Co-curricular

Embodiment Practices: Awareness Through Movement, The Feldenkrais Method™

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Level

All levels

Instructor

Grisha Coleman

Class Description

During a training session in Amherst in 1980, Moshe Feldenkrais put a question to the students in his course, he asked them, what is the definition of health? 

This short course presents students with a series of Awareness Through Movement (ATM) lessons within The Feldenkrais Method™. This repertoire of kinesthetic study will provide students a way to...

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Embodiment Practices: Healing through Expressive Flamenco

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Level

All levels

Instructor

Laura Sánchez

Class Description

Expressive Flamenco is a holistic, embodied, and therapeutic practice that combines the rhythms and movements of flamenco dance with multiple arts-based elements including free writing, creative movement, storytelling, and drawings for self-expression. The practice offers ways to build connection with oneself and others in order...

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Coiled, Pinched and Paddled

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Dates: February 2 - April 19 (12 classes | 14 weeks)Coiled pot by Jennifer Peace
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.

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Time Travel with the Figure

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Dates: February 1 – April 18 (12 classes | 14 weeks)Bernini Sculpture from the Harvard Art Museum
Day/Time: Thursdays, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Level: Intermediate - Advanced
Instructor: Claudia Olds Goldie

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.

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Absolute Beginners for Harvard Students

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Dates: February 17 - April 20 (8 classes | 10 weeks)*Hands of a potter throwing a bowl using a wooden rib.
Day/Time: Saturdays, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Level: Beginner - Intermediate
Instructor: Kyle Johns

Description: Harvard undergraduate and graduate students - ready to try your hand at the wheel? Explore the basics of wheel throwing in this fun and casual class. The instructor will guide you through making a variety of forms to then decorate and glaze and will introduce you to the studio. A great way for Harvard students to take a break and explore your creative side in this fun introduction to clay! Studio access begins February 17th - May 3rd. *No class on March 16th for Spring Break or April 6th for a Studio Event.... Read more about Absolute Beginners for Harvard Students

Atmospheric Firing with Wood and Soda

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Dates: January 31 - April 17 (12 classes | 14 weeks)Wood going into a woodfire kiln.

Day/Time: Wednesdays, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Level: Intermediate - Advanced

Instructor: Tom Hubbard and Suzana Lisanti

 

Course Description: Explore the history, ceramic forms, and processes of atmospheric firing with wood and soda in this class designed for Intermediate-Advanced students.  Learn about forms that invite beautiful results in atmospheric firing, prepare work using studio slips and glazes, participate in loading and firing the kilns.  Students must have demonstrated ability to work at the Intermediate - Advanced level and be certified in firing studio electric kilns. Class time will be an opportunity for students to develop their own work with support from

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Circle, Square, Oval

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Dates: January 30 - April 16 (12 classes | 14 weeks)covered casserole by Paul Wisotzky
Day/Time: Tuesdays, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Level:
Intermediate - Advanced
Instructor: Paul Wisotzky

Course Description: This class, intended for Intermediate – Advanced students, will focus on creating pots of different shapes, including circular, square, and oval that all start on the wheel. It will include altering, adding hand-built elements, subtracting material, and attention to the surface both in the wet and leather-hard stages. We’ll explore a variety of utilitarian pottery including cups and mugs, serving dishes, and lidded vessels to name a few. We’ll spend time each session sharing work in progress and discussing function, aesthetics, and the technical

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Combined Methods

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Dates: January 31 - April 17 (12 classes | 14 weeks)Tea pot by Maureen Mills.
Day/Time: Wednesdays, 6:30 - 9:30pm
Level: Intermediate - Advanced
Instructor: Maureen Mills

Course Description: This course, designed for Intermediate – Advanced students, encourages students to challenge their interest of the ceramic medium, combining wheel thrown and altered forms, with a focus on integrating new surface techniques with slips and glaze. This course is primarily a studio class structured around student proposals for a current body of work in combination with thematic assignments. Assignments will highlight and examine advanced process-based learning involving surface techniques, altered or complex forms, slip and glazing techniques.

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Looking at Animals

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Dates: January 30 - April 16 (12 classes | 14 weeks)Mary Kenny
Day/Time: Tuesdays, 6:30 – 9:30pm
Level:
Intermediate - Advanced
Instructor: Mary Kenny

Course Description: Representations of animal forms are among the earliest examples of human art. In contemporary art, they serve as a metaphor, symbols, kitsch, and as vehicles for the personification of human qualities. Animals also build forms in the wild – birds, wasps, bees, beavers, and dung beetles to name a few. In this class, we will use various hand-building techniques to create animals and/or sculptures inspired by forms that other animals create. Each class will feature a demonstration of hand-building or surface techniques as well as provide individual discussion for each student’s unique interests.

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Cooking Pots - Working with Flameware

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Cooking Pots – Working with FlamewareFlameware casseroles by Diane Lulek
Dates: February 2 – April 19 (12 classes/14 weeks)
Day/Time: Fridays, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Level: Intermediate - Advanced
Instructor:  Denny McLaughlin

Course Description: This course is an advanced-level course for those interested in making an array of wares that can be used to cook with! A unique clay called flameware will be used, which is formulated to withstand an open flame as well as heat from an oven. Throughout the course, students will use wheel and hand building techniques to create forms like bread pans, pizza stones, covered baking dishes, frying

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Play - An Introduction to Handbuilding

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Dates: January 29 - April 15 (12 classes | 14 weeks)Detail of sculpture by Forrest Gard with baseball hats.
Day/Time: Mondays, 1:00 - 4:00pm
Level: Beginner - Intermediate
Instructor: Forrest Gard

Description: Join 2023 - 24 Artist-in-Residence, Forrest Gard, in developing your hand-building skills and confidence in clay. The class will explore the fluidity and tactility of hand-building through techniques such as pinching, coiling, and slab-building. Projects will explore ceramic sculpture, utilitarian forms, games, clay as play, and pieces with movement. In-class demonstrations will address construction issues, function, and cover various surface decoration techniques.

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Introduction to Wheel Throwing

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Dates: February 1 - April 18 (12 classes | 14 weeks) 4 tumblers of various colors by Forrest Gard.
Day/Time: Thursdays, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Level: Beginner - Intermediate
Instructor: Forrest Gard

Description: This class acts as an introduction to using the potter’s wheel. Join 2023-24 Artist in Residence, Forrest Gard, for demonstrations that will cover a range of forms, including mugs, vases, bottles, and pitchers, as well as bowls and plates. Surface decoration through glazing and firing work will be additional areas of focus. Through demonstrations and hands-on learning, each class will build off each other to gain skills and confidence in clay.

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Basics of Brush Making Workshop with Paul Wisotzky

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

hands holding several handmade brushes made from bambooDate: Saturday, March 9, 2024 WAITLISTED
Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Ceramics Program

Registration for this workshop will open on February 6 to anyone age 18+

In this fun three-hour workshop, you will learn how to make brushes for decorating pottery. Brushes can be used to apply slips, underglazes, glazes, oxide washes, and wax resist. We’ll be working with several types of animal hair for the brush heads and bamboo for the handles. We’ll also review how you can make your own brush handles from clay. You’ll leave the workshop with several brushes you made yourself to add to your decorating tool kit along with the skills to continue making your own. No experience is necessary.... Read more about Basics of Brush Making Workshop with Paul Wisotzky

Gaga

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Level

All levels

Instructor

Ana Harmon

Class Description

An all-levels class where evocative instructions are offered to movers in a welcoming, accepting atmosphere. Gaga classes support a creative framework in which participants can reconnect with their bodies, explore their imaginations, increase their stamina, and experience the pleasure of movement. The exploration of form, speed, and effort is accompanied by the...

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Kathak

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Level

All levels

Instructor

Anjali Nath

Class Description

An all-levels class introducing students to the rhythms, movements, melodies, and stories of Kathak, North Indian classical dance. Kathak brings together dance, music, history, philosophy, math, physical and mental well-being, and so much more. Through a series of focused sessions, students will have the opportunity to experience and learn the fundamentals of Kathak...

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