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only dedicated ceramics guild & gallery in metro Denver – celebrates its
one year anniversary next Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 17 - 19, with
a showing of artists’ works and a reception to follow.
The Arvada Ceramic Arts Guild was started with lofty goals. “We wanted
to be an incubator for emerging artists,” says Donna Kitchens, president of
the guild and the first of ten founding members.
Kitchens has had an on-again, off-again love affair with pottery. “I had
been taking classes at a community center, but that only taught me how to
throw pots,” Kitchens remembers. “I wanted to learn to run a gallery, how
to fire my own work, how to create my own glazes. I wanted to learn the
whole business of ceramics, from creation to sales, and I knew I wasn’t the
only one.”
And she wasn’t.
Kitchens was able to convince nine other people to start a guild where other
artists could create, glaze, fire, show, and sell their ceramics.
Together, they incorporated the guild, rented a building located at 5870
Olde Wadsworth Blvd, and finished the 4600 square foot space with 18
studios, a glaze room, a kiln yard, a gallery, and a general work area that
boasts a top of the line Thomas Stuart electric wheel and slab
roller/extruder.
In twelve months, membership has more than doubled from the original 10
to 24 people. And 17 of the 18 studio spaces are rented. “Of course,” notes
Kitchens, “we wanted to limit the size of our guild to the number of pots
that we could fire.” According to Kitchens, that number is currently 30
people. But they are adding another gas-fired kiln in the coming weeks.
“We have had a great first year.” Kitchens beams. “We’re ecstatic about the
next one.”
ABOUT ARVADA CERAMIC ARTS GUILD: Located in Arvada,
Colorado, Arvada Ceramic Arts Guild is dedicated to the ceramic arts and
offers a variety of classes to the general public. For membership in the
Arvada Ceramic Arts Guild, contact Donna Kitchens at 303.423.0448.
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, JUNE 17, 6 – 9 p.m. SHOW DATES
AND TIMES: Friday, June 17, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m., Saturday June 18, 10 a.m. –
5 p.m., Sunday, June 19, 1 – 5 p.m.
Both show and reception take place at the Arvada Ceramic Arts Guild,
5870 Olde Wadsworth Blvd.
MEDIA CONTACT: Robert Barron of robco marketing services,
303.522.2610 or
rob@e-rob.com, for The Arvada Ceramic Arts Guild.
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