August Art Night 2013

5 to 8pm August 1st

Art Night Kentuck HOT HOT HOT Raku firing: Daniel Livingston

Music by:

Jewelry making: Allison Bohorfoush

Daniel Livingston Raku Demonstration

Daniel Livingston has been working with clay for a large portion of his life and states, “I have always been fascinated by the potter’s wheel. There was just something about it that drew me in when I was younger, and this was years before I even touched one”. In the early 70’s Livingston enrolled in art school, eventually earning a bachelor and master of fine arts degree from the University of Alabama.

Every third weekend in October since 1992, Livingston has demonstrated and sold his work at the Kentuck Festival of the Arts. In July of this year, Daniel became Kentuck’s latest resident artist.

Allison Bohorfouch Jewelry Demonstration For 20 years now, Allison has been making jewelry of one kind or another. She uses techniques such as fold forming, repoussĂŠ and fine chisel work to enhance the metal. All pieces are one of a kind and have been described by art critics as whimsical. They are surely speaking of the dragonflies, female figures and faces.

While apprenticing in Robert Taylor's coppersmith shop she decided to use his copper scraps to create jewelry. By using these cut away pieces she is inspired by the odd shapes and happy to recycle scrap into art. Unusual colors are applied by the use of patinas or specialized torch techniques.

Live music by: IN THE COURTYARD OF WONDERS Sue Scrofa started in the backwoods of Alabama when Alyssa Crisswell broke out some of her dad’s old recording equipment and made the lo-fi pop album Alabamulance. Sue Scrofa (the scientific name for her favorite animal, the pig) soon garnered more attention than expected, landing the young songstress on WERS Boston’s local music week, a spot as a semi-finalist on Prairie Home Companion’s Talented Twenties Competition, and a featured artist on Birmingham’s NPR station. She soon teamed up with Shane Jewell (guitar), Alan F. Rogers (drums), and Roxy Radulescu (bass) transforming the lo-fi solo project into a full out indie-pop band, which Under The Radar believes, “is vying to take their place along side Jenny Lewis/First Aid Kit royalty.” With their second album, White Cat, Sue Scrofa won The Deli Los Angeles’ “Best Emerging Artist of 2011” reader’s poll and toured the West Coast. Now they are back in their hometown Birmingham, Alabama and will release their new EP this June. http://suescrofa.com/

Featured Clay Place Artists JOANNE GENTINE Joanne Gentine started throwing pottery on the wheel during the 1970s when her husband was stationed at Ft. Huachuaca, Arizona. As her family moved around with the Army, she studied at several junior colleges. In California she took classes at West Valley Community College and received her first commissions for large planters. In Maryland she worked at Harford Community College, which required even more travel and she gave up pottery. She retired a couple of years ago and the first thing she did was start throwing again. "The Clay Coop is a perfect way for me to connect with other potters and share ideas."

SHIRLEY “HAYES” DOBBINS Shirley "Hayes" Dobbins is an artist originally from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She has been creating art in some form since she could hold a crayon. She studied Art at the University of Montevallo and graduated in 2001 with a BFA in Studio Art, concentrating in sculpture. Most recently she has been creating “sculptural jewelry” and hand building pottery sculptures. This summer, she has been teaching young minds about the basics of hand building pottery during the Clay Place children workshops.

Art Night

Cob Oven Pizza

The Cob Oven Crew will be at Art Night to make their delicious

Pizza!

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