Nancy Selvage on sat 29 dec 01
Weekend Intensives in Architectural Ceramics and Glaze Chemistry,
Figurative Ceramics Class,
Graduate Level Credits and Professional Development Points
Greetings to all who have asked to be on our workshop mailing lists!
Enclosed is information about
publicity strategy
visiting artist events
new intensive weekend format for Architectural Ceramics Seminar
new intensive weekend format for Glaze Chemistry Class
new class in Figurative Ceramics
graduate-level credit options through Massachusetts College of Art
Since the use of e-mail has increased so dramatically among those
interested in our workshops, I am in the process of converting all of
the workshop snail- lists to e-mail lists and hope that the days of
stuffing envelopes are over. Thanks to you all for being in the
electronic mode.
If anyone has trouble opening our e-mails, please let me know. If
you are temporarily off e-mail, the workshop information is posted on
our website at www.fas.harvard.edu/~ofa.
Please note that workshop mailings (both e-mail and snail-mail) are
separate from class registration and Show and Sale mailings. If you
have any questions or requests for registration or Show and Sale
publicity contact Shawn Panepinto.
Best Wishes for the New Year, Nancy
Visiting Artist Opportunities
My current workshop presentation strategy is to connect many of our
visiting artists with class and seminar presentations.
Each fall and each spring three visiting artists will each teach four
sessions of the Thursday morning class. During the first hour of each
visiting artist's first class the introductory presentation will be
open to the general public. The remainder of the visiting artist's
involvement will be focused on working with 20 individuals who have
enrolled for the class. Each term's visiting artist class will be
organized around a theme. Using nature as a source for imagery,
process, and concept is the focus for the next term's class.
Each summer at least one visiting artist will be in-residence and
teach in a specialized seminar or class. In the summer of 1999 we
hosted the Hopi Tewa potter Rachael Sahmie; in 2000, the Peruvian
potter Jose Yamunaque; last summer, the Chinese artists Ho Sin-Ying,
Chen Guang-Hui, and Kang Ching. This summer's symposium will be on
Islamic Ceramics and feature visiting artists working in majolica and
lustre ware.
Each year a visiting artist in-residence will have a private working
space at the studio and will give a workshop and/or participate in
class presentations.
In addition the studio will host at least one short workshop by a
visiting artist each year.
The visiting artist presentations at the Ceramics Program are
supported by the Marchall S. Cogan Fund at the Office for the Arts at
Harvard.
Upcoming Visiting Artist Presentations
Chris Gustin Thursday, January 10, 2002 9:30
am -4:30 pm
Slide Presentation, Demonstration, Potluck Lunch
Free for Ceramics Program students and all Harvard Students
$50 fee for others; space limited; reservation required
Chris Gustin has received NEA Visual Arts Fellowships as well as
other awards and fellowships for his work.
Though most of my work only alludes to function, I use the pot
context because of its immense possibilities for abstraction. The
skin of the clay holds the invisible interior of the vessel. How I
manipulate my forms "around" that air, constraining it, enclosing it,
or letting it expand and swell, can allow analogy and metaphor to
enter into the work.
To learn more about the artist and his work log on to
<>www.gustinceramics.com
Visiting Artists: Linda Huey, Weronika Zaluska, Judy Motzkin
Thursdays 9:30 am-12:30 pm Limited to 20
Study with three artists who use nature as sources for imagery,
process, and concept in their work. During each instructor's 4-week
session, she will introduce techniques and ideas for exploring new
means of expression through demonstrations, slide lectures, group
critiques, individual consultations, and class projects. . During the
first hour of each visiting artist's first class the introductory
presentation will be open to the general public.
$15 registration for the one-hour presentation, reservation required
$475 registration for whole class if you do not use the studio to
store, fire or make work outside of class time
(you may bring in your own clay for use during class time)
$685 registration for the whole class with full use of the studio resources
Linda Huey Presentation: Thursday, Februrary 7, 2002
9:30-10:30 am
Forces of nature, such as growth and decay, intrigue me and inform my
work. When using leaf forms in the vessel format, leaves are tossed
around by wind, growing toward the sun, springing from compressed
roots, holding water, or falling into the shape of a bowl. Working in
exaggerated scale helps examine what is usually quite tiny and
unnoticed.
(A separate reminder e-mail with an image will follow.)
Weronika Zaluska Presentation: Thursday, February
21, 2002 9:30-10:30 am
The clay objects I create describe the internal world in a state of
balance, stillness and silence. They represent the centered self,
frozen in a moment of completeness. Each sculpture is an
interlocking whole, made up of similar components, repeated in a
sedimentary manner. The organic, systematic layering of parts relates
to the essential processes and rhythms found in nature, such as:
growth, regeneration, reproduction.
(A separate reminder e-mail with an image will follow.)
Judy Motzkin Presentation: Thursday, March 21, 2002 9:30-10:30 am
I am motivated by exploiting accidental serendipities of the
art-making process in my work with clay ,fire, and assemblage
materials. Through these processes I attempt to echo the random
beauty of nature and geologic weathering. Risk taking and
experimentation keeps the process vital and unpredictable.
(A separate reminder e-mail with an image will follow.)
This year's, visiting artist-in-residence, Seitu Jones, taught
several sessions of the Thursday morning class and a session of the
Architectural Ceramics class in the Fall. In the Spring term he will
be giving a casting demonstration in the architectural ceramics class
and conducting sessions for making contributions to a University wide
collaborative art project.
Seitu Jones plans to develop his understanding of African American
cultural landscapes and their relationship to community development
during his year as a Loeb Fellow at Harvard's Graduate School of
Design. As a public artist Seitu uses environmental art and
horticulture as tools for community development activities in his
hometown of St. Paul, Minnesota, as well as in many other parts of
the country. As a scenic designer, Seitu has created work for many
theater companies in Minnesota, Illinois, and New York. He has been
awarded a Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship a McKnight Visual
Artist Fellowship, a Bush Arts Fellowship and an National Endowment
for the Arts/Theatre Communication Group (NEA/TCG) Designer
Fellowship.
Graduate-level credit and Professional Development Points
Through the Cooperating Institutions Program with
Massachusetts College of Art, graduate-level credits and professional
development points are offered
for the Architectural Ceramics Seminar, Clay and Glaze
Chemistry Class, Independent Study Seminar, and Summer Symposium -
Seminar (which will focus on Islamic Ceramics this Summer). The cost
is $70 for each graduate level credit and $20 for Professional
Development Points.
New Intensive Weekend Format for two classes
$475 registration if you do not use the studio to store, fire, or
make work outside of class time
(you may bring in and out your own clay for use in Architectural Seminar)
(you may use studio materials for creating test tiles
in Glaze Chemistry)
$685 registration for the whole class with full use of the studio resources
$70/each graduate level credit
Architectural Ceramics
Instructors: Nancy Selvage, Wasma'a Chorbachi, Jeanee Redmond
5 Weekends : February 9-10, March 2-3, March 23-24, April 13-14, May 4-5
Saturday 9-12, 1-4 and Sunday 9-12 Limited to 12
3 graduate-level credits option offered through Massachusetts College of Art.
The focus of this session will be the design, construction, and
installation of a permanent mural at the studio and the development
and completion of individual student projects. Demonstrations, site
visits, slide lectures, and case studies will introduce a rich
variety of approaches to the creation of tile projects and sculpture
for public and private sites. If participants desire instructional
feedback between weekend sessions, they may consult with Nancy at the
studio on Tuesday evenings from 7:30-9:00 pm .
Clay and Glaze Chemistry
Instructor: Bob Wilt
5 Weekends : February 16-17, March 9-10, March 30-31, April 20-21, May 11
Saturday 9-12, 1-4 and Sunday 9-12 Limited to 12
2 graduate-level credits option offered through Massachusetts College of Art.
Presentations, glaze testing, and research will be focused on
developing an understanding of the chemistry involved with firing
clays and glazes so that students may use natural and commercial
ceramic materials effectively and safely.
Ceramic Sculpture: Clay Bodies
Instructors: Lisa Osborn, Ruth Mordecai
Tuesdays 6:30-9:30 pm Limited to 12
This class will be an expressive exploration of the figure
emphasizing gesture, structure, and process. Students will develop
their ideas and work through clay and paint sketches of models, a
variety of construction and glazing techniques, and a direct movement
experience with dance instructor, Claire Mallardi.
$475 registration if you do not use the studio to store, fire or
make work outside of class time
(you may bring in and out your own clay for use during class time)
$685 registration with full use of the studio resources
Registration forms and instructor bios for these classes are on our
website: <>www.fas.harvard.edu/~ofa/programs/ceramics
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Nancy Selvage
Ceramics Program Director
219 Western Avenue
Boston, MA 02134
tel. (617) 495-8680
fax (617) 496-9787
Office for the Arts at Harvard
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~ofa
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