WHO:
Workshops are run by Aidan Mirowsky, local community volunteers from Flemington DIY and artisans from Flemington Pottery.
Open to anyone from age 9 to 99+. Max 10 participants per workshop.
Approximately 100 people will have direct hands-on interaction with the project. The presentation can be shared with whomever (i.e.Historical Society) and the Public Artwork’s impact could be endless for those who seek to learn more or visit Flemington.
WHAT:
Phase 1 : April- September 2026 develop the workshop
- digital presentation - Highlights / History of Stangl (including pottery of the area before it became Stangl).
- educational zine handouts. Pottery process - about Stangl production pottery
- marketing materials
- ensure the workshops are as accessible as possible
- pottery samples
- gather supplies for the workshop (clay, molds, glazes, brushes)
- coordinate firing
- partner with Neuro Arts research, to amplify the arts as wellness.
Phase 2 : October 2026 - April 2027 monthly Stangl Inspired Pottery Workshops
Flemington DIY will host and run monthly Stangl Inspired Pottery Workshops, where participants learn a bit about the history of Stangl pottery as they help create public art by slip-casting and painting pottery. The items produced will be used for a Stangl Pottery inspired public art work to be installed within the Stangl Arts & Culture District. The workshop pottery that is made will be focused on the Stangl Birds of America, particularly the popular Stangl Pottery that was hand painted here in Flemington. Keeping within the Stangl Arts and Culture District, the pieces will stay on campus, and be fired at Flemington Pottery.
Phase 3 : May 2027 public art - pottery totem pole(s)
The project will culminate with the installation of pottery totem pole(s) featuring the Stangl inspired pottery birds created by the community throughout the workshops, giving credit to all those involved in the process.
WHERE:
Flemington, NJ - Hunterdon County
Stangl Arts and Culture District
Flemington DIY, a 100% volunteer-run community arts collective
WHEN:
The monthly workshops between October 2026 - April 2027
WHY:
Those who went to High School in Flemington before 1978 would go on field trips to Stangl, but since then Stangl’s history is no longer common local knowledge. With the new Stangl Arts and Culture District signage, it leaves the passers by wondering “What’s Stangl?”. Older generations and collectors that do remember it have come to the Stangl Arts and Culture District seeking Stangl Pottery; they are walking into Flemington Pottery looking for Stangl Pottery not understanding that that space now hosts the potters of today. There is a desire for more Stangl info and a way to pay homage to those artisans before us. By creating this Public Art piece, we will build up our current creatives and educate the community in a way that honors those that worked at the campus we are housed in.