Apprentice and Assistant Positions
| Riverrun Pottery is located
in the woods of northern Wisconsin in an area called McNaughton, which
is 10 miles north of Rhinelander and 18 miles south of Minocqua-Woodruff,
in a two story new facility housing a pottery studio and two gallery
spaces. The grounds include a pond, the nearby Wisconsin River, flower
gardens and experimental gardens such as willow growing. There is
a separate kiln building housing an Olsen Fast-fire kiln and an Olympic
gas kiln, and an electric kiln is fired indoors. The studio includes
a spray booth and ample working space, and we use a high fire stoneware
clay body. There is an outdoor pit firing area as well. Glazes accommodate
cone 6-10 for firing in both oxidation and reduction. We offer classes
and workshops year-round, taught by owner Joan Slack as well as other
teachers in many types of media, organized by a Fall, Winter and Summer
schedule. We are also part of the Northwoods Summer Art tour the last
week in July, and hold a Christmas Festival the first weekend in December.
Apprentice Program: The studio offers an opportunity for people who have experience in clay and want to learn all of the facets of studio operation, running a gallery and making a living as an artist. This position involves the following:
In exchange for the listed jobs, the apprentice is allowed free use of the studio during set hours, and access to all equipment, kilns, clay and glaze materials. The apprentice may also sell work in the on-site consignment galleries, as well as offer classes, with prior approval. A schedule is determined at the beginning of the month, with some hours being set and some flexible, and allowance for time off. A small studio apartment is located on the upper level
on site, with an adjoining kitchen and full bathroom, and is available
for the apprentice's use in exchange for the work required. Assistant Program: This is a position for someone who wants to exchange helping with studio and gallery jobs in exchange for learning more about working with clay and having free time to work in the studio. Some experience is required, and the assistant is expected to work without supervision most of the time, though some instruction and guidance is available on a limited basis. Scheduling is flexible, as are hours per week, and can be set up for different times of year, for a set number of weeks or months. The assistant jobs will be to:
For more information and to apply contact: Joan Slack Name_____________________________________________ Address___________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Telephone _________________________________________ E-mail ____________________________________________ Age ________________ Occupation ____________________ Why do you want to be an apprentice at Riverrun? __________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ What is your experience with clay? List # of years and places you have studied. ___________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ What are your goals as an artist/potter? ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ What would you hope to learn as an apprentice?______________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Please list your strengths in regard to this position. ___________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Enclose photos or details of your work in clay if possible, and add any other thoughts or material you would like to be considered. |
Riverrun Center for the Arts
P.O. Box 95, McNaughton, WI 54543
Phone/Fax 715-277-4224
email: riverrun@newnorth.net