As part of our inaugural Holiday Workshops series, FAM is pleased to present another opportunity to participate in a ceramics hand-building workshop with Aaron Benson, Professor of Ceramic and Sculpture, and UNA Chair of Visual Arts and Design.
This workshop will be on Saturday, December 5th from 9am-3pm. You can learn 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 earned his MFA in Ceramics from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University and his BFA in Ceramics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Benson’s work has been published, collected, and exhibited both nationally and internationally.
His professional development includes significant time at leading contemporary ceramics institutions, including Anderson Ranch Art Center and the Archie Bray Foundation, where his work was supported and shaped within dynamic artist communities.
Working primarily in clay, Benson integrates materials such as steel, wood, concrete, and fine metals to investigate form, space, and ideas of permanence and the eternal. His practice often explores materiality, meaning, balancing formal craftsmanship with conceptual inquiry. He currently serves as Professor of Ceramics and Sculpture and Chair of the Department of Visual Arts and Design at the University of North Alabama.
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.
WORKSHOP FEE: $95 (includes instruction & materials)
If you need any special accommodations, please reach out to KD Art Center Staff at 256-760-6379.
The Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts is located at 217 E Tuscaloosa Street, Florence, AL, and is open Monday - Friday from 9am-4pm and Sundays from 1-4pm. This workshop will be held in the ceramic studio behind the Art Center.
As part of our inaugural Holiday Workshops series, FAM is pleased to present another opportunity to participate in a ceramics hand-building workshop with Aaron Benson, Professor of Ceramic and Sculpture, and UNA Chair of Visual Arts and Design.
This workshop will be on Saturday, December 5th from 9am-3pm. You can learn about clay by building and glazing your own work in this one-day class! Registration is limited, so sign up soon!