CLASSES AND CONCERTS
WHEEL THROWING
The Classes for All Levels
6:00 – 8:00pm
Thursdays, April 3 – 24
Members: $189.00 | Non-Members: $210.00
Whether you are an enthusiastic beginner or an experienced pro with the wheel, you are welcome in this class, which will cover all aspects of the ceramics process.
You’ll learn how to throw on the potter’s wheel and you will practice new throwing techniques and hone specific skills. Ryder will help students increase the amount of clay they can handle successfully, throw thinner and taller, and throw new shapes. We will practice attachments such as handles, as well as pulling handles directly from the side of the cup. The class will focus primarily on tableware shapes – mugs, cups, bowls plates, etc, but all ideas and forms of expression through clay are encouraged!
Classes meet 1 day a week for 4 weeks.
(April 3, 10, 17, 24)
All necessary materials are provided for this hands-on experience.
The Instructor, Ryder Gordon
Ryder Gordon grew up in the Boston area, where he was introduced to the potter’s wheel at a young age. He graduated with a degree in art education and ceramics from UMass Dartmouth. He has studied wood, gas, and soda firing with Chris Gustin and Chris Smith, as well as raku with Stephen Branfman (to name only a few!).
Gordon has instructed and assisted at The Potter’s Shop and School in Needham, Peter’s Valley School of Craft, and Castle Hill Center for the Arts. Gordon’s work is defined by pushing the limits of what can be accomplished both on and off the potter’s wheel.
e creates functional pottery with shapes that bulge, grow, and swirl as well as more decorative coil-built vessels. Gordon uses glaze and atmospheric firing to highlight his complex forms, creating dynamic surfaces.
FriYAY
Friday, April 4
6-8pm
Free Concert For All
Folk, soul, pop, electronica, rock, hip-hop, and jazz, are just some of the genres you might hear at any given FriYAY event. Curated by Scott Bishop, a New Bedford-based singer, songwriter, and sound sculptor, visitors hear local musicians play a two-hour set. Kenny Motta and Sharon Jensen are a dynamic duo. Hailing from the South Coast the duo performs at my local venues showcasing all genres of music.
Sharons’ engaging performances of recognizable tunes is sure to inspire you to sing along.
WHITE-LINE COLOR WOODCUT PRINT WORKSHOP
Workshop: White-Line Woodcut Print
Friday & Saturday, April 4 & 5
The Class
Date: April 4 & 5 (Both days)
Time: 10am – 4pm
Instructor: Peter Michael Martin
Tickets: $320 Non-Members | $295 Members (includes all materials)
Please bring your own lunch for a 30-minute break midway through the workshop day.
Event Details
Learn the technique to create a multi-color print using watercolors from a singular carved pine woodblock. White-line print also known as the Provincetown Print originated in Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1915. This workshop is offered in conjunction with Provincetown Prints: White-Line Woodcuts from the Collection of Edward Yasuna, an exhibition which features the work of the first innovators of Provincetown printing as well as contemporary printmakers utilizing this technique. Let this workshop be an inspiration for further personal artistic development.
Workshop participants should come to the workshop with 2 New England inspired drawings. (maximum and ideal size 6″ x 8″) About the Instructor Peter Michael Martin is an internationally recognized artist and experienced educator.
His exhibition “Martin & Moby” was hosted by the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts in 2014 and traveled in 2015 to Tokyo, Japan. In the summer of 2019 the Cape Cod Museum of Art held an exhibition titled “Moby Dick: Inspired Visions” transforming the historic Hope-McClennen Gallery into a captivating and thought provoking space. Martin’s monumental Tyvek silhouettes reflect themes realized in the text of Herman Melville’s novel, Moby Dick.
Three significant white-line woodblock prints were included in this exhibit. In June 2019 Martin collaborated in a Moby Dick iPhone photography project titled “Altered Visions” which examined the relationship between Ishamel and Queequeg and presented that at the 12th International Melville Conference in New York, NY. In June of 2022 Martin once again collaborated on another iPhone photography series “Call Me Ahab” and presented and exhibited at the 13 International Melville Conference in Paris, France.
Martin’s “Mens’ Chorus” 23′ x “43 Kewa Pueblo inspired white-line print was one of two included in South Korea’s 10th Ulsan International Woodcut Print Art Festival in 2022.