Ages 14-17 | Teen Studio Night | Creating the Bridge between Imagination, Form and Function: Introduction to Hand Building
Children Course | Registration closed 10/18/2024
Join Sheila Mungai as she guides you through the process of learning how to work in clay, exploring your imagination. Hand building is an essential part of the ceramic process. Students will learn pinch, slab, coil techniques, and will work with colored slips, underglazes, stains and glazing. Bring your ideas and allow Sheila to help you bring them to life!
- Teen Studio Night is open to youth ages 14-17.
Light dinner is included!
Teens in this class have access to the regularly scheduled open studio hours for a $10 fee. Students may use the clay provided during class by the instructor.
- Clay and tools will be provided for each student.
Sheila Mungai
Sheila Mungai is a Kenyan-Born Colorado based artist. She attended Kenyatta University for two years in 1994 -1995. The university was temporarily shut down, during which period she immigrated to the United States.
In 2015 she resumed her pursuit for her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Ceramics at Metro State University of Denver in Colorado, graduating in spring of 2019.
Her multicultural experience gained through her Kenyan childhood and early adulthood experience, and living in America has provided a wealth of content to explore social issues and interactions, expressed in clay and other mediums. The social issues tackled mainly revolve around identity.