Bill Capshaw・ Pottery
Course descriptions should be engaging, thought provoking and should include techniques that will be covered, materials that will be worked with and what the student can expect to leave the workshop with. Please include a one sentence summary of your class for the sneak peek, complete the bulleted points (there is no specific number of bullets needed per item) Bulleted points should not be complete sentences, and then a 150 word description of the workshop.
Bill Capshaw has a BFA in ceramics and an MFA in printing processes from East Tennessee University. He taught painting, drawing and pottery at Oak Ridge Art Center and worked for Union Carbide Company in 1977. Career highlights include chairing the Pottery Studio and serving as Board President for Oak Ridge Art Center. Capshaw volunteered with Tennessee Arts Commission and served as grants application reviewer for At Risk Youth grant category. His work is in private collections and in the permanent collections of the Tennessee Arts Commission, Hunstville Museum of Art, and East Tennessee State University’s Slocum Gallery. He was named Artist of the Year (1998) by the Arts Council of Greater Knoxville.