Parsons Dietrich
Zach Dietrich is a graduate of the University of Regina. He then attended pottery classes at the University of Regina Extension Department for two years. There he studied with Mel Bolen and Donovan Chester before moving to Endeavour with his wife and business partner Wendy Parsons and setting up a pottery studio. At Endeavour, they built and fired a wood burning kiln. In 1980, they moved to Moose Jaw where they bought a little church for a studio/gallery and built a gas fired kiln.
Devon Dietrich has been making pottery at Parsons Dietrich Pottery in Moose Jaw for 5 years. He apprenticed with Zach Dietrich and Wendy Parsons and has taken workshops from Sarah Pike and Les Manning and has taken workshops at NCECA in Portland. Devon is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan with a major in Computer Science.
Wendy Parsons holds a Fine Arts degree from the University of Regina and a Masters degree in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester, UK. She has been the Resident Artist for both the cities of Weyburn and Moose Jaw. Wendy has worked for the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery as the education coordinator and the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils.
