Each summer, CCC invites guest artists to exhibit in the gallery and lead a ceramic workshop. This year, the Carbondale Clay Center is excited to host former presenting artist from the Women Working with Clay Symposium.

The symposium explores the connections of the long history of women in cultures all over the world as vessel makers, artists, and artisans.

Founded in 2011, this symposium was created to honor the great accomplishments of women ceramic artists today. The objective of the symposium is to create an environment that is full of ideas, images, demonstrations, artwork, and discussions. It is intended as a place for learning and inspiration. It is a place for everyone to share stories of struggles and successes. It is a place to see where we stand in the present, to better understand our past and to support each other in our future.

EXHIBITION ON DISPLAY
JULY 19TH - AUGUST 16TH, 2024

EXHIBITION RECEPTION
AUGUST 2ND

WORKSHOP WITH CCC
AUGUST 3RD - 4TH
Registration is now open below!

Carbondale Clay Center’s exhibition and workshop is a collaboration with the Women Working with Clay Symposium director Dara Hartman. The women highlighted in this show have been chosen for their impact in the ceramic world and their participation in the symposium.

The exhibition is meant to provide a broad perspective of the active women in the field of ceramics, while the workshop provides a platform to feature and share the creative process behind two of the exhibiting artists.

DIRECTOR & FOUNDING DIRECTOR
Dara Hartman & Donna Polseno

WORKSHOP LEADERS
Jen Allen & Sanam Emami

EXHIBITING ARTISTS
Jen Allen, Mary Barringer, Chotsani Elaine Dean, Lousie Deroualle, Sanam Emami, Raheleh Filsoofi, Julia Galloway, Gerit Grim, Dara Hartman, Beth Lo, Lorna Meaden, Donna Polseno, Lydia C. Thompson, & Tara Wilson.

SUMMER WORKSHOP LEADERS

WORKSHOP TIMELINE

Saturday, August 3rd:
9:00am - 11:30am: Demonstrations and discussions, Sanam will demonstrate wheel throwing slabs, bottomless forms, and bowls, Jen will discuss stamp making a surface decoration on slab constructed forms.
11:30am - 12:00pm: Set up and prep for making
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Lunch break
1:00pm - 5:00pm: Work time!
Sunday, August 4th:
9:00am - 12:00pm: Demonstrations, Sanam will focus on trimming and surface discussion: slips and underglaze painting and stencil use, Jen will demonstrate sketching out compound form ideas and then creating patterns & templates in order to replicate them.
12:00pm -1:00pm: Lunch break
1:00pm - 5:00pm: Work time!

SUMMONING, STRETCHING, & STRENGTHENING
Ideas & Techniques for Form Exploration & Surface Design

With Jen Allen & Sanam Emami

Sponsored by Ted Behar

Saturday August 3rd & Sunday August 4th, 2024
9AM - 5PM

Maximum 16 Participants
$300 Members
$350 Non-Members
Scholarship Available - Apply Here

Requirements: Some clay experience required (at least 1-2 beginning classes and comfort with basic processes.)

Sanam and Jen will demonstrate wheel thrown and handbuilt pottery forms, as well as what happens when their two ways of making combine. They will present their distinct approaches to surface and how it is possible to layer their techniques on top of one another to achieve exponential results. Participants will watch demonstrations in the morning and be able to practice techniques in the afternoons. Get ready to experiment, take risks, and come away with your creative batteries recharged and ready to keep making!