Session 1--May 25-June 6
Sang Roberson--Baskets, Boxes, & More
This class will focus on handbuilding open and closed vessels—for the wall and for the table—from earthenware clays. Techniques for surface treatment include burnishing, slip trailing and layering colors using terra sigillata and underglazes, and making one-piece molds of found objects for sprigging. Discussions will include pre-Columbian vessels, primitive techniques, and the relationship of form, surface, and volume. Firings will include pit, raku, and multiple electric firings to cone 04. All levels. Code 01ca
Studio artist; exhibitions: Smithsonian Craft Show (DC), SOFA Chicago and New York, Philadelphia Museum Craft Show, Blue Spiral I (NC); collections: Stetson University (FL), Museum of Arts and Sciences (FL).
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Matthias Ostermann--Majolica Color & Narrative Workshop
This workshop uses painted tiles and vessels to explore narrative themes and covers a full range of surface decoration techniques. My focus is on earthenware majolica, but most of these techniques are applicable to other temperature ranges and methods of firing. Demonstrations will be supplemented by slide presentations covering historical and contemporary majolica as well as narrative ceramics. Basic throwing and glazing skills required. Code 01cb
Studio artist; teaching: Southwest School of Arts and Crafts (TX), Haystack (ME), Arrowmont (TN); author of The New Maiolica, The Ceramic Surface, and The Ceramic Narrative; collections; Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Gardiner Museum (Toronto). matthiasostermann.com
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Session 2--June 8-20
Arthur González--The Naturalist Figure
Students will create a bust of a figure in a natural demeanor that will communicate human emotions. Many sculptures of the human figure are stiff and empty; students in this class will learn techniques that will enable their figures to come alive! Our focus will be the inside/outside method of pinch coil technique. We will use earthenware clay with low temperature reduction firing. All levels. Code 02ca
Associate professor at California College of the Arts; four NEA fellowships, two Virginia Groot awards; residencies: University of Akron (OH), Penland, University of Georgia, Taiwan University. arthurgonzalez.com
This class is part of the special session titled The Body.
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Cristina Córdova--corporal: of, related to, or affecting the body
This ceramic sculpture workshop will attempt to bridge the gap between the theory of figuration and the underlying awareness of our own physicality. We will develop the information behind expression through models and handbuilding demonstrations. Through exercises in movement and gesture, we will begin to uncover and understand the true language of the body and empower creativity. We will work with earthenware clay and electric firings. All levels. Code 02cb
Studio artist; American Craft Council Emerging Artist grant, NC Arts Council fellowship; representation: Ann Nathan Gallery (Chicago), Pamil Fine Art (Puerto Rico); former Penland resident artist. cristinacordova.com
This class is part of the special session titled The Body.
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Session 3--June 22-July 4
Mark Shapiro--Evocative Pots: Context & Content
What makes an evocative object? How do pots move people? How is the meaning that cultures assign objects constructed and how does it evolve? These are some of the questions we will grapple with as we work toward developing resonance in our own pots. This class will focus on the wheel, stoneware, and wood-salt firing with plenty of hands-on demos and critiques. We will also meet periodically with Kristine Michael’s class for slides and discussions. Basic wheelthrowing skills required. Code 03ca
Studio artist; frequent workshop leader, lecturer, panelist, and writer; work included in 4th World Ceramics Biennale (Seoul); work in many museum collections.
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Kristine Michael--Here & There, Then & Now: Ceramic Installation Across Time
I will share insights into India’s cultural practices in ceramics as a way of understanding the powerful meaning objects have in our lives. We will use traditional Indian installation methods and those of my own contemporary work as the basis for a series of exercises to generate your own ceramic installations. We will explore handbuilding and altered throwing with wood and salt firings. We will have shared discussions and presentations with Mark Shapiro’s class. Basic throwing and handbuilding skills required. Code 03cb
Potter, craft activist, designer, sculptor, writer, and teacher; numerous exhibitions in India and UK; work included in 4th World Ceramics Biennale (Seoul).
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Session 4--July 6-18
Paul Dresang & Matt Wilt--Combined Techniques: New Images
This class will focus on unique approaches to handbuilding, wheelthrowing, and moldmaking in functional and sculptural work. We will help you develop a personal language through the review of individually chosen forms and images. Students should bring objects to use as a springboard for subject matter. These may be chosen for narrative, irony, symbolism, metaphor, or the potential for interpretation of texture or scale. We will work with earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain and a range of firings. All levels. Code 04ca
Paul: faculty at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; NEA fellowship; collections: Renwick Gallery (DC), Los Angeles County Museum. Matt: associate professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Illinois Arts Council fellowship, Evelyn Shapiro Foundation fellowship.
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Laura Jean McLaughlin--Surrealist Slipcasting
We will combine different kitschy slip-cast forms with our own handbuilding and surface decoration to create new, fantastical forms. A variety of surrealist games will inspire our creative amalgamations. We’ll work with cone 6 porcelain casting slip along with colorful slips and glazes for embellishments. I will bring a large assortment of molds and also show you how to make your own molds from found objects. All levels. Code 04cb
Studio artist; three Kohler Company residencies; exhibitions: Mobile Museum (AL), Carnegie Museum (Pittsburgh), Baltimore Institute of Art, State Museum of Pennsylvania; commissions: City of Pittsburgh, Heinz Foundation (Pittsburgh), National Science Foundation. laurajeanmclaughlin.com
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Session 5--July 20-August 5
Angela Fina--Thrown Porcelain & Beautiful Glazes
Porcelain is less forgiving than other clays and requires good technique, so we will begin with a throwing clinic. We will make a variety of forms: tall, wide, flared, spherical, lidded, and altered. The second part of the class will be a glazing clinic. Focusing on techniques of glaze application, we’ll explore a wide range of color and surface. We will fire reduction, soda, and salt. Intermediate throwing skills required. Code 05ca
Studio artist; former professor at Sheridan College of Arts and Technology (Ontario); exhibitions: Smithsonian Craft Show (DC), Philadelphia Museum Craft Show, Demarest Invitational (NJ), work in many museum shops and craft galleries. angelafina.com
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Kelly Phelps & Kyle Phelps--Relief Sculpture: Clay as Process
This workshop will explore the process of creating clay/resin cast reliefs. We will cover ways to combine clay and resin to create a cast positive that does not rely on any firing method; it is chemically hardened and reworkable. The resulting forms can be cut, drilled, sanded, etc., to achieve different textures. We will demonstrate a variety of surface treatments including oils, acrylics, stains, and techniques of highlighting, shadowing, and weathering. All levels. Code 05cb
Collaborating artists; Kelly is assistant professor at Xavier University (OH), Kyle is assistant professor at University of Dayton (OH), they share a studio in Centerville (OH); numerous grants, regional and national exhibitions, and commissions.
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Session 6--August 10-22
Gloria Kosco & Lisa Naples--Bouncing Ideas Around the Room
Why are some pots more appealing than others? We will explore this through exercises that will help you make connections that are important to you and your work. How do line, proportion, form, and surface inform your aesthetic and functional intentions? Working in both electric-fired earthenware and salt-fired stoneware, you will see how changing materials can expand your thinking. Make pots, practice, and play. All levels. Code 06ca
Gloria: studio artist; permanent installations include tile and sculpture at the Philadelphia International Airport and homes around the country. Lisa: studio potter; NCECA residency at Australian National University; exhibitions: Smithsonian Craft Show (DC), Philadelphia Museum Craft Show. lisanaples.com
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Jerilyn Virden--Sculptural Bowls: Interior Spaces
This class will use handbuilding techniques to explore the bowl form as a sculptural object. We will investigate the functional origins of the bowl that inform its sculptural potential, allowing us to approach it as an abstract object. Focusing on aspects such as form, surface, and proportion will reveal a language that determines the nature of interior spaces. Earthenware clay. All levels. Code 06cb
Studio potter; representation: Ann Nathan Gallery (Chicago), Penland Gallery, Lacoste Gallery, Blue Spiral 1 (NC); grants: North Carolina Arts Council fellowship and regional project grant; former Penland resident artist. jvirdenceramics.com
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Session 7--August 24-30
Triesch Voelker & Lana Wilson--Innovative Clay
We will make fluid thrown and altered functional forms with slip and glaze decoration. We will use unusual soft slab techniques to make cups, teapots, plates, and bowls. We will also demonstrate using stiff slabs to make a box with inset niche and a functional door and drawer. We will fire one small soda kiln to show glaze application techniques, and cover intricate stamps, sprigging, and multilevel tiles. All levels. Code 07ca
Triesch: studio artist and assistant director of Santa Fe Clay. Lana: studio potter; teacher of 80 workshops in U.S., Israel, New Zealand, and South Africa; work in 180 exhibitions. lanawilson.com
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Kyu Yamamoto--Figure Sculpture in Clay
From two-dimensional sketching to three-dimensional modeling, students will develop skills and hone techniques in fashioning the human figure. We will explore the process of translating physical detail and emotion from a live model to sculpture. We will cover armatures, hollowing, reassembling, and finishing your sculpture. Understanding and expressing emotion will be key to the success of your work. We will work with paperclay and have one firing if time permits. All levels. Code 07cb
Studio artist; teacher at the Arts Center (FL) and the Dunedin Fine Arts Center (FL); served as assistant sculptor for the 42-foot Athena Parthenos in Nashville’s replica Parthenon; numerous exhibitions and public art commissions. Kyu Yamamoto's website
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Seventh session will also include sculptor Jim Gallucci's class, for artists working in any media, in proposing and developing public art projects.
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