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Achievements
Workshops:
Children:
- clay mask making
- pit firing
- ceramic tile project
- demonstration in clay, hands on experience and tours to kindergarten
through high school and university students
Adults:
- annual kiln firings with professional ceramic artists
- clay workshop for women focusing on the "ancient feminine"
- collaborative construction of the timber frame retreat cabin
- udu clay drum making workshop
- hands on clay workshop for ceramic artists, local art organizations and
art teachers of public schools
Featured significant people involved in the arts:
- Karen Karnes: support and fundraising for the documentary film "Don’t Know, We’ll See",
about the life and work of internationally recognized Vermont ceramic artist
Karen Karnes, a seminal figure in American ceramic art.
- Shigeyoshi Morioka: Japanese ceramic artist. We facilitated in an exhibition
of his work in a US gallery and his participation in International wood fire conference
- Jacque Kaplan - passionate about art and discovering and nurturing new artists
through his famous Paris-New York-Kent Gallery. His business acumen,
his knowledge of the art world, his love for art, and his desire to
help others transform their lives, have made him a beacon of inspiration for others
- Arthur Williams, collector of ceramics from around the world and founder
of the Museum of Ceramic Art in New York City
- Claudia DeMonte - multi media artist, educator and curator of international
exhibitions of women artists
Mentoring/ internships
- Michael Friedman - worked with Al McClain with wood and heavy
timber construction to build the retreat cabin
- Christine Owen- worked with Joy Brown and was introduced to
Shigeyoshi Morioka for a 2 year pottery apprenticeship in his studio in Wakayama, Japan
- Sonia Finley with Janice Gordon - introduced Sonia, an emerging
artist studying at Cooper Union to Janice Gordon an accomplished
artist to be her assistant resulting in a life long relationship/friendship in art.
Collaboration with other organizations involved in the arts:
- Japan Society of Fairfield County
- Unison Arts and Learning Center
- Washington Art Association
- After School Arts Program
- Brookfield Crafts Center
Networking
- Through the gatherings and events at Still Mountain Center many people share common interests in creativity and the arts, making meaningful connections and relationships .
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