CEUs for teachers who attend the demonstrations at MSClayworks 2023
During the MSClayworks Conference on August 25-27, 2023, teachers will have an opportunity to observe internationally renowned ceramic artists at work. Over a twenty-hour instruction period, teachers will get time during lunch breaks to discuss an assigned topic. There will be opportunities for them to get back together, write a brief overview and get their questions answered.
Timeline of events
Friday, August 25: (7 hours) 10 am -5 pm Working lunch 6 pm Juried show opening (2 hours)
Saturday, August 26 (9 hours) 9 am -5 pm Working lunch Invitational closing ceremony (2 hours)
Sunday (3 hours) 9 -12 pm Round table discussions
Artist details
Stacey Hardy uses her sculpted forms for storytelling, and to embrace the vernacular, rich history, and landscape of the Deep South. She will demonstrate building a clay head and torso using coil and slab building techniques. She will also show how slips, glazes, and stains can be applied directly to the damp clay surface while engaging with the construction. Hardy holds an MFA in ceramic sculpture from The University of Georgia and a BFA from Loyola University. She is a two-time recipient of a Mississippi Arts Commission artist fellowship and was recently designated by the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters as the 2020 Visual Arts Award winner. https://www.staceyhardystudio.com/
Eric Botbyl, co-owner of Companion Art Gallery in Humboldt, Tennessee, obtained his BA in Ceramics & Sculpture from Union University in 2001. He creates functional forms on the potter’s wheel and teaches in national and international settings. Once he has thrown an object on the potter’s wheel, he reviews the human body, emotions, and experiences and builds a narrative around it. From basic forms, he alters his pots and then adds to his storyline with texture and colored slips. During the clay conference, he will show and discuss the process. https://linktr.ee/ericbotbyl
David MacDonald received his Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Michigan and is now an emeritus professor of art from Syracuse University, New York, where he joined the faculty of the School of Art and Design roughly 50 years ago.
He retired from the college in 2008, and his career in ceramics continued in his studio.
While throwing functional and sculptural stoneware on the pottery wheel. He celebrates his African heritage with rich ethnic surface decorations which are influenced by sub-Saharan African art. These designs are still generously used by the Peoples of Africa in pottery, textiles, body, and architectural decoration. Through form and function, he conveys a message that the human spirit is noble.
MacDonald received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) in 2011. His work is widely collected by museums across the country.
During the MSClayworks 2023 conference, he will demonstrate wheel-throwing large vessels, building and combining his decorating techniques to the conferencegoers.
https://www.davidmacdonaldpottery.com/about
Timeline of events
Friday, August 25: (7 hours) 10 am -5 pm Working lunch 6 pm Juried show opening (2 hours)
Saturday, August 26 (9 hours) 9 am -5 pm Working lunch Invitational closing ceremony (2 hours)
Sunday (3 hours) 9 -12 pm Round table discussions
Artist details
Stacey Hardy uses her sculpted forms for storytelling, and to embrace the vernacular, rich history, and landscape of the Deep South. She will demonstrate building a clay head and torso using coil and slab building techniques. She will also show how slips, glazes, and stains can be applied directly to the damp clay surface while engaging with the construction. Hardy holds an MFA in ceramic sculpture from The University of Georgia and a BFA from Loyola University. She is a two-time recipient of a Mississippi Arts Commission artist fellowship and was recently designated by the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters as the 2020 Visual Arts Award winner. https://www.staceyhardystudio.com/
Eric Botbyl, co-owner of Companion Art Gallery in Humboldt, Tennessee, obtained his BA in Ceramics & Sculpture from Union University in 2001. He creates functional forms on the potter’s wheel and teaches in national and international settings. Once he has thrown an object on the potter’s wheel, he reviews the human body, emotions, and experiences and builds a narrative around it. From basic forms, he alters his pots and then adds to his storyline with texture and colored slips. During the clay conference, he will show and discuss the process. https://linktr.ee/ericbotbyl
David MacDonald received his Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Michigan and is now an emeritus professor of art from Syracuse University, New York, where he joined the faculty of the School of Art and Design roughly 50 years ago.
He retired from the college in 2008, and his career in ceramics continued in his studio.
While throwing functional and sculptural stoneware on the pottery wheel. He celebrates his African heritage with rich ethnic surface decorations which are influenced by sub-Saharan African art. These designs are still generously used by the Peoples of Africa in pottery, textiles, body, and architectural decoration. Through form and function, he conveys a message that the human spirit is noble.
MacDonald received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) in 2011. His work is widely collected by museums across the country.
During the MSClayworks 2023 conference, he will demonstrate wheel-throwing large vessels, building and combining his decorating techniques to the conferencegoers.
https://www.davidmacdonaldpottery.com/about