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TONY CLENNELL & ANDREW KELLNER
Five Day Pottery Workshop

Workshop Dates: June 22-26, 2026 with welcome dinner on June 21st.
Time: Five days, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Class Size: Limited to 8 students

This five-day workshop brings together Tony Clennell and Andrew Kellner, whose practices are rooted in process and material intelligence.

Tony and Andrew have been in active dialogue about clay ever since Tony first taught Andrew at Sheridan College School of Craft & Design. Over time, their relationship has evolved into a strong friendship grounded in mutual admiration and respect for each other’s work. Both share a rare directness with the material marked by a distinctive edge. Between them, they bring over seventy-five years of experience as makers, educators, and working artists.

This intensive course will focus on slowing down at the wheel, working with softer material, and making with a heightened awareness and celebration of process. You will explore the cup, jug, jar, bowl, plate, and teapot forms, including approaches to using slips and glazes. Each day will include demonstrations, time for making, and end-of-day group critiques aimed at helping participants understand and develop their own voice.

This workshop is for intermediate to advanced makers who want to engage more seriously with their work and learn how to stand behind decisions with confidence. Participants should come prepared to step outside any assumptions and question what they know. This course is about making pots that carry presence, intention, and identity.

Includes:
- Welcome dinner on Sunday, June 21, 2026 6:00 pm.
- Lunch
- One 22 kg box of clay and all other materials
(Additional clay available at cost.)

Cost: $1250.00 CAD plus GST + Accommodations

TONY CLENNELL

Tony Clennell is a second-generation potter with an MFA from Utah State University. He has exhibited and taught workshops all over the wold. Tony has participated in residencies in China, Japan and North America and recently was the Peter Voulkos Artist in Residence at Archie Bray. A member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Tony has spent his career in ceramics as a potter, writer and educator.

He is an avid cyclist, gardener and storyteller. Tony is the author of Stuck in the Mud, a book he describes as ‘irreverent tales, BS, and nonsense.’ His writing has also appeared in leading ceramic journals, including Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times and Studio Potter.

ANDREW KELLNER

Andrew Kellner has worked in ceramics for more than two decades. He studied at Sheridan College, Alberta College of Art and Design, and West Virginia University, where he earned his Master of Fine Arts.

Andrew teaches ceramics and works as a technician for Art Gallery of Burlington while maintaining a studio practice. He has participated in residencies at Archie Bray in Montana and Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Maine. He currently lives and make work in Hamilton, Ontario, using locally sourced clays that he fires to Cone 1 in a small urban wood kiln of his own construction.

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