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.