ART NEW ENGLAND Summer Workshops 2004 is offering the following workshop with Brian Ransom for sounding clay. If interested call Nancy at the Massachusetts College of Art A.S.A.P. (617) 879-7175 The week long workshop will be held at Bennington College Vermont from August 1-7
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Clay: Bells, Gongs and MoreBrian Ransom
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(his home page)In this hands-on workshop, Brian Ransom will demonstrate many of thethrowing, handbuilding and assembling techniques he uses in creatinghis unique sounding ceramic sculptures and musical instruments. Youwill have the opportunity to make and tune your own during theworkshop. There will be discussions regarding clay bodies, firingtechniques (particularly vapor-firing) and both the formal andinformal sculptural processes Brian utilizes. Brian Ransom-sculptor,potter, composer and performer-is Associate Professor of Visual Artsat Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL. In addition to hisexperimental ceramic sound works, Ransom is well known for hisunique sculptures from clay that serve as musical instruments. Hehas made numerous recordings of original music in ensembles of hisown invention. Among the awards he has received are theFulbright/Hays Congressional Fellowship in Peru and the NationalEndowment for the Arts Fellowship in sculpture. He has exhibitednationally and internationally, and his work is included in numerousmuseums and private collections.Regards, James Clark