of art & design
The Crafts Center at NC State presents . . .
Lie - Nielsen Hand Tool Event
Friday, January 18, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, and Saturday, January 19, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
in the Crafts Center Woodshop
Free admission. FInd more details and information about guest demonstrators at www.lie-nielsen.com
Leah Leitson
"Responding to Touch: Thrown and Altered Porcelain"
Friday, March 15, at 7:00 pm
In conjunction with a weekend workshop presented by the Triangle Potters Guild, NC State students and the public alike are invited for a free evening presentation
by noted North Carolina potter Leah Leitson.
Leah Leitson is the Chair of the Art Department at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC. She received her M.F.A. in ceramics from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and her undergraduate B.F.A. in ceramics from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred, NY. Leah completed residencies at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT, and Banff Center for the Arts in Alberta, CN. She is a member of the Piedmont Craftsmen, Inc., and the Southern Highland Craft Guild. She has led many workshops throughout the U.S., including Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, and has taught workshops in Italy and Israel.
Leah works exclusively in porcelain. Her work has been featured in many exhibitions nationally and internationally. Her work can be seen in array of publications, from books to magazines. She is also represented in ceramic books and her work is found in museums and private collections.
“I love teaching. The exchange of ideas is endlessly stimulating and personally rewarding. Teaching gives me an opportunity to share some of the knowledge and skills I have learned, but the real pleasure comes from seeing students learn and grow so dramatically. In my own work, I have always enjoyed making pieces for the table for ‘every day,’ as well as for ‘special’ occasions. My forms are predominately inspired by the eighteenth and nineteenth century decorative arts, particularly utilitarian silver tableware and Sevres porcelain. I am further inspired by plant forms in nature. My intent is to integrate the two so that they become one. My work is thrown, altered, and assembled, and is made with a porcelain clay body.”
The Triangle Potters Guild is sponsoring a weekend workshop with Leah Leitson, “Wheel-thrown, Altered and Assembled Utilitarian Pottery,” on Saturday & Sunday, March 16 & 17.
For more information and how to register, visit www.trianglepotters.org. (A registration discount is available to NC State students.)
NC State Campus Photo Walk
A stress busting evening
open to all NC State Students
April 29, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
(Meet-up at the Crafts Center)
Rain Date: Friday, May 3, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Grab your phone or camera, tripod if you have one, maybe a flashlight, and yes, your friends and come out for this special evening photo stroll through old campus. We will begin at the Crafts Center with a short lesson before heading out at 7:00 pm sharp. After making our way through Wolf Plaza, the Brickyard, and The Court of the Carolinas, we will end up around sunset at the Memorial Bell Tower for a group photo spectacular.
CRAFTS CENTER INFORMATION: 919.515.2457