Kinship and Variation: Pots as Containers

Sanam Emami is a studio potter living in Fort Collins, CO. Emami received a B.A. in History from James Madison University in Virginia, and an MFA in Ceramics from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. She has been a Visiting Assistant Professor in Ceramics at Alfred University, Resident Artist at the Archie Bray Foundation in Montana, and her work has been in exhibitions at numerous galleries across the country. Emami is currently an Associate Professor of Pottery at Colorado State University.

Artist Website: https://sanamemami.com/
Instagram: @sanamemami

The lab fee includes clay, firing, and shared supplies.

The program will begin Sunday morning with a brief orientation at 8:30 am. Workshops will start at 9 am.

Sunday night will feauture a program mixer where you will have an opportunity to meet with your classmates and other students in our adult programs for the week.

Monday nights feature an opening reception at the Parks Exhibition Gallery, featuring work from our very own summer faculty!

Daily instruction occurs from 9am-12 pm with a break for lunch in the campus dining hall (included in tuition) and followed with more instruction from 1pm- 4pm.

Artist Talks will be held in the evenings on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. This is a wonderful opportunity to listen to our faculty instructors speak about their art.

Friday afternoon, while work is being fired, enjoy other students’ work at the culmination event outside Parks Exhibition Center, before heading over to the H.O.T. Clay Pizza Party.