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Mudseason: Celebrating Clay in Maine Communities We invite you to participate with Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in an exciting statewide project to celebrate clay (and regional foods) in Maine! Briefly, this project is designed specifically to help every ceramic artist achieve greater visibility and connection to their local community and greater awareness statewide for the wealth of ceramic tradition and talent in Maine. It is also designed to help every ceramic artist make a little money from their talent at the same time they help some worthy cause within the community. Artists, schools and organizations from eight counties (so far!) are participating in some capacity! It does not matter if you are a potter, an installation artist who uses clay, or any other type of ceramic artist! There will be ways for everyone to participate and to benefit! Summary of Events, by county: Androscoggin County: Last Fall, artist Sally Motcyka conducted several bowl making worskhops for the public. She and the Juniors at Poland Regional High school continue to produce bowls to support the upcoming annual Empty Bowls Event at Poland regional High School. The event - in collaboration with Trinty Jubilee - is scheduled for April 23rd and the proceeds will support the effort to end hunger. Cumberland County: Artist Sharon Townshend is hosting a potluck and plate painting event to be held at Mallet Hall in Pownal Center on April 21st at 6pm; the finshed plates will be displayed at the Pownal Scenic and Historical Society’s Annual Heritage Plant Sale on May 20th - $1 for firing, you keep the plate. On February 11th, a bowl making workshop was led by artist Abby Huntoon at Sawyer Street Studios. The bowls will support the 3rd annual Empty Bowls Event held at Southern Maine Community College on March 16th, 6-8:30pm, tickets ($10 each) are limited! Other contributors: Maxwell's Pottery Outlet, Portland Potter's Market, South Portland High School, Sawyer Street Studio, Anne Alexander, and Betsy and Ralph Jones. Proceeds will go towards supporting the Preble Street Resource Center. Hancock County: The Bay school brought local accomplished artist, Melody Kane, into the school to teach classes, and make pasta plates with the students. The workshop was followed by “Italian night”, where the students served an Italian meal, sang Italian songs and took orders in Italian as well as raffled Italian items. The proceeds went to supporting a school trip to Italy. In Brooksville, Elementary School parent and former Watershed resident Eileen Ahern is collaborating with Art teacher Lauri Rundell and Spanish teacher Kristina Ryberg to make plates and other tableware inspired by Central American cultures the students are currently studying. Eileen will meet with students once a week for five weeks. After school workshop will be offered to parents and school staff. Central American Potluck Supper (to be scheduled for late March or early April) will feature food served on, and in cooked in, the ceramic pieces made in the workshops. Students will perform songs in Spanish following the meal. An exhibition of participants’ work at the Brooksville Library TBA. In Kennebec County: Hallowell/Gardiner Mug making workshops are on-going with Elizabeth Davis and Barbara Loken at Hall Dale school, and community workshops with Malley Houghton, at Hallowell Clayworks, on March 4th and 12th from 9-12, $15 - participants make two mugs, one to keep and one to donate to the fundraiser.'Mugshots' Exhibition - Interpretations of the "mug" by ceramic artists from Kennebec County runs for the month March at "The Potter's House" 355 Water Street in Gardiner (582-3632) Open Wed - Sat 10am - 5pm. Opening Reception date is March 9th, 5-8 pm.Slate's Restaurant and A-1 Diner have agreed to sell mugs, proceeds will go to several schools for a scholarship to Haystack and/or supplies for Art Dept. Waterville Artist Kim Brennan conductedf a Tile Making Workshop, Feb. 27 at the new Community Arts Center, "Freshwater Arts", in downtown Waterville. The workshop was held in collaboration with the Greater Waterville Communities for Children and Youth Coalition After-school Aspirations Program. Each student has made two tiles. One to keep and one to donate to the March 27th fundraising event. Tile show and sale at Starbucks in Waterville. Profits from tiles will go to the scholarship fund for children to take art classes at the Waterville Arts Initiative. Knox County: Rockland Local artists, assisted by Watershed High School students, conducted four free bowl making workshops - “Clay fun for Mudseason”- in Rockland during December, Februay and March, hosted by Lincoln Street Art Center and Youthlnks. Special thanks to Jo Barbario, from Watershed High School, and artist Joyce Houston who have kindly offered to do the firing of the work that is produced. A celebration dinner and art exhibition, open to all, is scheduled for March 25, 5-7pm at St. Peters Episcopal Church, $8 per bowl. Proceeds to benefit a charity of choice - to be decided by workshop participants. Included in the evening: a Silent Auction of the best student work and local potters’ contributions, soup donation, and Good Tern (local health food store) will provide information about local and healthy foods. Warren Nancy Button, workshop organizer and owner of Fireside Pottery in Warren, conducted abowl-making workshop March 11 as part of WAVE. WAVE stands for "Warren-A Vision for Everyone". Organized by local residents and hosted by the Warren Community School, it is the region's first Vision to Action Forum™. These forums are exciting, one-time community gatherings that bring together residents, business owners, teachers, leaders, parents and youth. From Friday, April 7th to Saturday, April 8th everyone in town can celebrate Warren through music, stories, art, local foods, and contests while they envision and plan for its future through an expertly designed workshop process.Bowls created in this session will be given away as part of the April 7th supper that will kick off WAVE. Area groups and businesses will be donating bread, soups, stews, chili, salads and desserts to ensure everyone starts off WAVE with delicious meal. For information about WAVE contact the Organizing Committee's Co-Chairs Jan MacDonald at 273-3154 or Vicki Swan at 273-2231. Lincoln County: Melissa Hunnibell has conducted several clay workshops, for adults and children, at Morris Farm and Chewonki Foundation. A pancake breakfast was held at Morris Farm on February 11 and included the opening of an exhibition of workshop participant work - exhibit is up through the end of March. (scroll down for details) Oxford County: Artist Wendy Mickle, in collaboration with the Sacopee Valley High School, is conducting hands-on workshops at Sacopee Valley High School.A fundraising dinner and celebration is scheduled for March 31st at 6pm (Snow date is April 1st) The dinner is sponsored in part by Parsem. Plates for the dinner will be $15. Tickets will be sold in advance. Somerset County: Bowl-making participants in workshops last Fall at Amber Lambke's Studio included: Iver Lofving, Sherry Vigue, Sasha Bradford, Lisa Veilleux, Jennifer Dionne, Camden Dionne, Joe Scozzofava, Cate Conway, Scott Barden, Thalia Barden, Jeff and Sara Macabe, Kayla and Megan Thompson, Heather Kerner, Michael Lambke, and a few of Iver's high school pottery students.The bowls will be sold at the Chez Londorf Sugar Shack on Maple Syrup Sunday, March 26. Visitor's can purchase a handmade bowl, $10 each, from which to enjoy their free samples of pancakes, ice cream and maple syrup. Proceeds from the sale will go to the Skowhegen Food Cupboard. York County: Dessert Plate Making Workshops began in October, with York County Adult Education students and ended recently with students, staff, and the public within the Bonny Eagle Middle School community. A “Dessert Night” event is scheduled for March 29 from 6:30 to 8:00pm, at Bonny Eagle Middle School. $5 per plate. The evening includes a show of local artist and student work and clay working demonstration.Proceeds will go to the new YMCA being built in Hollis.