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News & Events

Classes taught by Sam:

    Credit Classes:

        Monday and Wednesday, 6 to 9:50 pm, at Shoreline Community College
        16101 Greenwood Avenue North, Shoreline,WA. 98133
        Tel.(206) 546- 4101
        www.shoreline.edu

    Non Credit Classes:

        Saturday morning beginning wheel pottery course at Seward Park Clay Studio.
        10am to 1pm. It is located in the old brick bathhouse at Seward Park.
        5900 Lake Washington Blvd. South. Seattle,WA. 98118
        www.sewardparkart.org
        Tel (206) 722-6342

Events:

I will be opening my studio for my 2008 Summer Studio Show on August 2 & 3, Sat.10-6 and Sun.12-4.
My address is 18502 6th Ave NW. Shoreline, WA. 98177. ph.(206) 5421944
I will have about 600 pieces in a large variety of work I normally do. If you have any questions please contact me.

Directions: Coming from the south on I5 get off at 175th in Shoreline. Go left under the freeway (west) to Aurora (99). Turn right (north) and go to 185th and turn left (west). Go to the 4th stop light which is 3rd Ave NW. and turn left (south).Go one block to the traffic circle, which is 185th, and turn right (west). Go to 6th Ave NW, it will be the grey house on the NE corner of 185th and 6th Ave NW.

Directions: Coming from the North on I5 take the 205th st. exit in Shoreline and go right (west) to Aurora (99). Do not veer to the right to go to Edmonds before you get to Aurora. When you get to Aurora go straight through the light (west) for less then a mile, at the bottom of a steep hill Firdale Village will be on your right and 3rd Ave NW is on your left, Turn left onto 3rd (south) and go to185th, at the traffic circle turn right(west) onto 185th . Go to 6th Ave NW. it will be the grey house on the NE corner of 185th and 6th Ave NW.

Shows:

In September I won the First Place Award ($2500.00) at the "2007 Vasefinder Nationals". It is an on line competition, this year the juror was Elaine Coleman. The whole show can be viewed at www.vasefinder.com then go to 2007 Nationals.

I also have a piece "Nation Building" that won First Place ($1250.00), in the exhibition, "Clay on the Wall - 2007 Clay National" at the Landmark Arts Gallery, Texas Tech University School of Art in Lubbock, Texas. The juror for the show was Matthew Kangas and he selected 45 artworks to be included, from over 500 submissions to be in the show. The show runs from Dec.1, 2007 to February 17, 2008. The show is held in conjunction with the "Clay on the Wall, Symposium", which will have lectures and demonstrations by various ceramic artists including Patti Warashina and Matthew Kangas.

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I will be in a group show at the Northwest Craft Center, at the Seattle Center, with Loren Lukens, Paddy McNeely and Paul Lewing. It runs August 4-29, 2007. The preview is Friday, August 3, 6-8pm.

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I will also be having a retrospective show at the Shoreline Community College Art Gallery, September 21 to October 29. Sam Scott: 36 Years with Clay. It will include work from 1971 to the present. The gallery is in building 1000 on campus at 16101 Greenwood Ave N., Shoreline WA 98133. It is open M-F, 9-5pm. The preview will be Wednesday, Sept 26th 4-6pm.

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I had a piece included in the " 2007 NCECA Clay National Biennial Exhibition" at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft in Louisville, KY. March 14 to June 23,2007. The vase won the "Shimpo, Tradition of Excellence Purchase Award". It will go into their corporate art collection.

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Other Pottery Links:

        www.vasefinder.com
        www.conrowporcelain.com
        www.paullewingtile.com
        www.kenturnerpottery.com
        www.claytimes.com
        www.ceramicsmonthly.com
        www.wheelsofclay.com
        www.nwmasters.com