— Rochester Folk Art Guild —
https://www.folkartguild.org/education/pottery-residency/
Location: Middlesex, NY
Length: Long Term - 1-2 years
Housing: Optional - communal kitchen and bathhouse in separate buildings - community of 16 all live on campus
Kilns: 1 very large walk-in propane fired kiln, 1 car kiln, 1 smaller soft brick kiln, 2 electric kilns, 1 small Bailey gas kiln and 1 woodfire kiln
Expenses: Firings and housing
Funding/Stipend: Scholarships available
Workspace: Large shared studio
Responsibilities: 15 hours/week of support work for the community including clay and glaze making, loading kilns, cleaning the studio, and throwing a line of pottery with can be sold as part of the Guild’s production
Number of Residents: Varied
Additional Opportunities:
Resident’s work can be displayed and sold including during their large annual sale
Paid teaching opportunities
Focus in functional pottery
Spiritual community following teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff - residents do not need to be in it, but are asked to be sensitive to it
Breakfasts and dinners are eaten together in the main house as a community - take turns making meals for the guild
Minimal WiFi and cell service is spotty - mostly available in main house
Ceramic studio
Ceramic studio
Arial view
Drawn map of campus
Arial view
Garden
Garden
Garden
Garden
Fibers studio and wood kiln shed
Fibers studio
Fibers studio
Fibers studio
Woodfire kiln shed
Woodfire kiln
Woodfire kiln
Inside wood kiln
Back of wood kiln
Wood kiln shelves
Road to right of wood kiln shed
Solar panels; facing away from wood kiln
Ceramic studio straight ahead, fibers studio on right
Ceramic studio
Front door to ceramic studio
Inside door to ceramic studio
Ceramic studio
Glaze lab
Permanent pottery collection and pottery storage
Glaze lab
Glaze lab
Glaze lab
Ceramic studio
Ceramic studio
Ceramic studio
Ceramic studio
Giant gas kiln
Inside giant gas kiln
Two more gas kilns
Giant gas kiln
Raw material storage
Electric barrel kiln
Storage for pottery sales and shipping supplies
Storage for pottery sales, ceramic books and shipping supplies
Main house
Main house
Dining room
Community kitchen
Community kitchen
Community kitchen
Community kitchen
Pizza ovens
Community library
Gallery and store
Front door of one of the housing options
Inside example of housing options
Door to community bathhouse
Woodworking studio
Woodworking studio
Woodworking studio
Main house behind, ceramic studio down the middle right, gathering space to the left
Gathering space
Gathering space
Gathering space
Gathering space
Open fields on property
Small lake and sauna
Sauna
Sauna
Small lake next to sauna
Take a look at what Rochester Folk Art Guild’s past residents have to say about their residency experience:
Resident Reviews