The Clay Arts Guild of North Idaho is a nonprofit communication network for clay artists and supporters, promoting clay art and education in the community.

What we do:

• meetings:  Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at 4:00 pm,  unless otherwise designated on the news page.  Meetings are open to members and prospective members. At meetings we plan future events, sometimes discuss ceramic issues, and also network. 

• workshops: The most fun part of our mission is arranging educational workshops in various ceramic related areas.  Past workshops have included Liz Bishop from the Spokane Art School, Terry Gieber from Gonzaga University, Chris Berkstresser,  and Tim Mosgrove.  We've also had field trip type visits to Sondahl Pottery,  Amy Vancho's, and Lezlie Finet's studio.  Workshops are open to all, but priced to encourage your membership in the Guild.  Check the calendar for future workshops.

• fundraisers: While we do have fundraisers to help support our activities, they include opportunities to learn new ideas, such as ceramic bank making.  We also have a yearly sale at the Kootenai Farmers Market to sell donated pottery items.

• member sales and displays:  We  try to arrange opportunities for members to sell and display their creations, including (so far) a Holiday sale, a display in the lobby of the Post Falls Library, and will include other possibilities as they arise.

How to join:
     Why not try coming to a meeting to see if it's something positive for you?  You can join in person at the meetings or workshops, or by mail at the address below.   Dues are $35.00 per year.  There's a form at this link.

Contact information, including officers
 

Brad Sondahl	President	leader@cagni.org
Jan Maiani	Treasurer	treasurer@cagni.org
AmyLou Vancho	Director of Communications	communications@cagni.org
Merrilyn Reeves	Secretary	secretary@cagni.org

Mailing address: Clay Arts Guild of North Idaho, Inc.

PO Box 361, Athol, ID 83801-0361

Member pages:
 

• Lezlie Finet  Raku artist, Spokane Valley WA  Lezlie's homepage
• Lupe Payne, professional potter from Coeur D'Alene, Idaho  Lupe's homepage.
• Merrilyn Reeves  Wildwoodpottery.com professional potter from  Plummer, Idaho.
• Brad Sondahl,  professional potter in Spirit Lake, Idaho making functional stoneware including crystalline glazes. Cagni webmaster, ceramics writer, pottery video creator. Brad's homepage

Here's a great place to learn about pottery topics: Clayart, which is a list that sends everyone who signs up all the emails. Rather than getting a ton of emails, you can  read the ones you want at this link:  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/messages
If you want to send a question or comment, send them to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org  (you may have to join the group to post comments)

Want to find a lot of other ceramics sites on the internet? Try Helen Bates' and Bill Amsterlaw's collection of Clayart related websites (over 550 names):