Pioneer Craft House is 60 years old!

H omecoming To celebrate, we’re inviting alumn, i students and teachers to a Homecoming Summer. Browse this
catalog to see favorite instructors from the past, such as ceramics painter Lark Lucas, and what
up-to-date skills now-grown students, such as Grant Lund and David Gibson, are sharing with a
whole new generation.
Summer 2010 Workshops
After gathering dust for a few years, the campus has been infused with generous amounts of
and newsletter TLC. Along with a fully-equipped woodworking shop, a refurbished clay studio, and the best sil-
versmithing and weaving studios in the Salt Lake area, we’re enjoying fresh paint, a landscape
overhaul, and a brand new kiln room. The latest developments in art and craft techniques and
materials are being incorporated into a modern arts program that also bows to tradition. Two
years ago, there were three classes on the schedule; now, there are about 40, including Native
American flutemaking, bookbinding, acrylic painting, rag rug making, jewelry making, knitting,
decoupage, drawing, color theory, thrown and slab pottery, quiltmaking, backstrap weaving, cast
silver, mosaics, Pysanky, and more.

In its heyday, Pioneer Craft House boasted 300 students a day and 2000 students a month on
campus. Over 50 teachers took craft lessons to shut-ins, mentored teens,
established a library, filled merit badge requirements, produced puppet shows, and met demands
for courses in macrame, tole painting, microwave cooking, embroidery, and other fads. Mean-
while, renowned artists such as the Fairbanks family taught the basics of sculpture, painting, and
printmaking. A Board of Directors that was a virtual Who’s Who in Salt Lake acquired donations
to construct what is now the Art Building, with its stunning fireplace and timbered ceiling.

Come bring your energy and spirit back to Pioneer Craft House this summer, and help make it once
again the place people think of when they think of learning,

Look for the i symbol in this catalogue. It denotes alumni of PCH.

The Pioneer craft house is dedicated to inspiring

imagination, exploration, transformation and joy
through art and craft education.

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 Special Guest Artists Lanette “Rose” Best Kathleen Carricarburu
SoulCollage® Silversmithing i
Gayle Allen Joseph Bennion
Watercolor Pottery Thrown and Tell SoulCollage® is a way to find your own truths. Jewelry Inspired By Nature
Each collage, which contains self-selected im- (Fabrication)
“I have a strong desire to share my experi- ages, represents a personality, energy or arche- Create complex contemporary silver art jew-
Joe’s pottery is made with daily use in mind for the
ence,” says Gayle, who’s won awards in wa- type present in your life. It’s a fun and illumi- elry inspired by nature. Design a silver piece
dinner table, the kitchen, the hand and the mouth
tercolor shows throughout the state. “It’s nating process, a form of self-care and personal by
in simple shapes and minimal decoration. “I want
like giving back.” When she paints, her con- reflection, a journal to rediscover your imagi- experimenting with a pierce cut and overlay
them to integrate,” he says, “rather than demand
stant motivation is to capture “the natural nation, intuition, and insight. project, and other techniques such as a bezel
attention.”
essence of the subject and the emotions it After Joe graduated from BYU in the `70s, he and setting and finishing. Take your basic silver
evokes” for her. “Watercolor excites and Using the “I smithing techniques and design skills to the
his wife Lee, a painter, settled in Spring City, Utah.
challenges me. Each piece I paint carries a Am One Who.....” next level.
He makes and sells his wares out of a 100-year-
part of me and my emotional adventure is statement, Soul- Date: June 21-30 Mon and Wed
old building on Main
its creation.” Collage® can make Time: 5:30 to 9:00 PM
Street called Horseshoe
Beginning Watercolor positive changes Tuition: $85 + $15 materials fee
Mountain Pottery. Joe
Comprehensive study of techniques -- in your every day Registration: SEE FORM ON PAGE 12
has participated in sev-
dry brush, wet-on-wet, masking fluid, etc. life. The method
eral national and in-
-- and basic art concepts such as color, was designed by
teranational exhibitions Contemporary
composition and perspective. And valuable licensed therapist
and has works in many Reliquary
information on how to enter shows! Skill Seena B. Frost. In-
prominant collections. Jewelry can mark a
level beginner to intermediate structor Rose Best
Demonstration of turning point in a
is a certified hyno-
throwing and trimming/ person’s life. Some-
Date: June 15-18 tist, and a Usui and
finishing a small body of times an intention is
Time: 9:00-12:00am or 6:00-9:00pm Karuna Reiki Mas-
utilitarian pieces. added to the making
Tuition: $120 ter. She has taught
Includes video and pow- of jewelry, marking a
Registration: SEE FORM ON PAGE 12 Feng Shui, Hatha
er point presentation. memory, a
yoga, belly danc-
Date: July 16th & 17th sentiment , a wish ,
ing, and the 21 Praises of Tara, and studied Qi
Time: Fri. 4:00-9:00 pm a regret, a death, a
Quong, shamanism, and holistic healing.
& Sat. 9:00 am-4:00pm Tuition: $75 birth or a special mo-
Registration: SEE FORM ON PAGE 12 ment . Learn how the
Date: August 7th
Time: 10:00am to 5:00pm symbolism of stones,
Tuition: $65.00 Instructor supplies materials color and shape can help you celebrate a
Registration: SEE FORM ON PAGE 12 moment in your life. Incorporate timeless
images into your personal reliquary made of
metal. Techniques include piercing and be-
zel setting.
Date: July 12-July28 Mon and Wed
Time: 5:30-9:00PM
Tuition: $85 + $15 materials fee
Registration: SEE FORM ON PAGE 12

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 Contemporary Body Adornment
Make a piece of jewelry with body ornamen-
tation in mind. Consider the planes and forms
of the body and movement in the design.
Take your silversmithing to the next level
with cold connections, bending and forming,
and texturizing of surfaces.
Date : August 2 - 11
Time: Mon & Wed 5:30 to 9PM
Tuition: $85 + $15 materials fee
Registration: SEE FORM ON PAGE 12
Ruth Gledhill - Puppetry i a concentration of spirit,
As the child of art educators, Ruth learned
of the value art has in our society. She be-
came an arts advocate, working in the public
schools, community art centers, and her own
studio to increase public awareness of how
art enhances the education of youth. Her
hand-built mosaic mural at Quail Hollow el-
ementary School (Sandy) was funded by the
Salt Lake Olympic Committee. For 12 years,
she’s taught summer enrichment classes at
Intermountain Suzuki String Institute. “I
look forward to sharing the rich heritage of
Pioneer Craft House with students exploring
and developing new skills in the arts.”
Learn about puppetry form, style, and pre-
sentation with a special viewing of the PCH
puppet collection. Design and create an ari-
al-style puppet with an animal theme and a
hand puppet using found objects. A simple
one act puppet show will be presented last
day of class.
Just bring your imagination… Ages 8-
Adult - Younger student may attend with
an adult
Date: July 12 - 15
Time: 10:00 – 11:30
Tuition: $50.00 includes all materials
Registration: SEE FORM ON PAGE 12
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Sarinda Jones DATE: Saturday, Aug 28
TIME: 10:00am to 3:00pm
Grant Lund i
Glass TUITION: $150 + $20 materials fee Getting a Head Drawing Workshop
REGISTRATION : SEE FORM ON PAGE 12
INTRO. TO SLUMPING AND FUSING “Life can be rich, full, and happy, particular-
ly when people...create to fulfill significant
“My motivation is to needs.”
capture that moment Lark Lucas i With an MFA for which he created wood-
when time stands still,
condensing the ele- Ceramic Tile Art cuts of the then-ghost town of Park City, Utah,
Grant taught art in public schools, started an
ments of my work to If you’ve traveled anywhere in the South-
art department at the brand-new New Mex-
their essence—to a west, you’ll have seen Lark Lucas’ ceramic
ico Junior College, and was on the faculty of
sense of space that has tiles in galleries, gift shops, homes, schools,
and courtyards. More importantly, she
BYU, Penn State, and, for 28 years, Southeast
Missouri College. He’s also exhibited in many
character, and physical taught tole painting at PCH in its earliest
states as well as his native Utah, including a
presence.” days and has come back to Homecoming
stained glass portrait in the 2009 LDS Interna-
If the name “Pil- Summer to promote the school’s art and
tional Exhibition.
chuck” means anything crafts programs. Says Lark: “Tile art of-
Saturday classes at Pioneer Craft House were
to you, then you know fers the experience of being with others in
what Grant calls “the seed” of his development
we have a star glassmak- a classroom filled with laughter, fun, and
as an artist. His teachers were “the Fairbanks
er on campus. Besides the joy of creating.”
boys,” Jonathan and Ortho. He first became
the famed Dale Chihuly With a PhD from Columbia Pacific Uni-
acquainted with his favorite artist, Kathe Koll-
(his chandelier hangs in versity, she has also been an art therapist
witz, at PCH. His desire now is to help PCh
Abravanel Hall), Sarinda and intergenerational specialist, on the
once again become the bustling place he knew
Jones has been men- faculty of UNM, and a Vista volunteer.
as a junior high student.
tored by masters such Draw a design, reproduce it on tile,
The most effective learning is achieved by
as Mary White and Su- glaze, fire, and install tiles. Art background
using all the senses. “We create what we see,”
san Balshor. She comes preferred but not necessary. Limited class
says Grant, “what we know, and what we
to us this summer from a residency at North- size to ensure personal attention.
feel.”
lands in Scotland, where she learned kiln-glass The portrait class uses a 3-dimensional ap-
methods. Locally, she’s a member of the Glass Date: Tuesdays, July 6, 13, 20, 27
proach to understand drawing in two dimen-
Arts Guild and the Salt Lake Art Festival, and Time: 6:00-
sions, leading to a strong interpretation of
exhibits at Q Street Gallery, among others. Her 8:00pm
personality. Using clay, Lund encourages stu-
minimalist sculpture lends itself to corporate Tuition: $99
dents to hear, see, and feel his guidance. The
as well as private collections. plus $20 mate-
transition to the drawn portrait comes after a
Learn the fundamentals of fusing glass in this rials fee
lunch break.
hands-on class. Design and create a fused and Registration:
Materials to bring: sketch pad, kneaded
slumped plate, and a sun catcher. Topics in- SEE FORM ON
eraser, HB pencil, one stick of Nupastel in a
clude design basics, use of tools, studio safety, PAGE 12
dark, neutral color Instructor supplies dia-
and technique. Discussions and demonstrations grams, clay, tools.
will cover the basics of kiln forming, from types
Date: July 10th
of glass and mold materials to kilns and firing Time: 9:30 to 4:00
schedules. Special fee covers all equipment and Tuition: $65
materials. Registration: SEE FORM ON PAGE 12
 Gail Picolli
Stained Glass
COPPER FOIL TECHNIQUE
Gail creates traditional stained glass art, using
copper foil techniques, from “my own imagina-
tion.” “I think of my pieces as not taking them-
selves too seriously,” she explains, adding that
she gets inspiration from the “wildly beautiful”
shapes and shadows of Utah. In her 6-year-old
Luna Bella Studio, she makes organic designs
for customers coast to coast and overseas.
Class will include instruction in beginning tech-
niques of tools, cutting, pattern, grinding, foil-
ing, burnishing, soldering, framing, polishing,
safety measures. Take home your own work of
art!
Date: Sat-Sun, June 12-13, July 31-Aug 1 (This is
one class)
Time 9:30am-2:30pm
Tuition: $95 plus supplies
Registration: SEE FORM ON PAGE 12
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PCH Instructors TIE DYE BRIGHT PICNIC NAPKINS
can be stimulating in its diversity. It is very an-
cient going back to Egypt, Tibet, Scandinavia,
Turkey and other places worldwide. Great to
Bhakti Banning Take home a picnic napkins and learn basic
techniques at the same time. Learn basic Tie-
take camping. Adult to teen .
Date: Mon July 12, Tue July 13, Wed July 14
Fiber Arts die, fold-dye, rice dye, sew dye and others. Go
home with picnic napkins. Adult to teen, Pre-
Time: 5:30 till dark
Tuition: $65 plus $10 materials
register for what to bring.
DUCT TAPE WALLET Registration: Registration: Bhakti Banning at
Date: Mon Aug 16, Tue 17,Wed 18 bhaktibanning@gmail.com or 801-323-1742
Time: 5:30 till dark
Repurpose
Tuition: $65 plus $25 for materials
Art - Make
Registration: Bhakti Banning at bhaktiban-
Jill Dahle
your own
Duct Tape
ning@gmail.com or 801-323-1742 Spinner
Wallet or WOOL/SILK DYEING - Acid Dyes
Card Case. SPINNING WITH A HAND SPINDLE
Tailor it to Learn the basics of spinning using a handspin-
Dye a choice of your own fleece, hand spun or dle. Learn how to spin and ply, as well as how
your own commercial skeins. Over dye your “ugly” col-
needs, have to prepare fiber for spinning.
ors. Prepare for next winter weaving projects. Date: June 12th
fun with new duct tape colors, make delightful Date: Mon Aug 9, Tue Aug 10
gifts. Adults to Teens. Time: 10AM to 1PM
Time: 5:30 to dark Tuition: $35 + $26 Materials fee for fiber and
DATE: Mon Aug 2 OR Tue Aug 10, Tuition: $95 plus $20 dyes
Time: 5:30 till dark hand spindle
Registration: Bhakti Banning at bhaktiban- Registration: Jill at jdahle@u2m2.utah.edu
Tuition: : $20 plus $10 materials ning@gmail.com or 801-323-1742
Registration: Bhakti Banning at bhaktiban-
ning@gmail.com or 801-323-1742 WOVEN METAL JEWELRY SPINNING ON A WHEEL
Learn the basics of spinning on a spinning
RAINBOW DYEING Extend your weaving skills by weaving flat wheel. You will learn how to spin and ply, as
sheet metal and wire of different colors to well as how to prepare fiber.
You will be dyeing make small sculptural pieces. Emphasis on cre- This class is by appointment only. You must
ready made items ativity and imagination. It is never too early have your own wheel, bobbins, and Lazy Kate.
with Procion dyes. to make gifts - brooch, necklace, pin, hairpiece Date/Time: arranged with student
Bring your white or for your self and others. Tuition: $35 + 10 for fiber
solid-colored collec- Date: Wed Aug 18 and Thu Aug 19 Registrtion: Jill at jdahle@u2m2.utah.edu
tion of 100% COT- Time: 5:30 till dark
TON onezies, shirts, Tuition: : $65 plus $25 for supplies
socks, undies, tops, Registration: Bhakti Banning at bhak-
pants etc. Dye over tibanning@gmail.com or 801-323-1742
those faded and
stained items. Adult CARD WEAVING LEVEL 1
to teen. Pre-register for what to bring.
DATE: July 6 and Wed July 7 Weave with Tablets or Cards to make
Time: 5:30 till dark intricate bands, straps, belts to make
Tuition: $45 plus $15 materials into guitar straps, hat bands,or sew
Registration: Bhakti Banning at bhaktiban- them together for a bag. This form of
ning@gmail.com or 801-323-1742 weaving requires very simple tools but
 Heidi Ferguson
Knitting & Bookbinding
KNITTING - Sign up for the new summer for-
mat. Come to 4 classes at any time, streTched
over two months. Choose from the classes be-
low. Work at your own pace through a pro-
gressive classes stucture. Additional classes as
noted will be taught. Join us out on the lawn,
when weather permits, for wonderful summer
evenings.
Date: Thursday Evenings
Time 6:00 to 8:00
Tuition: $35
Registration: Heidi Ferguson at kinglet102@
msn.com or 801-664-8662
GERLESS MITTENS - You want to start knit-
ting in the round but don’t want to make
David Gibson - Ceramics Jane Grau
socks? CERAMICS - ADVANCED TO BEGINNING Drawing and Painting
ROSE BUD SWEATER - This pattern by a
great for your first sweater project. It’s made As a child of twelve, David Gibson was in- “I strive to create energy in my paintings,” says
for small children and takes only three skeins troduced to the world of pottery through a Jane, who depends on the light and space in
of yarn. The pattern is versatile enough to class at Pionner Craft House. Having found Utah to inform her art. “It’s not about what I
increase to adult size. his calling at a very young age, David spent see but what I feel.” Before moving to Utah in
20 years as a professional craftsman, exhibit- 2004, Jane was the Visual Arts Writer (a fancy
DYE WORKSHOP- ing in presitgious art shows such as Cocoanut title for “art critic”) for both daily and alterna-
Join the fun dye- Grove Arts Festival, Baltimore ACE (American tive weekly newspapers. “Being immersed in
ing up all manner great art was as important an education as Art
of cotton yarns in History 101. The latter gave me an eye for it,
a method that is the former gave me the heart.”
easy to emulate at
home. Registra- DRAWING ANIMALS
tion a must since It’s all about texture and emotion. Learn how
we can accomo- to draw fur you want to touch and eyes that
date only a small are alive. Experiment with pencil, colored pen-
group. cil, and pastels. Great gifts for animal lovers.
Dates: 2nd Sun- Date: July 12-14
day of the Month Time: 6:30-8:30pm
June - Aug. Tuition: $75.00 includes materials
10AM to 3PM Registration: call Jane at 801-355-1077 or jane-
Tuition : $30 grau@gmail.com.

COLOR WORKSHOP - This four hour work- PEN AND PAINT

KNITTING 101 - Take your first step by learn-
ing to cast on, knit, purl and bind off. Choose
a simple starter project like a scarf or a dish
cloth to begin.
SKILLS BUILDING Take that second step by
works through eight stitch patterns. Learn to
increase, decrease, and advanced stitches.
SOCKS - Tackle knitting in the round bylearn-
ing several other skills such as gussets and
short rows.
FELTED CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS - Jump
into felting by starting with two simple orna-
ments. Knit small mittens and socks. Embel-
lishing them with buttons and emboirdery
adds the heirloom quality.
KNITTING IN THE ROUND - HATS AND FIN-
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shop takes students through a variety of 2D
mediums and works with color from opaque
to translucent. Discussions will focus on the
many ways to introduce color into your art
work. .
Date/Time: to be arranged with student
Tuition: $40
Registration: Heidi Ferguson at 801-664-
8662
COPTIC BOOKBINDING - Learn this wonder-
ful simple book form while picking up basic
bookbinding knowledge.
Date/Time: arranged with student
Tuition: $75
Registration: Heidi Ferguson kinglet102@
msn.com or 801-664-8662
Combining drawing and painting is lyrical and
freeing. Quick and easy. Great technique for
painting en plein air, when traveling, and for
Craft Council), as well as our own local Park portraits that are relaxed and expressive. Bring
City Arts festival and Utah Arts Festival. A watercolor paint, brushes, drawing board.
specialist in raku pottery, a raku workshop is Date: Saturday, July 17
inthe works at the time of publicatin. Call Da- Time: 9:00-
vid if you are interested in learning this spe- 12:00am
cialize Japanese technique. Tuition: $40
Date: June 30th - August 11th includes ma-
Time: Wednesdays 6:30 to 9:30 terials
Tuition : $95 + $25 lab fee Registration:
Registration: Contact David at 801-265-9679 call Jane at
or 801-403-2361 801-355-1077
or janegrau@
gmail.com
 Bill Hughes Elizabeth Peterson Registration: e-mail to madtater@usa.net. sors.
Date: June 19TH & 26TH
Native American Flutemaking Bobbin Lace CARRICKMACROSS NEEDLE LACE Time: 9am
Tuition: $40.00.
“I love the faces of people who play the flute for This is a drop in group for all skill levels. Carrickmacross is an appliqué/guipure Irish Registration: e-mail to madtater@usa.net.
the first time,” says Bill. “Teaching and learning Elizabeth Peterson is a well know bobbin lace lace which developed during the early 1800’s.
are the lifeblood of humanity.” Bill has made instructor throughout the region. Join the It consists of English tulle (cotton net) with RICHLEAU EMBROIDERY
10,00 flutes out of both common and exotic group for comraderie and ongoing instruction. batiste (cotton) or organdy (cotton) layered A French cut-work embroidery from the early
woods in the Date: Ongoing Wednesdays on top and held together by outlining de- 17th Century. A pecu-
Native Ameri- Time: 6:00 to 8:30 pm signs in cordonnet (a six-cord cotton thread) liar embroidery, named
can style -- six Tuition: Call Instructor to confirm pricing that is over sewn with for Cardinal Richleau
of them were Registration: Elizabeth Petersen at 801-253- machine a broder #50 (1585-1642), who devel-
played at the 2060 (cotton) sewing thread. oped this as a peasant
2002 Win- This locks the various lay- industry for the starv-
ter Olympics ers together. Afterwards, ing population. Using a
Opening Cer- parts of the batiste/or- transfer pattern which
emony gandy (appliqué) and/or is ironed on linen, but-
tulle (guipure) can be cut tonhole stitches secure
Open Enroll- away. The remaining net the material and ex-
ment – call can then be hand embroi- cess material is then cut
today to start dered with fancy stitches. away.Materials kit is included. Students are
Tuition: Materials kit is included. Students are to to provide 7” embroidery hoop and scissors
$150.00 plus
$25.00 for ma- Dale Pomeroy provide scissors.
DATE:June 12th & 19th
Date: August 14, 21 & 28
Time: 9:00am
terials.
Tatting and Lace Time: 9:00am Tuition: $50.00.
Registration: Tuition: $55.00. Registration: e-mail to madtater@usa.net.
Bill Hughes at LIMERICK NEEDLE LACE Registration : e-mail to madtater@usa.net.
801-244-4844 Brandon Smith
Limerick is a needle-run tulle (net) Irish lace TENERIFFE KNOTTED NEEDLE LACE
Virginia Lee which developed during the early 19th Century CLASSIC B&W FILM PHOTOGRAPHY
Quilting with the development of
machine made net. The
Also called Solis or Sun
lace, Teneriffe or Te- Experience the fine art of classical film
English tulle (cotton net) nerife originated in the photography through your film (single lens
BEGINNING MACHINE QUILTING
is stretched over a frame Canary Islands off the reflex) camera, developing and printing your
If you have always wanted to make a quilt but
(or hoop) while pearl cot- Coast of Spain. Tener- own art. Bring your 35mm and medium-for-
didn’t know where to start, this is the class
ton thread is used to out- ife is worked on a hand mat cameras with film ready to shoot, along
for you. This class is for the VERY beginner!
line designs. Afterward, loom with radial warp with photographic paper for prints 11”x14” or
Learn the vocabulary of the quilt world so
fancy embroidery stitch- threads being knotted smaller. Age limit: 16+
you can converse with friends that piece and
es are used to fill in the or woven together by a Date: Saturday, June 5
quilt. Finished pillow top or the beginnings of
outlines. Materials kit is single weft thread nor- Time: 10:00am-5:00pm Bring lunch
a quilt top.
included. Students are to mally in circular forms. Tuition: $120
Date: June 21 and 28
provide 8” embroidery hoop and scissors. As wheels are com- Registration: Brandon at 520/208-0098,
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Date: July 10, 17 & 24 pleted, they can be sewn together to create brandonsmithphotography@yahoo.com
Tuition: $25
Registration: call Virginia at 801-259-0563 Time: 9:00AM shawls, scarves, tablecloths, etc. Materials
email grngramzie@yahoo.com. Tuition: $55.00 kit is included. Students are to provide scis-
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 DIDGERIDOO
Learn to play an ancient aboriginal wind
instrument, used for ceremonial dances and
Richard Smith
Pottery
Newsletter
healing. Feel the meditative experience, STONEWARE - WHEEL THROWN AND National Quilt Day and
levitate your spirit. All ages. HAND BUILT Bernina Embroidery Demo S c h ol a r s h i p
Date: Saturday, June 12
Time: 1:00-5:00pm Wheel thrown and hand building techniques Draw Large Crowds ProgrAm
Tuition: $110 Didgeridoos provided for beginners. Students will complete the pro- Thanks to a recent grant from the Utah
Registration: Brandon at 520/208-0098, cess from throwing through glazing and firing. Quilters Virginia Lee and Pam Hanrahan invit-
ed over a hundred fellow enthusiasts to campus Arts Council PCH has begun a scholar-
brandonsmithphotography@yahoo.com Examples of projects include items such as ship program. Scholarships of up to $50
cups, bowls, and planters. 7 weeks this spring to learn, socialize, and become associ-
ates of Craft House. per class are available to all students.
Please contact Heidi Ferguson at
Date: Tuesdays June 29th - August 10th kinglet102@msn.com to recieve the
Time 6:30 to 8:30 On March 6, we celebrated National Quilt Day
by hosting nationally-known portrait quilter and scholarship application.
Tuiition: $75 + $25
Registration: richard.smith@jordan.k12.ut.us author Charlotte Warr Andersen. While Char-
or 801-897-7712 lotte led a machine quilt workshop in the sunny
Art Room, others gathered in the Great Hall for
Open Sew. 34 Farmers Market Update 43
In a corner by the fireplace, appraiser Linda We are excited to announce that this year’s
Roderick unfolded a treasure trove of quilts old Tuesday night Farmer’s Market will begin
and new. She identified one, which came to Utah on July 13th. With the refurbishing of the
with the Mountain Meadows Massacre, as being Pioneer Craft House Greenhouse we hope to
made of Civil War-era materials. Linda advised have lots of plants to offer for sale.
Registration Form for Homecoming Summer Workshops Pam Hanrahan and others how to create a prov- Vendors for produce, arts & crafts, and
enance for their new quilts by tagging them with prepared food are all needed! If you are
Name personal information. interested in being a vendor please contact
Address Merrillyn Day mday@southsaltlakecity.com
Phone Day ___________________________Evening _________________________ PCH instructors’ studios were open during the or call 801-412-3217.
Email Address ________________________________________________________ day so visitors, many of whom were on campus
for the first time, could see them at work. The
If you want to register for the following instructors please check the box next to the course and pottery, weaving, woodworking, and jewelry
UPCOMING EVENTS
make a check payable Pioneer Craft House. studios were busy all day long. Ever popular is
[] Gayle Allen
May 21 - 23 Utah Fiber Arts Conference
Dale Pomeroy’s table, where he imparts vast in-
[] Joseph Bennion [] Sarinda Jones with Nationally known Weaver
formation about tatting, from ancient times to
[] Lanette Best [] Lark Lucas Inge Dam
modern.
[] Kathleen Carricaburu [] Grant Lund June 7 - 11 Utah Surface Design
[] Ruth Gledhill [] Gail Picolli workshop with Laura Cater-Woods
Fill out the registration form and send it with your tuition check to Pioneer Craft House, 500 E 3754 S, Salt June 19 - Scott School Reunion
Lake City, UT 84106. You’ll be notified that your registration was received. If a class is full, you’ll be put on Activities
a waiting LIST and called to fill a cancelation. If the class doesn’t make its minimum enrollment, you’ll be June 25 - 26 Bernina/Nuttall workshop
notified and your check returned.
July 13 - Opening of Farmer’s Market
August 14 - Craft Lake City

Parking for Pioneer Craft House is located at 540 East 3300 south.
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Student News
Linda Allred and Laura Fuller, artists
Linda lives in Draper and her busy teenaged grand-
daughter, Laura, lives in Cottonwood Heights, so
their time together is rare and precious. What bet-
ter way to spend it than doing what they both love:
art! Thanks to their Drawing People class, they can
now grab their sketchbooks and pencils and spend a
few hours sharing a common interest.
Linda is a campus regular, having learned to make
rugs and scarves as a beginning weaver at PCH in
2008.
Barbara Greer, potter
PCH was Barbara Greer’s first active clay arts stu-
dio experience, over 25 years ago – and she’s still
here. Between her mothering and nursing careers,
she found a way to pursue her passion for it. “It’s so
much fun to take a glob of clay and make something
out of it, even if it’s a failure.” Failures, she adds, are
never really failures because all you have to do is re-
work that glob on a wedging table for ten minutes,
then try again.
Some of the hundreds of pieces she’s made at
PCH are in the possession of children and friends,
displayed in kitchens, gardens, china cabinets, and
on brunch tables. Barbara can be found in the clay
studio most Wednesday evenings. Her work is avail-
able for viewing upon invitation to her home.
Bryan Gardner, weaver
First, Bryan toured weaving instructor Bhakti Ban-
ning’s urban chicken coop, then met her again at the
PCH Farmer’s Market. It was natural next step was
to sign up for Fundamentals of Weaving. “It’s great
when you find the right place at the right time, with
the right teacher,” meaning he was between jobs,
with the opportunity to do what he’d always want-
ed to do.
Armed with his new skills, he rented a loom over
the holidays and created five scarves on his own. This
spring, he’s learning color and pattern. “It’s exciting
to thread a floor loom,” he says. The meditative as-
pects of weaving “recharge” him, and he especially
enjoys Drop-In Mondays, where he can talk with
other students and see various works in progress.
Bryan plans to take all that’s offered at PCH – “It’s
vastly underutilized,” he says of the school – along
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with his mother, aunt, sister, and sister in-law.
Teacher Tidbits
Did you know that…
…potter David Gibson first learned to throw
at PCH and then went on to become a nationally
known ceramicist with shows in galleries and festi-
vals from Colorado and California to Minnesota and
Maryland? “Clay is my passion,” he says. “It gives me
chills when a student figures it out!”
…bookbinder Heidi Ferguson trained at the
prestigious Penland School of Crafts and Minnesota
Center For the Book Arts?
…weaver Bhakti Banning was a craft in-
structor at San Jose Community College, Olive Hyde
Art Center, DeAnza College, Ohlone College, Neigh-
borhood Center for the Arts, and Northern California
Handweavers, as well as operated her own fiber art
and leaded glass studios in California. Says Bhakti, “I
encourage students to explore outside their comfort
zones and feel the freedom of intuitive creativity.”
…silversmith Colleen Ashton was Nyron
Chidester’s assistant at PCH over 25 years ago, then
replaced him as a teacher?
…painter Jane Grau was the art critic for The
Charlotte Observer (NC)
…woodworker Bill Hughes made the six na-
tive American flutes that were played in the 2002
Winter Olympic Opening ceremonies? “I love the
faces of those who play their first flute,” he says.
…tatter Dale Pomeroy has been a featured
crafter in La Encajara magazine, the International
Lace Magazine, the Ring of tatters, Lace Magazine,
and IOLI bulletins, and taught in Texas, Michigan,
Puerto Rico, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Washington,
California and Utah?
…Potter Richard Smith founded the Dutch
Hollow Pottery in Tennessee?
Cheese Guild starting at PCH!
If you are interested in learning about cheese and
sampling some as well, please contact Bryan Gard-
ner at gaobowen@yahoo.com.
A Big Thank You!
Utah Arts City of
Coucil South Salt Lake
NEW FACES AT PCH community
Stop and thank new custodian, Herb Stockman, for Pa rt n e r s
putting a shine on our classrooms.
University of Utah Arts Education
PARDON OUR DUST University of Utah artist and art professor Beth
Come see our bright and cheery campus! Krensky have turned PCH into a learning lab for her
• Refurbished kiln room for silversmithing and art education students. In March and April, Univer-
kilns sity of Utah students conducted Art In the Commu-
• Pottery walls painted nity sessions with elementary kids, teaching them,
• Electrical upgrades among other things, mosaics, and photography, and
• Cleaned out and fixed-up alcoves in Art Room making banners to brighten up our campus.
• Weaving equipment – raddles & warping
boards
hand made by Bill Hughes Global Artisans a Pathways Project
Several instructors at PCH have been working with
• Door installed between Great Room and Foyer
the Globals Artisan project since August of last year.
to reduce noise
The project helps recent refugees obtain supplimen-
• Ailing trees felled and bushes pruned by
Behunin Landscaping tal income by producing hand made objects that are
• Recycling bins are now on campus! Let’s get woven, knitted, or sewn. On March 30th Global Ar-
in the habit of using them for paper, alumi- tistans kicked off their marketing and Promotional
num, steel, cardboard and recyclable plastics. campaign at the main branch of the Salt Lake City
Public Library. The highlight of the campaign is the
Did You Know..... new webpage www.globalartisans.org.
That Rhonda Lopez, owner of Nuttall Fabric Stores,
has donated to PCH Donations Needed:
• a Brother sewing machine Loom benches, track lighting, task lighting, knit-
• a Grace quilting table ting needles, wool yarn and fabric for quilting for
• and a quilting frame Pathways refugee project, power point projector,
printing services, postage., old fashioned washing
These donations have been particularly helpful to machine with ringer, mangle.
Pathways Refugee Program.
The Lopez family sponsored the National Quilt
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