Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2010-2014 | Page 16
Holly Hughes, Blue Bird Plate
Randy Johnston, Vase
Gail Kendall, Tureen Black & White
August 13 - 17
August 13 - 24
August 20 - 31
Holly Hughes
Randy Johnston & Jan McKeachie Johnston
Skill Level: Open to all
Skill Level: Open to all
Concept: Come make a mark in this workshop
for painters and experienced ceramic artists
alike. We work on developing a visual vocabulary of marks and imagery on tiles and plates.
Sources in nature and from visual culture
serve as starting points. Participants are free
to move between the improvisational and the
planned, between abstract and descriptive
imagery. The emphasis here is on individual
style and discovery.
Concept: Here is a rare opportunity to spend
an uninterrupted stretch of creative time
with two internationally-recognized ceramic
artists. In this workshop students make pottery within traditional concepts and engage
in a lively exchange of ideas. Randy and Jan
share their thought processes and their unique
approaches to pottery forms, challenging participants to develop and articulate their own
philosophies of art making.
Media & Techniques: Premade bisqued fired
white earthenware plates and tile blanks, cone
05 underglazes and lowfire glazes. Stenciled,
pounced, drawn or loosely painted, or watercolor-style brushwork.
Media & Techniques: Highfire stoneware clays,
slips and glazes with an emphasis on wood- and
soda-firing techniques. Slab handbuilding, altering pieces, using paper patterns and throwing
on the wheel.
Activities: Drawing inspiration and suggestions from PowerPoint presentations of
painting details from international ceramic
collections, we proceed to make test tiles of
our own. Sketching, drawing and painting on
paper, students work individually on projects
and experiment from a menu of suggested
options. Holly gives one-on-one guidance and
leads some group brainstorming sessions.
Activities: Demonstrations and lectures alternate with individual instruction. We view images
of historical and contemporary ceramics.
Painted Plates & Tiles
Faculty: Holly Hughes makes paintings, prints
and ceramics with imagery drawn from nature
and sources in the decorative arts. She paints
tiles and plates in Mexico, France and Italy, enjoying talavera, faience and maiolica’s color palate
and painterly history. She lives in New York and
is currently Department Head of the Painting
Program at Rhode Island School of Design.
Tuition: $825 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1025
Studio Fee: $75 Code: C1113 Enrollment Limit 14
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Fire Up!
Faculty: Randy Johnston has worked in functional contemporary pottery for more than 40
years. A recipient of two Visual Artist Fellowships from the NEA, Randy studied the pottery
of Shimaoka Tatsuzo in Japan. His work is in the
permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert
Museum, London, the Boston Museum of Fine
Arts and the Los Angeles County Museum.
Jan McKeachie Johnston studied at the University of Minnesota and Southern Illinois University. She has participated in important exhibitions throughout the US, including recent shows
at Lacoste Gallery in Massachusetts, and TRAX
and the Frank Lloyd Galleries in California.
www.mckeachiejohnstonstudios.com
Tuition: $975 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1375
Studio Fee: $155 Code: C1112 Enrollment Limit 14
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