Slip Casting Workshop with Walter McConnell
Saturday, December 6th 10:00am – 2:00pm
Saturday, December 6th, 10:00am – 2:00pm
In this hands-on workshop, Walter McConnell will lead a demonstration on the slip-casting processes utilized in his work on view in the exhibition “More Clay: The Power of Repetition.” Participants will then have the opportunity to work experimentally with colored porcelain slips and transfer techniques on cast and assembled objects derived from simple plaster molds. A variety of plaster molds will be provided, and participants are also welcome to supply their own molds if available.
Walter McConnell earned his BFA from The University of Connecticut in 1974 and MFA in Ceramic Art from Alfred University in 1986. Well known for his installations of moist clay and towering assemblages of cast porcelain, he is the recipient of grants awarded by; The Joan Mitchell Foundation, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, The New York Foundation for the Arts and The Constance Saltonstall Foundation. His work has been exhibited widely nationally and internationally at: The Freer-Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian; the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore MD; The American University Art Museum Washington DC; The Denver Art Museum, The Philadelphia Museum of Art and at MASS MoCA in North Adams MA; The 10th Korean Ceramic Biennale; the Henan Museum in Zhengzhou China; The Benyamini Contemporary Ceramic Center in Tel Aviv, The Kunstmuseum Ahrenshoop, Germany and The European Cultural Center in Venice. Reviews of McConnell’s work have appeared in Sculpture Magazine, World Sculpture News, The New Art Examiner, Ceramics: Art and Perception, The New York Times and Ceramics Monthly. Walter McConnell is currently Professor Emeritus in the Division of Ceramic Art at Alfred University.
Space is very limited, so please register today!
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