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Yourist Studio Gallery - News & Events

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NEW - "Try it Once" Experience with Clay

Try it once experience with clay for $40. Come in for a one time guided clay experience and make something on the pottery wheel or on the table. We will complete your works in the kiln with the glaze of your choice. Group discounts available. please call for more details.

**We have a limited number of spaces available in our Friday and Saturday Try It Once group experience. These are being held every Friday at 7pm and Saturday at 1pm from February 4 - May 21. Reservations are required so please call early to reserve!

The Sis Warner Memorial Scholarship has been Awarded!

Thanks to your support we were able to grant two scholarships in 2010
Congratulations to our Sis Warner Scholarship recipients Cynthia Parker and Marie Lane

The Sis Warner Memorial Scholarship Fund is now an integral part of our ever growing YSG community programming.

In May of 2008 we lost our dear friend, Phyllis Warner. Those of us who were fortunate to know her, called her “Sis”. Sis has been a life long “student” of ceramics. Always finding time to take a pottery class in her busy life of gathering with friends, caring for those she was closest to, volunteering at the “Thrift Shop”, golfing, spending time at the family farm and planning the next fishing trip. Not to mention the beautiful scarves that she could crochet and the amazing baskets that she would weave.
At class time she would call me “teacher” before asking a question that she knew the whole class would benefit from hearing the answer to. I would often tell “Sis” that I was the student and she was the “teacher”. She would always have a practical solution to almost any situation. I think of Sis, every Thursday afternoon as class gathers. She would typically arrive fifteen minutes late, making an unintentional grand entrance with her hand full of a peanut butter stuffed dog treat that my dog Odo, could not resist. He adored Sis and often put his chin on her lap as she sat at the pottery wheel pursuing her lifelong practice of making beautiful, practical pots.

We are now in the growing stages of The Sis Warner Memorial Scholarship fund to help students pursue their education in ceramics at Yourist Studio. All donations to this fund will be used to help pay tuition fees for students in need.
Our gratitude goes to Connie Belda for the generous donation of seed money to create the Sis Warner Memorial Scholarship Fund
and to Sis Warner for leaving her great legacy of life long learning and a zestful love for life.

Please help us to grow our Sis Warner Memorial Scholarship Fund so that we can encourage students in need to continue learning.
You can send your donations to :

Sis Warner Scholarship
c/o Yourist Studio Gallery
1133 Broadway
ann Arbor, Mi. 48105

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Natural Gas Fired Reduction Kiln News

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Pottery Lottery Raffle and Kiln Brick Builders - Thank you for joining us in our efforts to grow our studio. Our first step of building a gas kiln is in progress. With our new kiln almost complete we are still working to reach our goal of $25,000 . Thanks to the support, from you, our friends, community studio members, students, customers and patrons, our kiln fund has grown and we've reached 25% of our goal! With 75% to go, there are several ways that you can help.

* Keep buying Pottery Lottery tickets. The prize will be 10,000 cubic inches firing space or a $100 gift certificate. Tickets are $5 each or 3 for $10.

* It takes 1000 bricks to complete our kiln and those bricks cost $3 each. Invest in Kiln Bricks for our kiln and sign your name to our list of kiln builders.

* The ultimate gift would be to purchase a burner for our kiln. We need four burners and each burner costs $500. The premium that we offer in exchange for each burner purchased is five months of free unlimited studio time and a complimentary 25 pound clay/firing package. This is a $630 value.

*Your investment in Kiln Bricks, Burners or the Pottery Lottery Kiln Fund is helping us toward reaching our goal.

Burner, Kiln Brick and Pottery Lottery Donations/Tickets can be purchased at the studio or by phone 734-662-4914.Thank you for your generous support! Soon, we will post images of our kiln in progress.

Class Registration

Download our registration form to register for classes.

First Sunday Film Screenings

Call 734.662.4914 or email Kay for more information.

New Tool Alert

We now carry Wonder Bats a very inexpensive alternative to Hydrocal.

Pottery Tools

We are expanding our selection of handmade tools. Wooden profiling tools from Jepsen, faceting and beveling tools from Kentucky Spring have just arrived. Also in stock are lots more wooden stamps from Mecca.