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Explore the Hidden Gem of Southwestern Colorado and experience the timeless legacy of ancestral Puebloan pottery...

Anasazi Pottery at Chimney Rock:
ANCIENT CULTURE THROUGH POTTERY™

July 31- August 2, 2009
Openings Available...Hurry...Registration Deadline July 17.

This course is one in a series of unique En Pleine Aire Pottery™  (open air outdoor workshops) with Gregory Wood. It is held at breathtaking Chimney Rock Archaeological Area a remote ancestral Pueblo Chacoan outlier complex near Pagosa Springs Colorado. An abbreviated version of our Mesa Verde workshop, this informative, quick paced and fun filled 3 day introductory seminar covers replication of a Pueblo III Mesa Verde Black on white organically painted pottery mug. Participants will  hand form, burnish, yucca brush paint and decorate and trench kiln fire using only prehistoric methods. Participants will gain an understanding of the culture and the fundamentals of craftsmanship, design and prehistoric technology that are required in creating and firing ancestral Puebloan pottery. To find out more about what we did at last summer's workshop visit http://pagosadailypost.com/index2.php?page=photopage&mode=viewphotopage&id=140 and  http://pagosa.com/artman/exec/view.cgi/5/435.
Camping is not allowed at Chimney Rock but is available at several nearby campgrounds. Motel lodging is available in near-by Pagosa Springs and Durango, Colorado. For Lodging and Camping information contact: http://www.pagosaspringschamber.com/
Enrollment: Limited to 18 participants.
No previous pottery experience required.
Includes: Instruction, all materials, firing and archaeological ruins tour.
Fee: $150.00 US Dollars.  Fee must be paid in full at time of registration.
Registration Deadline: July 17, 2009
Note* If signing up after 7/1/09...please contact instructor at info@ancientarts.org before sending in registration.

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*Note to Users of PayPal Payment Option: Upon receipt of your $150 PayPal payment your workshop space will be held for 10 days. Please note, your registration is not complete until your signed hard copy registration form is received through U.S. mail. If not received within 10 days you may forfeit your space. 
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College Credit: 2 GRADUATE CREDITS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR THIS COURSE (for an additional fee). 
Note to Teachers*
The interdisciplinary nature of this course will enable K-12 teachers to develop meaningful standards based lesson plans. Through authentic experiences and inquiry-based projects, teachers will learn to make relevant connections between art, archaeology and cultural content and their own classroom curriculum.
For further information email: info@AncientArts.Org
Location: Chimney Rock Archaeological Area is approx.17 miles west of Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Visit www.ChimneyRockCO.org for further information on Chimney Rock.

SUCCESSFUL FIRING!! 
On August 1, 2001 we conducted what is probably the first Pottery Firing at Chimney Rock in over 900 Years!


View from the upper ruins at Chimney Rock Archaeological Area


Looking south toward Chaco Canyon from the upper ruins of Chimney Rock.

 

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