University of Saint Francis Presents Master Kiln Builder
February 27, 2008,
Fort Wayne, Indiana: The School of Creative Arts at the
University of Saint Francis will host Shane Mickey,
master kiln builder,
on Wednesday, March 5 at
6 p.m. and Thursday, March 6 at 1 p.m.
Both lectures will be held in room 011 of the Rolland
Center off Leesburg Road.
In tandem with his work of building a
salt kiln for the university, Mickey will
be giving a
lecture on kiln design and construction, the wood kilns
of Mitchell County, North Carolina and his own work. He
has been building kilns for more than ten years and is a
full-time potter in Bakersville, North Carolina, where
he owns and operates a community wood-fired kiln. Most
recently, Mickey has built kilns at Frostburg State
University and Central Piedmont Community College.
This lecture is free
to the public and is made possible by Arts United of
Greater Fort Wayne, the Indiana Arts Commission and the
National Endowment for the Arts. For more information,
contact the School of Creative Arts at 260-399-7700 ext.
8001 or visit the website at
www.sf.edu/art.
The School of
Creative Arts (SOCA) is an accredited school by the
National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).
The University of Saint Francis, founded
in 1890, is a comprehensive university in the Catholic
Franciscan tradition, offering undergraduate and
graduate programs to more than 2,100 students from a
broad geographic region.
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