Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2010-2014 | Page 17

2013
ANNUAL ART AUCTION
Anderson Ranch Arts Center’s renowned
Annual Art Auction and Community Picnic
returns on Saturday, August 10, 2013. The
event is the Ranch’s largest fundraiser of the
year and is a festive highlight of the summer
season featuring both silent and live auctions
Linda Sikora & Matthew Metz, Jars & Pitchers

Paula Rice, Saturn (detail)

of over 250 works. We thank all the artists,
collectors and galleries who generously

July 29 - August 9

Making Pottery 
Linda Sikora & Matthew Metz
SKILL LEVEL: II - IV
CONCEPT: Approaching the elemental vocabulary
of primary forms that flow between hands, tools
and materials generates the foundation for this
workshop. From here we can embrace or challenge the vernacular of compounded pottery
form. We consider the archetypal and the unconventional. We also ask what it means to “finish”
a form—whether by adding decorative surfaces
or re-evaluating our touch. Questions of time
and tradition, relevance and resonance underpin
technical, theoretical and narrative discussions.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES:  Wet clay studio processes: throwing, turning, building, slip application, sgrafitto and sprigging. Polychrome glazing; stoneware and porcelain clay with high-fire
gas and soda kilns. Glaze applications; pattern
making/color. Work with the vase, pitcher, teapot, jar, box and cup.
ACTIVITIES:  Daily demonstrations, image presentations, work sessions, group discussions
and one-on-one guidance. A final, roundtable
review of our work.
FACULTY: Linda Sikora is a studio potter and professor at Alfred University. She has completed
residencies at the Archie Bray Foundation,
Chunkang College, Korea, Tainan National College, Taiwan, and Clay Edge, Australia. Collections of her work include Art Gallery of Nova
Scotia and LA County Museum of Art.

www.lindasikora.com

Matthew Metz has been a making his living as a
studio potter for 20 years. He has received a number of awards, including an NEA Crafts Fellowship
and two McKnight Fellowships. Matthew shows
and sells his pottery nationally and internationally.
Tuition: $975  OR  Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1375
Studio Fee: $155 Code: C0910 Enrollment Limit 14

August 5 - 16

Inventing the Figure:

transformation and trans