Studio Sessions are an online platform where an intimate group of global studio mates gather online 1x per week for 4 weeks under the guidance of a lead artist to discuss specific ideas and to experiment with how those ideas can take form in clay.

Studio Sessions are offered monthly, with listings updated regularly.

Studio Sessions are led by rule-defying / devising / devouring ceramic artists who are already closely investigating the topics at hand. Every Studio Session inherently explores a conceptual approach to ceramics.

Each month-long series consists of four sessions for a total of eight hours—that’s one two-hour session per week for four weeks. The first session is a deep dive into introductions. This is when you meet the other artists with whom you’re sharing space, and when the new group collectively considers the topic. The following three weeks are hands-on experimental sessions.

Process and curiosity take precedent over product.

Artists devise their own casual (or very elaborate!) material experiments during each session, allowing these experiments to shift, grow, concentrate or expand as the Studio Sessions series progresses. Information and ideas are shared, failure is welcome, and strange approaches are celebrated.

Studio Sessions are like having new studio mates with similar interests and concerns for a month: get together, get hands in clay, get messy hands around tea mugs as you collectively brainstorm about what-ifs and can-you-believes. Participants will think alongside the lead artist in their research while developing personally relevant material experiments. The goal of Studio Sessions is to have individual experiences within a shared context, where seeds may be sown for what comes next.

Logistics

Studio Sessions are hosted online via Zoom and are $250.

Each session meets once per week (for two hours) for one month.

There is a lead artist who guides the research theme.

Using some clay is required; any other materials are optional.

Each session runs with a minimum of five and a maximum of ten participants.