The Clay Arts Guild of North Idaho is a nonprofit communication network for clay artists and supporters, promoting clay art and education in the community.

What we do:

• meetings:  Starting in January, meetings are held on the second Friday of each month at 12:15 pm,  at  the Sunset Bowling alley meeting room  in  Coeur D'Alene, Idaho.  Meetings are open to members and prospective members. At meetings we plan future events, sometimes discuss ceramic issues, and also network.

• workshops: The most fun part of our mission is arranging educational workshops in various ceramic related areas.  Past workshops have included Liz Bishop from the Spokane Art School, Terry Gieber from Gonzaga University, Chris Berkstresser,  and Tim Mosgrove.  We've also had field trip type visits to Sondahl Pottery,  Amy Vancho's, and Lezlie Finet's studio.  Workshops are open to all, but priced to encourage your membership in the Guild.  Check the calendar for future workshops.

• fundraisers: While we do have fundraisers to help support our activities, they include opportunities to learn new ideas, such as ceramic bank making.  We also have a yearly sale at the Kootenai Farmers Market to sell donated pottery items.

• member sales and displays:  We  try to arrange opportunities for members to sell and display their creations, including (so far) a Holiday sale, a display in the lobby of the Post Falls Library, and will include other possibilities as they arise.

How to join:
     Why not try coming to a meeting to see if it's something positive for you?  You can join in person at the meetings or workshops, or by mail at the address below.   Dues are $35.00 per year.  There's a form at this link.

Contact information, including officers
 

Laura Umthun	President
Jan Maiani	Treasurer	treasurer@cagni.org
AmyLou Vancho	Director of Communications	communications@cagni.org

Mailing address: Clay Arts Guild of North Idaho, Inc.
PMB 344
212 Ironwood Drive, Ste. D
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814

 CAGNI Committees:

All members are encouraged to join a committee that interests them.
 

Raffle, Piggybanks:	Amy Lou Vancho & Maxien Marcien
Coeur d'Alene Winery Tour, Art from the Heart:	Lori Hintz, Laura Umthun
Database, Email notices:	Jan Maiani, chair; Lori Hintz
Advertising, PR and News Releases:	Laura Umthun, chair
Newsletter:	Kathe Parker, chair; Laura Umthun, Jan Maiani
Event Posters:	Pat Harns, chair
Workshop Artists:	Maxien Marcy, chair
Chamber of Commerce:	Amy Vancho, chair; Pat Harns, Laura Umthun
Networking With Other Arts Organizations:	Lezlie Finet, Marsha Plager
Web Site Development:	Brad Sondahl

Member pages:
 

• Lezlie Finet  Raku artist, Spokane Valley WA  Lezlie's homepage
• Maxien Marcy, Coeur D'Alene:  Pottery and paintings www.fineartbymax.com
• Tim Mosgrove,  Cagni group instigator, professional potter offering classes and producing functional pottery and architectural ceramics.  
• Lupe Payne, professional potter from Coeur D'Alene, Idaho  Lupe's homepage.
• Merrilyn Reeves  Wildwoodpottery.com professional potter from  Plummer, Idaho.
• Steve Scroggins, multimedia artist from Post Falls, Idaho http://www.stevenascroggins.com
  
• Brad Sondahl,  professional potter in Spirit Lake, Idaho making functional stoneware including crystalline glazes. Cagni webmaster, ceramics writer, pottery video creator. Brad's homepage

If you have broadband, here's a great Real Audio movie link about Alabama folk pottery Jerry Brown called Unbroken Tradition (last
one on the page). If you see a login screen, just close it--it's not needed to view the films

Here's a great place to learn about pottery topics: Clayart, which is a list that sends everyone who signs up all the emails. Rather than getting a ton of emails, you can  read the ones you want at this link:  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clayart/messages
If you want to send a question or comment, send them to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org  (you may have to join the group to post comments)

Want to find a lot of other ceramics sites on the internet? Try Helen Bates' and Bill Amsterlaw's collection of Clayart related websites (over 550 names):