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CANCELLED—Befriending Our Mortality Through Clay: Ceramics Workshop with Holly Ratcliffe
Saturday March 28, 2020 | 12 – 4 pm
Join MOA’s ceramics artist-in-residence, Holly Ratcliffe, for a unique exploration of MOA’s Koerner European Ceramics collections and a hands-on clay workshop.
In contemporary Western cultures, there is a tendency to avoid the subject of death until it touches us, but learning about other cultures can help us pause to reflect on our own attitudes and practices. In this workshop, participants will explore the spiritual significance of funerary objects in the collections and then create a personal work inspired by these ideas in self-drying clay and paint.
Holly Ratcliffe is currently ceramic artist-in-residence at MOA. She brings a unique combination of anthropology and theology to her own ceramics and her ongoing explorations of funerary art and practice. Before she became a potter, Holly earned an MA in anthropology and a PhD in the history of Christian spirituality. In this workshop, she shares her passion for investing clay with personal sacred meaning.
All supplies and materials included.
This event is now SOLD OUT.
MOA • General $40 | UBC Students, Staff, Faculty / MOA Members / Indigenous peoples $35 Workshop