Studio Assistantships
Studio assistants are students who assist instructors and are responsible for maintaining the school’s standards for studio operation. They receive housing and meals and pay only a $5 application fee in Slideroom and a $25 non-refundable processing fee if selected.
Studio assistants are selected based on their knowledge of a working studio. In addition to 25–40 hours of work each week, studio assistants are required to work from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on the day before their session and may have some work to do on Friday after the session is over. Clay studio assistants have a work assignment on Saturday morning after the session and stay on campus Friday night.
Summer 2023
- Scholarship application is through Slideroom: penland.slideroom.com
- Application form will be available beginning January 1.
- Application deadline is 11:59 EST on February 15.
The workshops listed below are accepting applications for studio assistants.
Note: we cannot accept applications from studio assistants who are not US citizens unless they have current documents authorizing them to work in the US.
CLAY
| Instructor | Studio | Session |
| Bill Griffith | Clay Lower | Session 1 |
| Pattie Chalmers | Clay Lower | Session 2 |
| Hiroe Hanazono | Clay Lower | Session 3 |
| Cristina Córdova | Clay Lower | Session 4 |
| Paul Briggs | Clay Lower | Session 5 |
| Brooks Oliver | Clay Lower | Session 6 |
| Rich Brown | Clay Upper | Session 1 |
| Guillermo Cuellar | Clay Upper | Session 2 |
| Kip O’Krongly | Clay Upper | Session 3 |
| Sue Tirrell | Clay Upper | Session 5 |
| Natalia Arbelez | Clay Upper | Session 6 |
| Lindsay Rogers | Clay Upper | Session 7 |
GLASS
| Instructor | Studio | Session |
| Dan Clayman | Flameworking | Session 5 |
| Christa Westbrook | Hot Glass | Session 1 |
| Joe Grant | Hot Glass | Session 2 |
| Raven Skyriver | Hot Glass | Session 5 |
| Nate Watson | Hot Glass | Session 6 |
| Jeff Mac | Hot Glass | Session 7 |
IRON
| Instructor | Studio | Session |
| Erica Moody | Iron | Session 2 |
| Shingo Furukawa | Iron | Session 5 |
PRINT AND LETTERPRESS
| Instructor | Studio | Session |
| Hope Rovelto | Session 1 | |
| Rick Griffith | Letterpress | Session 2 |
| Ingrid Ankerson | Letterpress | Session 6 |
METALS
| Instructor | Studio | Session |
| Douglas Pryor | Metals Lower | Session 5 |
PAPER
| Instructor | Studio | Session |
| Steph Rue | Paper | Session 1 |
| Jasmine (Jaz) Graf | Paper | Session 2 |
| Lynn Sures | Paper | Session 3 |
| Kelly Taylor Mitchell | Paper | Session 4 |
| Peter Sowiski | Paper | Session 5 |
| Akemi Martin | Paper | Session 6 |
PHOTOGRAPHY
| Instructor | Studio | Session |
| Karen Navarro | Photography | Session 7 |
TEXTILES
| Instructor | Studio | Session |
| Gasali Adeyemo | Textiles Upper | Session 1 |
| Charllotte Kwon | Textiles Upper | Session 2 |
| Paolo Arao | Textiles Upper | Session 6 |
| Nneka Jones | Textiles Upper | Session 7 |
WOOD
| Instructor | Studio | Session |
| Harold Greene | Wood | Session 7 |