2010 Lawrence Arts Center Ceramics Symposium



On October 22 & 23 the Lawrence Arts Center will host 6 nationally recognized ceramicists for 2 days of workshops. These artists represent a diverse range of techniques and approaches to ceramic art. This Ceramics Symposium will offer dialogue and demonstrations related to the contemporary ceramics art world. The six artists will be paired up in three different studios at the Arts Center, demonstrating their construction techniques with audience members and encouraging dialogue with the audience. Participants are encouraged to visit each of the three studios throughout the two day symposium. Student rate available.

9:30am – 4:30pm (lunch on your own)
Friday-Saturday

  • FA-AAC050ALL Ceramics Symposium F-S: $75
  • FA-AAC050FRI Ceramics Symposium FRI ONLY:$50
  • FA-AAC050SAT Ceramics Symposium SAT ONLY:$50
  • FA-AAC051ALL Ceramics Symposium STUDENT F-S:$65
  • FA-AAC051FRI Ceramics Symposium STUDENT FRI ONLY:$40
  • FA-AAC051SAT Ceramics Symposium STUDENT SAT ONLY:$40

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Biographies


Tom Bartel

Tom Bartel is known for his "disturbing yet humorous" fragmented figures that take cues from a "shotgun blast" of influences ranging from antiquity to popular culture. Tom utilizes coil building using terracotta clay and also works with slips and glazes to produce rich, worn surfaces. His work has been featured in several publications. Tom is currently Assistant Professor at Ohio University.


Matt Long

Matt has been a potter for over 20 years. Long is currently is a professor at the University of Mississippi and is the head of the Ceramics Program. He exhibits his pots nationally and keeps a very active workshop schedule. Long says, “My passion for clay lies within functional pottery. I believe that pots have a nature of their own-a soul, a breath of reality, that is inherently guided by their maker. In a world that is fast paced and oriented around convenience in life rather than quality of life, hand made functional pots can slow things down, allowing the user to enjoy the important aspects of human interaction and self-introspection.”


David Hiltner

Hiltner’s pottery references rural landscapes, silos, rolling hills, and furrowed fields. The patterns, textures, and colors translated into the vessel are memories, moments, and thoughts frozen by fire. These vessels are created to celebrate the land that inspires and sustains. David Hiltner is currently the Executive Director of Red Lodge Clay Center in Red Lodge, Montana. In the summer of 2005 David, Maggy and their daughter Sophie, moved to Montana to establish the Red Lodge Clay Center. Red Lodge Clay Center has quickly become a destination and resource for ceramic artists around the world.


Julia Galloway

Julia Galloway is a utilitarian potter and professor. She is currently the Chair of the School of Art and Professor at the University of Montana, Missoula. Julia Galloway was raised in Boston, Massachusetts. She received her MFA at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and BFA at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Her work can be found in numerous museum and private collections around the country. Galloway has an extensive history of presentations and exhibitions.


Linda Christianson

Linda Christianson is a well-known and respected Minnesota studio potter and pottery instructor. She received her BA in Studio Art from Hamine University in St. Paul where she also participated in their Graduate Apprentice program. She pursued further practical experience through a Ceramic Studio Workshop program at the Banff Centre School for Fine Arts. Her work has been widely exhibited across the country and around the world.  Linda has also taught in many centers for ceramic arts and her reputation as an educator puts her much in demand for her workshops in functional pottery, surface decoration, and wood-firing techniques


Mark Burns

Mark Burns has been creating art and educating students for over 25 years and continues as the head of the Ceramics Program and Professor at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. Mr. Burns sculptures are in Everson Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Shigaraki Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Japan among many other both public and private. Mark is a dynamic speaker with rich background in art and travel. His ceramic sculptures are composed of hand-made and slip-cast ceramics. The imagery he uses is narrative, nostalgic and rooted in 1950’s popular culture.