Millennium Mugs to Benefit Potters for Peace Foundation
For Immediate Release, April 2000
For comment, contact Brenda Buschbacher at
(630) 907-5033
AURORA - Ceramics students from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy® (IMSA) are teaming up with 22 professional potters from the Chicago area on Saturday, April 15, to throw 500 ceramic "millennium" mugs to benefit the Potters for Peace Foundation.
The mugs will be sold for $10 each and will be ready for pick-up by May 15. The proceeds will be used to make ceramic water filters for the filtering of safe drinking water for residents rebuilding from Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua and Honduras.
"Many of the pottery co-ops in Nicaragua were washed away by Hurricane Mitch," said IMSA Fine Arts teacher Clay Sewell. "The storm left people in the rural communities without potable water. To raise $5000 for Potters for Peace would be terrific." To reserve a mug, contact Clay Sewell at 630-907-5054 or email clay@imsa.edu
Potters for Peace is a non-for-profit organization that works in under developed countries to help preserve and promote distinctive 1,500 year-old ceramic craft traditions. The burnished pottery of many American countries is in danger of extinction.
Located in Aurora, Illinois, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy® (IMSA) is an internationally-recognized pioneering educational institution created by the State to develop talent and stimulate excellence in teaching and learning in mathematics, science and technology. IMSA's advanced residential college preparatory program enrolls 650 academically talented Illinois students in grades 10-12. More than 14,000 teachers and 20,000 students in Illinois and beyond have benefited from IMSA's professional development and enrichment programs. IMSA serves the people of Illinois through innovative instructional programs, public and private partnerships, policy leadership and action research.