Winter Warm Up with Pat Hoban
Winter Workshop | Available
Let’s warm up our skills for the coming Winter semester! I will be here to demo various forms on both throwing functional wares and explorations in abstract sculptures. I will help you all with anything you choose to make and fine tune any and all ideas, no matter how large or small. Think of this as your time to make whatever you please with the added bonus of demos and one-on-one interaction, if you decide you need some guidance.
Please note:
- This workshop is offered for students who will be taking a Winter Semester class, and can complete their work in their up-coming class.
- There is no scheduled time to complete and glaze work made in this workshop.
- You will not receive a cubby for this 2-day workshop. Given we have the studio for the weekend you can keep your work out until the workshop is over.
- Guardians registering children or teens under age 18:
A completed Student Information Form is required for each child attending a class or workshop.
Download Form:
https://reg127.imperisoft.com/Pages/System/File.aspx?id2=6606
Please complete, sign, and email the form to info@communityartscenter.org before the first day of class.
Registration is not complete until the form has been received by the CAC office.
Clay is not included in lab fee. Clay is to be purchased through the office. Purchase can be made via email, by phone and/or in person during office hours. Please note specific clay body when placing order. Porcelain clay bodies (257 and 437) are priced at $60 per unit. Non-porcelain clay bodies are priced at $35 per unit. Purchase in advance of class and present receipt to instructor before collecting clay.
Please note: Students who wish to fire work in the soda kiln and are currently registered in a class that is not soda kiln specific can do so for an additional $25 fee/semester. Only available to students who have previously taken a soda specific class or workshop at CAC
- Clear 5-gallon plastic bags for covering your work (the small office trash can size).
- Fettling knife (essential for hand builders; optional for wheel throwers). A thin paring knife also works well if you prefer a finer, sharper blade.
- Kemper Hardwood Pottery Tool Kit (highly recommended). Look for the hardwood version with dark stained wood handles. It typically costs $22.50-$30 and includes a sponge, trimming tools, wire cutter, metal rib, wooden rib, and wooden knife. Comparable tools are also fine.
- Optional: One 2-gallon bucket with lid if you plan to save your own reclaim clay.
- Clay and tools are available for purchase at CAC as noted in the Special Notes above.
Patrick Hoban
Pat Hoban was born in the suburbs of Philadelphia where he discovered his love of ceramics as a freshman in high school. From there, he went onto study ceramics and sculpture at Penn State University, where he received his BFA in Sculpture in 2015. In 2016, He received a full scholarship and assistantship to the University of Alabama. There, he exhibited work at various galleries in town and around Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, AL as well as had two solo exhibitions. He also has three permanent public art pieces displayed in various cities in Alabama. In spring of 2019 he graduated with his MFA in Ceramics. From there, he became the woodfire kiln tech at the Clay Studio of Missoula and a teaching artist at the Missoula Art Museum where he educated many community artists as well as elementary and middle school students in the area in various artistic mediums. While In Missoula, he exhibited work in various juried shows, community exhibitions and was a Resident Potter for the Missoula Tea Company. He is now a kiln tech and teacher for the Community Art Center.