Nancy Selvin | Color, Surface,Text: Color and Screen printing on handbuilt clay forms
July 18th & 19th, 2009
Dissolving the boundaries between surface and form this workshop will introduce various methods for layering color, image and text onto ceramic surfaces. Simple screen printing and various transfer techniques are included. A slide presentation will illustrate the evolution of Ms. Selvin’s personal history and the influences that have shaped her approach to clay.
Biography
Nancy Selvin is an independent studio artist living and working in Berkeley CA. She has taught for over thirty years at colleges and workshops internationally including a stint at her alma mater UC Berkeley. She is currently adjunct Professor of Ceramics at The California College of the Arts (CCA) in Oakland. Ms. Selvin received her M.A. in 1970 from the University California, Berkeley where she studied with Ron Nagle and the late Peter Voulkos. Her list of honors include two National Endowment Artist’s Fellowships and in 2003 she was awarded a California Arts Council Fellowship. She presently serves on the Alameda County Public Art Commission and is past President and current Board of Trustee member for Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Newcastle Maine.
Selvin’s ceramics have been written about extensively, including reviews and articles in Ceramic Art and Perception, Artweek, Studio Potter and The Kansas City Review among others. Additionally, her work has appeared on the cover of American Craft Magazine and Ceramics Monthly.
Ms. Selvin’s works are in numerous public and private collections including the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian, Arizona State University Ceramic Research Center, the Mint Museum, Charlotte NC, the Oakland Museum, Oakland CA, the Nora Eccles Museum, Logan Utah, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The University of Iowa Museum of Art and the Microsoft Art Collections in Seattle and Mountain View CA.
Dissolving the boundaries between surface and form this workshop will introduce various methods for layering color, image and text onto ceramic surfaces. Simple screen printing and various transfer techniques are included. A slide presentation will illustrate the evolution of Ms. Selvin’s personal history and the influences that have shaped her approach to clay.
