Ancient Arts® Workshops
Explore the Hidden Gem of
Southwestern Colorado and experience the timeless legacy of ancestral
Puebloan pottery...
ANASAZI
POTTERY at CHIMNEY ROCK:
Ancient Culture though Pottery™
July 31-
August 2, 2009
This
course is one in a series of unique En
Pleine Aire Pottery™ outdoor pottery workshops with Gregory
Wood. It is held
at breathtaking Chimney Rock Archaeological Area a
remote Ancestral Puebloan 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,
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.
Register NOW!
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.
