Ancient Arts® Workshops
Within an hours drive of Denver experience the timeless legacy of ancestral Puebloan pottery...
Anasazi
Pottery at Horsetooth Lake (Ft. Collins):
ANCIENT CULTURE THROUGH POTTERY™
Check back
for June
2010 dates!
Held
at the artist's cliff top home/studio overlooking magnificent Horsetooth
Reservoir (Located in the foothills just minutes west of Fort Collins,
Colorado), this introductory workshop is an
abbreviated version of our Mesa Verde workshop.
This fast paced 4 day introductory workshop covers replication of a Pueblo III Mesa Verde
Black on white organically painted pottery mug. Corrugated pottery techniques
will also be demonstrated. Participants will hand form,
burnish, yucca brush paint and decorate
and trench kiln fire using only prehistoric
methods. Participants will gain an understanding of the culture and the fundamentals of
craftsmanship, design and prehistoric technology that are required in creating and firing
ancestral Puebloan pottery.
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 20 participants.
No previous pottery experience required.
Includes: Instruction, all materials, firing and geologic clay
exploration hiking tour. Bring lunch.
Fee: U.S. Dollars. Fee must be paid in full at time of
registration.
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*Note to Users of PayPal Payment Option: Upon receipt of your PalPal payment your workshop space will be held for 10 days. Please note, your
registration is not complete until your signed hard copy registration
form is received through U.S. mail. If not received within 10 days you may
forfeit your space.
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here for Registration Form
For further information email: info@AncientArts.Org
College Credit: 2
GRADUATE CREDITS ARE NOW
AVAILABLE FOR THIS COURSE (for an
additional fee).
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.
Location: Located 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
