Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2010-2014 | Page 14
Stan Welsh, Dunce
Angelica Pozo, JosephyllusM (detail)
Kim Dickey, All is Leaf
July 9 - 20
July 16 - 27
July 23 - August 3
Ceramic Head Constructions
Stan Welsh
Mixed-Media Ceramic
Sculpture
Impossible Projects:
envisioning art on a grand scale
Angelica Pozo
Kim Dickey
Concept: Students in this workshop learn a
wide range of handbuilding techniques and
skills necessary to create large-scale human
heads. This is a hands-on workshop with
an emphasis on individual direction and personal expression. The class investigates the
anatomy and proportion of the head and facial
expressions to create psychological profiles
or snapshots of human emotion. The goal: to
develop a unique vocabulary of personal symbolism and imagery.
Skill Level: I - III
Skill Level: II - IV
Concept: Put it all together in this adventure
in assemblage. Combining multiple clay bodies of varying firing temperatures opens up a
world of creative possibilities. Whether making ceramic sculpture in segments or assembling separately finished components in the
post-fired stage, participants in this workshop
experiment with techniques that are not only
fun, but allow for a wide range of decorating
approaches.
Concept: Borrowing the concept from Kabakov’s Palace of Projects, participants are asked to
dream big, to imagine their ideal piece and then
set out to make it. Using ceramics as a medium
suitable to large-scale production, we explore
the stages necessary to design, propose and
execute complicated works, whether creating
a banquet dinnerware set or a sculptural installation. We produce prototypes, maquettes and
samples that bring these pieces to fruition.
Media & Techniques: Stoneware, slips, stains,
soda and reduction in midrange-fired kilns. All
handbuilding techniques, coil, slab and pinch
constructions. Also introduced: molds for surface treatments.
Media & Techniques: Terracotta handbuilding
body, mid-range porcelain and/or a heavilygrogged clay body for auxiliary components.
Combination of coil, pinch, slab building and
tile techniques. For surfaces, the emphasis
will be on creating a variety of textures, using
simple forming and decorating techniques, slip
techniques, plus terra sigillatas, oxides, stains
and/or velvet underglazes.
Media & Techniques: Earthenware (red or
white) clay and lowfire glazes and stains. Students choose their own modeling techniques
such as throwing, casting or handbuilding.
Skill Level: II - IV
Activities: Each day is a blend of demonstrations, group discussions, slide lectures and open
work time. The group takes at least one field
trip. We also concentrate on surface treatments
such as drawing, slip applications and carving to
add further expression to a particular idea.
Faculty: Stan Welsh has been honored with the
Meritorious Performance Teaching Award at
San Jose State University, where he has been a
professor for 30 years. He has received grants
from the NEA, the California Arts Council, and
the Arts Council Silicon Valley 2005 Fellowship
Award. His work is in the permanent collections
of the Arizona State University Art Museum,
the Daum Museum in Missouri and the Oakland, San Jose and Santa Cruz museums.
www.stanwelsh.com
Activities: Angelica shares techniques to create sculptural assemblages with multiple clay
bodies and finishing approaches. She demonstrates how to incorporate various non-ceramic
materials for aesthetic and structural purposes.
Students are encouraged to experiment!
Faculty: Angelica Pozo has taught at Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Penland School of Crafts,
and Southwest Craft Center. She is the author
of Ceramics For Beginners: Surfaces, Glazes
& Firings (Lark, 2010) and Making & Installing
Handmade Tile (Lark 2005).
www.angelicapozo.com
Activities: We examine contemporary art
that challenges our assumptions about scale.
There are slides, readings and discussions on
the use of ceramics as an installation material.
Developing ideas through drawing, collage and
creative writing is our focus. Students work on
a project of their own design, make brief presentations and enjoy the feedback of others
through discussions.
Faculty: Kim Dickey’s work has been featured in numerous solo and group shows in
Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden, the United
Kingdom and the US, and in galleries such as
Garth Clark, Jack Tilton, Pierogi, Sherry Leedy
and Rule. Kim created permanent installations
for the Danish Ministry of Culture in Slagelse,
Denmark, the Museum of Contemporary Art in
Denver and The Lab at Belmar.
www.rulegallery.com
Sponsored by Barbara and Sid Dickstein
Tuition: $975 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1375
Studio Fee: $155 Code: C0607 Enrollment Limit 12
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Tuition: $975 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1375
Studio Fee: $155 Code: C0708 Enrollment Limit 14
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Tuition: $975 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1375
Studio Fee: $155 Code: C0809 Enrollment Limit 12