Figurative Clay Sculptures Workshop with Maggie Towne

During this hands-on workshop, Maggie Towne will teach participants how to build a figurative clay sculpture. Students will employ coil and hand building methods and use red clay. Finished sculptures will stand approximately twenty inches high. This workshop is perfect for anyone interested in sculpting clay, including beginners! The finished sculptures would make wonderful accents for the home or garden. 

Maggie Towne started out as a child making mud pies and clay penguins. With the encouragement of her artist mother, she never stopped. Maggie graduated with a BFA in ceramics from Brooks Institute of Fine Arts in Santa Barbara and later graduated with an MFA in ceramics from the University of Georgia. She moved to Louisville several years ago and became involved in the clay community here. She received a grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women in 2005 to study with potters in Oaxaca and Michoacan, Mexico. She teaches hands-on workshops for adults and children and is a teacher at Kentucky Country Day School in Louisville where she teaches art and ceramics.