Välkommen till en öppen föreläsning med Po-Wen Liu!
Tid: Torsdag 11 augusti kl. 19.00
Plats: Wallénhallen, Leksands folkhögskola
I samband med att Po-Wen Liu leder en Masterclass, Thrown platers and plates with surface decorations, bjuder vi in till en öppen föreläsning i Wallénhallen.
Searching for Inner Peace
Po-Wen Liu will share his journey in ceramics; How constant moving, frequent travel, and love of reading draws inspiration to his work.
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Po Wen Liu is a ceramic artist and educator. He received his BFA degree in ceramics and ceramics sculpture from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and MFA degree in ceramics from Northern Illinois University.
Po Wen is the manuscript consultant for 2002 Newbery Medal awarded book, A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park, regarding making celadon. A Place of Reflection, by Dr. Elizabeth Perril, an article about Po Wen and his works was featured in Ceramics Monthly.
Po Wen served as the director of The Pottery Workshop Jingdezhen, and executive director of Jingdezhen International Studio from 2015 to 2018 where he facilitated international ceramics events and activities serving the international ceramics community in China and abroad. In 2016, Po Wen established the first pottery education program, a series of pottery classes based on formal ceramics curriculum, at the Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen Education Center. Po Wen has also taught ceramic courses and workshops nationally and internationally including a recent glaze developing workshop at Leksands folkhögskola, Leksand, Sweden and a raku and raku kiln building workshop at the School of Design and Arts, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China. Po We is currently teaching at University of North Carolina at Greensboro and creating ceramics at his studio in Greensboro, NC. For more information about Po-Wen Liu go to https://www.powenliuceramics.com/
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Välkommen!