Linda Arbuckle on sun 16 apr 06
Joe Bova is a well-known ceramic sculptor, educator, and past president
of NCECA. He=92s on phased retirement at Ohio U and teaching 1 quarter a
year there, and has moved his permanent residence to Santa Fe, MN. He
has built a studio in Santa Fe, and in the interest of being there more,
rather than traveling, is offering some studio workshops out of his
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One of Joe=92s strengths is using the kinds of movements clay does
naturally (folds, creases, slumps) to evoke figurative imagery. He works
amazingly quickly for a sculptor, and I learned a lot of handbuilding
licks that are useful for pottery through watching him work. Joe is also
a great storyteller, and a charmer. He had an extended article in
Ceramics Monthly a while back.=20
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The Santa Fe area offers an international museum of folk art, the
Georgia O=92Keefe Museum, wonderful restaurants, local Native American
crafts, and other intrigues.=20
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Joe Bova Workshop - ANIMALS IN CLAY=20
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July 2 =96 7, 2006
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Santa Fe, New Mexico =20
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Cost: $800.00 Register Now: bovaworkshop@comcast.net or call
505-466-4309
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Additional information forwarded on email request.
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One week, materials included. Extras include decorating demo by Jenny
Lind.
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Whether you are interested in pottery and the vessel with animal
decoration, or the vessel in animal form, or a sculptural approach to
clay animals you will find this workshop inspirational, informative and
useful. Techniques, processes, imagery and content will be covered, with
examples referencing historical and contemporary ceramic animals.
Animals as symbols within political and social context and ceramics will
be discussed. Bova is the juror and essayist for the next Lark Books
publication, =93500 Animals in Clay=94 due later this year. Each =
participant
will complete a pottery animal by the conclusion of the workshop.=20
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This week-long workshop will involve both demonstration and
participation. Participation will begin the afternoon of day one, and
continue through the last day. All levels are welcome.=20
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=93The figure is central to my work even when the image is animal. The
animal image is symbolically surrogate. Social content and commentary
is important. Animals have always enthralled me. As a child I drew
animals obsessively, drawing them, in fact, before I began talking.
Growing up in Texas in a family of outdoorsmen, I learned to hunt and
fish at an early age. These experiences with animals, along with the
study of human and animal figures in historical and contemporary works
in ceramics, which is densely rich in such imagery, informs my work.
Among these influences the pottery of Pre-Columbian classical Moch=E9
pottery was early and has been enduring. Almost as important has been
the sculptures found in other ancient cultures around the world: from
the Qin and Han dynasties in China to early Greek and Etruscan works in
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Joe Bova earned a BFA from the University of Houston and his Masters
degree from the University of New Mexico. Bova taught at Louisiana
State University in Baton Rouge from 1971 to 1990, where he directed the
graduate program in ceramics, leading it to one of the top ten programs
in the country. From 1990 until 1997 he served as the Director of the
Ohio University School of Art, where he still teaches each spring. The
OU program has also achieved a top ten ranking. Joe is recipient of a
SAF/NEA Fellowship, a Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art
Fellowship, and an NCECA fellowship/residency in Hungary. He has
traveled extensively in Europe, South America, and Asia in his ceramics
career. He has been a visiting artist at many schools including NY
State College of Ceramics at Alfred, University of Georgia=92s Cortona
Italy Program, Haystack School in Maine, Penland School in North
Carolina and the Rhode Island School of Design. This year he received
the Excellence in Teaching Award from NCECA. =20
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