Chromatics in Clay

18+

Explore the fusion of color theory and form in ceramics. Enhance your skills with colored clay, experiment with materials, and gain a deeper understanding of color's role in your ceramic practice.

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Overview

This workshop offers a focused exploration of how color theory and form combine to enrich your ceramic creations and enhance your personal practice. Whether you’re experienced in throwing, coiling, or hand-building, we’ll leverage your existing form-building skills as we introduce colored clay as a dynamic variable.

Our hands-on approach encourages experimentation and inquiry. We will use a series of testing techniques to research our materials and create a series of objects. We’ll delve into color theory, exploring how different pigments and clay bodies interact and complement one another. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of the nuanced world of color as it relates to your own ceramic work.

Our workshop thrives on your questions about the interplay between color and form. We embrace curiosity and exploration as we investigate the connections between these essential elements of ceramics. The knowledge and skills you gain will elevate your work during our time together and equip you to continue evolving your own ceramic practice.

Additional Information

Justin D’Onofrio is from Santa Cruz, CA. He holds a BFA from CSU Fort Collins, as well as an M.F.A. from NYSSC at Alfred University, and is currently the Assistant Director for the Artstream Nomadic Gallery. D’Onofrio has been a Windgate Summer Scholar at the Archie Bray Foundation, a resident at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and a participant in the Walter Gropius Master Artists Symposium at the Huntington Museum of Art. D’Onofrio’s work is represented in galleries across the United States and abroad.

Artist website: justindonofrio.com
Instagram: @just.donofrio

The lab fee includes clay, firing, and shared supplies.

The program will begin Sunday morning with a brief orientation at 8:30 am. Workshops will start at 9 am.

Sunday night will feauture a program mixer where you will have an opportunity to meet with your classmates and other students in our adult programs for the week.

Monday nights feature an opening reception at the Parks Exhibition Gallery, featuring work from our very own summer faculty!

Daily instruction occurs from 9am-12 pm with a break for lunch in the campus dining hall (included in tuition) and followed with more instruction from 1pm- 4pm.

Artist Talks will be held in the evenings on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. This is a wonderful opportunity to listen to our faculty instructors speak about their art.

Friday afternoon, while work is being fired, enjoy other students’ work at the culmination event outside Parks Exhibition Center, before heading over to the H.O.T. Clay Pizza Party.

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