Art & Art History Department at Hartwick College

TONIGHT TONIGHT, we hope that you can join us tonight to hear from Gerald Brown and Mike Tavares as they discuss their career paths and the creation of Clay Siblings Project. We hope that this will provide all of us with some much needed positive engagement. Zoom link in the event page.

Join us on Wednesday to hear from Gerald Brown and Mike Tavares of Clay Siblings 6pm, zoom. Mike Tavares grew up in Rhode Island, a child of parents both proudly from the Cape Verde Islands. Despite being raised in the United States, Tavares’ parents ensured that he understood their culture, spoke their language and ate traditional Cape Verdean cuisine. Tavares received his BFA from Syracuse University, New York, where he studied under Peter Beasecker and Errol Willett. Durin...g his studies, Tavares discovered his love for earthenware and wood-fired ceramics. He now has a home studio in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and is the co-founder and co-leader of The Clay Siblings, a non-profit that aims to make clay and corresponding opportunities more accessible to high schoolers and other young artists of all backgrounds and identities. Gerald A. Brown is a Chicago Southside native, currently based in Philadelphia, PA. She received her BFA from Syracuse University, double emphasis in Sculpture and Ceramics. She has researched in Paris as well as furthered her studies at Penland and Haystack Mountain School of Craft. In Philly, Gerald is a current member of the art collective Vox Populi, curating shows and special programming. In addition, she is a teaching artist assistant with The Clay Studio’s Clay Mobile outreach program, one of the Board of Directors at Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts and co-founder of the Clay Siblings’ Project, a non-profit initiative providing free ceramic workshops around the country.

Don’t forget to join us tonight! 6pm