Levesque-OBrien on sat 21 nov 98
Hi Folks:
Thought I would put this out there. I have a friend who has wood fired with
me, he is at a college here in NH with a couple of wood kilns. He is
interested in following up with an MFA, but in a program that has an
emphasis in Wood fired stuff. I have pointed him to U of Iowa, USU, as well
as a number of craft centers. suggestions????
Thanks,
Rand O'brien
PearTree Pottery & Images
Dover, NH
Dannon Rhudy on sun 22 nov 98
Northern Arizona has some great wood kilns, was just there
visiting, but they no longer have an MFA program. John Neeley
at Utah (did I get that right?) has good facilities; Appalachian
Center for Crafts has some great woodfire capability, but I don't
know if they have an MFA program right now...Vince?
On the other hand, one could just choose a school with options
and room, and build a wood-fire kiln oneself. Be all the better.
Dannon Rhudy
At 10:00 AM 11/21/98 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hi Folks:
>Thought I would put this out there. I have a friend who has wood fired with
>me, he is at a college here in NH with a couple of wood kilns. He is
>interested in following up with an MFA, but in a program that has an
>emphasis in Wood fired stuff. I have pointed him to U of Iowa, USU, as well
>as a number of craft centers. suggestions????
>
>Thanks,
>
>Rand O'brien
>PearTree Pottery & Images
>Dover, NH
>
gari whelon on mon 23 nov 98
I'm not sure if University of Arizona
at Flagstaffe has a Masters
but I assume they do and they have
several woodfiring kilns.
Get a hold of Don Bendall there or
perhaps there are list members who
have more info on their programs.
Gari Whelon
Nanaimo B.C.
At 10:00 AM 11/21/98 EST, Levesque-OBrien wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hi Folks:
>Thought I would put this out there. I have a friend who has wood fired with
>me, he is at a college here in NH with a couple of wood kilns. He is
>interested in following up with an MFA, but in a program that has an
>emphasis in Wood fired stuff. I have pointed him to U of Iowa, USU, as well
>as a number of craft centers. suggestions????
>
>Thanks,
>
>Rand O'brien
>PearTree Pottery & Images
>Dover, NH
>
>
Grimmer on mon 23 nov 98
Hi,
Golly, don't forget Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Dan
Anderson has a big ol' yomammagama at his place and I hear they build lots
of smaller kilns from time to time. University of Iowa has a great facility,
and is a Big Ten school which brings all the other goodies outside the clay
department. Chuck Hindes, one of the faculty there, is hard core about
wood fire, sagger fire, and all that stuff. Another place to consider is
Penland. While not an MFA program, there is a lot of wood being burned there
in the name of brown pots, and a lot of good people go through. One could do
some time there, learn a lot, and then do grad work. And don't they have a
honker of a wood burner at Peter's Valley? Same call.
Which is most important to your friend? Wood fire, graduate school, or wood
fire in grad school? If one just wants to be a wood-firing potter, there a
lot of different options. Remember, "There is no cure for MFA," to quote the
estimable Victor Babu. If teaching is not the final goal, is grad work
necessary? I think that a good, talented, potter will turn out fine no
matter where s/he goes. If getting an MFA is most important, maybe it would
be good to pick a school where the faculty can help the student a lot, and
where there a lot of different firing options emphasized. Firing with a
different fuel for a semester or year sometimes does a person good. And if
wood firing in grad school is the goal, well there are good places for that,
too.
steve grimmer
marion illinois
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>From: Dannon Rhudy
>To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
>Subject: Re: wood firing and MFA
>Date: Sun, Nov 22, 1998, 6:09 PM
>
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>
>
>Northern Arizona has some great wood kilns, was just there
>visiting, but they no longer have an MFA program. John Neeley
>at Utah (did I get that right?) has good facilities; Appalachian
>Center for Crafts has some great woodfire capability, but I don't
>know if they have an MFA program right now...Vince?
>
>On the other hand, one could just choose a school with options
>and room, and build a wood-fire kiln oneself. Be all the better.
>
>Dannon Rhudy
>
>
>At 10:00 AM 11/21/98 EST, you wrote:
>>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>Hi Folks:
>>Thought I would put this out there. I have a friend who has wood fired
with
>>me, he is at a college here in NH with a couple of wood kilns. He is
>>interested in following up with an MFA, but in a program that has an
>>emphasis in Wood fired stuff. I have pointed him to U of Iowa, USU, as
well
>>as a number of craft centers. suggestions????
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Rand O'brien
>>PearTree Pottery & Images
>>Dover, NH
>>
Vince Pitelka on mon 23 nov 98
>Northern Arizona has some great wood kilns, was just there
>visiting, but they no longer have an MFA program. John Neeley
>at Utah (did I get that right?) has good facilities; Appalachian
>Center for Crafts has some great woodfire capability, but I don't
>know if they have an MFA program right now...Vince?
Dannon and All -
Thanks for the mention, but no, we do not have an MFA. There is talk of one
down the road, and this would be such a perfect place for it. We'll be
working on it.
Best suggestions I have heard so far are University of Iowa (Chuck Hinds,
Bunny McBride), and Utah State Unive. (John Neely). If for some reason
neither of these places are suitable for you, then why not do as Dannon
suggested, and find a place where they will let you build a wood kiln? In
any program you consider, rather than looking for the ideal wood kilns, why
not look for location, facilities, and a supportive faculty that, and then
work on building the kiln you want.
Good luck -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka - vpitelka@DeKalb.net
Home 615/597-5376, work 615/597-6801, fax 615/597-6803
Appalachian Center for Crafts
Tennessee Technological University
1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
Randall Moody on tue 24 nov 98
Here at Southern Illinois University @ Carbondale we have a wood fire
kiln. While the program does not have an emphasis in wood firing he would be
allowed to wood fire as much as he liked. We also have a soda kiln and a
large raku area, along with the usual electric and gas kilns.
-----Original Message-----
From: Levesque-OBrien
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Saturday, November 21, 1998 9:16 AM
Subject: wood firing and MFA
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Hi Folks:
Thought I would put this out there. I have a friend who has wood fired with
me, he is at a college here in NH with a couple of wood kilns. He is
interested in following up with an MFA, but in a program that has an
emphasis in Wood fired stuff. I have pointed him to U of Iowa, USU, as well
as a number of craft centers. suggestions????
Thanks,
Rand O'brien
PearTree Pottery & Images
Dover, NH
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