Dates to Remember:

• Oct 15-16: Pit-Firing at Sam's house this weekend got postponed until sometime in November... Not enough pieces to justify the cost or the effort. Stay tuned!
• Oct 19: Guest Artist Diane Lou. Plan on being here from 11am-6pm. You have been excused from your 4th period class. You will not be allowed to leave at lunch, instead I am ordering pizzas for you so you can work through. If you have sports or a job, make every effort to make arrangements so you can participate fully!
• Oct 26: Pirate Photo Shoot afterschool. Come with your pirate garb!
• Oct 27: We will be going to the computer lab to learn about the shared folder, processing images, and beginning exploration of concentrations.
• Oct 27: PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST and service project. 3-6pm. Sign up in the ceramics room!
• Oct 29: Your family-inspired ceramic artwork is due. I prefer the work to be bisque-fired for durability, but will be accepted if it is greenware. The assemblage you began at the Diane Lou workshop needs to be finished and is due.
• Oct 30: Deadline for submitting portfolios to the NFAA, Young Arts Scholarship Competition. Seniors only. Registration deadline was Oct 15. http://www.artsawards.org/ Upload images here: https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=NFAA-YAP
• Nov 3: Get your artwork to Quinn or Laura for the Lakeridge Open House.
• Nov 3: Empty Bowls THROW-A-THON. 3-6pm. Our goal is to make a minimum of 300 bowls. We had to change to this date since Nov 5 is not a school day.
• Nov 4: Lakeridge Open House at 6:30.
• Nov 8: Loading of Noble Hill Anagama. I will need 3-4 students to help with this for our firing.
• Nov 10-13: Wood-Firing is back on!!! We are taking responsibility for the majority of the firing...so if you would like to have a piece, or pieces fired, you WILL sign-up for work shifts on these dates. Firing to be held at Noble Hill. See Amy for work shifts.
• Nov 20: Unloading Noble Hill. This is the exciting "Christmas Morning" of the firing, when you get to see of the results of your hard work. We will need 4-6 people for this job to help with unloading and the kiln clean-up.
• Dec 8: EMPTY BOWLS EVENT. Held in the cafeteria, cost will be $10, all proceeds benefit the Oregon Food Bank.

Our calendar is filling up quick! Keep checking the blog and also this particular post as I can edit it as our dates change or more are added. You guys are all doing a great job of staying organized and keeping up with the work. I'm super proud of you!!!