Dan Bare on wed 18 nov 98
To a blessed soul who could share some info.
I am reseaching St. Louis as an avenue to continue my work with clay in a
studio as well as searching for teaching opportunites in clay or related field
in the St. Louis area. Are there Clay Centers in St. Louis which offer
teaching and/or studio space? Are there Univeristys with clay programs? ---
that may offer assistantships. I dont know that much about St. Louis...and
dont really know where to start to look of info. such as this. Any help on how
to look for more info about the clay scene in St. Louis would be much
apprecated.
Thanks in advance for your time and energy!
please send emails, addresses, or phone numbers of places of intrest to:
Bambambare.aol.com
Thanks Again!
Mike Flood on thu 19 nov 98
Dear Dan: There are several university programs, including: Southern
Illinois University at Edwardsville (right across the river, Dan
Anderson teaches there), Washington University, and Webster University.
In addition, Forest Park Community College and Meramec Community College
programs are quite reasonable and give students access to the studio
after hours (or did when I attended).
The Craft Alliance also offers a clay program.
I don't know of any organized potter's group in town, but almost all of
the potters are friendly and share expertise readily.
My partner and I have a clay studio where we work part-time. We work at
cone 6 in stoneware, porcelain, and terra cotta. We are also in the
process of working in fused glass.
Let us know if you come to St. Louis.
Bridget McDermott Flood
fireworks studio
St. Louis
MRS SANDRA L BURKE on sat 21 nov 98
Dan,
I am a ceramics instructor (adjunct) at two different colleges in the
St. Louis area. What sor of teaching opportunities are you looking
for College, High School or craft center? The college level teaching
opportunities in the area are really tight---Instructors with full
time positions at the colleges hold on to those positions until
retirement and I know of none who are close to retirement. there may
however be a FEW part-time positions here and there at the community
college level.
Just off the top of my head I can think of at least three craft
center type programs whith studio space (very limited space) but I
don't know if they need any instructors. I'll get you phone numbers
as soon as possible.
There are several Universities in the area, but I only know of two
which offer any assistanship type programs, one is Lindenwood
University ( where I teach) and the other is Washington University.
Are you interested in getting your MA or MFA? Lindenwoods
assistantship program is very generous with money but I can't tell
you much about what Washington university offers. The other three
colleges/universities in the area don't offer any monetary
compensation at all, just the privaledge of "volunteering your time
for the experience"!
There was also a rumor of a woman (somehow related to the owner of
the Ram's football team) who was going to open a large ceramics
teaching facility-----but I haven't heard much since that rumor
started about a year ago. I'll check around and see if that is still
a possibility.
Another avenue you might check into is adult education programs,
several of the high school and a few of the colleges offer evening
classes for adults, I haven't really pursued this avenue though so I
don't know much about the availability of positions.
I know you won't want to hear this but the teaching possibilites are
pretty tight right now, which is why I teach at two colleges that are
an hours drive apart.
Let me know if you need additional information.
Sandy Burke
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