Last updated: 5/29/2015
NYSCC at Alfred University
School of Art and Design 2015 Summer Offerings
http://art.alfred.edu/summer-school
For-credit Summer School Registration starts March 16, 2015. Students may register up until the first day of class, but are
strongly encouraged to register as early as possible to reserve a place in the class/es of their choice.
Courses often fill up quickly. Early registration can help to avoid the unnecessary cancellation of a course.
Courses with less than the required minimum enrollment may be cancelled two weeks prior to the start of the course or as
late as the last business day before the course begins.
Have a question? Contact Cathy Johnson, [email protected], 607-871-2412.
Drawing, Painting, & Photography
CRN: 30531
ART 284
Analyzing Nature
May 18 - June 5, 2015 (Summer Session 1, 3 weeks)
Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm
4 credit hours
Tuition:
$2,104
Student fee:
$80
Materials fee: $75
Faculty:
Kathy Vajda
Location:
BMH 134
Class Limit:
15
This course covers both technical and conceptual aspects of drawing through the investigation and analysis of natural
forms. Subjects range from found objects in nature to microscopic materials, the landscape, and the human body. Emphasis
is placed on integrating technical mastery of the visual elements of drawing with expressive content, while working with a
wide variety of materials. Fundamental drawing and visual language skills are stressed.
CRN: 30541
ART 300-01
Drawing and Painting in Florence
May 20 - June 19, 2015 (Summer Session 1)
4 credit hours (fulfills Drawing Requirement, Elective, or Additional Studio credits)
Monday - Thursday with Fridays reserved for museum trips
Estimated cost of $5,041 includes Housing, Tuition (4 credits Alfred University), Studio Fees, Siena Field Trip, Museum
Card, Cultural Program and Welcome Dinner. Airfare and Meals are NOT included.
Faculty:
Stephanie McMahon, contact [email protected] for more information
Location:
Santa Reparata International School of Art in Florence, Italy
Class limit:
12 (must apply through the Study Abroad website by Feb. 13th)
This course takes place in the center of Florence, a city overflowing with great art and architecture. Students discover the
city through field trips and assignments that explore the art, architecture, landscape, and culture of Florence and the
surrounding areas. Drawing and painting on location and in the studio, students create work based on their travels,
observations and experiences. A range of drawing and painting techniques and conceptual approaches are addressed as
students explore and interpret the rich cultural environment of Tuscany.
Sculpture/Dimensional Studies
CRN: 30532
ART 265
Summer Glass
May 18 - June 5, 2014 (Summer Session 1, 3 weeks)
Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm
4 credit hours (elective or additional studio only)
Tuition:
$2,104
Student fee:
$80
Materials fee:
$300
Faculty:
Angus Powers
Location:
BMH
Class Limit:
16
This is an intensive, condensed course in glassblowing. Emphasis is on personal expression and skill development.
Demonstrations, slides, and lectures center on traditional and non-traditional glass working techniques for the artist. Open
to all levels.
Ceramics
CRN: 30539
ART 380
CRN: 30540
ART 580
Alfred Summer Ceramics
June 29 - July 24, 2015 (Summer Session 2, 4 weeks)
Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm with studio access from 7 am - midnight
4 credit hours (elective or additional studio only)
Tuition:
$2,104
Student fee:
$80
Materials fee:
$150
Faculty:
John Gill
Location:
HH 1st floor ceramics area
Class Limit:
40
This 4-week intensive summer session offers a comprehensive ceramic experience ranging from ceramic art history and
glaze calculation to working with clay fabrication techniques. Participants are given personal studio space and an
opportunity to deepen their understanding of clay and glaze by firing in gas, electric, wood, raku and soda kilns.
Participants work alongside artists-in-residence in an open studio environment and are able to pursue self-directed projects.
Technical support is provided by Alfred MFA students in kiln firing, mold-making and casting; slide lectures and
discussion by faculty and guest artists will regularly punctuate the studio experience.
CRN: 30591
ART 300-03
Online in Session I (May 18 - June 26)
CRN: 30592
ART 300-04
Online in Session II (June 29 - August 7)
Introduction to Glaze Formulation Online
4 credit hours (elective credit only)
Tuition:
$2,104
Faculty:
Matt Katz
Location/days/times offered: Online
Class Limit:
20
Summer Glaze Formulation will be an intensive, lecture based online study into the science behind ceramic glazes. The
course will explore the root nature of ceramic glazes from the perspective of the studio artist.
Ceramics Non-Credit Workshops
For more information please visit: http://art.alfred.edu/summer-school/
Workshop registration begins March 1st.
Workshop, housing, and shuttle registration can be made on https://commerce.cashnet.com/AUPAY.
Class sizes are limited and early registration is encouraged.
John Gill and In-Chin Lee
Four Week Intensive Workshop
June 29 - July 24, 2015
Fee: $1,600; Materials fee: $150
This workshop is intended for students and seasoned learners looking for an intensive ceramic art experience, whether to
prepare for graduate school or to have an opportunity to reconnect with their studio practice. Participants will work
independently, with daily input from John Gill and Graduate Teaching Assistants. This summer we are welcoming back InChin Lee as a visiting artist to this intensive studio program. Participants will be provided individual workspaces with the
potential to explore a full range of ceramic techniques. This course can earn four undergraduate or graduate credits if
desired.
John Gill is a professor, potter, storyteller, and avid library user: His hand building demonstrations are renown, conjuring
up ways to play with clay while entertaining with stories and thought-provoking insights. This year, John was elected to the
American Craft Council of Fellows in recognition of his work and influence as a master of Ceramic Art.
In-Chin Lee is a professor at Hongik University, South Korea, where he has taught in the Department of Ceramics and
Glass since 1991. He developed his understanding of Western and Eastern ceramics as a product of his childhood
upbringing in both cultures. Today, In-Chin is an internationally recognized potter celebrated for wood fired work. He is
well known for mentoring students by structuring non-traditional learning experiences.
Wayne Higby
A Raku Workshop
June 29 - July 11, 2015
Raku Firing Event July 11
Fee: $850; Materials fee $75
“2014’s Raku workshop was a success for all concerned. The Raku Extravaganza on the hilltop overlooking the village of
Alfred was uniquely memorable. By popular demand we will do it again in 2015. I look forward to welcoming returning
participants and newcomers to this workshop and soon to be annual outdoor firing event.” W.H.
Wayne Higby’s Raku workshop is scheduled to coincide with Alfred University’s MostArts Festival. The workshop begins
one week before the festival and continues through festival week incorporating the extraordinary opportunity to experience
live classical music performances at mid-day and evening as well as engage in daily, ceramic studio practice.
This is a hands-on workshop, which includes extensive technical and conceptual guidance. It is open to all skill levels and
will include hand building, wheel throwing, glazing, and firing demos. Morning sessions bring conversations that
incorporate musings on the festival music experience and the interrelationship of all the arts touching on ideas inspired by a
broad range of amazing minds from Beethoven and Martha Graham to Sherlock Homes.
Wayne Higby is a renowned ceramic artist, teacher, and recognized Raku master. His unique fusion of concept and Raku
technique have been recognized worldwide. A retrospective Infinite Place: The Ceramic Art of Wayne Higby is currently
traveling to numerous venues including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. It is accompanied by a
book of the same title published by Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, Germany.
Linda Sikora and Matthew Metz
Timeless/Timely
June 29 - July 10, 2015
Fee: $850; Materials fee $75
Looking closely at the language that issues forth from hand, tools and material, the workshop will begin with the making of
primary, singular forms on the potter’s wheel. These will be the basis from which to study and make compounded pottery
form and consider what it means to ‘finish’ a form whether this implies additional surface work (decorative) or a reevaluation of touch in forming. Initial exercises will escort us through morphologies witnessed in history, reveal the
foundation of contemporary archetypes, and our proclivities. Questions of time and tradition, relevance and resonance will
be considered as we bring both analytic/technical and narrative/romantic approaches to the work. John Gill will join us on a
trip to Scholes Library Rare Books Room to study the Eumorfopoulos Collection where he will share his expertise and
knowledge. Subjects will include: vase, pitcher, teapot, jar/box, and cup. Studio processes include: throwing, building,
sgrafitto, polychrome glazing, and firing (cone 10/salt/soda).
Linda Sikora is a studio potter and professor of Ceramic Art at Alfred University. Linda studied and apprenticed in British
Columbia and then attended Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University (BFA), and University of Minnesota–
Minneapolis (MFA). Linda has published articles in Studio Potter and Ceramic Review. Residencies include Archie Bray
Foundation; Chunkang College of Cultural Industry, Korea; Tainan National College of The Arts, Taiwan; Clay Edge,
Australia. National exhibition venues include Ferrin Gallery, MA, LaCoste Gallery, MA; The Clay Studio, PA; AKAR
Gallery, IO. Collections include: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, LA County Museum of Art, and Minneapolis Institute of the
Arts.
Matthew Metz has been a studio potter for 20 years. He shares a home and studio in Alfred Station, NY with
potter/educator Linda Sikora. Awards he has received include a NEA Crafts Fellowship and two McKnight Fellowships.
He shows and sells his pottery throughout the U.S. and internationally, including the St. Croix Potter’s tour, the Old
Church Pottery Show, and the Philadelphia Craft Show.
Walter McConnell
Big Clay: Raw
July 6 - 17, 2015
Fee: $850; Materials fee $75
In the expanded field of contemporary sculpture where material options are completely open, unfired clay, moist and
visceral or dry as a bone holds fantastic, untapped expressive potential. This workshop is an opportunity to explore the
possibilities, to experiment widely and build large-scale, raw clay sculpture and installation that embraces impermanence
as the end point.
Walter McConnell is best known for his moist clay installations housed in plastic enclosures that address the relationship
between nature and culture. His work has been widely exhibited internationally and in venues across the U.S. including
The Denver Art Museum, MassMoca, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Jason Green
The Teacher’s Studio
July 6 - 10, 2015
Fee: $450; Materials fee: $45
This one-week workshop, held during the MostArts Summer Music and Art Festival, is designed to give teachers the time
and space to explore and experiment with clay. Participants will have the opportunity to learn new processes while also
concentrating on their own studio practice. Demonstrations will encompass a range of techniques, tools, and processes that
can be applied to thrown, hand built, and molded forms. Studio conversations will focus on how artists arrive at form and
surface using experimental methods. Ideas about developing projects, solving technical problems, and teaching art will be
shared.
Jason Green taught Ceramics and Sculpture to high school students for eleven years and he currently teaches Freshman
Foundation and Ceramics courses at Alfred University. His work with architectural ceramics and sculptural tile has
evolved in the studio and it combines traditional, digital and experimental processes. He has led workshops internationally
and across the US, and was recently an award recipient from the Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics exhibition.
Dr. William Carty
Ceramic Science for the Artist
July 10 - 11, 2015
Fee $200
This short course is an introduction to the science and technology of ceramic bodies and glazes. This course is intended for
artists to understand some of the underlying chemistry. The goal is to develop tools to predict the behavior of materials to
solve problems in the studio. Starting with the basic premise that most “firing defects” are rooted in the making process,
this class will demystify the science behind ceramics. Participants are encouraged to bring examples of defects or problems
for discussion.
William Carty is the John F. McMahon Professor and Chair of Ceramic Engineering at Alfred University. He and his
research group have conducted research in all aspects of traditional ceramics. He has authored and coauthored over eighty
papers and is a frequent contributor to NCECA.
Contact Information:
[email protected]
607.871.2413
art.alfred.edu/summer-school
Also visit: www.alfredceramics.com