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Mon. 7:00 - 10:00 pm Eva Lapka
(12 wks; fall: starts Sept. 20; winter: starts Jan. 17)
Tues. 7:00 - 10:00 pm Audrey Killoran
(12 wks; fall: starts Sept. 21; winter: starts Jan. 18)
Thurs. 1:00 - 4:00 pm Olaf de Winter
(12 wks; fall: starts Sept. 23; winter: starts Jan. 20)
Thurs. 7:00 - 10:00 pm Jennifer Wicks
(12 wks; fall: starts Sept. 23; winter: starts Jan. 20)
Learn fundamental wheel-throwing techniques for both functional and decorative pottery forms from bowls and cups to vases and pots. Techniques for glazing and decorating will be explored. Course includes demonstrations, theory, and critiques of individual work. All levels; beginners welcome.
Tues. 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Audrey Killoran
(12 wks; fall: starts Sept. 21; winter: starts Jan. 18)
Improve throwing skills and create more complex forms by altering, cutting, joining and incorporating hand-built elements into your pieces. Surface treatments will include raw clay approaches such as texturing and various methods of engobe and stain application as well as overlapping and resist techniques with glazes. Emphasis towards a personal approach to surface and form. Prerequisite: two sessions of throwing.
Mon. 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Eva Lapka
(12 wks; fall: starts Sept. 20; winter: starts Jan. 17)
Wed. 7:00 - 10:00 pm Loraine Basque
(12 wks; fall: starts Sept. 22; winter: starts Jan. 19)
Sat. 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Olaf de Winter
(12 wks; fall: starts Sept. 25; winter: starts Jan. 22)
Learn the techniques of handbuilding with clay. Beginners will get acquainted with pinched pots, coiling, slab-building and hollowing. More advanced students will concentrate on personal projects according to their needs making functional or sculptural pieces. Decorative and pictorial techniques will also be taught, using engobes, glazes and pigments. Students will be encouraged to develop their creativity.
Thurs. 4:30 pm - 6:30 Jennifer Wicks
(11 wks; fall: starts Sept.23; winter: starts Jan.20)
Learn the basics of ceramics: the pottery wheel, handbuilding and sculpture. Experiment with different types of ceramic decoration including engobes and glazes. Students of all levels will improve their three-dimensional art making skills as they work on a variety of functional and non-functional pieces.
Fri. Oct. 8; 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Coiling is one of the most ancient techniques used in ceramics. The method can result in the simplest of designs to more complex and unique one-of-a-kind forms. Loraine Basque will demonstrate the coiling method, inspired by her own floral production “Sea Anemone”. Includes slide presentation.
Fri. Feb. 18; 10:00 am -12:00 pm
The workshop will demonstrate a few of the possibilities for developing original vessel forms by combining wheel-thrown elements with simple hand-building techniques. We will also discuss the use of terra sigillata (fine clay slip) and burnishing as an approach to surface treatment.
The Ceramics Department is pleased to inaugurate a series of annual lectures by invited guest artists. Students will have an opportunity to meet the artists as well as learn new ideas and different approaches to contemporary ceramics. The lectures will take place in our McClure Gallery.
Thurs. Oct. 21, 7:00 pm
Lisette Savaria is a well-known multidisciplinary porcelain artist; she will present her work in a solo exhibition at Takamado Gallery in Tokyo in the fall of 2010. Over the past forty years, she has perfected her techniques in porcelain, paper porcelain, the Tiffany technique of copper-set glass, sculptural tableaux and bronze. Sensitive to the challenges of all fire related materials, she will share the vulnerabilities and strengths of each element. Lisette will discuss her work in terms of her approach to these techniques. Presentation includes supporting visuals.
Thurs. Nov. 18; 7:00 pm
The Visual Arts Centre is pleased to present a lecture by ceramic artist Jean-Pierre Larocque. His lecture will focus on the work he has recently prepared for the Gardiner Museum of Ceramics in Toronto; the artist was invited to exhibit his drawings and clay sculpture for an inaugural solo exhibition in the newly rebuilt museum. Between 1989 and 1999 Jean-Pierre Larocque taught at numerous universities throughout the United States; he is currenly head of the Ceramics Studio Art Program at Concordia University in Montreal.
Thurs. March 17, 7:00 pm
Marie-Andrée’s execution of her ceramic artwork represents a true meditation on clay and nature simultaneously. She transposes the forms of roots, leaves, fruit and seeds into elegant organic ceramic shapes that carry symbolic meaning as symbols of fertility and abundance. Marie-Andrée Coté has earned international recognition for her work and is the recipient of numerous grants. She will discuss the process of her ceramic creations and the sources of her inspiration. Presentation includes visuals of the artist’s work.
Tues. 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Wed. . 10:30 - 4:00 pm
Fri. 1:00 - 9:00 pm
Sat. 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Sun. 1:00 - 4:00 pm
N.B. - last open studio in the fall session will be Nov. 26; last open studio in the winter session will be March 25.
Open studio is made available to students for extra practice time. Cost of open studio is included in course fees. (Schedule is subject to change.)
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