Slab Lab 5:30pm: Cups and Bowls
Dates
Ages
On Wednesdays
Class Location
CLASS DESCRIPTION
Students will focus on making cups/mugs and bowls utilizing slab building techniques. Due to this being a 5 week session we are keeping the forms simple to allow for more personal and individual creativity to be showcased during class. Students will have freedom to decorate and design their pieces utilizing as many surface design techniques as they see fit. Students can add clay designs using slip/score method, carve out designs, or add textures to their hearts content on their pieces. Utilizing open studio sessions will allow for students to make an additional piece outside of class to further practice all the methods and techniques learned in class or use that time to glaze their works.
INSTRUCTOR
Allie Benoit
Allie Benoit is an interdisciplinary artist born in Albany, New York and currently lives and works in metro Atlanta, Georgia where she teaches ceramic classes and workshops in hand-building, mold-making and slip casting to all ages. Allie graduated Cum Laude from Kennesaw State University with a BFA in Ceramics and Sculpture with a minor in Italian Language. While at Kennesaw State University Benoit was awarded the Global Learning scholarship, the Visual Arts Study Abroad scholarship, and an Honorable Runner Up for the Benjamin Gilman International scholarship to fund a five-week residency with the University of Georgia System to study art and culture in Montepulciano, Italy. Her work has been exhibited at the Zuckerman Museum Fine Arts Gallery, Mable House Arts Center, Sewell Mill Cultural Center, Savannah Clay Community and Mint Gallery. Allie’s work has also been presented in national juried exhibitions with Wildfire Ceramic Studio (partnered with The Last Prisoner’s Project) in Montana, James May Gallery in Wisconsin, The Clay Center of New Orleans, and the Amelia Center Gallery in Florida. Along with exhibitions, her work, process and teaching has been featured in publications from The Sentinel newspaper, Peachtree Corners Magazine, and for Shoutout-Voyage Denver Colorado Magazine. Allie Benoit is the Founder of Rainy-Day Studio established in 2020.
