Patrick Cross on mon 19 feb 07
Hello Pat...
Good Dirt in Athens, Georgia would be a great business model to look at. I
worked there briefly about six years ago... As far as I know Kate Tremmel
is still the owner and she would probably help with some of your questions.
This link shows their schedule and pricing...
http://www.gooddirt.net/
And the gallery to give you an idea of what goes on there.
http://www.gooddirt.net/2006_gallery.html
Patrick Cross (cone10soda)
On 2/19/07, Pat Travis wrote:
>
> I want to turn an ordinary art center into something like Red Star
> Studio or Sante Fe Clay. We currently have pottery classes and
> occassionally do workshops. But we do not have a ceramics gallery,
> visiting ceramic exhibits, individual studio space, or a studio space fo
> arrangement. We have space for all of this, but I would greatly
> apppreciate some direction on how to get this all set up. A step at a
> time is okay.
>
> Some specific questions I have are: (1) who should pay a kiln firing or
> glazing fee? Currently, students pay a class fee, buy their own clay
> and tools, and glazing and firing is included. If we open the studio to
> those just paying a studio fee without attending classes, should they
> pay a glazing and kiln firing fee as well? Should those who rent
> individual studio space pay a glaze and kiln firing fee in addition to
> space rental? Should space renters be required to bring their own
> wheel, tables, etc.
> (2) What is the going rate for studio fees?
> (3) What is the going rate for individual space rental?
> (4) What is the going rate for glaze and kiln firing fees?
> (5) Our studio has 13 wheels. Is there a wheel availability problem
> where you have studio fee people in the studio at the same time as you
> have students, and how should that be resolved? Right now we usually
> have no more than 4 at a time in the studio at any given time outside
> class time.
> (6) Right now, students have lockers (small cubbies) for clay and
> tools. They do not have assigned shelves where greenware or bisqueware
> sits. Our greenware and bisque shelves are always full of students
> work. Once we add studio fee people, we have a problem. Should they
> have individual space for their work, or just a separate general area.
> I assume that once they have to pay a separate fee for glaze and kiln
> firings, studio fee people will have much less work than students. But
> not if they are creating inventory for shows.
> (7) As for bisque and glaze firing, is there a hierearchy established
> as to whose work gets in when space is limited?
> (8) We don't want to get into a situation where people are becoming
> production potters at the art center's expense. How do we control
> this? Our only local functioning pottery doesn't handle this situation
> well. Its potters fight among themselves as to whose work gets fired
> first; there is no effective management from the owner. I want to avoid
> this situation.
>
> This is probably enough for now. I would greatly appreciate any
> comments on how I can best handle turning our art center into a Red Star
> Studio or Sante Fe Clay.
>
> Pat Travis
> pattravis@cox.net
>
>
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Pat Travis on mon 19 feb 07
I want to turn an ordinary art center into something like Red Star
Studio or Sante Fe Clay. We currently have pottery classes and
occassionally do workshops. But we do not have a ceramics gallery,
visiting ceramic exhibits, individual studio space, or a studio space fo
arrangement. We have space for all of this, but I would greatly
apppreciate some direction on how to get this all set up. A step at a
time is okay.
Some specific questions I have are: (1) who should pay a kiln firing or
glazing fee? Currently, students pay a class fee, buy their own clay
and tools, and glazing and firing is included. If we open the studio to
those just paying a studio fee without attending classes, should they
pay a glazing and kiln firing fee as well? Should those who rent
individual studio space pay a glaze and kiln firing fee in addition to
space rental? Should space renters be required to bring their own
wheel, tables, etc.
(2) What is the going rate for studio fees?
(3) What is the going rate for individual space rental?
(4) What is the going rate for glaze and kiln firing fees?
(5) Our studio has 13 wheels. Is there a wheel availability problem
where you have studio fee people in the studio at the same time as you
have students, and how should that be resolved? Right now we usually
have no more than 4 at a time in the studio at any given time outside
class time.
(6) Right now, students have lockers (small cubbies) for clay and
tools. They do not have assigned shelves where greenware or bisqueware
sits. Our greenware and bisque shelves are always full of students
work. Once we add studio fee people, we have a problem. Should they
have individual space for their work, or just a separate general area.
I assume that once they have to pay a separate fee for glaze and kiln
firings, studio fee people will have much less work than students. But
not if they are creating inventory for shows.
(7) As for bisque and glaze firing, is there a hierearchy established
as to whose work gets in when space is limited?
(8) We don't want to get into a situation where people are becoming
production potters at the art center's expense. How do we control
this? Our only local functioning pottery doesn't handle this situation
well. Its potters fight among themselves as to whose work gets fired
first; there is no effective management from the owner. I want to avoid
this situation.
This is probably enough for now. I would greatly appreciate any
comments on how I can best handle turning our art center into a Red Star
Studio or Sante Fe Clay.
Pat Travis
pattravis@cox.net
Lee Love on tue 20 feb 07
Pat,
Check out the Northern Clay Center too. It is awesome:
http://northernclaycenter.org/
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://potters.blogspot.com/
"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -
Henry David Thoreau
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
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