Apprenticeship Application
Mary Fox Legacy
Apprenticeship Program
Application for Apprenticeship 2026-2027
opens June 2025
The search for the next apprentice starts soon, see below for further information.
Before you know it, applications will be open for the 2026-2027 Apprenticeship program! See below to learn more about the program. We ask that you hold your application until the submission window opens in June 2025.
About the program
The two-year Mary Fox Legacy Project apprenticeship program began Mary’s Ladysmith pottery in 2020. The program is based on traditional apprenticeships where the potter learns to recreate the head potter’s tableware amongst a myriad of other studio jobs.
For the first year the apprentice does not make any of their own work, instead they focus on learning how to throw and glaze the tableware. It is not the easiest thing to create another person’s forms; it takes a certain kind of focus and mindset. You have to put aside your ego, all that you have learned in relation to your own forms and step into another’s shoes, so to speak.
In the second year, the apprentice is afforded one week a month to start developing their own work. At the beginning of the year, they are to present a set of drawings illustrating the line of work they wish to create and the type of glaze firing they would like to do it in. Both the gas and the electric kiln will be available to the apprentice. To date the apprentices have chosen to explore cone 6 oxidation as that is what they will have available when they graduate from the program.
The apprentice receives mentorship from Mary as well as a monthly honorarium during their two years with the program. The society has a goal of purchasing housing for the apprenticeship and a future residency program. However, we are not there yet and until housing has been obtained the apprentice must find their own accommodation.
How to apply
The apprenticeship program is for Canadian citizens and permanent residents only. Applicants must have basic throwing and glazing skills. Applications for the 2026/27 position will be received from June 1, 2025 until June 30, 2025.
In your covering letter please tell us why you would like to be considered and, how you feel the apprenticeship would benefit you, along with some background on your pottery experience to date and photos of your work. Two references are also required. Applicants that have been selected for stage two will be asked to come for an in-person interview by July 15th. For more information about the apprenticeship program, please reach out by email and we will provide you with additional information. Your inquiries and application can be sent to maryfoxsociety@gmail.com.
Getting Ready
Get a head start by working on your portfolio, for your June 2025 application. Though the apprenticeship doesn’t have set qualifications, the more studio experience you have the better!
