Ceramic Workshop - Bonnie Birds
November 30, 2024 @ 1:00PM — 3:00PM Central Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar
Starkville Area Arts Council/Proof Bakery: 109 W Main St Starkville, MS 39759 Get Directions
Join us for another ceramic workshop at SAAC on Saturday, November 30 at 1 pm at SAAC/Proof Bakery.
This workshop will be a pottery sculpting workshop to learn how to make "Bonnie Birds." Bonnie Birds are unique, one-of-a-kind, hand-built, palm-sized clay birds. No commercial molds will be used; instead, simple tools such as small wooden blocks and your own hands will be used. Whether you choose to make a chickadee, owl, bluebird, or wren; each will be your own work of art.
Tickets are $25 per person, limited to 12 tickets. Your ticket includes the lesson from Bonnie Renfroe AND glazing and firing of your projects. Funds raised from this workshop are split between SAAC and the teaching artist.
For any other questions, please contact SAAC.
About your Teaching Artist:
Bonnie V. Renfroe loves kids, art, and music. She has taught drumming, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, and painting all over the South. A breast cancer survivor herself, Bonnie has shared her art and drumming with cancer patients at Baptist Hospital in Jackson. She exhibits her art at Columbus Arts Council, Columbus MS; Southside Gallery, Oxford; and Attic Gallery, Vicksburg. Bonnie proudly displays her work at the Cotton District Arts Festival every year and was an active member of Craftsman's Guild of MS for many years. Her art is in private collections all over the US and the world; including Mali, Jamaica, Japan, Scotland, India, England, Slovenia, and Germany.
Bonnie dances and is a drummer in Jembe Den, a local African drum group; as well as facilitates enriching community Drum Circles- building bridges in the community through peace and acceptance.
Bonnie Renfroe enjoys playing percussion with RL Boyce and his Blues band from Como, Mississippi.