Once upon a time there was a little community arts center that had a lot of big ideas.
One of them was that kids and teenagers needed the chance to get their hands dirty, and learn how to work clay from a living, breathing artist.
So we hired Ryan Mitchell. You should come to the Emerson and meet him; his students think he’s the bees’ knees. (He usually has clay stuck in his arm hairs, too.)
A bunch of other artist-types saw what we were up to, and wanted to help out. So 30 of them came to the Emerson one night and made 80 clay birds. They thought maybe folks would want to buy a bird – even a goofy one – and help keep kids’ hands in clay.
We sold the birds at the Emerson’s Holiday Bazaar back in November, and HeyDay and Indulgence on Main Street were kind enough to sell some for us, too. And we raised $880 for the Emerson’s Frances Senska Pottery Studio!
Thanks for being a part of a big idea.
Making clay birds to raise money for the Emerson's Pottery
two birds from the pottery fundraiser
Young artist’s tile from the Emerson’s Early Release Day with Resident Potter Ryan Mitchell on Jan. 15.
Inside the Emerson 