Archie Bray Foundation | Past Workshops

2018

Understanding Ceramic Glazes with Pete Pinnell May 18–20	Mold Making: Prototyping in Plaster with Peter Pincus June 11–15	Teacher as Artist— Artist as Teacher with Julia Galloway June 17–23
Sculpting Gesture: Animal and Human with Beth Cavener and Tip Toland July 16–27	Hand and Prints— Collaboration between Form and Surface with Sunshine Cobb and Jason Bige Burnett August 6–17	Narrative Sculpture with Sunkoo Yuh September 8
2017
A Day with Tom Bartel April 8	A Day with Kristen Morgin May 6	A Weekend with Objective Clay Artists May 20–21
Fundamental Questions of Utilitarian Pots with Michael Connelly and Alleghany Meadows June 12–23	Pattern and Design in Clay with Molly Hatch July 5–7	Naturalism and the Figure in the 21st Century with Arthur Gonzalez August 6–12
Storytelling with Clay with Kathy King September 5–8

2016
Contemporary Design by Hand with KleinReid June 6–17	Glazing: An Adventure in Color with Kathy Butterly July 2–4	Community Mosaic Mural Making with Laurel True July 18–22
The Printed Figure with Cristina Córdova August 1–5	Invent, Engineer and Make Believe: Large-scale Applications in Ceramics with Matt Wedel September 5–9	A Day with Josh DeWeese April 2
A Day with Sue Tirrell May 21	A Day with Steven Young Lee October 15

2015
Sweetening the Pot Instructor: Mark Hewitt January 17	A Painterly Approach Instructor: Heesoo Lee April 18–19	Tea for Two: East Meets West Instructors: Jennifer Allen & Shoji Satake May 29–31
Céram-age à Trois: Pottery, Sculpture and Decoration Instructors: Julia Galloway with guest Beth Lo June 8–19	Pots: A Studied Approach Instructor: Peter Beasecker July 13–17	A Short Path to the High Road Instructors: Sandy Simon & Robert Brady August 19–23
Cups, Mugs, Goblets and Rhytons Instructor: Joe Bova September 9–12	Making Pots—Start to Finish Instructor: Sarah Jaeger October 10

2014
Altered and Ornamented Instructor: Kristen Kieffer May 23–25
This is a Stick up! Decal Making from Start to Finish Instructors: Ayumi Horie & Andy Brayman June 9–20
China Paint From and Illusion Instructor: Kurt Weiser July 14–18
Talking Through the Vessel Instructor: Chris Gustin August 11–15
Go Figure: Mixing it up with Metal and Clay Instructor: Lisa Clague September 4–7
Imagery, Imagination Instructor: Chuck Aydlett October 10
Pots: Passion and Profession Instructor: Robert Briscoe November 8–9
2013
Investigating Surface with Majolica Instructor: Linda Arbuckle May 17–19
An Invitation to Slow Down Instructors: Matt Kelleher & Shoko Teruyama June 10–14
Opposites Attract Instructors: Chris Staley & Nancy Blum July 8–19
A Ceramic Record: Models, Molds, Casting Instructor: Tony Marsh August 16–18
Figurative Sculpture with Slab Construction Instructor: Wanxin Zhang September 20–22
2012
Throwing, Altering, Assembling for Use and Innovation Instructor: Walter Keeler March 16–17
Become a Master of Plaster Instructor: Nicholas Bivins June 1–3
Mash and Mingle: Exploring the Decorative Impulse Instructors: Matt Metz & Liz Quackenbush June 11–22
New Forms to Finish: Soda Firing Instructors: Matt Long & Brad Schwieger July 9–13
Cut and Construct Intensive Instructor: Christa Assad August 24–26
The Psychologically Charged Figure Instructor: Christina West September 21–23
Pottery as Site: the Decorated Object Instructor: Andrea Gill October 19–20
2011
Into the Fire Instructors: Dean Adams and Ted Adler July 18–22, 2011
Silk screen Transfers on Clay Surfaces Instructor: Richard Shaw August 13–14, 2011
Colorful Chemistry– Developing Cone 6 Glazes for Oxidation and Soda-fire Instructor: Julia Gallowy September 15–18, 2011
The Body as Landscape for Truth-telling: Narrative Human and Animal Imagery in Ceramic Sculpture Instructor: Adrian Arleo October 21–23, 2011
2010
Why Ceramics Matter: Critical Writing on Ceramics Instructor: Paul Mathieu February 20-21, 2010
The Decorated Cup Instructor: Kevin Snipes March 13–14, 2010
Tightening Lines: From the Studio to the River Instructors: Tyler Lotz, Jason Walker & George Hrycun May 24–27, 2010
From Flat to Fat: Function, Context and Process Instructors: Andrew Martin & Mark Pharis June 7–18, 2010
Wheel Update Instructor: Jeff Oestreich July 8–11, 2010
Lidded Form and Surface Techniques Instructor: Bruce Cochrane August 12–15, 2010
Porcelain, Myth and the Figurine Instructors: Chris Antemann & Gerit Grimm September 23–26, 2010
The Danger in Playing with Animals Instructor: Bernadette Curran October 15–17, 2010
2009
Pottery 101 Instructor: Sarah Jaeger March 28-29, 2009
Connecting to Place: Exploring Local Ceramic Materials Instructors: David Peters & Tim Stepp May 29-31, 2009
Sculpting Gesture: Animal and Human Instructors: Beth Cavener Stichter & Tip Toland June 15-26, 2009
All the things you want to know about clay but couldn't find someone to ask... Instructor: Don Reitz July 10-12, 2009
Process & Design: Hand Building Slab Pots Instructor: Sam Chung August 7-9, 2009
More is More: An Over-the-Top Approach to Majolica Instructor: Rosalie Wynkoop September 25-27, 2009
Embracing Doubt Instructor: Wayne Higby October 10-11, 2009
2008
Soda Kiln Design and Construction Instructor: Donovan Palmquist May 19-23, 2008
Drawn to the Surface Instructors: Akio Takamori and Kurt Weiser June 16-27, 2008
Beyond Brown: Glazing for the Wood Kiln Instructor: Josh DeWeese July 9-13, 2008
Surface Enrichment and Working in Earthenware Instructor: Ron Meyers August 22-24, 2008
Human Nature Instructor: Patti Warashina September 6-7, 2008

Workshops & Classes

2018