Instructors

Instructors for pottery classes at Parkland Potters Guild

Current Instructors

Brenda Wylie instructs the children’s and teen classes. She has been a member of the guild since 2014. She is a prolific potter and has explored both functional and decorative pottery forms.

Janel Padberg took several years of lessons with founding Parkland Potters Guild member
Don Chambers.  She joined the guild as a member in 2008. Since then she has taken many courses at the Parkland Potters Guild, as well as several at other guilds in Edmonton and surrounding areas. Her functional pottery style continues to grow and evolve as she grows and learns.   She  is super excited to share her knowledge and passion for clay in its functional form.

Jeannette Wright has been a member of the guild since 2002. She studied with the Edmonton Potters Guild for 15 years before coming to the Parkland Potters Guild.
Marian Majeau joined the guild in 1977 (one year after PPG incorporated as a Society.) She started taking pottery in the early 1970s at the YWCA. She went on to take classes at the  University of Alberta with Nuboro Kubo, Jack Forbes, and Jane Van Alderwagen.  Marian has taught classes for many years at the guild.

Previous Instructors

Aurelia Saunders recently instructed our Adult Handbuilding class, and has been a guild member since 1983.

Clarice Cameron has instructed both adult and teen classes. She has been a member of the guild since since 2009. She studied at the Alberta College of Art, taken numerous workshops at Red Deer College, as well as classes and workshops at Parkland Potters Guild.

Tracie Mandreck has instructed adult beginner/intermediate courses. Tracie has been a member of the guild since 1979. She studied with Noboru Kubo, Randy Worsley, Gary Williams, Les Manning, Don Wells, Sharron Foster Moore, and other Parkland Pottery Guild members, plus she gives special thanks to Mother Nature whose lessons she finds unexpected and richly rewarding.