Create your own clay sculptures inspired by works in the exhibition Shinichi Sawada: Agents of Clay. This workshop is hosted in collaboration with Webster University, so participants will start the day at CAM with an exhibition tour by Director of Learning and Engagement Michelle Dezember followed by lunch. Next, participants will join ceramicist Lindsay Pichaske at Webster University for a hands-on workshop. The class will explore figurative sculpture, texture, and personal storytelling as well as discuss surface treatments and firing techniques. 

Lunch, a small sketchbook, and materials for the clay workshop are included in the registration cost. Participants should plan to bring a smock, apron, or clothes they don’t mind getting dirty. 

Schedule

• 11:30 am: Program begins at CAM with a tour of Shinichi Sawada: Agents of Clay 
• 12:00 pm: Lunch 
• 12:30 pm: Participants make their own way to Webster University
• 1:00–4:00 pm: Ceramics workshop

Workshop space is limited. Tickets are $50 for CAM members / $65 for nonmembers. Please click here to sign up.

A limited number of scholarships are available. Please contact programs@camstl.org for questions or to apply.

About the instructor

Lindsay Pichaske received a BFA from the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill and an MFA from the University of Colorado—Boulder. Her figurative ceramic sculptures explore ideas of empathy, sentiency, and materiality. She is represented by Duane Reed Gallery in St. Louis and exhibits broadly; recent shows were held at Jane Hartsook Gallery, the Fuller Craft Museum, and the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art. In 2013, she received an Emerging Artist Award from the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts. Lindsay is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Ceramics at Webster University.