MAEA Winter Retreat 2020
Description
This MAEA retreat will allow teachers to take risks and to develop their visual language and technical skills in a ceramic making intensive. The focus will be on making new and experimental cups and mugs forms. Teachers will explore numerous making techniques including pinching, slab construction, and throwing. In addition, teachers will experiment with different surface treatments including, slip applications, terra sigillatas, and underglazes. Short videos and handouts will also be shown throughout the retreat for new discoveries when pursuing your own direction and for teaching aids. Goals To stretch our imagination of what cups and mugs can or should look like. We will question, “does form follow function or can form create a function”? Through exploring a wide variety of form development, we can find new solutions and fresher ideas. As a class, we will share ideas and encourage each other to push our making abilities. How Much:
Member registration is $150 this year, nonmember $175. Join today and receive the reduced rate benefit now. MAEA is an affiliate of NAEA and for a mere $80 you can become a member of both your national and state art education association.
After registration online please mail your checks to: Autumn Elliot
MAEA Treasurer Make the checks out to MAEA. Member registration is $150, non-member $175. The participants are required to cover their own room and board. Dinner on Saturday night will be a potluck, however participants need to provide their own breakfast, lunch and snacks.
Earn OPI Credit:OPI Renewal credits will be available for all instructional hours completed.
Where: Archie Bray, Helena, MT
Oddfellow Inn & Farm
2245 HEAD LANE, HELENA, MT 59602 (406) 578-1305 Contact: Paul Mabie paul@mt.farm |
Nicholas Danielson, Ceramic Artist
Biography
Nicholas was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. After 20 years, he moved west to Montana. There he completed his BFA in ceramics at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, in 2012. Following his graduation, he held a short-term residency at the Red Lodge Clay Center in Montana. He went on to earn his MFA from Utah State University in Logan, Utah, in 2016. While a graduate student, he completed a study abroad program at Hongik University in Seoul, South Korea. In 2016, I was selected as a Long Term Resident at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana. Following my residency, I stayed on at the Archie Bray Foundation as the Education Studio Technician and continue working in my own studio in Helena, MT. Artist Statement I create objects to present food, offer conversations, invite touch, and enrich space. The work grows from a deep love for historical communal wares; I am inspired by their humility and unapologetic functionality. With inspiration comes adaptation. I touch clay with sensitivity and momentum in order to imagine and design pieces that integrate strength and softness. My work explores the boundaries of function and the relationship between object and viewer—finding balance between the utility and visual intrigue. More available on the Nicholas Danielson's website. |
Thursday, April 16th, 2020 - Optional
Dinner on Your Own, Check into Lodging
5:00 - 7:00 PM Artist Talk (Nick Danielson) 20 mins - Technical Ceramic Round Table (Questions / Discussions) Brief introduction to glaze chemistry & firing / Studio Tour (2 PIR hours)
TBA-MAEA Business Meeting (1 PIR hour)
Friday, April 17th, 2020
8:00 - 8:30 Breakfast
9:00 - 12:00 Drawing 20 cups and mugs / Wheel Throwing
(3 Course/0 PIR hours)
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch On Your Own
1:00 - 3:00 Slab building cups and mugs / Texture / creating templates from tar paper
(2 Course/0 PIR hours)
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 6:00 Finish all cups and mugs / trimming / handles ect. (short video series) ( 2.75 PIR hours)
6:30 - 7:00 Happy Half Hour
7:00 - 8:00 Potluck Dinner
8:00 - 10:00 Critique Session (2 PIR hours)
Saturday, April 18th, 2020
8:00 - 8:30 Breakfast
9:00 - 12:00 Surface Treatments ( How to make Slips & Terra Sigillata & Quick how to adding mason stains toslips, terra sigillata, and glazes) (3 PIR hours)
Noon Goodbye and Safe Travels
Register for the Workshop:
The Winter Retreat is open to only 15 participants. Please register now. If we do not have a minimum of 13 registrants by April 3rd, 2020 we will cancel the retreat.
Please call or text Cortni Harant to register, 406-260-6532, or email her at cortni_harant@gfps.k12.mt.us.
If you cannot attend the workshop please let Cortni Harant know so your spot can be opened to someone on the waiting list. If the class fills, please sign up anyway and we will offer open seats to the next person on the list.
Please call or text Cortni Harant to register, 406-260-6532, or email her at cortni_harant@gfps.k12.mt.us.
If you cannot attend the workshop please let Cortni Harant know so your spot can be opened to someone on the waiting list. If the class fills, please sign up anyway and we will offer open seats to the next person on the list.
