Trey Hill, Navigating the Decline Mike Helke, Teapot June 25 – July 6 July 2 – 13 July 9 – 10
Sculpture: clay, wood, steel Pottery: abstracting the archetype Rebels in Paradise
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Discover new materials and approaches to
working with clay in an immersive sculpture workshop
aimed at expanding the scope of your practice. Students
learn to combine different materials to create successful
ceramic and mixed-media sculptures. We explore how
adding different materials to your work, such as steel,
wood and found objects, can add layers of meaning and
complexity. Students build ceramic objects using their
own imagery and then work to incorporate other built and
found objects. This dynamic studio environment gives
you access to new materials and new ways of thinking
about your work.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: We cover hand building
techniques including large-scale coil, slab and solid
construction with stoneware clay fired to cone 6.
We work with underglazes, slips, metal leaf and
other experimental surfaces for ceramics sculpture.
Demonstrations also include introductory woodworking
and metal working. This workshop is open to artists
working in all mediums.
ACTIVITIES: Days consist of morning and afternoon
demonstrations, studio work time, slide lectures and
one-on-one mentorship. Techniques and demonstrations
focus on demystifying the material and process with an
emphasis on safety and experimentation.
FACULTY: Trey Hill is a sculptor and associate professor
at the University of Montana, where he teaches in the
ceramics and sculpture departments. He received his
M.F.A. from San Jose State University. Trey’s work has
been shown in galleries and museums nationally and
internationally.
CONCEPT:
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CONCEPT: Explore a new, contemporary visual language
in pottery by examining iconic pottery forms. Using
archetypal pottery forms as a point of departure, this
workshop covers conceptual possibilities of abstraction
within the realm of pottery. We construct pots from
thrown and hand built parts with earthenware clay and
discuss the interplay of form and surface using slips,
underglaze and glaze. An excellent introduction to the
possibilities of pottery, this workshop invites you to
escape the confines of tradition and adventure into the
realm of artistic opportunity.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: We utilize earthenware
clay to explore a range of techniques on and off the
wheel. The instructor introduces a variety of throwing
techniques with a focus on generating form, volume, and
positive and negative space. Techniques include stacked
throwing, altering, slab-building, using slump molds and
various ways to make handles and spouts. Additionally,
we explore multiple low-fire slip and glaze techniques.
ACTIVITIES: Each day includes morning and afternoon
demonstrations and/or lectures, individual instruction
and exploration with clay.
FACULTY: Mike Helke grew up in Minnesota’s St. Croix
Valley where he still resides and maintains a studio. He
received an M.F.A. from Alfred University in New York.
Mike balances an academic teaching schedule between
the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and Carleton
College in Northfield, Minn.
www.mikehelke.com
www.treyhillstudio.com
| 9 AM – 12:30 PM
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
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& Roy Dowell
critical dialogue
CONCEPT: In 1960s Los Angeles, the brimming art scene
fostered a creative community that operated outside
the pressures of New York City, including artists like Ed
Ruscha, David Hockney, Bruce Nauman, Judy Chicago,
Robert Irwin and John Baldessari. This workshop takes
a captivating step back in art history to examine the
madcap era in Southern California that cultivated the
thriving cultural scene of today, focusing on icons like
Andy Warhol, Frank Gehry, the Beach Boys, and Dennis
Hopper. We also explore the significant and influential
development of the use of collage and assemblage as an
alternative to traditional painting or sculpture by taking
a look at African American artists like Noah Purifoy and
women like Alexis Smith and Betye Saar. Using these
and other techniques, the program explores L.A.’s unique
history and the ways in which its artists produced their
work.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Recommended reading: Rebels
in Paradise: The Los Angeles Art Scene and the 1960s by
Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
ACTIVITIES: We meet in Schermer Meeting Hall where
students enjoy lectures, discussion and an interactive
collage exercise.
FACULTY: Hunter Drohojowska-Philp is art critic
for KCRW, 89.9 fm. She is author of Rebels in Paradise:
The Los Angeles Art Scene and the 1960s, Sensual
Mechanical: The Art of Craig Kauffman and Full Bloom:
The Life and Art of Georgia O’Keeffe and conducts
interviews for the Archives of American Art.
Roy Dowell is Chair of the MFA Fine Arts Program at
the Otis College of Art and Design. Solo exhibitions
include the Fawbush, Curt Marcus and Lennon/Weinberg
Galleries in New York and at the Rosamund Felsen, Margo
Leavin and Tif Sigfrids Galleries in Los Angeles and the
James Harris Gallery in Seattle.
TUITION $1,195
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TUITION + STUDIO SUPPORT DONATION $1,595
REGISTRATION FEE $45
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STUDIO FEE $175
ENROLLMENT LIMIT 10
TUITION $1,195
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TUITION + STUDIO SUPPORT DONATION $1,595
REGISTRATION FEE $45
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STUDIO FEE $175
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TUITION $350
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TUITION + STUDIO SUPPORT DONATION $450
NATIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS $250
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STUDIO FEE $15
ENROLLMENT LIMIT 30