- Professional hands-on technical and conceptual approaches to the use of clay as a material.
- Various approaches to the use of molds, construction methods, refinement of surface, and installation-based work.
- Clay as a medium for sculptural applications not limited to traditional roles.
- Guest Artists will work with students on technique, idea development, critique, and professional example.
- Interaction/network/community building with other students in the field.
- This workshop will culminate in a public exhibition of student work.
Undergraduate: ART 421, 3 units
Graduate: ART 621, 3 units
$50
Participants in this workshop should have intermediate to graduate-level standing as visual artists, or an interest in sculpture, clay, or installation-based work. Previous experience in working with clay is not required. Individuals from outside the visual arts are encouraged to apply with some experience in studio technique and practice. Visual arts alumni and professionals are also encouraged to apply.
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Submit a letter indicating your interest and art background, some information on your studio experience and background, and 5-10 images (jpeg) of your creative work on a CD.
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Send the materials listed in Step One with your completed Registration Form to the
Summer Arts Registration Office by
May 3, 2010.
The deadline to apply for this course has passed.
Professor Patsy Cox
patsy.cox@csun.edu
818-677-2986
Heather Mae Erickson
Heather Mae Erickson is the Robert Chapman Turner Teaching Fellow in Ceramic Art, and Visiting Assistant Professor at New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. She is a former Finland Fulbright Scholar and former resident of the Clay Studio in Philadelphia. Her research and work are at the forefront of a trend where both industry and design play roles in studio art practice. She is an advocate of this approach and endeavor and continues researching this subject by exploring models throughout Europe, particularly in Scandinavia.
Check out her website at homepage.mac.com/heathermaerickson/ceramicdesign/Menu92.html.
Heather Mae Erickson is the Robert Chapman Turner Teaching Fellow in Ceramic Art, and Visiting Assistant Professor at New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. She is a former Finland Fulbright Scholar and former resident of the Clay Studio in Philadelphia. Her research and work are at the forefront of a trend where both industry and design play roles in studio art practice. She is an advocate of this approach and endeavor and continues researching this subject by exploring models throughout Europe, particularly in Scandinavia.
Check out her website at homepage.mac.com/heathermaerickson/ceramicdesign/Menu92.html.
Jason Briggs
Jason Briggs received his BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and his MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. After a summer at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT, he spent three years serving as Artist in Residence at the Appalachian Center for Crafts in Smithville, TN. Mr. Briggs was recently invited as a visiting artist to the the Taiwan National University of Art in Taipei. He received a Virginia Groot Foundation Fellowship in 2007, a Tennessee Arts Commission Grant in 2006, as well as several other awards for his work. His work is in public and private collections, including the Ceramics Research Center and The Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences in Evansville, Indiana. Mr. Briggs teaches part-time at David Lipscomb University in Nashville while maintaining a rural studio down the road.
Check out his website at www.jason-briggs.com.
Jason Briggs received his BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and his MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. After a summer at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT, he spent three years serving as Artist in Residence at the Appalachian Center for Crafts in Smithville, TN. Mr. Briggs was recently invited as a visiting artist to the the Taiwan National University of Art in Taipei. He received a Virginia Groot Foundation Fellowship in 2007, a Tennessee Arts Commission Grant in 2006, as well as several other awards for his work. His work is in public and private collections, including the Ceramics Research Center and The Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences in Evansville, Indiana. Mr. Briggs teaches part-time at David Lipscomb University in Nashville while maintaining a rural studio down the road.
Check out his website at www.jason-briggs.com.
Tip Toland
A Virginia A. Groot Foundation Award and National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship recipient, Tip Toland received her BFA in ceramics from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an MFA in ceramics from Montana State University. She has taught extensively nationally and locally at schools including Louisiana State University, University of Montana, Montana State University, University of Washington, and Seward Park Clay Studio. She exhibits nationally and is represented by Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York and Pacini Lubel. Her work is in many prestigious collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Check out her website at www.tiptoland.com.
A Virginia A. Groot Foundation Award and National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship recipient, Tip Toland received her BFA in ceramics from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an MFA in ceramics from Montana State University. She has taught extensively nationally and locally at schools including Louisiana State University, University of Montana, Montana State University, University of Washington, and Seward Park Clay Studio. She exhibits nationally and is represented by Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York and Pacini Lubel. Her work is in many prestigious collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Check out her website at www.tiptoland.com.
Holly Hanessian
Holly Hanessian is a mid-career ceramic sculptor who lives and works in Tallahassee, FL, where she is area head of the ceramics program at Florida State University. She has exhibited her work in China, India, New Zealand, and in Italy, and has given slide lectures and workshops at many colleges and universities. She has been featured in magazines and books including, The Ceramic Narrative and 500 Ceramic Sculptures.
Check out her websites at www.hollyhanessian.com, www.artaxis.org and www.accessceramics.org.
Holly Hanessian is a mid-career ceramic sculptor who lives and works in Tallahassee, FL, where she is area head of the ceramics program at Florida State University. She has exhibited her work in China, India, New Zealand, and in Italy, and has given slide lectures and workshops at many colleges and universities. She has been featured in magazines and books including, The Ceramic Narrative and 500 Ceramic Sculptures.
Check out her websites at www.hollyhanessian.com, www.artaxis.org and www.accessceramics.org.
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