I took the sculpture workshop with artist collective Studio Nong at
Belger Crane Yard Studios here in KCMO. This was my first time sculpting
and working with a red clay body, and I enjoyed all the pointers Misty
Gamble, Jessie Fisher and Bangmin Nong could give me. Although my
sculpture looked nothing like our model Tommy Frank, it was super
exciting to work so contrarily to how I usually operate. No porcelain
and metal nibs for precision, just red iron stained hands, a wooden tool, and an eye for facial planes and contours.
Studio Nong is an artists collective and international residency program
focused on figurative clay sculpture and the fusion on eastern and
western artistic practice. Made up of eight artists and educators from
the United States and southern China, the Collective's current residency
program takes place at the Memphis College of Art and the Kansas City
Art Institut.
The work they made during this residency will be in a show called
"SunSet | SunRise: Work from Studio Nong" and will be up at Belger Crane
Yard Studios here in KCMO from August 28th until September 18th, 2015. I
toured their studio at the Kansas City Art Institute yesterday and
their sculptures look AMAZING!!
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