Figure & Narrative: Ceramics
Registration
$450.00
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Teresa Bergen
Monday to Friday, August 26 – August 30, 2024
10:00am – 4:00pm
With a focus on coil and pinching techniques we will create human and animal forms in clay. Playing with scale and relationships these figures come together to tell a story. We will look at examples of historical and contemporary ceramics for inspiration. Spend five days with your hands in the clay; through demonstrations and practice learn some invaluable hand building skills and have fun to boot!
Students should bring:
- An apron
- Modelling tools (our School will have the basic tools on hand)
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Teresa Bergen
Teresa Bergen explores the intricacies of relationships through movement, myth, and folklore with playful pottery and sculpture.
Born in Vancouver, Bergen started her art education at Langara College and completed a BFA at NSCAD University in Halifax. Post graduation she cycled to Dawson City, Yukon for an artist residency at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture. On a rock pile outside that town she built a kiln and converted a school bus into a pottery workshop. Upon returning to Nova Scotia she continued to produce her own work and teach as a member of Turnstile Pottery cooperative. In 2005 she established a studio outside of Chester, Nova Scotia, where she lives with musician Old Man Luedecke and their 3 children.
Teresa is the Recipient of an Arts Nova Scotia Creation Grant and was selected for the Nova Scotia Art Bank purchase award in 2020. Her work has been exhibited at SOFA in Chicago, at galleries across North America, and is included in the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia’s permanent collection as well as private collections across Canada and the around the world.