Kara Floyd on tue 3 apr 12
Just a reminder to all the folks from the Oklahoma Clay Art Community!
This is going to be a good one...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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> Hey All
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> Letting you all know about an upcoming workshop at City Arts Center
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> Kevin and JoAnne DeKeuster=3D20
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> To see pics of their work:
> http://cityartscenter.org/Web_v2/?page_id=3D3D3585
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> To see more info on enrolling:
> http://cityartscenter.org/Web_v2/?page_id=3D3D201
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> The DeKeusters are amazing people and absolutely the nicest folks you'll =
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ever meet!
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> email me if you have questions...
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> Kara
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> Here is the official spiel:
> Kevin and JoAnne DeKeuster will co-lead this demonstration workshop. Alt=
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hough the couple shares a studio space and a love for wood fired ceramics, =
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their work is diversely different. Kevin=3DE2=3D80=3D99s main focus is whe=
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own objects, while Jo=3DE2=3D80=3D99s work is strictly hand built.
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> Kevin will demonstrate throwing functional and sculptural forms reaffirmi=
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ng his belief that one can simultaneously be successful as both a functiona=
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l potter and an artistic clay artist. Kevins emphasis will include encoura=
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ging the observer to create functional work that will have an individual st=
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yle and flair. This, he believes, cannot be achieved without first learnin=
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g proper techniques of the craft, then adding artistic style. With his scu=
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lptural work his main focus will be on creating vessels by combining thrown=
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> JoAnne will demonstrate her unique hand built slab techniques. She will =
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share with the observer the many techniques and tricks of the trade that sh=
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e has learned over the years from her many mentors. The tips range from co=
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nstruction and decoration, to drying and firing. She will also share her j=
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ourney as her style developed from simple press mold plates to the pieces s=
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he creates today. It is her belief that as an artist, one must develop a d=
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istinctive style, but within that style your work needs to continually grow=
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and evolve
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> JoAnne and Kevin DeKeuster are full time professional artists that curren=
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tly reside in the Taos New Mexico Area. Kevin was born in Racine, Wisconsi=
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n. He attended Milton College, in Milton Wisconsin on football scholarship=
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. It was there that he received his B.F.A. in ceramics. JoAnne grew up ne=
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ar the small town of Waumandee, Wisconsin. She received a B.A. in Art Educ=
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ation from the University of Wisconsin =3DE2=3D80=3D93 Eau Claire. After m=
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g, the couple moved to Arizona. Together they continued their study of art=
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at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff Arizona, receiving a Masters d=
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egree in ceramics. Coursework at NAU included travel and study in Japan. =
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After completion of their Masters degrees, Jo and Kevin continued to spend =
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summers in Flagstaff. They began working for the university as kiln assist=
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ants and eventually each taught the summer Noborigama Wood Fire class. The=
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ir work is greatly influenced by the wood-fired kilns located in Flagstaff =
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and Japan. All of the couples=3DE2=3D80=3D99 ceramic artwork is fired with =
wood.
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