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4/18/2025 8:30am PT
“Accessibility & Body Sustainability”
Open Forum: Join a community discussion about how you can make your studio more accessible. What accommodations can you build into your curriculum and studio to remove barriers for participation? And what kind of presence does taking care of your body have in your making spaces? Host Emma Logan
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5/16/2025 8:30am PT
“Wood Firing: what makes sense”
Open Forum: With air quality a bigger concern every year there's been pushback on the practice of wood firing. Join a community discussion about cleaner options, where and when wood firing is your greenest option, and what the future of this method looks like.
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6/20/2025 8:30am PT
“Water - How are you managing water use?”
Join a community discussion on managing water use. Attendees will be given time to share their own best tips and tricks, as well as questions and challenges for the group to respond to. Host Brain Kohl.
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7/18/2025 8:30am PT
“Teaching sustainability in the Studio & Classroom ?”
Open Forum: K-12 through grad school: Join a community discussion about what you can build into your curriculum to support students' adoption of an environmentally critical framework and sustainability practices for the ceramic studio. Host Liz Duarte and Emma Logan
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8/15/2025 8:30am PT
“Sustainability in community studios”
Join a community discussion on overcoming the challenges of pushing sustainable practices in community studios. What are they? How can get paying customers to embrace greener practices? Can you go too far in your studio rules?
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9/19/2025 8:30am PT
“Glaze chemistry challenges re: sourcing, toxicity & human rights”
Open Forum: What's in your glaze recipe? Join us for a community discussion about sustainability efforts in material sourcing, eliminating toxic ingredients from favorite recipes, and related human rights issues.