Director, Ceramics Program and Visual Arts Initiatives
Kathy King is an active studio artist in the Boston area, an instructor, and the Director of the Ceramics Program and Visual Arts Initiatives at Harvard's Office for the Arts. ... Read more about Kathy King
In this workshop, undergraduates will refine their skills and receive individuated guidance oriented around personal goals.
This workshop is for students who are comfortable working on their own. Sign up if you have taken a beginner course in wheel throwing at a Harvard House, the Ceramics Program or another studio.
WAITLISTED Instructor: Nicholas Putnam Meets two Saturdays: March 30, 2024 10am – 1pm April 6, 2024 10am – 5pm (students will need not be present outside of printing their work) This workshop is limited to Harvard College Undergraduate students. This workshop is a fun introduction to the Ceramic Program’s new LUTUM® v4.6 3D clay printer. You will learn about basic digital modeling tools and design preparation. You do not need prior 3D modeling software experience to explore this new tool. You will start with a simple, hand-drawn sketch and transform it, with the help of the instructor, into a file that the printer will use to create the object.... Read more about Clay 3d Printing 101 For Harvard College Undergraduates
WAITLISTED Meets two Sundays, February 11th and 25th, 2024 2:00 - 4:00pm each day Instructor: Adriana Sousa In this two-part workshop for Harvard College Undergraduates, attendees will first use hand building techniques, like pinching coils and draping slabs over molds, to construct a flower frog, a classic tool that aids in arranging flowers. Choose a glaze before you go, and return to the studio on day two to use your piece in an ikebana-inspired floral arranging class.
WAITLISTED Saturday, February 3, 2024 10am-5pm with 1 hour lunch break
Join us for a day with Yeonsoo Kim as he demonstrates his use of traditional methods of making with contemporary surface. Kim utilizes the Onggi technique, a method unique in the world for slab, coil building large pots and forms. Traditionally born out of necessity in Korea, Onggi pots were and still are used today for food fermentation and storage. What makes Kim’s work so unique is his approach to surface. Using slip and sgraffito techniques on clay, he invites us to a world that combines humans, nature, and space. These works, when amassed, act as a type of diary or a visual record of listening to his inner voice. His works explore identity and psychological conditions through the processes of making and daily life.... Read more about Yeonsoo Kim Visiting Artist Workshop
Dates: February 2 - April 19 (12 classes | 14 weeks) Day/Time: Fridays, 10:00am - 1:00pm Level:Beginner - Advanced Instructor: Jennifer Peace
Course Description: From tiny pinch pots to larger sculptural vessels, this class will focus on developing hand building skills. We will consider both practical and expressive intentions behind the work people do. Participants will be encouraged to notice the ways they handle and respond to clay and how this awareness can lead to creating work that is uniquely their own.
Course Description:Focusing on the figure, utilize the collections of historical forms at the Harvard Art Museum to draw inspiration and to apply it to contemporary ideas. Through one class study visit to the musuem and visual presentations, students will focus on ceramics sculptures, figurines, masks, and anthropomorphic vessels and discuss how the ancient artist may have approached building the work. Research into the time periods and cultures in which these works were created will be encouraged. Image courtesy of the Harvard Art Museum, Angel with the Superscription, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Object No. 1937.67.
Wednesday, November 8th 10am - 12:00pm Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
As a functional potter, how does one cultivate an audience that appreciates the hand-made in a world of commercial consumables? Where can we find fellow artists who are interested in conversations around the details of what makes great functional objects – how the lid fits on that jar, how the handle feels in your hand, etc.?
Janice Jakielski is a Massachusetts and Colorado based sculptor. By inventing new ways of casting and manipulating ultra-thin porcelain sheets she is able to create impossible objects of curiosity, objects to provide focus, retreat and pause in an overwhelming world.
She received her Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a Bachelor in Fine Arts from New York State College of Ceramic Art and Design at Alfred University. Exhibitions include; Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL, Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, Cross MacKenzie Gallery, Washington DC, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR and the Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York, NY. ... Read more about Janice Jakielski Artist Lecture
Forrest Sincoff Gard earned his BFA from Ohio University, completed post-baccalaureate studies at the University of Florida, and received his MFA from... Read more about Forrest Sincoff Gard
Cathy Lu (she/they) is a ceramic artist working in sculpture and installation to explore Asian-American identity, and how issues of immigration, cultural... Read more about Cathy C. Lu
Janina Myronova (Wroclaw, Poland) is a ceramic sculptor who creates narrative through figurative forms and composed backdrops. Utilizing a specific and distorted representation of the body, each composition shows a different personality and personal story to collectively reference a graphic novel and arcing story. Imparting her own emotion through linework, Myronova’s works are strategically charged with color to saturate and amplify their individual stories.
Level: Beginner - Intermediate Meets 2 days: Saturday and Sunday, October 21and 22, 10am – 1pm each day
Registration for this workshop is open to anyone 18+
From classic flowerpots to cylindrical utensil holders to fanciful forms you dream up, this two-day weekend workshop will walk you through all you need to know to design and build a custom coil-built vessel out of terra cotta – a rich red, low-fire clay body. On day one you will learn the basics of coil-building and start building your own custom vessel. On day two you will finish your piece and add texture, color, and designs using a range of tools including black, white, and red oxides or slips.