Jill Foote-Hutton
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Jill Foote-Hutton

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A teaching artist's sample of the folded-owl project, in which participants can build texture with limited manual dexterity.
Reclaiming Memory: Expanding the Definition of Successful Learning
NCC’s teaching artists, supported by the organization’s commitment to responsive, professional development, have developed a deep understanding of the human brain, of aging, and of healing that has helped shape the practice of ART@HAND.
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Letter From the Editor
Greetings from the new Studio Potter Editor, "Let's not be reductive. Let's be expansive. If we make a list, let's do it to parse out the options rather than create an oppressive hierarchy. We can all benefit from the beautiful mosaic of potential within the ceramic medium. This is what Studio Potter has always done." Send your story proposals to editor@studiopotter.org
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Lesson Plans and Resources for Remote Teaching
Collaborative and open sharing is an upside to all we are currently experience. Shades of World War II efforts come to mind: rations, women working in factories, and victory gardens, among other things. Imagine the days to come when we are past the pandemic. What will we have learned about ourselves as people, as a nation, and as a world?
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Chandra DeBuse: Portrait of a Maker
Perhaps it is years of conscious determination that create an air of inherent intuition. The first installment of a new Studio Potter series.
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Maine Prairie Studio: Portrait of Two Makers – The Confidence of Labor
It’s kind of an old-fashioned dream. Not obsolete, but grounded in tradition and backed by a love of labor that comes from knowing you hold the ability to make something from nothing.
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In Order to Hold Ourselves Accountable
An excerpt from a collaborative letter, "I refuse to sign any contracts to teach from this day forward without holding the institutions accountable for how they are actively pursuing/enacting an antiracist agenda."
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Making Room at the Table: An Institutional Response
Rather than lean in to an oppositional response, the administrators who chose to be interviewed by Studio Potter here, have allowed themselves to be vulnerable by sharing their honest struggles as they grapple with systemic racism.
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Navigating An Evolving Market: Part I
The first installment of a series on navigating the market as a studio artist, wherein we will share the wisdom of field and consider what the gallery/artist relationship might be in the future. Inspired by an inquiry from Osa Atoe.
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