Discover your connection with clay! We will take you step-by-step through all aspects of either hand building/sculputural work or wheel-throwing. Both avenues will also inlude the firing & glazing process. Your clay class registration allows you to come for Open Studio sessions to practice or work on your current projects. Class sizes are limited. Register with Rita in the BMCA office (Main Building). The six-week sessions are $135 + lab fee of $35
(inludes 25 lbs of clay, glazing and firing).
IF you are already an experienced potter, you may inquire about the application process to be in our Independent Study program. Stop by or call: 828/669-0930
Friday, August 19, 2011
BMCA CLAY STUDIO INSTRUCTORS
BMCA CLAY STUDIO INSTRUCTORS
Geoff Bird is the senior member of the Black Mountain Center for the Arts Clay Studio potters by virtue of his teaching at the Center since 2000 and over 40 years working in the ceramic arts. His experience in making beautiful pottery has led him to representation throughout the southeast. Geoff studied at various schools and studios in North Carolina when pottery was experiencing a renaissance in the 1960’s. At the BMCA Clay Studio Geoff teaches ongoing basic clay on the wheel classes. Geoff is admired and emulated by his students and is patient and encouraging with folks learning to master the wheel. His work is currently sold at the Morning Sky Pottery on Cherry Street.
Will Byers began working with clay over twenty years ago, while studying ceramic arts at the University of Tennessee. He founded New Moon Pottery in 1995, upon completing a 30-month apprenticeship at Monsarrat Pottery, near Knoxville, Tennessee. Will moved to Western North Carolina in 2000, where he and his wife Trish re-established the pottery in Swannanoa, and then in Black Mountain, changing the name to Byers Pottery. They both specialize in functional, high-fired stoneware, with rich beautiful glazes. Will’s teaching style is such that students are inspired to work at their own pace with plenty of encouragement and positive feedback given, as well as individual attention, to help students work out their own relationship with clay, and the potter’s process.
Charles Freeland is a graduate of Austin College and the University of North Texas. He holds an MFA in ceramics with a minor in painting and drawing. Charles has taught at a number of different programs from Texas to Illinois. While in Illinois, Charles taught for Bradley University, Lakeland Community College and Eastern Illinois University in a variety of areas from ceramics to multicultural aesthetics. A member of the Illinois Artisans Program who shows work in the state run gallery system. For the past ten years he has been a part of Sally Jones Pottery in Montreat, from artist-in-residence to technical supervisor. Charles has moved to the Black Mountain area, a return to his ancestral roots and love of the mountains, where he is the BMCA Clay Studio Manager.
Elise Reed Elise is a graduate of Salisbury University in Maryland, and has studied weaving & metal smithing at Penland School of Crafts, as well as pottery with Geoff Bird here at the BMCA Clay Studio. She recently fulfilled her student teaching requirement in the Buncombe County Schools at W. D. Williams Elementary School in Swannanoa, while completing the teacher certification program in art education at UNC-Asheville. She will teach classes for youth and families.
Annie Singletary holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and completed a residency at the Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts. She lives in Black Mountain with her husband and two sons. She and her husband are involved with Camps Merri-Mac and Timberlake, with Annie’s role being that of equestrian program supervisor. Her love for nature and her outdoor lifestyle keep her highly motivated in her work in clay. Her pottery is functional, made from porcelain and a variety of glazes. She compares the forms and patterns in her pottery to those in both nature and textiles.
Geoff Bird is the senior member of the Black Mountain Center for the Arts Clay Studio potters by virtue of his teaching at the Center since 2000 and over 40 years working in the ceramic arts. His experience in making beautiful pottery has led him to representation throughout the southeast. Geoff studied at various schools and studios in North Carolina when pottery was experiencing a renaissance in the 1960’s. At the BMCA Clay Studio Geoff teaches ongoing basic clay on the wheel classes. Geoff is admired and emulated by his students and is patient and encouraging with folks learning to master the wheel. His work is currently sold at the Morning Sky Pottery on Cherry Street.
Charles Freeland is a graduate of Austin College and the University of North Texas. He holds an MFA in ceramics with a minor in painting and drawing. Charles has taught at a number of different programs from Texas to Illinois. While in Illinois, Charles taught for Bradley University, Lakeland Community College and Eastern Illinois University in a variety of areas from ceramics to multicultural aesthetics. A member of the Illinois Artisans Program who shows work in the state run gallery system. For the past ten years he has been a part of Sally Jones Pottery in Montreat, from artist-in-residence to technical supervisor. Charles has moved to the Black Mountain area, a return to his ancestral roots and love of the mountains, where he is the BMCA Clay Studio Manager.
Elise Reed Elise is a graduate of Salisbury University in Maryland, and has studied weaving & metal smithing at Penland School of Crafts, as well as pottery with Geoff Bird here at the BMCA Clay Studio. She recently fulfilled her student teaching requirement in the Buncombe County Schools at W. D. Williams Elementary School in Swannanoa, while completing the teacher certification program in art education at UNC-Asheville. She will teach classes for youth and families.
Annie Singletary holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and completed a residency at the Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts. She lives in Black Mountain with her husband and two sons. She and her husband are involved with Camps Merri-Mac and Timberlake, with Annie’s role being that of equestrian program supervisor. Her love for nature and her outdoor lifestyle keep her highly motivated in her work in clay. Her pottery is functional, made from porcelain and a variety of glazes. She compares the forms and patterns in her pottery to those in both nature and textiles.
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