FLORENCE-Due to popular demand, the Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts is pleased to present another opportunity to participate in a ceramics hand-building workshop with Aaron Benson, UNA Chair of Visual Arts and Design, Associate Professor and Director of Ceramic and Sculpture. Join us 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 2nd and learn more about clay by building and glazing your own work in this one-day class! Registration is limited, so sign-up soon!
Aaron Tennessee Benson has a combined twenty-years of experience working in clay. He received his MFA in Ceramics from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He has been an intern at Anderson Ranch Art Center in Colorado and a long-term resident and MJD Fellow at Archie Bray Foundation in Montana. Benson’s work has been published, collected, and exhibited both nationally and internationally. His current body of work uses traditional ceramic hand-building methods to create large scale public works.
Register online: https://www.florencealmuseums.com/calendar Or, to register in person visit the Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, 217 E. Tuscaloosa St., Florence, AL (Note: payments at Art Center can only be made with cash or check; deadline to register is July 31st).
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE:
9 am- Noon: Introduction, design, and hand-build
Noon-1:00 pm: Lunch Break (while clay dries)
1:00- 3:00 pm: Glaze and place in kiln.
Art pick-up: August 15th, between 1-4 pm.
WORKSHOP FEE: $95 (includes Instruction & materials)
The Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts is free and open to the public Monday -Friday from 9-4 and on Sundays from 1-4. The art center is located at 217 E. Tuscaloosa St. Florence, AL 35630 and can be reached by calling 256-760-6379.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Photo and Paper Preservation Workshop at Pope’s Tavern is CANCELLED for this Saturday, July 12th.
Media Release/Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts
