Master potter Ibukunoluwa Ayoola to visit Reservoir Studio Jan 23-24, 2015

Master potter Ibukunoluwa Ayoola, (aka IBK) from Atamora Pottery, Osun, Nigeria will visit Reservoir Studio January 23-24, 2015. His visit to the United States is sponsored by Potters Water Action Group under the coordination of Richard Wukich. The focus of IBK’s visit is to work with Potters Water Action Group to discuss, plan, and refine skills necessary to establish a silver enhanced ceramic water filter production facility at Atamora Pottery in Osun. Wukich, in coordination with other partners in Nigeria, have been working to secure funding for the facility. Wukich and Potters Water Action Group have conducted this type of work in Honduras, Haiti, Iraq, Sudan and the Dominican Republic.

IBK’s visit includes workshops and other events at public schools, universities, and cultural institutions. While at Penn State, IBK will conduct a wheel throwing workshop Friday morning and participate in water filter training workshops Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Reservoir Studio is an active member of Potters Water Action Group.

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Read more about his visit and view his itinerary.

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