South County Art Association
Helme House
2587 Kingstown Road
Kingston, RI 02881
401-783-2195
Classes and Workshops
Pottery
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POTTERY I
An introductory class covering the nature of clay, hand building techniques, wheel throwing, and
basic glazing.
Students have access to workshop for practice during all non-class hours.
Session I
Instructor - Suzie Matthews
Wednesdays, 9 weeks, January 23 - March 19
6:30 - 9:30 pm
Session II
Instructor - Jason Fong
Wednesdays, 9 weeks, April 9 - June 4
6:30 - 9:30 pm
$160 members, $200 non-members
POTTERY II
This class presents a review and refinement of throwing techniques, decoration, and glazing.
Focus will be on problem solving and skill
polishing with content dependent on the needs
and interests of the students.
Students have access to the studio during all
non-class hours.
Session I Instructor - Lee Segal
Thursdays, 9 weeks, January 24 - March 20
6:30 - 9:30 pm
Session II Instructor - Tom Ladd
Mondays, 9 weeks, April 7 - June 2
6:30 - 9:30 pm
$160 members, $200 non-members
Raku Pottery Workshop with LEE SEGA
This intermediate/advanced throwing and handbuilding class will emphasize raku glazes and firing. The unique process of raku merges the potter’s skills with the spontaneity of fire and melted glass. The pieces are heated quickly to 1900 degrees then pulled from the kiln glowing orange. Immediately the glaze crackles with air contact. The pot is then placed into a chamber with a combustible material. As the paper ignites, a lid is closed onto the chamber, smothering the fire. The result is a carbon black body and black crackle throughout the white glaze. Illusive copper red lusters and bright color highlight the pieces. Join this class and experience raku for yourself. Lee is a lifetime studio potter with a love for clay, glass, and fire. He brings a nurturing style to the classroom, and has helpful hints for everyone.
Thursdays, 8 weeks, April 10 - May 29
6:30 to 9:30 pm
$210 members, $260 non- member
SMALL SCALE SLABS with ANNA GALLOWAY HIGHSMITH
Slabs don’t have to be flat! Explore slab-built angles, curves, tubes, lugs, and other structures, and embellish your work with carving and stamping. Finally, learn how to use wax and glaze to add a second layer of pattern and texture. You will be amazed at the possibilities. Learn great techniques for finishing edges and smoothing out your corners.
Anna Galloway Highsmith builds small, obsessively detailed things out of terra cotta with her hands. She has a BFA from RISD and has studied ceramics at Mudflat in Somerville, UMass Dartmouth, and Dew Claw Studios in Providence. Her work can be seen online at smallcraftadvisory.org
Saturdays, 5 weeks, April 26 - May 24, 10 - 12:30 pm, $135 members, $170 non members
EARTHWORKS WORKSHOP with DIANE ROSENMILLER
Hand Thrown Utilitarian Pottery
Diane received her BFA from Alfred University in 1992. She has served resident artist positions at The Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, The Archie Bray Foundation, and The Frog Hollow Craft Center in Manchester, Vermont. Currently she and her husband Nicholas run Rising Meadow Pottery where they have studios, a gallery and a teaching facility.
Diane’s salt/soda porcelain pots are predominantly thrown on the potters’ wheel and then altered at various stages of clay consistency. Her fine porcelain clay makes it possible to stamp and carve the pots with clean lines. Diane’s generous use of volume creates interesting containers for food, drink or flowers. Her forms take shape from diverse sources. The influence of historic medieval Asian pottery from the Chinese Sung and Korean Koryo dynasties inspire Diane to try to capture the grace and beauty of these vessels.
Diane believes potters are lucky because they have the potential ability to add joy to someone’s life with a hand, head and heart made pot. Knowing that her pots are finding their way into peoples kitchens and that they are playing a role in the rituals and routines of eating and living is very satisfying.
Workshop, Sunday, April 13, 9 - 4 pm, $45 members, $55 non members
Open Jurying of Earthworks submissions, Saturday, April 12, 9 am - 2 pm, Free Admission
LARGE TORSO Beginner/Intermediate
Learn Rubino’s easy to follow step by step method of sculpting the torso in low fire sculpting clay. First day will focus on the fundamentals of building a dynamic 24 inch
torso, on an armature, while working with a live model. Second day is devoted to developing the finished piece into a life like representation or abstract expression of the pose. Attention is given to surface treatment, contours, planes and anatomy. Sculptures can be bisque fired when bone dry.
Peter has been an instructing for 35 years, National Academy of Design, Brooklyn Museum Art School, Silvermine Art Guild. Author of “The Portrait in Clay”, Private and corporate commissions, 12 foot monument “Mother of All Life” Israel. Represented by Rockwell Gallery, Westport CT.
Saturday/Sunday, May 3 - 4, 9 am - 4 pm
$195 members, $245 non members
Modeling fee per student:
$10 to $15 per day, depending on class size.
South County Art Association, Helme House, 2587 Kingstown Road, Kingston, RI 02881