2012 Workshop Series

 

DAVID SCOTT SMITH
Burn, Baby, Burn

Saturday, May 5
10am - 5pm

Bring your bisqueware and help the Clay Studio inaugurate our brand new raku kiln for a full day of firing fun.

David Smith will share his raku glaze recipes, demonstrate glaze tricks and techniques, show images of historical and contemporary raku ceramic work, and fire up the raku kiln. No raku experience is necessary, but participants are expected to bring their own bisqueware. There will be a limited supply of bisqued tiles, simple cylinders, and bowls for students to experiment with.

$100 for non-members
$90 for members, seniors, and students
tuition includes glaze materials, firing, and lunch

Bio:
David Scott Smith is originally from Spokane, WA. He has lived for extended periods of time in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Louisiana. He received his MFA from Louisiana State University and worked for several years at Southern Louisiana University teaching ceramics and 3-D design before moving to the Flathead Valley. He has been featured numerous times in Ceramics Monthly magazine, most recently in February 2010, with the article David Scott Smith: A Bricolage of Light. He currently resides in Kalispell, MT, where he teaches ceramics and design at Flathead Valley Community College.

DAVID PETERS
Can you dig it? Discovering Local Clays

Saturday June 30 & Sunday July 1
10am - 4pm

Have you always wanted to dig and process your own clay? This workshop will show you how. David will lead a field trip around Missoula, sharing information about geologic processes that pertain to clay, as well as ways to identify clays and take samples. Back in the studio we will process and test the clays we dig. The information gained from these tests will inform us as to what the materials can be used for. Students will then experiment with their newly found clays to create simple forms.

The workshop will include lectures about the historical and contemporary use of local materials in the production of ceramics, geological background and tips for finding clay in your area. David will also share images of his own work, which is created with locally dug clays. All skill levels are welcome.

$185 for non-members
$175 for members, seniors, and students
tuition includes materials, firing,and lunch both days

Bio:
David Peters was born and raised in Amarillo Texas where he began making pots about eleven years ago. He earned his bachelors of art from Utah State University. Upon graduating he became a resident at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena Montana where he began using local materials for his work. He is now doing his graduate work at Montana State University where he continues to study and experiment with indigenous ceramic materials.

DAVID REGAN
Alluring Surfaces: Tricks and Techniques

Saturday July 21
10:00am - 5:00pm

Students will learn various techniques to create textured plaster relief molds that can be used to generate ceramic tiles and textured slabs for hand-building.  David will also address the possibilities that clay offers as a viable two-dimensional medium by comparing and contrasting the connection of ceramic processes with drawing and print- making.

After having to cancel due to unforseen circumstances last year, we are so pleased to be able to offer this workshop with David again for 2012.

$100 for non-members
$90 for members, seniors, and students
tuition includes materials, firing, and lunch

Bio:
David Regan's carved porcelain vessels are collected nationally and exhibited
at Barry Friedman LTD. in New York and the Frank Lloyd Gallery in Los Angeles. He received his BFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1986 and MFA from Alfred University in 1990. In 1992 he was recipient of a Montana Arts Council Fellowship, and in 1993 he received a Western States Federation Fellowship.

More recently, his work was included in the Missoula Art Museum traveling exhibition, Persistence in Clay, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Clay Into Art exhibition. He lives and works in Missoula, Montana where and teaches at the University of Montana Western in Dillon, Montana.

SETH GREEN
Achieving New Forms: Assembling Parts

Saturday August 4 & Sunday August 5
10am - 4pm

Learn to achieve new forms and push the scale of your work by assembling multiple wheel-thrwn parts. Finishing touches, like making lids that fit, selecting the right finial/knob, making spouts, and two-part spout press molds will also be explored.

This workshop will be hands-on and will include demonstrations, group activities and discussion. Participants will have the opportunity to experiment with some of the demonstrated techniques and make spout molds. Seth will also give an image presentation about his ceramic vessels, the spiritual symbolism and religious architecture he choses to reference in his work and his experiences that have impacted him as an artist and educator.

$185 for non-members
$175 for members, seniors, and students
tuition includes materials, firing, and lunch both days

Bio:
Seth Green is an Assistant Professor of Art & Design and at Morehead State University in Morehead, KY. He received his M.F.A. in Ceramics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has worked at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, CO and has been an artist-in-residence a the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT. His exhibition record continues to grow rapidly and is receiving nation recognition for his ceramic vessels. Recently he received the Bailey Pottery Purchase Award for one of his teapots in the 2011 Strictly Functional Pottery National Exhibition. He has been a Demonstrator and Visiting Artist at the Michigan Mud Conference, Utah Valley University, Brigham Young University and the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.

JULIA GALLOWAY
October, 2012

More information to follow soon!

REGISTER FOR A WORKSHOP TODAY!

If you would like to enroll in a workshop, please contact the Clay Studio at 406-543-0509 or via email at info@theclaystudioofmissoula.org.  

Space is limited, and payment is due in full to reserve your spot.

The Clay Studio accepts cash, check, Visa or MasterCard

REFUND AND CANCELLATION POLICY
The Clay Studio will offer students a full refund, less a $20 administrative fee up to 28 days before the day of the workshop.  If the Clay Studio is forced to cancel a workshop due to unforeseen reasons, registrants will receive a full refund.

Thank you for your interest in our workshop series. We appreciate your support!

 

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