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Amy Kennedy (VIC) is a ceramic artist based in Melbourne.
Inspired by the natural world, particularly its intricate and delicate structures, her work is guided through process and exploration. Amy graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Honours from RMIT University in 2006, having previously completed a Diploma of Ceramics. Her career highlights include being awarded residencies at Baer Art Center Iceland, Anderson Ranch Arts Centre, Colorado USA, and the European Ceramic Work Centre in The Netherlands. Amy will discuss her 2008 three-month residency at the famous European Ceramic Work Centre in The Netherlands, now known as Sundaymorning@EKWC. She will also touch on her most recent artist residency at Baer Art Center, Iceland and a 2012 residency at the Anderson Ranch Art Center, Colorado USA.
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Fred Johnston and Carol Gentithes (USA) met at Alfred University in upstate New York, graduating with BFA degrees from the School of Ceramics. Fred pursued an MFA in ceramics from Penn State. From there, they became Artists In Residence for one year at the Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts in Gatlinburg,TN. After this residency they moved to Seagrove, NC where there is an established community of 80+ working potters. Their work is exhibited nationally & internationally and is in permanent collections of several museums. Both have done residencies in Tallinn, Estonia and Jingdezhen, China but they will discuss their residencies in the USA, focussing on Arromont School of Art, Penland, The Archie Bray Centre and StarWorks.
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Liz Williams (SA) Liz Williams, from Adelaide, draws on wide-ranging influences from an interest in magic realism and surrealism, inspired after time spent in Spain and Mexico, and a passion for the simplicity of Korean and Japanese ceramics. Williams studied at the South Australian School of Art before going on to teach ceramics at both the University of South Australia and University of Northern Territory. She has undertaken studio practice at Scripps College, US, and postgraduate studies in ceramics at prestigious Goldsmiths College, London. Williams has exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally, and her work is held in a number of public and private collections. She has undertaken residencies in Rome, Barcelona and most recently, in Shigaraki, Japan. She will focus her presentation on Shigaraki.
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Robyn Phelan (VIC) is a ceramic artist based in Melbourne. Her professional background is in visual arts and museum education, curation and management. A ceramics practice has been her most recent pursuit. Critiques on ceramics, craft and art history, a sense of place and formal sculptural issues inform her work. Working from the Elm Place Ceramics Studios, Robyn is also an avid writer and observer of Australian contemporary ceramics, pottery and art.
Robyn will elaborate on her residency at the Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China in 2008, her inspiration and influences from the porcelain city and the creative outcomes that continue to be of importance in her work.
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Want some cool clay fun for your children these holidays?
Clay Club at Slow Clay Centre in Collingwood is the place to come!
Our holiday Clay Club is run over two consecutive mornings:
24-25 January 2017, 9.30am - 12.30pm.
Children receive tuition and guidance in all aspects of making ceramics, including using the potter's wheel, in an atmosphere of fun and exploration.
Hazel (9) writes "I realy love going to slow clay club every holiday, it's always the hilight of my holiday. I've never gone to a place where you can be so creative. It's very rearly (sic) that you find a place where you can learn all about clay. (Expecially a good one) ♡ i find it's a good way to cleanse my mind. My brother loves going too. I'd recommend this to anyone who likes making things."
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