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FIELD EXPEDITIONS
A series of workshops in some of the world’s greatest destinations: Our field expeditions are learning adventures for artists,
amateurs, and others who want to explore a new culture while advancing their craft and creating a new body of personal
work. Destination workshops are led by renowned artists who know the area, are experienced teachers and generous mentors. These
workshops are life-enhancing experiences and, as with any adventure, the journey is the destination.
Mark Shapiro, Teapots (detail)
Doug Casebeer, Teapot
Good Hope Coach House, Jamaica
April 22 - 30
these should be high-fire cone 10 stoneware
or porcelain.
The studio is open 24 hours a day, providing
participants with ample time to work on individual projects. Instruction and demonstrations are designed to meet each student’s
current experience and skill level. Sessions
are scheduled every day, in both the morning
and afternoon.
This field expedition to Jamaica is ideal for anyone who is motivated to step outside his or her
normal work environment and is willing to take
risks in a very supportive studio atmosphere.
In addition to the studio experience, participants will have opportunities to interact with
local artists working in clay, wood and bamboo,
and gain a cultural awareness of plantation life
and Caribbean history.
Smithsonian Institute, Mint Museum, the Newark Museum and the Racine Art Museum.
David Pinto grew up on the island of Jamaica.
Upon graduating from Rhode Island School of
Design, David moved to New York City and
taught at the 92nd Street YMCA. David exhibits extensively in Jamaica and his work is in
the permanent collection of The National Gallery of Jamaica.
www.jamaicaclay.com
Doug Casebeer directs the ceramics program at Anderson Ranch. He lived in Jamaica
for three years, working on a pottery project
for the United Nations. “Jamaicans are full
of life and vitality,” says Doug. “The Jamaican pace has a way of freeing up the mind.
I always return home invigorated and alive
with my work.”
Working in Jamaica:
ceramic vessels and pottery
Mark Shapiro
guest artists David Pinto & Doug Casebeer
Skill level: Open to all. Some clay experience
with handbuilding or throwing is helpful.
CONCEPT: “Creating art outside your familiar
environment inspires you to look inside yourself for strength and identity, sparking new
ideas in your work” says Doug Casebeer,
Anderson Ranch’s ceramics program director.
In this expedition, participants will travel to
Good Hope Plantation in Jamaica for a weeklong intensive workshop focused on potterymaking techniques and design.
Mark Shapiro will lead this exciting session in
the remarkable ceramics studio at the Good
Hope Country House. We focus on the fundamentals of ceramics using both the wheel and
constructed handbuilt forms. The instructors
will demonstrate many new skills and techniques that will challenge students to explore
new ideas in their work.
The workshop culminates in the firing of David
Pinto’s wood-fired anagama and soda kiln.
There are also many lively discussions, slide
talks and side trips. Students use some local
mountain and sand clays for both thrown and
handbuilt pieces. You are welcome to bring a
few pieces of bisqueware to fire in the kiln;
Faculty: Mark Shapiro has been making pots
in his western Massachusetts studio for over
20 years. He is a frequent workshop leader,
lecturer, panelist, guest curator and writer. His
interviews with Michael Simon, Karen Karnes,
and Paulus Berensohn are in the Smithsonian
Archives of American Art. He is currently working on a book featuring Karen Karnes and will
accompany a traveling retrospective of her
artwork. He is a contributing advisor to Studio
Potter magazine and is on the advisory board
of Ceramics Monthly. His own work was featured in the 2007 Biennale in Icheon, Korea,
and is in many public collections including the
Tuition: Single, $2,850; Double, $2,650; Triple, $2,450
Contact: [email protected]
Deposit: $500 Registration Fee: $150
Payment in Full by: March 7, 2011
Code: FJAM0411 Enrollment Limit: 12
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