Workshops by Jeff Zamek

Jeff Zamek has been lecturing and teaching for over 30 years. Here is a list of workshops from 1976 to the present.

2008-Present
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Lecture on Ceramic Technology-Material Issues, April 2, 2010
I.S. 183 Craft Center, Cone 6 Glaze Calculation, March 13, 2010
23 rd North Carolina Potters Conference, Lectures on the Economics of Clay and Glaze and Glaze Defects, March 5-7, 2010
Penland School of Crafts, Glaze Calculation 1 week workshop/lectures, August 23-29, 2009
Snow Farm Craft Center, Williamsburg, MA Glaze Calculation 2 day workshop, Oct. 25, Oct. 26, 2008
I.S. 183 Craft Center, Stockbridge, MA 6 week course in throwing on the potter’s wheel, July 8 till Aug. 12, 2008
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. Electric Kilns/Cone 6 Glazes, June 7, 2008
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Topical Discussion, NYTAL Health Concerns, Talc linked to mesothelioma, March 20, 2008
I.S. 183 Craft Center, Stockbridge, MA 4 week course in throwing on the wheel Feb. 23, 2008
I.S. 183 Craft Center, Stockbridge MA., 4 week course in hand building, Feb 2, 2008
2003-2007
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. Clay Body and Glaze Options, Sept. 15, 2007
I.S. 183 Craft Center, Stockbridge, MA., 6 week course in wheel throwing, July 5, till Aug. 4, 2007
Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY Albany Slip/Barnard Clay History and Use by Potters, March 3, 2007
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. Cone 6 Glazes and Clay Body Defects, Oct. 8, 2006
I.S. 183 Craft Center, Stockbridge, MA. Cone 6 Glaze Workshop, June 3, 2006
Potter’s Workshop, New London, NH, Cone 6 Glazes, March 19, 2006
Northeast Ceramics Supply, Co., Troy, NY Cone 6 Glazes, March 4, 2006
I.S. 183 Craft Center, Stockbridge, MA. Cone 6 Electric Firing Glazes Workshop, May 14, 2005
Monmouth University. Long Branch, NJ Wheel Throwing Demonstration/Lecture Safe use of Ceramic Materials, Dec. 2, 2003
Plainville High School, Plainville, CT. Lecture to facility on glaze materials and safety procedures in the pottery classroom, Nov. 4, 2003
Cape Cod Potters Guild, Cape Cod, MA. Cone 6 Glaze Formulation, Oct. 26 & 27, 2003
Storrs Potters Guild, Storrs CT. Glaze Formulation, Oct. 11, 2003
Ceramic Supply, Lodi, NJ Lecture - Glazing bisque, Aug. 18, 2003
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. Cone 6 Glazes, June 28, 2003
Canton Clay Works, Canton, CT. Glaze Materials, Feb. 2, 2003
2001-2002
League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Hanover, NH, Clay Body & Glaze Defects, Nov. 9, 2002
Clay Education Center, Lodi, NJ Cone 6 Clay and Glaze Defects, Oct. 26, 2002
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. Glaze & Clay Body Defects, Oct. 12, 2002
I.S. 183 Craft Center, Stockbridge, MA. Six week course on glaze development, Sept.- Nov. 2002
Cape Cod Potters Craft Center, Lecture/demonstration, Clay Body & Glaze Defects, Oct. 6,7, 2002
I.S. 183 Craft Center, Stockbridge, MA. Cone 6 Reduction Firing Workshop, June 22 &23, 2002
Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY Glaze Application/Raw Material Safety, May 19, 2002
I.S. 183 Craft Center, Stockbridge, MA. Lecture Clay and Glaze Defects, April 13, 2002
Clay Education Center, Lodi, NJ Cone 6 Clay and Glaze Defects, Feb. 16, 2002
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. Demonstration on Choosing a Clay Body, Feb. 2, 2002
Clay Education Center, Lodi, NJ Clay Glaze Defects, April 3, 2001
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. Lecture Clay/Glaze Defects, July 28, 2001
Interlaken School of Art, Stockbridge, MA. Lecture on Cone 6 Glaze, April 28, 2001
Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY. Lecture Cone 6 Glazes, March 10, 2001
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. Lecture Cone 6 Glazes, Feb. 24, 2001
1999-2000
Farmington Valley Arts Center, Avon, CT. Glaze Workshop, Nov. 18, 2000
Ceramic Supply of NY/NJ Lectures on Clay & Glazes, Nov. 9, 10, 11, 2000
League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Hanover, NH & Lecture Clay Body and Glaze Defects, Nov. 4, 2000
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. Lecture Cone 6 Glazes, Aug. 12, 2000
Interlaken School of Art, Stockbridge, MA. Lecture/Demonstration, Glaze Formulation, May 20, 27, 2000
Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury Center, VT. Lecture & Demonstration, Clay Body Glaze Defects, May 6, 2000
Wesleyan Potters, Middletown, CT. Lecture Clay Body Glaze Defects, March 13, 2000
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. Lecture Clay Body Glaze Defects, Feb. 6, 2000
Mud Flat Studio, Summerville, MA Lecture Clay Body & Glaze Defects, Jan 22, 2000
League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Hanover, NH. Lecture Glaze Formulation, Nov. 6, 1999
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. Lecture & Demonstration c/6 Clay & Glazes, Oct. 9, 1999
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. Lecture & Demonstration c/6 Clay & Glazes, March 27, 1999
The Interlaken School of Art, Stockbridge, MA Lecture: Firing c/6 Electric Clay Bodies & Glazes, March 13, 1999
1990-1998
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. Lecture on Altering Clay Bodies & Glazes, Aug. 8, 1998
The Interlaken School of Art, Stockbridge, MA. Lecture: Raw Materials for Clay and Glazes, July 11, 1998
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. One day lecture on C/6 Glazes and Clay Bodies, Jan. 24, 1998
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. One day lecture on Raw Materials for Clay Bodies, Sept. 14, 1996
Lincroft Craft Center, Lincroft, NJ. One day lecture on Raw Materials for Glazes, May 18, 1995
Amherst Potters Supply, Amherst, MA. Organized a series of workshops covering, kiln building, glaze materials, luster, clay & glaze defects, slip casting, mold making, and Raku firing, 1990-1992
Smith College, Northampton, MA. One day lecture and demonstration on glazing, April 1991
Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. One day lecture on glaze and clay body defects, Sept. 21, 1991
Radcliffe/Harvard College, Cambridge, MA. Behind the Scenes at the Ceramics Supply Company, May 9, 1991
Westfield State College, Westfield, MA. Lecture/demonstration on clay slips, March 12, 1991
Smith College, Northampton, MA. Demonstration throwing functional pottery forms, Feb. 23, 1991
Jersey City State College, Jersey City, NJ. Lecture on glaze/clay raw material toxicology, April 11, 1990
1976-1989
St. George School, Middleton, RI. Lecture on functional pottery, clay and glazes, April 4, 1989
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Soda kiln lecture, Sept 15, 1986
Cutter Ceramics Workshop Series, Waltham, MA., Rockville, MD. Workshops to the public on kiln firings, ceramic raw materials, glazes, Raku firing, kiln building, slip casting, mold making and functional pottery, 1985-1987
Austin Riggs Institute, Stockbridge, MA. Throwing demonstration, Dec. 15, 1985
Pownell Valley Potters Guild, Williamstown, MA. Lecture on salt clay bodies and salt kilns, Nov. 15, 1983
Asparagus Valley Potters Guild, Williamstown, MA. Lecture on salt kilns, Nov. 7, 1983
WSBS Radio, Great Barrington, MA. Interview on ceramics in the United States, Aug. 20, 1983
Monmouth County Parks System Ceramics Division, Lincroft, NJ Wheel throwing demonstration, Jan. 3, 1983
Keane State College, Elizabeth, NJ. Wheel and hand building demonstration, March 29, 1982
Malden Bridge School of Art, Malden Bridge, NY. Wood/coal firing kiln demonstration and lecture July 8, 1977
Keane State College, Elizabeth, NJ. Lecture on current trends in ceramics, May 20, 1977
Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA. Slip casting/mold making demonstration and lecture, Nov. 24, 1976
Renssaler Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Functional pottery demonstration, April 29, 1976
 

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