PCC118-S0A Clay: Special Study (Independent Study)—This course provides a format in which to explore personal interests in clay with instructor supervision. Emphasis is placed on student proposals and student/instructor-developed contractual agreements specifying goals, deadlines, and evaluation criteria. Upon completion, students should be able to complete clay works as specified in student/instructor-designed contractual agreements.
2 credit hours. Class meets Tues. & Thurs. 9:00—11:50am. Instructor, Phil Ashe
PCC 112-History of Pottery—This course examines the historical development of ceramics and the contributions made by specific cultures or countries. Topics include potters from early societies, including the Mediterranean countries, China, Cyprus, and Crete with emphasis on design, technique, and firing methods, and historical artistic developments made over the past twelve thousand years.
Class meets Tues. & Thurs. 12:30—1:10pm. Instructor, Phil Ashe
COE111-S01 Co-Op Work Experience—This course provides work experience with a college-approved employer in an area related to the student’s program of study. Emphasis is placed on integrating classroom learning with related work experience. Upon completion, students should be able to evaluate career selection, demonstrate employability skills, and satisfactorily perform work-related competencies.
1 credit hour. (160 hours completed in the summer semester.) Instructor, Phil Ashe
Continuing Education
Beginning Wheel Throwing, Instructor, Darlene Brady
Monday nights 6—9pm. This class will provide hands-on learning of basic pottery skills in a structured, supportive, fun setting. Clay Studio.
Cost of course $70.00 plus materials fee of $10. for 25 lbs. clay, to be paid at registration.
First Session: May 17 through June 21 (5 weeks). No class May 31.
Second Session: June 28 through August 2 (5 weeks) No class July 5.
Intermediate Wheel Throwing, Instructor, Raymond Edwards
Wednesday nights 6—9pm. This class will challenge students with some wheel experience by providing more time to practice and improve skills and techniques. Clay Studio.
Cost of course $75.00 plus materials fee of $10. for 25 lbs. clay, to be paid at registration.
First Session: May 19 through June 23 (6 weeks)
Second Session: June 30 through August 4 (6 weeks)
Pottery Shots, Instructor, Jennifer Siegel
Thursday nights 6—9pm. Have you ever wanted to try your hands at throwing on the potter's wheel? Maybe you should try a Pottery Shot! Sign up for one of these short but fun classes where you will get a basic introduction to clay and the pottery wheel. Come join us and see what all the fuss is about—if you like what you feel, why not make it a double?!
Cost of class $40.00. plus materials fee of $10. for 25 lbs. clay, to be paid at registration.
First Class: May 20 and 27
Second Class: June 10 and 17
My Summer With Clay, Instructor, Jennifer Siegel
Monday 11am—3pm. In this class you will explore new techniques, design concepts and skills used on the wheel. Students must have taken beginning wheel throwing previously and will throw lots and lots of pots, working with larger amounts of clay. Clay Studio.
Cost of course $125. plus materials fee of $10. for 25 lbs. clay, to be paid at registration.
May 24 through August 2 (9 weeks) No class May 31.
Glazing Techniques, Instructor, Jennifer Siegel
Monday afternoons 3—5:30pm. Develop new glazing techniques so that you can glaze more confidently and with a broader spectrum of options beyond simply dipping. Must have some experience with throwing and glazing. Bring clay tools, dust mask. Class meets Cost of class $50.00 plus materials fee of $10.00 for 25 lbs. clay, to be paid at registration.
June 7 through June 28.
Function and Expression
Workshop by Suze Lindsay
This will be a presentation, lecture, discussion, and demonstration of approaches to pottery making and altering. Students will be challenged to think about why and how they make the things they make. There will be demonstration of surface enhancement using slips and a lecture on the many approaches to surface decoration.
Saturday and Sunday, May 22 and 23, 9am to 5pm. Clay Studio
Cost of Workshop $215.00
Suze has an MFA degree from Louisiana State University, studied 2 years at Penland, and has spent 3 years as Artist in Residence at Penland. She and her husband own and operate Fork Mountain Pottery in Bakersville, NC
www.forkmountainpottery.net
Holly Fisher presents ...
Demonstration: Enlarging from a Maquette
This workshop will expose students to construction methods where ideas are generated by creating small clay models, or maquettes, which then serve as a proportion and composition guide when constructing large, hollow forms.
Saturday, August 7, 1 to 4pm. Clay Studio
Cost of Workshop $55.00
Holly Fischer has an MFA in Studio Art (Ceramic Construction), has many awards and grants, and is now Artist in Residence and Adjunct Professor at Meredith College. www.hollyfischer.com
*Solo show in our gallery : open for Art Walk July 16, 6—9pm;
other times on a limited basis through August 18.*
