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Marlboro Studio School hosts ceramics artist demo

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 — Issue 765

MARLBORO-The Marlboro Studio School presents a unique opportunity to observe ceramic artists Aysha Peltz and Michael McCarthy at work in a wheel throwing demonstration and Q & A in their studio on Saturday, May 18, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Peltz is a Vermont-based studio potter and educator and has held a faculty appointment at Bennington College since 2006. McCarthy is a studio potter focusing on wheel thrown, wood-fired functional pottery. In addition to his studio practice, he is the ceramics instructor at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

Tickets are available on a sliding scale from $16.50. More information and tickets to the event can be found at bit.ly/765-wheel.

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