Silent Sculpt Retreat

Silent Sculpt Retreat

A Meditational Exploration with Katie Lemieux

BRAND NEW to the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.

Inspired by her first solo exhibition, Ending Up, join Katie Lemieux for this one-of-a-kind clay workshop!

This 2-hour retreat will be non-verbal, placing emphasis on sound and sight as communal navigation. This workshop will provide a space that invokes silence to encourage alternate communication, the act of existing without words, while participants reflect on the creation of small items out of earth. Participants will be able to create one of three meditative pieces out of clay. Choices will be between a Worry Bird, Stemming Stone or Think Links. These small items work in tandem with the concept of a meditational retreat, as the Bird, Stone and Links provide a tactile release of tension and a source of stemming or informational processing.

More detailed information about all three projects available upon registration.

All materials provided.

BIO

Katie Lemieux was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She holds an Honors in Fine Arts in ceramics from Lakehead University in 2016 and a Masters in Fine Arts from the Peck School of the Arts in Wisconsin, Milwaukee (2019). Katie has been able to travel with her work to China, where she completed a 6 week residency at the renowned Jingdhezhen facility in the province of Sanbao. She was later accepted into a show in Croatia, EU, where she met the head of the Graduate program at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Since her Masters, Katie has moved back home to Thunder Bay and works as an artist, ceramic and sculpture technician. She also works as a Personal Support Worker with young adults. Her social work continues to drive her artistic narrative as she works in her at-home studio.