January 1st - January 6th , 2006
First, a week at the spa! The Grove Park Inn and Spa,
located in Asheville, NC. The Grove Park Inn is a classic grand resort, built
in 1913. Austin highly recommends The
Grove Park Inn to anyone that REALLY needs to get away
and wants to enjoy a five star spa experience.
Austin's
pictures (series #1)
January 5th - February 28th, 2006
Artist-in-residence program at the
Penland School of Crafts,
located 30 minutes outside Asheville, NC.
Austin's pictures (series #2)
"I am thrilled with my initial results and
am looking forward
to getting everything out of the kiln (reduction, soda and salt), stay tuned
for pictures! I plan to fire work in soda, salt, wood and
high-fire reduction kilns at Penland. The facilities at the school are
fantastic, everything is at my finger-tips! I generally arrive in the
studio around 10:00 a.m. and work until 2 a.m., studios at Penland are
open 24/7. Everyone is incredibly friendly and generous with
recommendations and helpful tips; this is what heaven must be like (well, at
least for potters)!" quote from Austin Zimmer on January 20th, 2006
Note: Austin returned to the Bethesda, MD area
on February 6th - 9th in order to
attend a conference,
Making School's Safe
(sponsored by AIMS), in Baltimore. Austin is a member of the
AIMS committee that set up the conference.
March 1st - March 12th, 2006
Penland School invited Austin to stay on as resident artist, free of
charge for two weeks, in order to participate in their Community Day event
(a Spring fund raiser). Members of the surrounding community are invited
to visit studios, watch demonstrations, and talk with artist.
March 12th - April 15th, 2006
Austin
arrived back in the D.C. area to work on slides, show
applications
and to get ready for the big move up to Mystic, CT on April 15th.
April 15th - July 15th, 2006
Austin converted his summer home in Mystic Connecticut into a
studio and plans to continue major renovations during the summer
of 2007. He arrived in Mystic on Saturday, April 15th
and departed on July 15th for Maui.
Click here to view the property
The majority of the time was spent working on the house and
studio.
Austin's Mystic home will soon have full-size
down-draft gas kiln, a large electric kiln
and a new 300+ sq. ft studio Stay tuned for pictures!
July 15th - August 15th, 2006
Austin
then vacationed in Maui, HI: drawing, visiting galleries and hitting the
beach (BIG TIME!).
He also helped his dear old dad sort through a lifetime of earthly
possessions and helped
organize his house a bit, which was a huge task in and of itself.
August 16th - September 3rd
Prepare studios for September classes. Austin will
assume
a new role as Chairman of the Art Department at
Landon
School (Sept. 1st., 2006)
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