My work has consistently explored how we construct our environments. Rather than treat this problem exclusively in material terms, one of my primary interests lies in the imaginary or psychological. In other words, how do we create meaning with the objects with which we surround ourselves? I view my studio as an arena to address the dynamic processes of what Roland Barthes dubs “naturalization,” asking how we define what is natural vs. cultural, interior vs. exterior. Recently the surfaces and structures of my works have become less gestural and increasingly ordered, thereby heightening a sense of artifice and theatricality, and exploring ideas about distance: physical, art historical, geographical and psychological. I recognize the potential for my works to set a stage upon which memories, myths, nostalgia, and imagination can play. As the scale of my work has changed from hand-held objects to spaces one can physically enter I now examine notions of the monumental.
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ceramic and mixed media sculpture, installation art, photography, related to theme of the garden
ARTS 2085 - Ceramics 2: Handbuilding
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021
Introduces techniques of hand-built clay forms as they relate to functional and sculptural projects. Various conceptual themes, as well as construction, glazing and firing methods are explored. Emphasizes ceramic art making within the broader context of historical ceramic traditions and contemporary art practices. May not be repeated. Priority registration will be given to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors and minors. Recommended prerequisites: ARTS 1010, ARTS 1020, ARTH 1500, and ARTH 1600.
ARTS 2095 - Ceramics 2: Wheelthrowing
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Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2023
Introduces techniques of wheel-thrown forms as they relate to functional and nonfunctional vessel making. Various conceptual themes, as well as construction, glazing and firing methods are explored. Emphasizes ceramic art making within the broader context of historical ceramic traditions and contemporary art practices. May not be repeated. Priority registration will be given to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors and minors. Recommended prerequisites: ARTS 1010, ARTS 1020, ARTH 1500, and ARTH 1600.
ARTS 3075 - Ceramics 2: Wheelthrowing
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Fall 2024
Introduces techniques of wheel-thrown forms as they relate to functional and nonfunctional vessel making. Various conceptual themes, as well as construction, glazing and firing methods are explored. Emphasizes ceramic art making within the broader context of historical ceramic traditions and contemporary art practices. May not be repeated. Priority registration will be given to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors and minors. Recommended prerequisites: ARTS 1010, ARTS 1020, ARTH 1500, and ARTH 1600.
ARTS 3085 - Ceramics 3
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Spring 2018 / Summer 2018 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2023
Further exploration of techniques approached in ARTS 2085 and ARTS 2095. Students are encouraged to develop personal concentration in relation to ceramic medium. More advanced technical concepts are introduced such as slip-casting, mold making and glaze palette development. Research, reading and writing addressing contemporary ceramic art is required.
ARTS 4085 - Ceramics 4
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Summer 2018 / Fall 2018 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2022
Develop a personal creative practice through self-generated, independent projects. The focus is on developing an individual studio discipline through experimentation, research, reading and writing and examining the work in individual critiques. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
ARTS 4095 - Special Topics in Ceramics
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Spring 2024
Designed for students majoring in studio arts or art history. Covers many subjects related to contemporary art practice and ceramics. The topics change from semester to semester from the raw material science behind ceramics to the relation between object making and poetic practice, to food and contemporary art explorations, to political and social art movements, to many other relevant subjects for those interested in the arts. May be repeated for up to 9 total credit hours. Same as ARTS 5095.
ARTS 4717 - Studio Critique
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024
Consists of consultations with faculty on individual studio problems and projects. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Department consent required.
ARTS 5075 - Graduate Ceramics
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2024
Seminar includes group and individual critiques and individual studio visits. Explores different approaches to studio and post studio art practices, research, reading and writing as it relates to your own art practice and contemporary art. May be repeated for up to 18 total credit hours.
ARTS 5095 - Special Topics in Ceramics
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Spring 2024
Designed for graduate students in art practices or art history. Covers many subjects related to contemporary art practice and ceramics. Topics change from semester to semester from the raw material science behind ceramics to the relation between object making and poetic practice, to food and contemporary art explorations, to political and social art movements, to many other relevant subjects for those interested in the arts. May be repeated for up to 9 total credit hours. Same as ARTS 4095.
ARTS 5117 - Graduate Art Seminar
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Fall 2024
For students intending to pursue a professional career in Art. Emphasizes the development of a critical overview of their work and interests. For non-ARTS or non-ARTH Grads, permission of instructor required.
ARTS 5717 - Graduate Studio Critique
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Spring 2018
May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours with any single faculty member.
