The Friends Enrichment program once again hosted a pottery workshop for underserved Moorestown children.
Twenty-nine children recently attended a pottery workshop at Moorestown Friends School (MFS) where, under the leadership of ceramic artist and MFS art teacher David Gamber, the participants learned basic pottery techniques and made bowls, which they painted and decorated. To create unique designs, they used simple tools, such as printing blocks and their own fingers. The objective was to make one-of-a-kind bowls, each bowl bearing the initials of its maker. The workshop is a special annual project of the Friends Enrichment Program (FEP) for underserved, financially disadvantaged Moorestown children. Among the participants were 22 children active in FEP and seven from Moorestown Friends School and Moorestown Friends Meeting. No one was …
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For $10, you get a hot meal from a great local restaurant, a handmade piece of pottery from a local artist and a chance to help your hungry neighbors.
"To work with clay is to be in touch with the taproot of life." --Shoji Hamada, Japanese potter This weekend, Perkins Center for the Arts hosts “Empty Bowls,” a unique charity event, as part of its Clay Fest. From trying out a kickwheel to demonstrating how to use clay artwork in your home, the entire exercise is meant to introduce guests to “the whole experience of clay,” said Perkins Center director Alan Willoughby, himself a clay artist. “People who maybe aren’t around handmade clay work all the time are hesitant to actually use [and display clay art in their home],” he said. But the centerpiece of the weekend is the Empty Bowls fundraiser that will take place from 12-3 p.m. Saturday. For those three hours, guests can pay $10 for a …
