January 11, 2010
2010 Potters Council Board Elections
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BOARD MEMBER CANDIDATES for 2010 ELECTION |
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| We have seven compelling candidates who are ready to represent you for the next three years. Learn more about the candidates: |
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| ANTOINETTE BADENHORST – LINCOLNSHIRE, IL I always had an interest to keep the arts and crafts alive in a practical manner. As a passionate potter, I promoted the arts in Namaqualand, South Africa; an area with a very fragile economy. Under my leadership as exhibitions coordinator, the Association of Potters SA, Western Cape had record sales. My suggestions to the Mississippi government resulted in an information forum for artists (http://www.visualarts.ms.gov/) and my involvement with the business center at Ole Miss led to an investigation to use arts and crafts as tourist attractions. The Potters Council has offered wonderful benefits to me personally since I joined in 2002 and I have seen it grow stronger. I would love to get more involved and I am looking forward to an opportunity to assist the board in promoting ceramics across the USA. For more information: http://www.southernartistry.org/Antoinette_Badenhorst |
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| ANNE-BRIDGET GARY – STEVENS POINT, WI I have been teaching and learning about ceramics for over twenty five years all over the country, with an historical interest in Korea, China and Japan, having lived there for several years. Along with experimental ideas in clay, I have also utilized this eastern aesthetic that first lined my heart in 1984 and now have brought my historical sensibilities to teach here at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point in a similar vein. I would bring these ideas to the Potters Council especially a philosophical one, and perhaps this could be utilized through the public eye, the community marketplace, the miniature classroom that might not now, but could, get a touch of this rich and beautiful material, clay. I have much energy, as can be seen on my web site attached. Please consider my application not only for my experience, but for my energy, straight forwardness and ability to get along very well with others. A beautiful quote from long ago said by Andy Nasisse in his essay “ A Coffee Bowl” seems so fitting for my students and my teaching now, over and over again:”….I hope the inside becomes the outside…”. I hope that very much. Thank you. For more information: http://annebridgetgary.30art.com/ |
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| MAXINE WALKER GIDDINGS – SHAKER HEIGHTS, OH If elected, I would gladly help to raise funds for the Potters’ Council when needed; make sure that effective communications are had between all board members; and, relay that each board member is accountable for each task to which he/she commits. Again, to emphasize my ability to serve on the board, currently, I am president of Clayworks Cooperative in Cleveland. Effective as a mediator, I have held that presidency for more than seven years. Serving as president has helped me to hone my organizational skills, especially being efficient with my time and the time of others in the group. Then, being skilled at multitasking has led me to able to oversee and manage several assignments concurrently. Incidentally, see our website for which I am the webmaster at www.clayworkscooperative.net. Yes, my love and passion for working with clay runs deeply. There is nothing like the feel of the clay as it clings to ones fingers on the potters’ wheel or at other times. There is nothing like admiring the work of other artists. So, hoping that I will be chosen to join your organizational board. For more information: www.clayworkscooperative.net |
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| JENNIFER S. HERZBERG, LA PORTE, TX Sharing information about art and ceramics with students and other like-minded curious ceramic artists, is important to me. Some information about me: I am from Houston, Texas, living in La Porte just east of Houston and have been teaching at Lee College in Baytown full time since 2005, though I’ve been there part time off and on since 1998. My ceramics work tends towards the functional and high fired. A few of my students and I are very into high fire reduction, specifically Shinos. But I am turning to midrange firings as are many other ceramicists. Teaching has been very rewarding and challenging. Never enough time. I recently built a new ceramics discussion board called “Fire and Clay” to give my students (and others) the opportunity to connect visually instead of only through email lists and to see how others connect their ideas to their art. For more information: http://se-texas-ceramics.ning.com/ |
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| SUSAN FOX HIRSCHMANN, ANNANDALE, VA As a charter member of Potters Council, I remember feeling the excitement of joining a new group of people just like me, people who love clay. I felt that the new organization would be a unique vehicle –a link between each of us, ceramic artists in our solitary pursuits, as well as an advocacy and educational group to help serve our needs. My history merges different creative pursuits, from art, interior design to clay and fiber. With a strong business background, I have made my living as a full time ceramic artist and educator for 30 years. I was a founding member of the Design Arbitration Committee formed by the Rosen Agency back in the mid 80’s. Since then, I have lectured on marketing and ceramics in a variety of venues. My ART POTTERY Studio and Gallery has become a neighborhood resource: Through extensive marketing and connections, I have built it into a wonderful teaching facilty where neighborhood students ride their bikes to classes, where customers stop by to purchase my work. Pottery sustains my life in myriad ways. The last few years, ones of creative and spiritual growth for me, have found me in a very different role: as a mentor to young ceramic artists, and a teacher of adults and children with special needs. I have had the honor of volunteering in teaching clay to cancer survivors and people with other illnesses, both physical and mental. I have always felt the magic healing of clay. Now I KNOW it to be true. We potters have such a gift to give the world. The magic that teaching these very special people have given me, the love and joy in their faces, I hope to share with you, on the Potters Council. We are a unique group, and our Potters Council can continue to be that connective force between each of us. For more information: www.silverhawk.com/ex99/hirschmann/welcome.html |
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| LOGAN JOHNSON, YAKIMA, WA I have been actively involved in pottery and ceramic arts full time for the last fifteen or so years. Currently I own Yakima Valley Pottery and Supply where I provide supplies to the local potters, give private lessons, and have a gallery of my work. Operating the only commercial pottery in the area brings with it responsibilities including expanding the knowledge of pottery and the ceramic arts in the community. Additionally, I have recently assumed a mentoring role working in conjunction with the local high school related to students who are looking at making art a lifetime occupation. Many know me from ClayArt discussions and know that I am fully dedicated to promoting the ceramic arts and I believe I can do that by serving on the Potters Council. For more information: www.yakimavalleypottery.net |
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| KELLY AVERIL SAVINO, TOLEDO, OH Creative thinkers, in general, are a force to be reckoned with. Potters, specifically, tend to be innovators with a solid work ethic, a willingness to help each other, and a no-nonsense attitude. An organized group of potters should be able to accomplish anything! As a charter member of the Potter’s Council, I have enjoyed the provided workshops, benefits and information for years. I’d like to give something back by taking my turn to volunteer time and energy to the organization. As my bumper sticker says: “Get involved! The world is run by those who show up.” For more information: www.primalpotter.com |
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Tags: Anne-Bridget Gary, Antoinette Badenhorst, Jennifer Herzberg, Kelly Averil Savino, Logan Johnson, Maxine Walker Giddings, Potters Council, Susan Fox Hirschmann
jennie | March 1st, 2010 at 12:57 pm
I can not vote. The message reads something about the elections are closed. Today is March 1st!!!!!
Jennie Couch
membership number PQO44587