The Material Body Part 1: Ceramics with Laub — Apr 4 - 7

Dates: April 4, 2025 → April 7, 2025
Times: Full days in the studio with instruction throughout
Level: All levels

Workshop Description:
This workshop implements movement, thought exercises, anatomical studies and touch to disentangle and empower neural pathways of creative confidence. Using clay, we will sculpturally represent what is inside/ what we cannot see- diagrammatically, metaphorically and abstractly- informing us to a deeper awareness and appreciation of the bodies we inhabit.

About the Instructor:
Laub (b. 1986) lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Laub works in the traditional craft mediums of glass blowing, ceramics and textiles. He teaches ceramics at UCLA and is a massage therapist. Throughout all the work Laub does he is asking the questions, what does it mean to live in a body? How do we learn to heal in these bodies? How is healing expressed? In Laub’s last show in Los Angeles, Let Me Touch You at Sebastian Gladstone Gallery (2023), he represented the different systems of the body, the four elements of life and spirit through large thrown and carved ceramic vessels, quilted tapestries and blown glass sculptures. He has shown at Visitor Welcome Center in Los Angeles and Commonwealth and Council in Los Angeles. Laub holds an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design and a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. He studied glass design at the Royal Danish Academy in Denmark. He received his massage license through studying at IPSB School of Integrative Psycho-Structural Bodywork in Santa Monica.

Required Materials:
- comfortable clothing
- something to write and draw with/ on, any clay tools and or clay that is not provided by the Art Center.

Optional Materials:
- Any images or representations of anatomy or the inside of the body that you find interesting.