2024-2025 residency in ceramics

Sawtooth’s Wood Fire Residency program provides a year-long concentration dedicated to expanding one's portfolio of wood fired works. Wood fire residents should have a strong and developed body of wood fired work, have previous experience firing wood kilns, feel comfortable directing firings, possess a strong work ethic, and have a desire to work within a community setting.

The Wood Fire Resident works directly with the Director of Ceramics to maintain and expand the wood fired program at Sawtooth. Expected tasks include teaching classes on wood firing, managing the wood firing community, acting as the contact to our wood suppliers, processing firewood, managing kiln maintenance, implementing safety policies, and supervising community and class firings. Time spent managing the wood fire program will account for some but not all the wood fire resident’s hours.

Residency will start August 1st, 2024 and end July 31st, 2025.

Responsibilities

• Active use of the studio space – a minimum of 20 hours a week.
• Work an average of 7 hours per week for the studio during assigned weekly shifts. During this time, residents fulfill studio obligations including but not limited to loading kilns, firings, cleaning, equipment up-keep, workshop preparation, and glaze mixing.
• Residents are responsible for their own studio tools, housing, and transportation.
• Residents are required to attend monthly residency meetings.
• At the conclusion of each residency term, residents are asked to donate a small work to Sawtooth’s permanent collection.