For Flux Sake Podcast - Live Recording
Date and Time
For Flux Sake Podcast - Live Recording, Friday, June 5 from 5-6pm
Join the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard and the Harvard Ed Portal for a free, live recording of the internationally famous podcast, For Flux Sake! Matt and Rose Katz of the Ceramics Material Workshop will answer your burning questions about clay and glaze with co-host Kathy King and producer Ben Carter. The event will feature the gang in a panel format, with audience members able to ask questions live! Topics may include clay and glaze chemistry, studio procedures, and ceramic material science. No prior experience with ceramics is expected, but it is helpful.
The Ceramics Program has collaborated with the Ceramics Materials Workshop for over a decade, featuring online classes for students to learn about clay and glazes. The Ceramics Materials Workshop is an online place to understand and explore how and why our Clay and Glazes work (and don’t work). For a ceramicist, materials speak for us in the home and gallery, and it benefits us to learn how to speak through them. Mastering the skills of clay and glaze performance helps every ceramicist become their best self in the studio. You can get involved with CMW through their series of online courses, social media, Patreon, and YouTube channel!
Want more? Check out our related event with the For Flux Sake team on Saturday, June 6!
Matt and Rose Katz
Kathy King
Ben Carter
Speaker bios
Matt Katz & Rose Katz of Ceramic Materials Workshop: Matt is a working ceramic artist with a BFA from Alfred and MFA from the University of Colorado-Boulder. His background includes working as a ceramic engineer and researcher for over 20 years including 15 years of teaching ceramic materials for artists at Alfred University. Matt is an experienced online educator who loves to use his knowledge of art and engineering to make ceramic science understandable for makers of all experience levels.
Before CMW, Rose worked in the tile industry as a clay and glaze engineer for over 10 years after receiving her BFA from Alfred in ceramic art. She also spent many years as an independent artist and production potter. Rose’s maker and industry experience combined with her love of ceramic materials makes her background and knowledge truly special. Ceramicmaterialsworkshop.com
Kathy King is an active studio artist in the Boston area, an instructor, and the Director of the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. She received her MFA from U. of Florida and has been an educator, in both academia and workshops, in the field of ceramics for over twenty-five years. The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) has featured King as an Emerging Artist, demonstrating artist, panelist and co-juror for the Emerging Artist Fellowships. She was awarded a Brother Thomas Fellowship, Boston, MA, a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramics Cultural Center in Japan, the Archie Bray Foundation in MT, the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in ME, and the Winter Residency at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. kathykingart.com
Ben Carter is a studio potter, educator and podcast host/producer based in New Jersey. He received his BFA from Appalachian State University and his MFA in Ceramics from University of Florida. His professional experience includes residencies at Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT, Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, CO, as well as Education Director of the Pottery Workshop in Shanghai, China. He has authored two full-length books, Mastering the Potter’s Wheel and The Complete Guide to Low-Fire Glazes for Potters and Sculptors. In addition to his own studio practice, he is the creator/host of the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler podcast, where he interviews artists about their craft, creativity and lifestyle as well as editor and producer for For Flux Sake podcast. carterpottery.com.
Registration
Venue information - Harvard Ed Portal
Advance registration is preferred for all Ed Portal programs and events. Walk-in attendees may not be admitted.
If you require an accommodation for a disability, please call the Ed Portal ahead of time at 617-496-5022 or e-mail us at edportal@harvard.edu, and we will do our best to assist you.
Parking is limited around the Ed Portal so we recommend taking public transportation.
Public transportation options:
We are about a 15-20 minute walk from the Red Line Harvard Square station or Green Line -B Harvard Avenue station.
Several MBTA buses also stop near the intersection of North Harvard Street and Western Avenue: #66, #86, #70.
If you choose to drive to the Ed Portal, please be prepared to utilize the two-hour on-street parking surrounding the Ed Portal or to park at Artesani Park and walk 10-12 minutes along Western Avenue to arrive at the Ed Portal. A limited number of parking spaces are available in the rear of the Ed Portal building on a first come, first serve basis. You may only use parking spaces in the rear of the Ed Portal building outlined in orange paint.