Sculpting with Narrative

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Instructor: Kelsey Bowen

Come and learn how to create lively figurative sculptures full of emotion and movement!

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Overview

With clay as our medium, we will build anthropomorphic sculptures that tell a story unique to each artist through gesture, emotion, and symbolic objects. We’ll dive into daily demonstrations on coil building a figure, finding creative solutions to imitate textures, and the process of creating a dynamic pose and gesture to give our figures life. We will also discuss working with hollow forms by pushing from the inside out to create volume as well as the basic introduction to creating animal heads from reference images.

Students will be challenged based on their current level of clay building with one-on-one support and discussions to bring their vision together. By the end of the session, participants will have cataloged new ways of constructing a clay figure, ideas for building meaning through metaphoric objects, and a greenware sculpture with instructions on firing and finishing. We’ll be focusing on wet clay sculpting and building techniques exclusively for this workshop, using B-mix, a mid-range, porcelain-like clay. Students will take away a greenware clay piece or have the option to pick up their bisque-fired piece after the workshop to accommodate drying time before firing.

Additional Information

Kelsey Bowen grew up in California where she received her BFA in Ceramics at the California College of the Arts. She was an Artist-in-Residence at Red Lodge Clay Center in Red Lodge, Montana. Outside of the studio, Kelsey has taught workshops across the country, including Pocosin Art School of Fine Craft, Penland School of Crafts, and the Lighthouse ArtCenter. Her work has been shown internationally in exhibitions and publications including Beautiful Bizarre Magazine and Ceramics Monthly as an Emerging Artist in 2020.

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50 lbs B-Mix 5 With Grog WC436 Laguna clay and optional firing.

The program will begin Sunday morning, with a brief orientation at 8:30 am. Workshops will start at 9 am.

Sunday night will feature a program mixer, where you will have an opportunity to meet with your classmates outside of the studio, as well as meet other students in our adult programs for the week.

Monday nights feature an opening reception at the Parks Exhibition Gallery, featuring work from our very own summer faculty!

Daily instruction occurs from 9am-12 pm, with a break for lunch in the campus dining hall (included in tuition), and followed with more instruction from 1pm-4 pm.

Artist Talks will be held in the evenings on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. This is a wonderful opportunity to listen to our H.O.T. Clay instructors speak on their art.

On Saturday morning at 10 am, join your fellow workshop participants for an exciting kiln unveiling and celebration!

Generous donors have made scholarships and fellowships for adult workshops available on a limited basis for these specific groups:

1) Native American Community Members, Leaders, Artists, and Teachers

For adults 18 and older with current tribal affiliation, the scholarship brings community leaders, artists, members, and teachers to workshops at ��ֱ�� to benefit both the scholarship recipients and those in their schools or tribal communities. Applicants with financial needs may receive priority. We also offer scholarships for Native American Teens for both the ��ֱ�� Program and the Academy.

2) Inland Empire Teachers, Professors, and Graduate Students

For adults 18 and older who are current teachers in lower and higher education who will benefit from learning about Native American Arts and Culture to take back into the classroom as well as currently enrolled Graduate students. The scholarship is designed to provide professional development for those in education to share with their learning communities.

Scholarships include tuition, dorm housing, and all meals provided by the campus dining service. Transportation to and from campus is not provided, and the $50 registration fee is not included.

Click for more information about adult scholarships.