— Mars Hill Center for Ceramic Arts —
https://www.mhu.edu/about/what-to-do-and-see/center-ceramic-arts/
Location: Mars Hill, NC
Length: Varied - Up to resident and space availability
Housing: None
Kilns: 3 electric kilns, 1 electric test kiln, 1 soda kiln and 1 gas kiln
Expenses: None
Funding/Stipend: $500-$700/month - subject to change year to year
Workspace: Private, personal studio
Responsibilities: 15 hours/week doing studio maintenance, glaze/clay mixing, kiln loading, and lab hours with students
Number of Residents: 1 artist
Additional Opportunities:
Opportunities to engage with the area’s ceramic community
If resident has an MFA: they can teach advanced and beginning ceramic classes for pay as an adjunct as well as teach workshops in the summer
24 hour access to private studio
20 minutes away from Asheville, NC
Access to workshops being taught by guest artists
Hand building studio
Hand building studio
Glaze mixing area in hand building studio
Hand building studio
Private resident studio
Wheel throwing studio
Wheel throwing studio
A man working on a pottery wheel shaping clay into a vase or pot in a studio, surrounded by pottery tools and supplies.
Wheel throwing studio
A woman working on a pottery wheel in a ceramics studio, surrounded by shelves of pottery pieces, tools, and supplies, smiling as she shapes a ceramic piece.
Wheel throwing studio
Electric kilns
Gas kiln in front and soda kiln in back
Pug mill and clay mixer
Soda kiln
