1001 S Duck Street, Stillwater, OK 74074
(405) 744-1535 | infoartscenter@okstate.edu
Welcome to the Prairie Arts Pottery Studio! This is a fun and exciting studio, but unlike a private studio this a community space. For a community art space we have some guidelines to follow.
These guidelines will help us work together and insure safety as we use chemicals, and risk of contaminating materials is high. We ask that you carefully read the following so that we know
that you understand procedures and regulations.
Ceramic Studio Upkeep
For the benefit of all patrons, we ask that participants leave their workspace in the condition they found it at the beginning of their class/studio time. Please help us maintain our facility by
washing clay off your hands in the classroom sinks (not in the rest rooms) and by placing clay scraps in the appropriate recycling bucket (not down the drain). The ceramics studio instructor
will need to approve that your area is clean before you may check out at the Front Desk.
• Cover and place work on assigned shelves for storage. Students are allowed either half a shelf for Wheel 1 and Handbuilding classes or one shelf for Wheel 2 classes. You may not move your shelves
around in the studio space.
• Wipe down work area and tools.
• Clean all parts of the pottery wheel, as applicable, including the center table.
• Place stool on top of wheel head.
• Turn wheels off after use.
• Participants must carve their name into every work of art they make. Your piece will not be fired if your name is not on your piece. Make sure it is in a place that glaze will not cover.
• Make sure you have tags for your shelf after signing up for open studio.
• Glazing instructions on containers must be read carefully and adhered to.
• No outside clay, bisque, or glazed pieces are allowed, nor do we allow clay to be taken out of the studio and brought back in to fire, etc. This is very important as damage to equipment can
occur.
• Personal glazes must be signed off on by an instructor or Prairie Arts Center staff.
• Use designated glazing & wedging tables to minimize cross contamination of chemicals in the clay.
• If using the Hot Box, please make sure to turn it off once you are done using it and/or at the end
of the night.
Ceramic Studio Safety
• Students are not allowed in the kiln room or clay room.
• Participants are not permitted to open, add, or remove pieces from the kilns.
• Personal music devices are allowed when used with headphones. Please be respectful of others and keep the volume at a considerate level
• We strongly recommend that jewelry be left at home. Working with clay usually demands that rings and watches be removed.
• The PAC is not responsible for items lost during classes.
• No outside clay, bisque, or glazed pieces are allowed.
• Clay may not be taken home and brought back for firing.
• All clay must labeled with student name, date, and type of clay. After 60 days your clay will be
reclaimed if it has not been used.
• Tools are provided for Intro students. However, Open Studio participants need to provide any tools or equipment they need for their projects.
• You must ask instructors to use their tools during open studio time, and please return tools in the condition you found them in.
• When you are in open studio and there is a class going on, leave the teaching to the instructor
and do not interfere.
30 Day Firing Policy
Fired pieces must be picked up within 30 days of the final firing. Pieces not collected within 30 days of this date will be considered abandoned, become the property of PAC, and may be discarded
or sold to support the scholarship fund. Fired pieces may only be picked up during Studio hours. Once your introduction class is finished, you have the opportunity to enroll in Instructional Open
Studio. If you choose not to, you may finish pieces that are in process, but no new projects maybe started. Your shelf needs to be cleaned off no later than one week after your class has ended.
If you choose not to pick up your work, it becomes property of PAC.
All lockers are the property of PAC. They are available on a first come/first served basis for Open Studio participants. Lockers are available to students currently enrolled in a
pottery class. After your class is over, if you aren't enrolling for another, please clean and empty out your locker. Please do not use the lockers marked Staff.
Day rate and Monthly rates
• Day rate is $10 a day and you will have access to half a shelf. You must add the current date to your half shelf with tape daily in the studio.
• Month rate is $85 and you will have access to half a cart (three shelves) and a locker (first come first serve, no guarantee).
Disability Access
Prairie Arts Center is wheelchair accessible. Please advise the Center’s Manager of any special accommodations that may be required. If students are in need of any special accommodations
for access, they should advise their instructor or PAC staff.
All Participants Must Sign Yearly.
Date:________________
By participating in the pottery studio, you agree to the guidelines outlined above. PAC members
who fail to abide by these rules may be asked to not attend.
I _______________________________________(member name) agree to abide by the Prairie Arts guidelines for working in the pottery studio. I understand that if I fail to follow these rules,
my privileges may be revoke
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Pop-up cards are a favorite at Prairie Arts Center. Here are a few pro tips for your pop-up project at home: Make sure you don’t cut your supports too thin or too long. You want them stable. Also, avoid making your cut-outs so big they break the line of the card when it’s folded. That one is less important if you don’t care about putting it in an envelope. Most importantly, be creative and have fun!
The Stillwater arts community invites you to join us for a weekend of festivities at the annual Stillwater Arts Festival, April 21st and 22nd, 2023. Enjoy over 40 regional fine artists, delicious food trucks, live music and family friendly making activities. Find us at Prairie Arts Center in the thriving Downtown Stillwater Cultural District, 12-8 pm on Friday and 9 am-6 pm on Saturday.
Prairie Arts Center (Prairie) will present the 2023 Stillwater Arts Festival (SAF) on April 21-22, 2023. The festival is a juried show, offering awards totaling $3,000 and showcasing the creative and distinctive talents of nearly 40 national and regional artists. Once known as the “Run for the Arts,” the SAF has been a popular regional fine arts festival for over 40 years. The 2023 Stillwater Arts Festival will continue this event’s legacy as a fine arts celebration and an annual destination for both seasoned and beginning art collectors and enthusiasts. The Prairie Arts staff and the Stillwater community take great pride in creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all artists and visitors.
5pm - 6:15pm Misspent Ukes
6:30pm - 8pm Val Gladden
Saturday, April 22nd
9am - 9:45am Stillwater Pipe Bad
10am - 10:45am Goode Academy Irsh Dancers
11am - 11:45am Mark Christian
12pm - 12:45pm Stillwater Big Band
1pm - 1:45pm Functional Poly
2pm - 2:45pm Nathen Franklin
3:15pm - 4:15pm Morgan
4:30pm - 6pm Val Gladden
I MADE ART is a small works exhibition of Stillwater elementary schools student art that will be displayed at Prairie Arts Center from mid April to mid May in conjunction with the 2023 Stillwater Arts Festival. I MADE ART takes its inspiration from conceptual artist On Kawara's decade long postcard series, I GOT UP. From 1968 to 1979, Kawara sent two postcards a day to friends and colleagues with a time stamp of when he "got up." Kawara's work is a meditation on time, existence, and the relationship between art and life. The subject matter and media of the work in I MADE ART was left open in hopes of revealing each student's personal relationship with art-making. In order to honor the process of making over the final product, this exhibition is not juried and will not be judged. The student artwork in I MADE ART is also time stamped with the time of day that they made their artwork so that each piece can be read as a marker of time itself, fleeting but embodied.
Friday, April 21st
1pm - 6pm FREE Paper Marbling (while supplies last)
Friday, April 21st
Saturday, April 22nd
STONECLOUD BREWING is one block east on 10th Street.
GOOD LITTLE EATER is one block east on 10th Street.
Buffalokie Market is proud to be a Made In Oklahoma program registered retailer. Most of our products are Oklahoma-made and all vendors are hand-picked by us. We've met many of our vendors at trade shows or craft fairs somewhere in Oklahoma. We'll be selling a variety of items we carry in our store, the vast majority of which is Oklahoma-made. Items include clothing and accessories such as hats, t-shirts/sweatshirts, purses, earrings and wallets; kid's stuffies; aprons and tote bags made from recycled materials; food products including spice blends, bbq sauce, salsa, caramels, dip mixes, coffee, and cotton candy; leather goods; body care products; kitchen items like swedish dishcloths, beeswax wraps, and charcuterie boards; and plant label stakes for gardening.
Stillwater Public Library Stillwater Public Library
Stillwater Public Library Friends Book Sale
1107 S. Duck Street
Friday, April 21, 12-8pm
Saturday, April 22, 10am-5 pm
Sunday, April 23, 1:30-4pm
OSU Museum of Art
Closing reception for the Painting Influencers exhibition.
720 S Husband Street
April 21st 5pm - 7pm
Modella Art Gallery
Art Walk
Live Band “Slapout”
April 21st 5pm – 7pm
721 S Main St
SHOP Downtown Mainstreet
Many of your favorite merchants will be open and offering sales.
Part vision board, part prayer flags, the inspiration banner is a beautiful expression of what you'd like to call in to your life for the new year. Consider words, symbols and images that are a visual reminder of qualities and experiences you want to see manifest. Your banner could be created with paper, like our example, or with pieces of fabric. You could collage, print, stamp, embroider, and/or paint your flags. No matter what materials you choose, this process will provide you with a non linear, creative way to clarify and work with your personal vision for the future!