Plate Bowl Cup – Teapot and a Trophy?

by Scurtis on February 19, 2012

The classes have been going very well. We are starting to Bisque fire student work and test the new clay body with new glazes. The studio shelves are full of greenware so the next few weeks are going to be all about finishing touches. Here are just a few of the pieces being made.   [...]

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Good things are happening at EPIC!

by Scurtis on February 10, 2012

Wednesdays are the best! That’s teen night when students from the Kansas School of the Blind come to visit at EPIC. The class is a hoot – they move me to laughter, to surprise and sometimes tears of joy. Its even better when a few of the local teens drop in for night of clay and [...]

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Holiday Do-Over

February 1, 2012

One of the things we learned during the period that EPIC was open last fall was that “We have customers”. We were averaging 40-50 students a week through our classes, we consumed 400 lbs of clay, ran up a $700 a month utility bill, filled all storage spaces and needed a cleaning service just to [...]

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What I like best about Teen Night

December 8, 2011

I look forward to Wednesday nights each week cause that is Teen Night. Teen Night is when the students from the Kansas State School of the Blind come to EPIC. We have a good group of 7 teens that arrive at the studio really to take on new discoveries with clay. We have a lot [...]

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right now at EPIC, by B.

December 5, 2011

Hello everyone, this is Bryan (B.) Lloyd. I started volunteering at the EPIC space this summer and I now teach classes here twice a week. The Studio space has transformed from old barbecue into a functional clay studio that serves 50+ students of all ages, per month. I’ve seen 4 year olds come in and [...]

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This weeks opening…

November 2, 2011

EPIC has been open for a few weeks actually and entering our 3rd week of classes. We have come so far since July and we keep discovering little hints as to how far we have to go but the studio is shaping up nicely. students and teachers are getting to know each other and clay is [...]

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EPIC-Grand Opening

November 1, 2011

Things more fast-the Grand Opening is this week-hope to see you there.  

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Fall Class Sessions

October 30, 2011

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A new floor EPIC

October 30, 2011

One of the issues that confronted us from the beginning was how we would deal with an old wooden floor that had seen better days and incorporated many flaws that could be a hazard to young children, students with guide canes and/or wheel chairs. Thanks to generous donations from Capitol Federal and CHWC we were able to [...]

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The agreement has been signed

October 30, 2011

The idea of Epic studio was created out of ideas exchanged between two friends, Beth Sarver the then Program director at Accessible Arts and Steve Curtis the Community Organizer for Community Housing of Wyandotte County but today it became official. An agreement between CHWC and Accessible Arts has been approved and signed by Emily Vowiell, [...]

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