by KP | Sep 6, 2015 | Education, Social Issues
It is an early August evening in northern Michigan. When I first arrived at Interlochen seven weeks ago, the daylight stretched until after 10 p.m, and we watched late-night campfires sparkling into summer nights before midnight caught up with us. Now the evenings...
by KP | Jul 23, 2015 | Ceramics, Random
There is a spot in northern Michigan where a creek that has been meandering through the forest rushes into a great lake. I won’t tell you where it is, because I would be giving away a secret gifted to me by locals – friends who, on my first visit to the place,...
by KP | Jun 16, 2015 | Ceramics, Education
My students finish out the school year by packing their bags. Â They depart soon after the last class for service trips in foreign countries, sports camps at colleges, or down time at the shore house. Â I need to pack my own bags soon, to begin my second summer of work...
by KP | Apr 1, 2015 | Ceramics, Education
Last week, my Ceramics I students set up their first bisqued mugs all over our studio tables for our second attempt at critique. The first round, after they created simple pinch pots, was barely even a discussion of the work. We talked about skills, and I asked them...
by KP | Mar 2, 2015 | Ceramics, Education
It’s a winter Saturday morning, and we just helped Chris Staley move a few stools and tables to set up the art center’s studios. My student Joe – who has perhaps taught me more than I’ve taught him – and I are about to spend the day...
