Past Talks

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Thur | Nov 21 | 1 PM EST

Chase Kahwinhut Earles & Cesar Viveros

Join us to talk with artists in our current exhibition, The Future of Clay.

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Thur | Nov 7 | 1 PM EST

Michelle Im & Morel Doucet

Join us to talk with artists in our current exhibition, The Future of Clay.

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Thur | Oct 31 | 1 PM EST

Chris Staley

Join us to talk with current Guest Artist, Chris Staley.

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Thur | Oct 17 | 1 PM EST

Anne Adams & Holly Wilson

Join us to talk with two artists in our current exhibition, The Future of Clay.

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Thur | Oct 10 | 1 PM EST

Kristy Moreno & Jolie Ngo

Join us to talk with two artists in our current exhibition, The Future of Clay.

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Thur | Sept 26 | 1 PM EST

Anya Montiel, Zindzi Harley, Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy, & Jennifer Zwilling

Join us to talk with the curators of The Clay Studio's upcoming exhibition, The Future of Clay. We'll dive into their process of curating an exhibition around the concept of what the future of clay looks like.

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Thur | Aug 29 | 1 PM EST

Trinity Dubois & Isabella Kahn

Join us to talk with Decorative Arts Trust Intern Isabella Kahn, and Exhibition Coordinator & Development Assistant Trinity Dubois

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Thur | August 2 | 1 pm EST

Paul Scott & Charlotta Klingström

Join us for a glimpse into The Clay Studio's history! Guest artist Alumni Paul Scott (U.K.) and Charlotta Klingström (Sweden) will talk about their work and their time at The Clay Studio. Please check out Paul and Charlotta's work in our current exhibition, 50 Years in the Making!

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Thur | July 25 | 1pm EST

Susan Beiner & Ann Van Hoey

Join us for a glimpse into The Clay Studio's history! Resident artist Alumni Susan Beiner (U.S.A.) and Guest artist Alumni Ann Van Hoey (Belgium) will talk about their work and their time at The Clay Studio. Please check out Susan and Ann's work in our current exhibition, 50 Years in the Making!

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Thur | July 18 | 1pm EST

Clare McCormish & Michael Moore

Join us for a glimpse into The Clay Studio's history! Guest artist Alumni Clare McComish and Michael Moore, both from Ireland, will talk about their work and their unique relationship to The Clay Studio over the years. Be sure to check out Clare and Michael's work in our current exhibition, 50 Years in the Making!

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Thursday | May 30 | 1 pm EST

Small Favors: Claire McCauley & Sharon Bartmann

Join us as we talk about the challenges of working SMALL with Derek Reeverts and other artists who have made a regular practice of participaring in Small Favors over the years.

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Thursday | May 16 | 1pm

Small Favors 2024: Derek Reeverts & Jill Birschbach

Join us as we talk about the challenges of working SMALL with Derek Reeverts and Jill Birschbach who have made a regular practice of participating in Small Favors over the years.

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Thursday April 25th | 1PM EST

Conversation with Yael Braha

Join us for a conversation with Featured Artist, Yael Braha to discuss her technique of integrating innovative digital fabrication methodologies with traditional ceramic processes.

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Thursday March 28 | 1pm EST

Kathie Regan Dalzell & Kathryn Narrow

Celebrate our 50th anniversary year by joining us to talk with our Founders & Foundations about their experiences at The Clay Studio over the years.

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Thursday March 14 | 1pm EST

Amy Sarner Williams & Ken Vavrek

Celebrate our 50th anniversary year by joining us to talk with our Founders & Foundations about their experiences at The Clay Studio over the years.

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Thursday, March 7 | 1pm EST

Jill Bonovitz & Helen Drutt

Celebrate our 50th anniversary year by joining us to talk with our Founders & Foundations about their experiences at The Clay Studio over the years.

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Thursday, February 29th | 1pm EST

Claire Rodgers & Janice Merendino

Celebrate our 50th anniversary year by joining us to talk with our Founders & Foundations about their experiences at The Clay Studio over the years.

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Thursday, February 1st | 1pm EST

Syd Carpenter & Martha Jackson Jarvis

Celebrate our 50th anniversary year by joining us to talk with our Founders & Foundations about their experiences at The Clay Studio over the years.

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Thursday, December 7, 2023 | 1pm EST

David Grant: Geology and Local Glazes at Highland Pottery

Click the link to register and a link will be emailed to you immediately. Join us to hear from David Grant in Sutherland, Scotland, where his Highland Pottery produces wares with locally sourced glazes. He'll discuss how they study geology and create the glazes.

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Saturday, December 2

Between Horizons Symposium

Join us in person or by zoom to hear the artists give talks about their work. Remarks from the co-curators, a special talk by Joyce Chung, Curator of the Asian Arts Initiative, and Juree Kim, internationally renowned artist with work in the Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibition The Shape of Time.

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Thursday, November 9 | 1pm

Kyungmin Park and Joon Hee Kim

Join Jennifer Zwilling in conversation with Kyungmin Park and Joon Hee Kim, two artists featured in Between Horizons, to hear about their experiences making art and their journeys from South Korea to North America.

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Special Time | Thursday, June 29 | 6:30 - 8pm | In Person or by Zoom

Gone & For Ever Documentary premier and Discussion Panel

Join us in person or on zoom for the premiere of the Gone & For Ever documentary and a panel discussion with the creator Alex Stadler, and participants, Abdul-Aliy Muhammad, Anne Ishii and others. The film was produced by Stadler and Greenhouse Productions.

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Thursday, June 8 | 1 PM

Jennifer D. Martin

Executive Director Jennifer D. Martin will talk with us about her new body of work and how the new building project aligns with her artistic output.

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Special Time | Saturday, June 3 | 1pm | In Person or by Zoom

Heather Mae Erickson and Travis Rountree: Pride Pots

We will discuss Pride Pots, Erickson's experiential, socially engaged project that cultivated over twenty-five cultural events promoting LGBTQ+ visibility in the communities surrounding the University of Western Carolina. The talk will be followed by a hands-on event.

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Thursday, April 13 | 1 pm est

Tip Toland & Sergei Isupov

Tip Toland and Sergei Isupov are two of the dozen artists whose work appears in Figuring Space, an exhibition of life-size ceramic figurative sculpture. We are thrilled to have these talented artists as guests to ask them about their inspirations for the ideas and styles of their work.

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Thursday, April 6 | 1 pm est

Roxanne Swentzell

Roxanne is one of the dozen artists whose work appears in Figuring Space, an exhibition of life-size ceramic figurative sculpture. We are thrilled to have this talented artist as a guest to ask her about her inspirations for the ideas and styles of her work.

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Thursday, March 30 | 1 pm est

Christina West and Chris Rodgers

Christina and Chris both reinterpreted Ancient Greek sculptures for their work exhibited in Figuring Space. Join us to talk about what it means to examine work made thousands of years ago to make something new.

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Thursday, March 16 | 1 pm est

Cristina Córdova

Cristina is one of the dozen artists whose work appears in Figuring Space, an exhibition of life-size ceramic figurative sculpture. We are thrilled to have this talented artist as a guest to ask her about her inspirations for the ideas and styles of her work.

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Thursday, March 2 | 1 pm est

Kensuke Yamada and Kyungmin Park

Both Kensuke and Kyungmin's sculptures are about human emotions in response to the difficult issues facing our world today. Both manage to show difficult feelings along with hope.

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Thursday, February 23 | 1 pm est

Jonathan Christensen Caballero and Victoria Walton

Jonathan and Victoria are two of the dozen artists whose work appears in Figuring Space, an exhibition of life-size ceramic figurative sculpture.

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Thursday, January 26 | 1 pm est

Juan Barroso

Juan Barroso says about his work "My work is about Mexican labor and the plight, struggle, hope, and heritage of Mexican immigrants. With the current political administration enforcing policies that dehumanize and force immigrants into the shadows, recognizing an immigrant’s humanity is vital. Notions of us or them deteriorate and it becomes clear that we are all working and fighting to provide a shelter and a decent meal for ourselves, and often a family. As the son of immigrant parents, I hope to pay homage to my people and the dignity of their labor. I mix 2-dimensional imagery, influenced by personal narratives, with 3-dimensional functional forms."

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