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@alleghanymeadows

ARTIST STATEMENT
I often draw inspiration from details in nature, the form of the sky seen from a solitary hilltop, the tension in a peony blossom squeezing outward during a warm week in late June. I love to work physically hard, long hours in the studio. Repetition and rhythm in my process are how I search for subtleties, forms, surfaces, patterns. I am fascinated by the potential when related elements stack and arrange, becoming something greater than a sum-total of parts. A series of soup bowls nesting together evokes an emerging flower, then transforms into a stage for breaking bread with loved ones, then circles back to a stack of bowls after they are washed, poised and alert for their next experience.  

BIOGRAPHY
Alleghany Meadows is a studio potter and creative entrepreneur in Carbondale, CO. He earned his BA from Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, and MFA from Alfred University in NY. A potter for more than 30 years, Alleghany was an artist in residence at Anderson Ranch, studied in Japan with Takashi Nakazato, and worked for a year with potters in Nepal on a Watson Fellowship. He exhibits and teaches workshops nationally and internationally, and his work is in numerous museums, public collections, family dining tables and individual cupboards. He is the founder of Artstream Nomadic Gallery and co-founder of Studio for Arts + Works, FARM, Harvey Meadows Gallery, and served on the board of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. 

UTILITARIAN POTTERY: CONNECTION & COMMUNICATION

WITH ALLEGHANY MEADOWS

Saturday May 18th & Sunday May 19th, 2024
9AM - 5PM (with lunch break)

Maximum 12 participants
$300 Members
$350 Non-Members
Scholarship Available - Apply Here

Opportunities for personal expression are limitless, like how a handle conveys a maker’s view of the world through form, surface, volume, rhythm and action. Some forms to be explored include cups, bowls, plates and pitchers.
This two day intermediate/advanced workshop will combine demonstrations, image presentations, group discussions and hands on making time. We will use porcelain clay. Alleghany will demonstrate a range of his approaches to making and thinking about utilitarian pottery.

Requirements:
Intermediate/advanced understanding of clay
Bring your favorite throwing tools, apron, towel, & sketchbook

www.kriscox.com

After studying with Paul Soldner at Scripps College (BA 1973), Kris Cox spent 1974-75 at Anderson Ranch on one of the first teams to get the ceramics studio up and running.
Following an MFA in ceramics (1977) from RISD, he subsequently taught in the ceramics programs at San Diego State, Laguna College of Art, and USC (with Ken Price).

EXPLORING CERAMIC TECHNIQUES

WITH KRIS COX

Saturday February 24th & Sunday February 25th, 2024
9AM - 6PM (with lunch break)
+ Optional Raku Firing: Friday March 15th

In this workshop, Valley-based artist Kris Cox will share handbuilding and wheel throwing techniques that may lead to new approaches that participants will incorporate into their work, finding inspiration for both sculptural and/or utilitarian pieces. Students will have the opportunity to work with porcelain and explore forms off the wheel including extrusions, coils, and hollow forms.
A Raku firing for this workshop will take place on Friday, March 15th, followed by a reception at Kris Cox’s studio.