Dawn G. Holder on mon 11 jul 05
A few spots are open in the Annette Gates workshop at The Hambidge Center
for Creative Arts and Sciences, an artist residency and ceramics studio in
northeast Georgia. Hambidge is located about 120 miles north of Atlanta and
90 miles west of Asheville in the pristine mountains of Rabun Gap, GA.
Hambidge offers small, relaxed workshops in clean, well-organized facility
featuring new lots of natural light and new equipment.
Lodging is not included, but a list of accomodations will be sent upon
registration. The Ramada in Dillard gives special rates to Hambidge
workshop participants.
For more information, or to register for this workshop, call Deb in the Main
office at (706) 746-7324 or email: center@hambidge.org .
Annette Gates “Hand as Tool: Handbuilding with Porcelain”
August 15 – 19, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
$350, Lunch Included
In this one week hands-on class, our goal will be to build porcelain pots
with function in mind. Slab construction will be the emphasis, taking
advantage of the textures and shapes impossible to achieve when using the
wheel. The woods surrounding the Hambidge Center will provide inspiration
for texture, form, and function. Simple but effective tricks will be taught
that can become building blocks for further investigations in clay. Active
studio time will be supplemented with information about contemporary and
historical references, and with group discussions to help dissolve the
mysteries of firing and glazing. We will be working with cone 6 porcelain
and stoneware. Some experience will be helpful, but the class is open to
all levels.
Annette Gates completed a BFA in 1993 at the University of Colorado and an
MFA in 1999 at the University of Georgia. Annette is a studio artist and
part-time instructor living in Athens, Georgia. She currently teaches at
the University of Georgia, and has also taught at Emory University in
Atlanta, Elon College in North Carolina, the Atlanta College of Art, and Red
Rocks Community College in Colorado. She has instructed workshops at
Arrowmont School for the Arts and Crafts, Good Dirt Community Clay Center,
and Chastain Art Center in Atlanta. In 2002, she completed two residencies:
one in Skaelskor Denmark at the International Ceramic Center, and the other
at the Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, New York. In 2004, Annette
worked as an artist in residence at the Hambidge Center in Rabun Gap,
Georgia. Her work is exhibited locally and nationally.
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