and that of a pragmatist through the example of two Japanese ceramic artists. During the presentation, Jeff will share three short stories from his experiences living in Japan that depict the common thread that connects three artists: a martial artist, a calligrapher, and a flower arranger. Each approaches their craft with the same intensity and passion regardless of their respective medium and process.
Artist: Jeff Shapiro
Presenter Exhibit Friday Night Opening | 8:00 p.m.
The
Island Clay Presenter Exhibit will be located on the Adelphi University campus in the UC Gallery. The featured artists are Anti Liu, Hugh McElroy, Mena Romano, Jeff Shapiro and Bill Shillalies.
Saturday and Sunday Presenter Demonstrations
Two full days of demonstrations, hands-on opportunities and information exchange, along with this unforgettable collection of ceramic artists, will make ISLAND CLAY a premier New York event. The schedule is set-up so that attendees can pick and choose which classes to attend over the two day event.
See Requirements Below to Participate in Hands-on Firing:
Salt Firing - Anti Liuwill present the same presentation on both Saturday and Sunday - Attendees can choose either day to attend. Requirements to participate are: Bring 1-2 pieces that can be no
larger then 9 x 4 x 4 inches; bisque fired; use a stoneware clay body
that is cone 8-10 and unglazed.
Naked Raku Firing - Bill Shillalies will present the same presentation on both Saturday and Sunday - Attendees can choose either day to attend. Requirements to participate are: Bring 1-2 pieces that can be no
larger then 5 x 4 inches; round pots with smooth surface (can be
burnished) work best; white or red clay can be used along with color
slips.
Saggar Firing - Mena Romano will present three different presentation over Saturday and Sunday - Attendees can choose to attend any part of her presentations on either day. Requirements to participate are: Bring 1-2 pieces no larger than 4” to
5” each, bisque fired and may be burnished or not. Participants may
want to bring various combustible materials i.e. straw/hay, pine
needles, fine copper wire, wood shavings, etc.
Pit Firing - Hugh McElroy will present two different presentations over Saturday and Sunday - Attendees can choose to attend one or both presentations. Requirements to participate are: Bring 1-2 pieces no larger than
4” to 5” each. The clay body to be used should be a smooth, white
stoneware or porcelain for one and red stoneware for the second. Tools
for carving will be provided at the workshop.
Demo - Jeff Shapiro will present the same presentation on both Saturday and Sunday - Attendees can choose either day to attend
Saturday and Sunday Keynote Presenters
Besides two full days of hands on learning and demonstrations you will be able to attend two keynote presentations. Potters Council and Adelphi University are pleased to bring you this exclusive combination. On Saturday we welcome Dr. Arthur Goldberg and on Sunday Judith Schwartz.
ARTHUR F. GOLDBERG, M.D.
The Pottery of the Enslaved African-American Potter, Dave | Saturday 1:00 p.m.
Dr. Arthur Goldberg, a retired physician, will discuss the vessels made by Dave in Edgefield, South Carolina from circa 1829 to 1864. Dave created jars with great presence and individuality. He is particularly known for his large storage jars, some measuring as high as 29 inches with capacities as much as thirty gallons. Their wood fired glazes are equivalent in beauty to vessels made in China and Japan in Medieval times.
What was so remarkable was that during this period of Southern slavery, Dave learned to read and write, which was then against the law. Nevertheless, he was permitted to sign his name and incise verses on his pots.
The lecture will include a biographical record of Dave’s ownership under multiple masters, illustrated with a large number of images of his vessels showing his characteristic forms, marks and glazes; the development of the Southern alkaline glaze stoneware tradition; examples of his poems and inscriptions along with discussions of the social history of his time.
Additional Information:
Dr. Arthur Goldberg has had a long-standing interest in American ceramics. An exhibition of selections from his historical collection of American stoneware was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1985. He has lectured before the American Ceramic Circle at several museums on various aspects of American stoneware and art tiles. For the Tile Heritage Foundation, he curated an exhibition at the Erie Art Museum of Arthur Osborne’s Plastic Sketches made at the Low Art Tile Works. At a Ceramics in America Conference, Winterthur Museum, he lectured on “High Points in the Evolution of American Stoneware: A Personal View.” Recent publications include “Highlights in the Development of Rockingham and Yellow Ware Industry in the United States – A Brief Review with Representative Examples”, “Beneath his Magic Touch: The Dated Vessels of the African-American Slave Potter Dave” and to be published, “Two Eighteenth Century New Jersey Stoneware Potteries of Captain James Morgan and the Kemple Family, Including a Review of Known Shards from their Pottery Sites.” He is a Trustee of the Museum of Ceramic Art/New York (MOCA/New York) and turns pottery on the wheel.
JUDITH SCHWARTZ
Confrontational Ceramics: The Clay Artist as Social Critic | Sunday 1:00 p.m.
Judith Schwartz, head of the Sculpture: Craft Media Area, critic, curator and author of national and international articles on contemporary craft issues, will discuss confrontational ceramics. The idea of confrontational clay is a movement that she has been addressing for almost twenty years in lectures, catalogs, museum exhibitions and her recent book. Confrontational Ceramics chronicles the work of over 230 artists from 30 countries who use clay to attack the establishment, satirize, expose, and to generally comment on our culture’s social condition. Discussing topics of war, politics, gender, popular culture, consumerism, and the environment, this keynote traces the history of social criticism in clay, using artists’ work profiled in the book, as well as the work of artists who have more recently come to her attention – a testimony to the continued need for work that discusses and reflects the familiar world in ways that are ultimately and bravely defiant.
Additional Information:
Head of the Sculpture: Craft Media Area. She is a critic, curator and author of national and international articles on contemporary craft issues. Invited member, International Academy of Ceramics. Chair for two international conferences held at NYU: "Case for Clay in Secondary Education" and "Criticism in Crafts Arts: Crossings, Alignments, and Territories." Educational consultant to Lenox China Company; Board of Directors for the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Studio Potter Magazine, The Joseph Schein International Museum of Ceramic Art, at Alfred University, The Jingdezhen Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute, Jingdezhen, China, The Museum of Ceramic Art, New York, NY, and the University Council for Art Education. She recently curated the exhibition "Confrontational Clay: The Artist as Social Critic" for the Mid-American Arts Alliance which toured ten museums through out the United States.
Travel Information
Campus Maps:
Campus Map: www.adelphi.edu/visitors/campus.php
Campus Walking Map: www.adelphi.edu/visitors/campuswalkingmap2007.pdf
Directions by Airplane
Adelphi is located
within twenty minutes of both John F. Kennedy International and
LaGuardia airports. Public transportation is available.
From J.F.K Airport
Take the J.F.K. Expressway to the Belt Parkway East. Take the Belt
Parkway to the Southern State Parkway. For driving directions: www.adelphi.edu/visitors/directions.php
From La Guardia Airport
Take the Grand Central Parkway East; this becomes Northern State Parkway. For driving directions: www.adelphi.edu/visitors/directions.php
Directions by Train and Car
For complete directions by either train or car: www.adelphi.edu/visitors/directions.php
Visitor Information
There is much to see in do around Garden City, NY. This is a great opportunity to bring your family or friends and extend your visit. The Long Island Rail Road runs on a frequent schedule. (Travel time from New York City is 45 minutes.)
Click here for things to do in and around Garden City: www.adelphi.edu/visitors/ingc.php
Click here for things to do in and around Manhattan: www.adelphi.edu/visitors/ingc.php
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You are invited to register online, by mail or fax, or by telephone.
- To register online, click on the "Register Now!" button:
- To register by mail or fax, click on the Registration
Form link below to download a PDF of the registration form that you can
mail or fax to us at The American Ceramic Society, L-2625, PO BOX
600001, Columbus, OH 43260-2625; fax 301-206-9789.
- To register by telephone, call toll free at 1-866-721-3322.
- Student Discounts available (Valid Student ID) and Day Passes available. Call 866-721-3322 for more information.
SAVE $50
Special Offer Good Until June 3, 2008
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330.00 |
380.00 | Registration fee includes the Opening Reception on Friday night, and lunch on Saturday and Sunday. Make checks payable to Potters Council in U.S. Dollars, drawn on a U.S. Bank. Cancellation Policy: Full refund less $50 if cancelled on or before May 27, 2008; 50% refund if cancelled between May 28, 2008 and June 26, 2008; no refunds after the start of the conference.
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