Summer Session Schedule 2009 
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Pre-Session Work Week, May 31 - June 5 An opportunity to trade labor for time and space at Watershed. Session I, June 7 - 19, Guest Artists Janet Mansfield & Janet DeBoos  Janet Mansfield has been a potter for more than 35 years. She is president of the International Ceramics Academy, Geneva, and the founder, publisher and editor of Ceramics: Art and Perception, and Ceramics Technical. Her work focuses on high temperature salt and wood firing. She has given workshops and lectured extensively on this subject. Represented in major public collections in her native Australia and internationally, her work appears in many publications. She is a frequent juror, has exhibited throughout the world and has been an invited participant in symposiums, conferences and workshops in many countries. The author of numerous books, she has received multiple awards, including the 1986 Award of the Australian Ceramic Society, and the prestigious achievement award of the Ceramic Art Foundation, based in New York.  Janet DeBoos is currently Head of Ceramics at the Australian National
University, and has had a teaching and exhibiting career that has
stretched more than 30 years. She retired as Head of Ceramics at her
alma mater, East Sydney College (now the National Art School) in 1980 to start a production pottery which
she ran for almost 20 years. Author of two books on glaze
(Glazes for Australian Potters, More Glazes for Australian Potters),
she is a regular speaker at Australian and international
conferences, has taught, run workshops, delivered talks etc in many
countries including South Africa, China, Korea, UK, Canada and the US.
She exhibits regularly and is represented in major public collections
including The Australian National Gallery; The National Museum of
China; The Musée de Mariemont, Belgium; The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
and the Zibo City Ceramic Museum, China.She has also been working for more than 10 years on research projects in China that explore the nexus between industry and the handmade, and was a participant in two Australian exhibitions (Freestyle and Smartworks) that have surveyed this area of Australian craft practice and design. Session II, June 21 - July 3, Ceil Leeper-Sturdevant Invites Artists - A Gathering of Women  
Maria De Castro (CA) Priscilla Hollingsworth(GA) Marva Jolly (IL) Nancy McNary Smith (PA) Cheryl Tall (CA) Cynthia Siegel (CA) Robyn Coleman (PA) Cynthia Young (PA) Kristin Davis (CA) Erin McGuiness(CA) Session III, July 5-17, Kari Radasch Invites Artists - Terracotta Warriors 
Gail Kendall (NE) Joseph Pintz (OH) Liz Quackenbush (PA) Lisa Orr (TX) Victoria Christen (OR) Kristen Pavelka (MN) Meredith Brickell (NC) Niel Hora (WI) 
Session
IV, July 19 - 31, Benji Schulman Invites Artists - Crafting
Content 
Rain Harris (MO) Paul Donnely (MO) Rob Raphael (NY) Jeanie Hulen (AR) John Byrd (FL) Tyler Lotz (IL) Adelaid Paul (PA) Erin Furimsky (IL) How do artists who work primarily with clay, a material stigmatized by technique and process, go beyond this stereotype to express concepts? Crafting Content seeks to answer this question and more. This two-week residency is dedicated to advancing a critical discussion of the current trend in contemporary ceramics. The primary goal of the session is to create an atmosphere that will foster and facilitate conversations about this contemporary studio craft movement and the artists and critics who promote this approach, while seeking to broaden the definition of ceramics in craft theory. Special Session, August 2 - 7, Beneath the Surface: A workshop for teachers and artists w/ Ellen Huie 
Our plan is to go deeper and arrive at richer surfaces. Using earthenware clay as our guide, we will dig in and sift through an array of possibilities. We will explore the potential of slips, stains, terra sigillata, color, under-glazes and glazes but equally important, we will experiment with clay-bodies, mark-making, and artistic intent. Individual and group exercises will promote play as well as time for reflection and moving an idea forward. Artists of any media and skill level are welcome to attend. Ellen Huie received her MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2002. She has taught in a variety of educational settings including the College of William and Mary, Rhode Island College, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, and Mudflat Studios. In 2006, Ms. Huie founded a clay program at Alternatives School, a private school in Providence RI for adolescents with psychiatric and behavioral disorders; she is currently the Art Department Coordinator at Alternatives. In 2008, Ellen won second place in the Moss Foundation National Outstanding Art Teacher Award and received generous support from the Margaret Moss Foundation for professional development. Ms. Huie maintains a studio in Providence where she pursues her passion for surface in both functional and sculptural work. Special Session fee: $600, inc. meals and dorm housing - housing upgrades available 
Session
V, August 9 - 21, Amber Ginsburg, Paul Sacaridiz, and Sara Ross
Invite Artists - Utopia or Bust 
Robin Lambert (ALB)Amy Nelson (NE) Del Harrow (PA) Katherine Ross (IN) Denise Pelletier (RI) Amber, Paul and Sara are research-based artists who will look to the shifting history of Watershed as a former brick factory, chicken coop and flophouse to develop site-based works. These artists' research methods include investigations of place, site and locale. This session will include an evening panel discussion amongst invited artists, resident artists and staff members interested in debating notions of place, geography, community, and site specificity. 
For those interested, Art Theory Summer Camp will be held, with an article a week combined
with discussion and tea. For those unable to attend Watershed, an online discussion will be
held through: http://camptheory.blogspot.com.Post–Session, August 23-29 An opportunity to trade labor for time and space at Watershed. back to top |