Atelier Experience: It’s all about connecting with clay

Presenter: Ann Ferguson

Date: Thursday 29 June 2023

Time: 2.00pm - 4.00pm

Venue: Melbourne Girls’ Grammar School, The Hub Space

Category: Pre-Conference Educational Experience

Registrations have now closed

Program Description

About the experience:

In this workshop, participants will work alongside artist Ann Ferguson to explore the diverse world of clay. Through processes of experimentation, collaboration, and connection with nature, they will develop preferences for colours, textures, and forms, leading to the creation of distinctive ‘tiny pot’, impressed tile, and participant-initiated expressions.

About the presenter:

Ann Ferguson is a ceramic artist/educator. Her ceramic practice has focused on hand building sculptural forms. She has developed construction methods that have enabled both large and small unique sculptural pieces to evolve.

Ann is a trained kindergarten teacher and a highly regarded specialist in creative education for children. She is an experienced leader of creative workshops and passionate about the role of clay as the perfect connecting medium between the child and the sensory world of nature.

Notes:

• Atelier Experiences will be held in a range of locations across the Melbourne CBD between 10am-12pm or 2pm-4pm.
• Delegates are responsible for their own travel arrangements to and from the Atelier Experience venues. There is a range of public transport options available. Further information on public transport options is available from the Public Transport Victoria (PTV) website or app.
• The pre-Conference Atelier Experiences are optional and tickets must be purchased separately to Conference registration.
• Prices include GST.
• This experience is limited to a maximum of 13 participants. If minimum numbers are not met the experience maybe cancelled, if this occurs delegates will be refunded in full.
• Priority is given to registered delegates of the 2023 REAIE Biennial Conference.