Expert potter, Martha Kelly, will instruct students on how to identify and collect natural clay from our area and help them to create one of a kind pottery pieces. Workshops include instruction on natural glazing techniques as well as traditional firing methods. Workshop #1 on December 11 will detail pottery-making, Workshop #2 on December 18 will be glazing and firing. This series of workshops will be available to Patagonia students and area adults. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

Tucson author and journalist Brian Jabas Smith will read selections from his new book of Tucson Salvage columns accompanied by a new documentary directed by his wife Maggie Smith. Formerly a singer/songwriter, Smith is an award-winning journalist, first as a staff writer and columnist at Phoenix New Times and then as an editor at Detroit’s Metro Times, with work appearing in magazines, alt-weeklies, and literary journals. Books will be available for purchase and signing. www.briansmithwriter.com NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.