Tuesday, February 21 1:00 - 2:00pm Register to join this free lecture in-person or via Zoom
Ceramics Program Instructor Caroline Staller is a ceramic sculptor and educator. She attended New Mexico State University 2011 and graduated in 2015 with degrees in Fine Art and Biology with a minor in Biochemistry. In 2021 she completed her MFA in Ceramics from the University of Missouri where she studied under mentors Bede Clarke and Joseph Pintz. Her small-scale tableaus of horses are considered peaceful and reflective. Caroline also works as a Gallery Associate at the Pucker Gallery in Boston’s Back Bay.... Read more about Caroline Staller Artist Lecture
Friday, February 10, 2023 5:30-6:30 pm Register to join this free lecture in-person or via Zoom.
Ceramics Program Instructor Nicole McLaughlin is originally from Massachusetts but spent much of her early childhood in Mexico. Her clay and fiber work is heavily influenced by her multicultural upbringing and her childhood memories of visiting her mother’s home town of Cuernavaca, Mexico. Nicole received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, MO. She has exhibited nationally, internationally, and has work in several private collections. Starting in 2020 she served for two years as Tabor Academy’s Ceramic Teaching Fellow. Nicole is currently the 2022-23 Artist in Residence at Mudflat Studio in Somerville, Massachusetts.... Read more about Nicole McLaughlin Artist Lecture
Course Description: How do we transition our studio practice into a small business? What are the considerations we must make about our work, our practice, and the day-to-day running of a creative business? Through group discussion and critique, exercises, and an individual project we’ll review the essentials for a creative business and develop a framework for a future as a creative professional. Class ... Read more about Professional Studio Practice
Dates: June 3 - August 12* (10 classes | 11weeks) Day/Time: Fridays, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Level: Intermediate - Advanced Instructor: Denny McLaughlin
Course Description:Let’s think globally as we seek inspiration for both form and function from potters in the last 10,000 years! Each class will be spent examining the functional pottery made during a different time and cultures from around the globe. Objects from the collections of the Harvard Art Museums will inspire demonstrations both on and off the wheel. We’ll consult with curators and conservators from the
Dates: June 2 - August 4(10 classes | 11 weeks) Day/Time: Thursdays, 6:30 - 9:30pm Level: Intermediate – Advanced Instructor: Anne Eder
Course Description: A forum for experimentation with the contemporary art methods of photography, mixed-media sculpture, and installation (this class assumes all participants have basic clay knowledge). Focus will be on the pragmatic aspects of creating interdisciplinary work and problem solving for site-specific locations. Boundaries between mediums and disciplines have become less distinct and more permeable as image makers increasingly turn to sculpture and installation as vehicles for self-expression, and those making three-dimensional ... Read more about Interdisciplinary Projects
Course Description: Get ready for a riot of color, new surface techniques for your work and a lot of laughter! In this course, you will be introduced to Arthur’s playful process of using vibrant colors depicting flora and fauna on everyday forms. Arthur’s spontaneous decorating is over the top full of creative energy and playful images. Class demonstrations will include applying several surface techniques applied to his hand built forms using stamps, sprigs, paper stencils, newsprint transfers, sgraffito and decals. There will be time for hands on group activity designed to explore newsprint ... Read more about Arthur's Garden
Course Description: This course will focus on coil-building vessel forms as much more than an introductory hand building process. Today increasing numbers of ceramists are coil-building and have found the method to be far more than an introduction to clay, but a technique for creative expression in ceramics with unique valu... Read more about Coil Built Vessels
Course Description: Use the potter’s wheel as a tool for makingfunctional pottery, as well as introducing ways the wheel can be used to create closed forms and parts to connect. Through demonstrations and hands-on learning each class will build off each other to gain skills and confidence in clay.... Read more about Introduction to Wheel Throwing
Dates: January 27 – April 14 (12 classes/14 weeks) CLASS IS WAITLISTED Day/Time: Thursdays, 6:30pm – 9:30pm Level: Beginning - Advanced Instructor:Andrew Castañeda
Course Description: In this course, we will be taking a deep dive into Andrew Martin's The Essential Guide to Mold Making & Slip Casting. Students will be able to build and access a 3D printer for prototyping and printing plastic positives to cast. Students will learn basic Rhino skills to create 3D models that will aid us in plaster mold making and slip casting. Prior Rhino or other digital modeling experience is not required. In addition to 3D modeling and printing,... Read more about Mold Making for Design
Dates: January 26 - April 13 (12 classes/14 weeks) Day/Time: Wednesdays, 10:00am – 1:00pm Level: Intermediate - Advanced Instructor:Andrew Castañeda Course Description: This class format focuses on breaking old habits and considering new directions to take our work, including utility, form, and surface. Students will be challenged to refine and rework ideas through exercises and group critique. Though demonstrations will primarily be wheel throwing, hand builders are welcome. Many of the concepts we will discuss are widely applicable, but demonstrations and exercises will focus on the wheel as a tool. The class will ... Read more about Explore | Refine
Dates: January 25 - April 12 (12 classes/14 weeks) CLASS IS WAITLISTED Day/Time: Tuesdays, 10:00am - 1:00pm Level: Beginning – Advanced Instructor: Paul Wisotzky
Course Description: This class will focus on creating circular, square and oval pots that start on the wheel. It will include altering, adding hand-built elements, subtracting material, and attention to surface both in the wet and leather hard stages. We’ll explore a variety of utilitarian pottery including cups and mugs,... Read more about Circle, Square, Oval
Dates: January 31 - April 18 (12 classes) Days/Times: Mondays, 6:30pm – 9:30pm** Level: Intermediate - Advanced Instructor: Matthew Katz/Casey Zeng
Course Description:
This course is the next step after Glaze and Clay Body Chemistry and is led by Alfred University instructor Matthew Katz, facilitated by Ceramics Program staff member Casey Zeng. Advancing Glazes will take an intensive approach to the study and analysis of glazes. Students will research the nature of glaze effects, surfaces, and colors. The focus of the
Dates: February 12 - April 16 (10 classes/12 weeks) - CLASS IS WAITLISTED Day/Time: Saturdays, 10:00am – 1:00pm Level: Beginning - Intermediate Instructor: Diane Lulek
Course 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!
Option 1: Saturday, June 26th (1 class) Option 2: Monday, June 28th (1 class) Option 3: Saturday, July 10th (1 class) Time: 1pm – 4pm ET for each option Level: Beginning – Intermediate Instructor: Paul Wisotzky
This three-hour workshop (with 3 different dates to choose from) will provide an overview of basic glazing and decorating techniques. Consider it part introduction, part refresher, part crash course in glazing, decorating and surface. The session covers how to prepare your work for glazing and explores different ways to apply glaze. Considerations
Session: July 17th and 18th (2 days) Day/Time: Saturday and Sunday, 10:00am - 4:00pm each day Instructor: Ruth Easterbrook
Workshop Description: Join former Ceramics Program, Artist-in-Residence and instructor Ruth Easterbrook in a virtual demonstration of her unique method of glazing to create her inviting utilitarian ware. The artist will share some of her inspiration for her surface design using and interpreting botanicals elements as seen in the natural world and art history. During her demonstration, Ruth will share new ways of thinking of glaze as a pallet of not only colors but also using the other qualities of glaze as well. Participants will observe how she plans and executes her complex surfaces using tape, wax resist, and
Tuesday, February 21
