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Designing a Clay Surface: Exploring Newcomb Pottery
Three-day studio workshop with Audry Deal-McEver and Kelly Kessler in partnership with The Clay Lady’s CampusOctober 14th, 2016 through October 16th, 2016
Three-day studio workshop:
Friday, October 14: 6:00–8:00 p.m. at the Frist Center
Saturday, October 15, and Sunday, October 16: 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. at The Clay Lady’s Campus
$100 members; $125 not-yet-members (all basic art materials included)
919 Broadway
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
Spend a creative weekend with teaching artists Audry Deal-McEver and Kelly Kessler, who will guide you through the process of surface design on clay, inspired by art deco motifs seen throughout Women, Art, and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise. On Friday evening, take part in a unique exhibition sketching tour led by Frist Center curator Trinita Kennedy and the teaching artists. On Saturday and Sunday, at The Clay Lady’s Campus, focus on transferring your designs onto clay through techniques such as sgraffito, shellac resist, and different types of carving (including low relief), as well as adding color to your final artwork.
Nashville native Audry Deal-McEver has been an artist in residence at Die Burg Giebichenstein Hochschule für Kunst und Design (School of Art and Design) in Halle, Germany; at the Mary Anderson Center artist colony in Mount St. Francis, Indiana; at Hot Springs National Park, in Arkansas; and at the University of Alaska. Her work has been featured in both solo and group exhibitions at a diverse range of venues, from the American Museum of Ceramic Art and the Reece Museum of Fine Art to the Fordyce Bathhouse Museum, the Nashville International Airport, and various nature centers and botanical conservatories across America.
She received her degree in ceramic studio arts from Ohio University. Currently Audry is an art faculty member at Ensworth High School in Nashville.
Kelly Kessler has a degree from Berea College, and has extended her studies at the University of Minnesota, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Peters Valley School of Craft, and Shakerag Workshops. Kelly has exhibited her work at the Appalachian Center for Craft, Craft Alliance, and Lillstreet Gallery. As a teaching potter, Kelly has taught ceramics at Columbia College, Lillstreet Studios, and Watkins College of Art, Design and Film, and is currently an artist in residence at Vanderbilt University’s Sarratt Art Studios in Nashville.
Three-day studio workshop:
Friday, October 14: 6:00–8:00 p.m. at the Frist Center
Saturday, October 15, and Sunday, October 16: 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. at The Clay Lady’s Campus
$100 members; $125 not-yet-members (all basic art materials included)
All skill levels welcome. Bring your own lunches.
Visit fristcenter.org to register (required by October 7)
http://fristcenter.org/calendar/detail/designing-a-clay-surface-exploring-newcomb-pottery
