CERAMICS CLASSES AT BYRDCLIFFE
The tradition and the future of ceramics is alive and centered at the historic Byrdcliffe Barn. Our Ceramics classes take place in the Lower Level of Upper Byrdcliffe Barn on 484 Upper Byrdcliffe Road, Woodstock, NY. The studio is available when classes are not in session (studio is open Monday through Saturday, closed on Sundays). $50 materials fee includes clay glazes and firing of first box of clay. Additional clay and firings after first box have an additional charge.
Spring and Summer 2012 Ceramics Class Schedule
New ceramics classes for 2012 with Byrdcliffe Ceramics in Residence instructor, Rich Conti, Meg Oliver, and Lucie Piedra are offered at the Ceramics studio in the Byrdcliffe Barn.
SPRING 2012 SESSIONS
Wheel Throwing: all levels - Rich Conti
Thursdays: March 22 - May 3, 2012, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm or 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Price for class: $240 for members, $260 for not-yet members
Materials Fee: $50 (first box of clay and firing)
Description: Classes are geared towards individualized instruction, based on your skill level. Learn to work on the potters' wheel or improve the skills you already possess. In this class you will make cups, bowls, vases, plates, or whatever else you can imagine. Learn techniques for decorating and glazing your creations.
Wheel Throwing: all levels - Rich Conti
Tuesdays: May 8 - June 19, 2012, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm or 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Price for class: $240 for members, $260 for not-yet members
Materials Fee: $50 (first box of clay and firing)
Description: Classes are geared towards individualized instruction, based on your skill level. Learn to work on the potters' wheel or improve the skills you already possess. In this class you will make cups, bowls, vases, plates, or whatever else you can imagine. Learn techniques for decorating and glazing your creations.
Pay your class fee online or mail in a check with the order form!
Ceramic Sculpture and Handbuilding: all levels - Lucie Piedra
Thursdays: May 24 - July 5, 2012, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Price for class: $240 for members, $260 for not-yet members
Materials Fee: $50 (first box of clay and firing)
Description: Work from the conception of an idea through to a finished ceramic sculpture. Working with your own themes, and learning about traditional and modern symbolism, the class will cover the tools and techniques to build ceramic sculpture. Beginners will learn and advanced students will build upon various handbuilding techniques: coilbuilding, slab construction as well as solid work.
Pay your class fee online or mail in a check with the order form!
SUMMER 2012 SESSIONS
The Summer 2012 ceramics class schedule will be posted here in the near future!
ABOUT OUR INSTRUCTORS
Rich Conti initiated the current ceramics program at Byrdcliffe. He has been the director of the program for 11 of the past 13 years. He received his BFA from Alfred University and in 1999, was a resident at the Archie Bray Foundation. Rich's work is firmly grounded in functional pottery, where simple aesthetics and the details of function are combined to bring objects into existence for daily use. Known as the "El Camino" of potters, when asked about whether he considers himself an artist or crafts person, Rich responds, "Is the El-Camino a car or a truck?"
Meg Oliver graduated Magna Cum Laude from both Colby College in Waterville, ME and New York State College of Ceramics in Alfred, NY. She received the Kiki Smith Scholarship to Haystack School of Arts and Crafts. Meg Oliver is represented by a number of fine galleries in the Northeast.
Lucie Piedra received her BFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 1999. She has been a resident artist at Art Farm in Nebraska, The Carbondale Clay Center in Colorado and the Byrdcliffe Art Colony in New York. She has exhibited her work throughout the United States as well as in Germany and Holland. Lucie was a founding member of Forged and Fired, a cooperative Gallery in Woodstock, New York.
