Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2000-2009 | Page 23
Handbuilding Vessels
John Gill guest artist Andrea Gill
Tuition: $945 Studio Fee: $135
Code: C0910 Enrollment Limit 14
sis will be on creative thinking and inventive use of basic clayforming techniques.
ACTIVITIES: Most days will begin with demonstrations by the
instructors, followed by hands-on time for students. Slide
lectures and class discussions will illustrate many and varied
ceramic forms and surfaces.
PREREQUISITES: All that is required is a genuine interest in and
enthusiasm for playing in the mud! All levels welcome.
John Gill, Ewer (detail)
Andrea Gill, Sesme (detail)
CONCEPT: This workshop will focus on handbuilding to make
vessels and pots. John will share his exceptional skills and
approach to building and glazing, while Andrea will add her
expertise in patterning and layering glazes. John and Andrea
are highly experienced teachers, well-known and respected
at the Ranch for their warm and generous spirits. This workshop is an opportunity for students to elevate the quality and
content of their own work.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Stoneware and high-fire clays, oxidation and reduction firings. Slab and handbuilding techniques. Attention will be given to glazing strategies, using
high-fire glazes.
FACULTY: Christa Assad joined the Kansas City Art Institute
faculty in 2007 after an eight-year stint as a potter and gallery owner in San Francisco. She was awarded a J. William
Fulbright Research and Travel Grant (1993), and her work is
in the permanent collections of The Fine Arts Museum of
San Francisco, The Ceramic Research Center at Arizona State
University Museum, The Penn State Fulbright Scholar Collection, and Copia, The American Center for Food, Wine & The
Arts in Napa, CA. Publications include Garth Clark’s Shards,
Kevin A. Hluch’s The Art of Contemporary Pottery, and Lark
Books’ 500 Teapots and 500 Pitchers. She earned an MFA
from Indiana University in 2000.
Andy Brayman holds an MFA in ceramics from Alfred University (1998). His work combines traditional craft, industrial
processes, and contemporary art strategies. In 2005, he
founded The Matter Factory in Kansas City, part studio, part
laboratory, and part factory. In addition to producing objects
of his design, the company contains a collaborative element
in which guest designers and artists are invited to develop
objects for production.
ACTIVITIES: John and Andrea will share daily demonstrations,
advancing both skills and ideas. Participants will create a
group of handbuilt pots and vessels. The workshop is oriented toward the making of vessel forms.
August 11 - 15
PREREQUISITES: Some experience in ceramics is needed,
although other art experience helps if the student has not
worked with clay.
Val Cushing & Doug Casebeer guest guest guest
guest artist Alleghany Meadows
FACULTY: John Gill teaches at the New York State College of
Ceramics at Alfred University. He has received numerous
awards, including an NEA and New York Foundation for the
Arts Fellowships. He is represented by the Kraushaar Gallery
(NYC) and Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO.
Andrea Gill teaches at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. She holds an MFA from Alfred and a
BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. She has won
fellowships from the NEA, the New York Foundation for the
Arts and the Ohio Arts Council. Her works are in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum, the
Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Rhode Island
School of Design.
Wheel-Thrown Pottery
Tuition: $725 Studio Fee: $95
Code: C1112 Enrollment Limit 12
Christa Assad & Andy Brayman
Tuition: $945 Studio Fee: $135
Code: C1011 Enrollment Limit 14
August 18 - 29
Wood-Fired & Decorated: the
Bourry box alternative
Charity Davis-Woodard guest artist Lorna Meaden
Tuition: $845 Studio Fee: $145
Code: C1213 Enrollment Limit 14
Charity Davis-Woodard, Rocking Vase (detail) Lorna Meaden, Punch Bowl & Cups
CONCEPT: With an eye toward firing pots in the Bourry box
wood kiln, we will focus on improving our unders х