logan johnson on tue 10 jan 12
Hi Everyone,
The Potters Council is looking for some help =3D
=3D0A=3D0A=3D0AHi Everyone,=3D0A=3D0AThe Potters Council is looking for=3DA=
0 some help =3D
with the=3DA0 new mentoring program.=3DA0=3DA0 As you can imagine there are=
a lot=3D
of folks looking for =3D0Amentors & no where near enough mentors to go aro=
un=3D
d.=3DA0=3DA0 I couldn't =3D0Athink of a better place to look for people wil=
ling t=3D
o help.=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0 Some =3D0Afolks are looking for help with :=3D0ASkil=
ls & Techn=3D
ique=3D0ABusiness sales 101 (how to begin)=3D0ABusiness plans=3D0AMarketing=
plans=3D
=3D0ACritiquing work=3D0AHow to Publish=3D0APhotographing work=3D0ABook rec=
ommendat=3D
ions=3D0AWebsite review=3D0ASpecific firing techniques=3D0AGlaze help=3D0AJ=
ust=3D0A t=3D
o name a few things.=3DA0 This is no different than what we do every day.=
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=3D0A These folks just need some one on one time by phone or=3D0A=3DA0e mai=
l or i=3D
f=3D0A you are geographically close enough even in person if both parties w=
an=3D
t=3D0A that.=3DA0=3DA0 You don't have to be a teacher at a school with a ha=
nd ful=3D
l of =3D0Adegrees. ( not that any of these folks would be turned away from =
th=3D
e =3D0Aprogram)=3DA0 All you have to do is be willing to share=3D0A what yo=
u've=3D
=3DA0 already learned with people that don't know what you know =3D0A.=3DA0=
=3DA0 If=3D
you can't answer a mentee's question maybe you can=3DA0 guide them in=3D0A=
the=3D
right direction so they can find an answer themselves.=3DA0 You never =3D0=
Acan=3D
tell,=3DA0 the person you help may be able to help you solve a problem =3D=
0Ayo=3D
u've been having with something or inspire you in a direction you =3D0Ahadn=
't=3D
considered.=3D0A=3D0APlease don't let the word mentor scare you =3D0Aaway.=
=3DA0 I =3D
"shared what little I knew" with a wonderful gal who posted to =3D0AClayart=
b=3D
y answering some questions & it turned out she was a clay =3D0Anewbie that =
wa=3D
s just hired for an art teaching position in a school =3D0A& had inherited =
a =3D
ceramics program included in=3DA0 the art classes. =3DA0=3DA0 =3D0AIt would=
take me=3D
days to express how good I felt knowing I was helping =3D0Aher keep both h=
er=3D
& her class safe , fun and cost effective for the =3D0Asmall school she wa=
s =3D
teaching at.=3DA0 At the time neither of us=3D0A thought of what we were do=
ing =3D
as mentoring.=3DA0 I was "just sharing" what I=3D0A had learned with a frie=
nd &=3D
helping her keep things safe for her =3D0A& the kids.=3DA0 Not to mention =
thro=3D
ugh her I helped teach & =3D0Ainfluence the next generation of clay artists=
&=3D
maybe even =3D0AClayarters .=3DA0=3DA0 I can honestly say there is no bett=
er rew=3D
ard or =3D0Acompensation than knowing I've actually done something (& will =
=3D
=3D0Acontinue to do)=3DA0 for the future of the medium that I love & that's=
=3D0A=3D
given me so much .=3DA0 =3D0A=3D0ACheck out the Potters Council website .=
=3DA0 Here=3D
's the link to the mentoring page: =3D0A=3D0A=3DA0http://ceramicartsdaily.o=
rg/pot=3D
ters-council-members/potters-council-mentoring-program/=3D0A=3D0AHope to se=
e yo=3D
u in Seattle !=3D0ALogan=3D0A=3D0A=3DA0=3D0ALogan Johnson =3D0AAudeo Studio=
s=3D0A=3D0A3930 =3D
118th Pl.=3DA0 n.e.=3D0A=3D0AMarysville, Wa.=3D0A98271=3D0A(360)=3D0A 651- =
1478=3D0A =3D0A=3D
=3DA0www.audeostudios.com=3D0A"Carpe Argillam!!"
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