CLAY SUMMER SESSION 7
AUGUST 13–18, 2023

William Baker and Caroline Douglas
Slow Clay for Fast Times

This workshop will use clay work as part of an attentive exploration of what we might mean by mindfulness or mindful awareness. Students will explore creative writing, journaling, meditation, and movement, and how these techniques can ignite our creativity and enliven our mood. We’ll also explore elements of the flow state as an additional way of understanding our creative practices and our relationships to them. Daily clay demonstrations will include various handbuilding and wheelthrowing techniques. Stoneware clay; bisque-fire only. All levels. Lower clay studio.

William: studio artist; teaching: Odyssey ClayWorks (NC), Castle Hill (MA); exhibitions: Blue Spiral I (NC). 

williambakerpottery.com | @williambakerpottery

Caroline: studio artist; teaching: Santa Fe Clay (NM), Penland, and in Morocco and Mexico; residencies: Glasgow School of Art (Scotland), Findhorn Foundation (Scotland), Red Lodge (MT); publications: 500 Animals (Lark Books), Dreaming Out Loud: An Artist in Clay Rebuilds Her Life.

carolinedouglas.com | @carolinedouglasart

CLAY SUMMER SESSION 7
AUGUST 13–18, 2023

Lindsay Rogers
On Pots and Food

Using wheelthrown plates and bowls as our foundation, this workshop will investigate the relationship between pottery and food. From design to execution, we’ll focus on how form and surface design can affect how food is perceived. Slide talks and demonstrations will keep food at the center of the discussion. Decorative techniques will include texture and resist processes using paper, tape, vinyl, and wax. A range of clay bodies will be available; we’ll conclude with a bisque firing. Basic wheelthrowing skills will be helpful but this workshop is open to all levels. Upper clay studio.

Associate Professor at East Tennessee State University; teaching: Arrowmont (TN), Odyssey ClayWorks (NC); residencies: Archie Bray (MT), Watershed (ME), clay coordinator for the Arrowmont Pentaculum (TN); exhibitions: Blue Spiral 1 (NC), Clayakar (IA), Art of the Pot (TX), Dallas Pottery Invitational, Old Church Pottery Show (NJ), American Pottery Festival (MN); publications: Ceramics Monthly, Studio Potter, Pottery Making Illustrated (cover), Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, Martha Stewart Living. 

lindsayrogersceramics.com | @rogerspottery

CLAY SUMMER SESSION 6
JULY 30–AUGUST 11, 2023

Natalia Arbelaez
Modest to Monumental

This sculpture workshop will use basic techniques, including pinch and coil, to make small to large forms. These often overlooked techniques can be used to realize many ideas. For large forms we’ll use sectional methods that facilitate firing and shipping when faced with size constraints. We’ll also cover multiple surface techniques (glazes, stains, coldworking) that will bring color or subtlety. I will share the process of storytelling and research I use to create narratives full of symbolism. Low to mid-range firing. All levels. Upper clay studio. 

Studio artist; teaching; Clay Art Center (NY), College of New Rochelle (NY), Harvard University Ceramics Program (MA), Massachusetts College of Art and Design (Boston); residencies: Museum of Art and Design (NYC), American Museum of Ceramic Art (CA); representation: Mindy Solomon Gallery (Miami), Galerie Wolfsen (Denmark); collections: Everson Museum (NY), Fuller Craft Museum (MA), Institute of Contemporary Art (Miami). 

nataliaarbelaez.com | @natalia_arbelaez_

CLAY SUMMER SESSION 5
JULY 16–28, 2023

Paul S. Briggs
Pinching Pushed

This workshop will push the clay pinching process beyond the typical three-inch bowl. We’ll cover several pinch forming techniques ranging from pinched and corrected (altered) forms to high-relief surfaces. Students will learn to center, open, and pull up clay walls using only hand turning, a technique used around the world to form various types of pots and vessels (no potter’s wheel involved). We’ll work with stoneware and fire cone 6-10 oxidation. All levels. Lower clay studio. 

Artist-teacher at Massachusetts College of Art and Design; other teaching: Anderson Ranch (CO), St. Olaf College (MN), Harvard (MA), Penland; collections: Fuller Craft Museum (MA), Columbus Art Museum (OH), Legacy Museum (AL). 

psbriggs.com | @psbriggs3.0

CLAY SUMMER SESSION 5
JULY 16–28, 2023

Sue Tirrell
Stories Around the Table

We’ll bring functional and decorative tableware to life by drawing, painting, and carving on leather-hard porcelain. We’ll make a variety of small to medium-sized hand- and wheel-formed vessels and decorate them using underglazes, glazes, trailing, sgraffito, inlay, and painting techniques. Bring your favorite narrative source materials including drawings, photographs, illustrations, and ephemera to create a personal library of imagery. Students will be guided in the process of distilling these ideas into dynamic, colorful surface designs, giving individual stories universal appeal. We’ll have demonstrations, drawing exercises, slide talks, conversations about food, optional student presentations, and time in the kitchen. All levels. Upper clay studio. 

Studio artist; teaching: Archie Bray (MT), Anderson Ranch (CO), Arrowmont (TN), Morean Center for Clay (FL), Baltimore Clayworks (MD); residencies: Archie Bray (MT), California State University-Chico; exhibitions: St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour (MN), Old Church (NJ), Red Lodge (MT), Dallas Pottery Invitational, The Clay Studio of Philadelphia; representation: Schaller Gallery (MI), Visions West Contemporary (MT).

suetirrellceramics.com | @suetirrell

CLAY SUMMER SESSION 4
JULY 2–14, 2023

Cristina Córdova
Build Big: Essential Methods for Large-Scale Success

Building big opens up a different relationship with our creativity. Sculpting on a large scale draws a connection to the monumental and archetypal, generating a different energy from which to convey concepts and personal narratives. This workshop will provide all the information you need to understand basic, effective strategies for large-scale slab construction. We’ll discuss prototyping and creating diagrams, sourcing clay bodies, tools and supplies, as well as drying protocols and firing cycles. We’ll also discuss surface options for large-scale objects and how to troubleshoot common issues surrounding larger work: kiln size, shipping, safe handling, etc. Electric firing. Intermediate/advanced level; students should have basic handbuilding experience. Lower clay studio. 

Studio artist; teaching: Santa Fe Clay, Anderson Ranch (CO), Haystack (ME), Armory Arts Center (FL); North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship, Virginia Groot Foundation Recognition Grant, United States Artists Fellowship; collections: Smithsonian American Art Museum (DC), Museum of Contemporary Art (Puerto Rico), Mint Museum (NC), Everson Museum (NY); featured on the cover of Ceramics Monthly and in the PBS series Craft in America. 

cristinacordova.com | @cristinacordovastudio

CLAY SUMMER SESSION 3
JUNE 18–30, 2023

Hiroe Hanazono
Prototype Development and Mold Making

This workshop will cover methods of working with plaster to create models and molds. Students will design objects on paper and learn various methods for creating 3D versions using plaster, clay, or wood. Students will then be guided through the process of making one-piece or multiple-piece molds, which will be used to make slip cast objects. Demonstrations will cover various approaches to prototyping, mold making, and the slip casting process. We’ll emphasize developing original forms rather than working with found objects. Porcelain slip; electric firing. All levels. Lower clay studio. 

Studio artist; adjunct professor at Tyler School of Art (Philadelphia), instructor at The Clay Studio (Philadelphia) and Greenwich House Pottery (NYC); other teaching: Montgomery County  Community College (PA), Maryland Institute College of Art (MD); residencies: The Clay Studio, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center (Denmark), Archie Bray (MT); collections: Guldagergaard, Archie Bray.

hiroehanazono.com

CLAY SUMMER SESSION 3
JUNE 18–30, 2023

Kip O’Krongly
Earthenware: Layer by Layer

What makes a unique functional pot? How can surface and form blend to strengthen ideas? We’ll investigate questions like these with a tiny bit of wheel work, but our focus will be on using slabs, with templates, press molds, and extruded components. After constructing a foundation of forms, we’ll bring technology into the mix with a digital cutter and effortlessly translate drawings into stencils! By layering stencils with sgraffito, latex resist, and ombre washes of slips and underglazes, we’ll create engaging, depth-filled surfaces on red earthenware clay. We’ll also cover self-burnishing terra sigillata, the magic of paper clay repairs, and helpful studio tips like two-handed handle pulling, snazzy coiling tricks, and making extra-thin spouts. Come ready to experiment and play. All levels. Upper clay studio.

Studio artist; teaching: Arrowmont (TN), Archie Bray (MT), Watershed (ME), Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis), Carleton College (MN); residencies: Watershed, Archie Bray Foundation, Arrowmont; recent exhibitions: St Croix Pottery Tour (MN), American Pottery Festival at Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis).

kipokrongly.com | @kipokrongly

CLAY SUMMER SESSION 2
JUNE 4–16, 2023

Pattie Chalmers
Oh! You Pretty Things

“To articulate what is past does not mean to recognize ‘how it really was.’ It means to take control of a memory as it flashes in a moment of danger.”
-Walter Benjamin

Students in this workshop will learn from my approach to constructing earthenware objects. Sharing techniques through demonstrations and guided hands-on learning, I will impart many aspects of my creative practice: handbuilding, printing, glazing, and much more. Responding to daily prompts, students will create personalized objects to explore the genre of still life and to consider a thing’s capacity to act as a conduit for memory. All levels. Lower clay studio. 

Professor at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; workshop teaching: Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis), Haystack (ME), Arrowmont (TN),  Harvard Ceramics Program (MA), Penland; solo exhibitions: Sheldon Art Center (St. Louis) Craft Alliance (St. Louis); group exhibitions: Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Bradbury Art Museum (AR); collections: San Angelo Museum (TX), The Clay Studio (Philadelphia), Rosenfield Collection (TX). 

pattiechalmers.com | @ladypattiechalmers

CLAY SUMMER SESSION 2
JUNE 4–16, 2023

Guillermo Cuellar
Wheel to Table

Students in this workshop will make wheelthrown utilitarian forms: from basic bowls and cylinders to more complex pieces, such as teapots, depending on each individual’s skill level. Demonstrations will cover tools and techniques for throwing, altering, and assembling pots and will address feet, lids, and handles. We’ll share the excitement of firing our stoneware clay pieces in reduction and salt/soda kilns. One-on-one instructional time will meet each student at their level of experience for individual skill building and support. We’ll explore, experiment, and engage in a relaxed and fun conversation about community, food, and the place of handmade pottery in our lives. All levels. Upper clay studio. 

Studio artist; teaching: Venezuelan Association of the Arts of Fire, assisted workshops taught by Warren MacKenzie, Linda Christianson, and others; Minnesota State Arts Board grant; exhibitions: Venezuelan National Art Gallery, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas (Venezuela) Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Puerto Rico, Smithsonian (DC), The Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis), Weisman Art Museum (Minneapolis), St Croix Valley Pottery Tour (MN); founding member of Grupo Turgua, promoting Venezuelan craft. 

guillermopottery.com | @guillermopottery

CLAY SUMMER SESSION 1
MAY 28–JUNE 2, 2023

Rich Brown
Throwing with Intention

This workshop will be a deep look into throwing functional pottery. With a focus on the mental preparation for throwing, we’ll aspire to being present and intentional as each piece is created. Students will learn about throwing repetitive forms efficiently, and we’ll consider how to use pottery for self-reflection and for learning to be intentional with life as well as with clay. We’ll make cylinders, bulbous forms, and bowls. Bisque fire only. Beginning level. Upper clay studio.

Studio artist; teaching: Pottery32 (GA), Clay by the Bay (San Francisco), Saville Studio (GA); Clay Challenge 2022 residency (WA); exhibitions: Louisiana State University Glassel Gallery, De Sousa Slay Gallery (GA), Eutectic Gallery (Portland, OR), Clay to Table (online); representation: Clay Art Center (NY), Mark of the Potter (GA). 

pottery32.com | @pottery32