Ancient Arts® Workshops
Our 18th year!
Within an hours drive of Denver experience the timeless legacy of ancestral
Puebloan pottery...
Anasazi
Pottery of Colorado:
ANCIENT CULTURE THROUGH POTTERY™
Very successful workshop and awesome firing this
year!!
Please check back for 2011 dates
This in-depth and intensive workshop, held
at the artist's cliff top home/studio overlooking magnificent Horsetooth
Reservoir (located in the foothills just minutes west of Fort Collins,
Colorado), explores the ancient pottery tradition of the Mesa Verde
Anasazi.
One in a series of unique En
Pleine Aire Pottery™ (open air outdoor workshops) with Gregory
Wood this course covers the evolution and replication of Pueblo
III Mesa Verde Black on white, organically painted pottery and corrugated gray
ware. Working within the context of the current archaeological
model, participants will prepare materials,
process native clay,
make tools, hand
form, burnish,
yucca brush decorate and trench
kiln fire, using only prehistoric methods.* The workshop
will culminate with a group trench kiln firing, conditions permitting.**
Instruction in English and Spanish.
Participants will gain an understanding of this ancient culture and the
fundamentals of craftsmanship, design and prehistoric technology that are
required in creating and firing
ancestral Puebloan pottery. This course is so much more than a pottery
making workshop. Read what students say.
Note to Teachers* The interdisciplinary nature of this course will
enable K-12 teachers to develop meaningful standards based lesson plans. Through
authentic experiences and inquiry-based projects, teachers will learn to make
relevant connections between art, archaeology and cultural content and their own
classroom curriculum.
Lodging: Camping is not allowed at workshop site but is available
lake-sided at South Bay campground at Horsetooth Reservoir 2 miles away. http://www.co.larimer.co.us/parks/Horsetooth.htm
Motel lodging is available in near-by Fort Collins, Colorado.
For Lodging information contact: http://www.fcchamber.org/Sub_VisitorInfo_List.asp?CatID=2
Enrollment: Limited to 15 participants.
No previous pottery experience required.
Fee: TBA
Includes: Instruction, all materials, firing and geologic clay
exploration hiking tour. Bring lunch and beverage.
Deposit/Registration: TBA
PayPal Payment Option: now available for your convenience.
Group Rates: available.
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here for Registration Form
For further information email: info@AncientArts.Org
Location: In
the foothills just minutes west of Fort Collins, Colorado at an elevation of
approx. 6000 feet. http://www.co.larimer.co.us/parks/driving_horsetooth.htm
http://www.co.larimer.co.us/parks/horsetooth_map.htm
