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Putting On A Tour | Sarah Anderson | Episode 1141
Sarah Anderson | Episode 1141
Sarah Anderson is a traveling ceramic artist, teaching ceramic workshops across the country in a renovated Shasta camper with her dog Pip. After graduating from Ball State University with a sculpture degree, Sarah worked as a ceramic studio chair, sold work at craft fairs and numerous national galleries, partnered with her companies on the road, and now is opening an art therapy and ceramic store front called Dusty Pants Studio.
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How important is it to define a theme for a tour for its success?
So important. I think one of the more important factors of it is the branding. I think that’s been a repeating theme within my work. And with the tour itself branding is everything.
How about determining the destinations and the stops? How much time do you put into that?
I think I just did that at the very beginning and I planned it out kind of two years in advance. So I could start it out at one location, hit all these stops, and then finish at the same spot.
What is the duration of each stop?
Depends who’s got the bluest waters and the sunniest skies. Southern California’s got it pretty good. (laughter)
Do you have a teaching plan that you can repeat again and again?
Yup. I’ve got one for a one day workshop. One for a two day workshop. I think I have done a three day and then a week long. So I can just pull that out of my back pocket and figure it out.
Do you have any kind of back up plan if something falls through to fill an empty spot in the calendar?
Oh yeah, that’s a good question. About a year ago to this month I had my vehicle break down and I was actually stranded for about two weeks, so I had to cancel three or four different workshops and when that happens I loose out on my income. It was really scary and I had to buy a whole new vehicle and it felt like I just wasted a year and half of my life, this breaking of vehicle and buying a new one with the same money I just made, so you know there’s a lot of unexpected things that can happen and you just kind of have to laugh and smile and revisit my artist statement and say, You know, what an great experience I have had and cool is it that I am able to do this even after everything.
How much do you charge per person to do something like this or is it per event?
I like to do ninety dollars a person and hopefully at least ten people per workshop per day. And then each place will also give me a stipend for travel. So since I got to plan everything out two years in advance I knew what it was going to cost me for gas and I could split that up between each stop.
Book
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Contact
sarahandersonceramics.com
Instagram: @sarahandersonceramics
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By Show Notes – The Potters CastSarah Anderson | Episode 1141
Sarah Anderson is a traveling ceramic artist, teaching ceramic workshops across the country in a renovated Shasta camper with her dog Pip. After graduating from Ball State University with a sculpture degree, Sarah worked as a ceramic studio chair, sold work at craft fairs and numerous national galleries, partnered with her companies on the road, and now is opening an art therapy and ceramic store front called Dusty Pants Studio.
SPONSORS
You can help support the show!
GRPotteryForms.com
diamondcoretools.com
Number 1 brand in America for a reason. Skutt.com
For all your ceramic needs go to Georgies.com
How important is it to define a theme for a tour for its success?
So important. I think one of the more important factors of it is the branding. I think that’s been a repeating theme within my work. And with the tour itself branding is everything.
How about determining the destinations and the stops? How much time do you put into that?
I think I just did that at the very beginning and I planned it out kind of two years in advance. So I could start it out at one location, hit all these stops, and then finish at the same spot.
What is the duration of each stop?
Depends who’s got the bluest waters and the sunniest skies. Southern California’s got it pretty good. (laughter)
Do you have a teaching plan that you can repeat again and again?
Yup. I’ve got one for a one day workshop. One for a two day workshop. I think I have done a three day and then a week long. So I can just pull that out of my back pocket and figure it out.
Do you have any kind of back up plan if something falls through to fill an empty spot in the calendar?
Oh yeah, that’s a good question. About a year ago to this month I had my vehicle break down and I was actually stranded for about two weeks, so I had to cancel three or four different workshops and when that happens I loose out on my income. It was really scary and I had to buy a whole new vehicle and it felt like I just wasted a year and half of my life, this breaking of vehicle and buying a new one with the same money I just made, so you know there’s a lot of unexpected things that can happen and you just kind of have to laugh and smile and revisit my artist statement and say, You know, what an great experience I have had and cool is it that I am able to do this even after everything.
How much do you charge per person to do something like this or is it per event?
I like to do ninety dollars a person and hopefully at least ten people per workshop per day. And then each place will also give me a stipend for travel. So since I got to plan everything out two years in advance I knew what it was going to cost me for gas and I could split that up between each stop.
Book
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Contact
sarahandersonceramics.com
Instagram: @sarahandersonceramics