j e motzkin on mon 31 dec 01
Weekend Intensives in Architectural Ceramics and Glaze Chemistry,
Figurative Ceramics Class,
Graduate Level Credits and Professional Development Points
--- Nancy Selvage wrote:
> Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 15:09:16 -0500
> To: Recipient List Suppressed:;
> From: Nancy Selvage
> Subject: Visiting Artists, 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
>
> --
> 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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