We will learn and practice basic ceramic techniques of rolling a slab of clay, shaping, forming and stamping the ceramic piece as well as some sculpting and carving methods. We will also discuss the processes of drying and kiln-firing as well as methods and materials for glazing and painting the pieces. 

Saturday, September 13th, 2025

3pm-6pm

$10 Hold Spot Fee (will be refunded if attended)

Max students: 5

Doris Caçoilo is an artist, activist, curator and educator. Cacoilo earned an MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College, City University of New York. She is an art history and media arts lecturer at Rutgers University and New Jersey City University, teaching courses in art activism, art history and feminism, self portraiture and selfie culture, media arts and studio research. She is co-founding director of the arts organization, _gaia (founded in 2002). She has developed arts programs and events focused on the social, political and artistic lives of artists concentrating on gender and feminism. Doris Caçoilo has curated exhibitions and events showcasing the work of over 300 artists. She curated the group exhibition event Threads at Jersey City Museum, helped produce the P.S.1 WACK! Open Studio Artists Tour with Mary Beth Edelson and the 365 Days of Print residency and exhibitions with Maya Joseph-Goteiner. She is the founder of the Wonder Women Artist Residency, an annual group artist residency and exhibition program. She was also Gallery Director at New Jersey City University. In 2022 she launched a curatorial project at Evening Star Studio in Jersey City focusing on ceramic arts. In 2024 she became the curator at Wildflower Sculpture Park in South Mountain Reservation. She is currently a resident artist in the Space and Time Residency Program at Guttenberg Arts. Her studio practice includes interactive sculpture, ceramics, community-based performance, digital installations, printmaking and fiber arts. In her ceramic and fiber-based sculpture, she explores themes of craft, popular media images, toys, childhood and play to engage in the larger politics of feminism, motherhood, education and pop-culture. Her work and curated projects have been exhibited at Jersey City Museum, ABC No Rio, Exit Art, Gowanus Studio Space, J.A.C.A in Belo Horizonte Brazil, Peace Gallery in Nicosia Cyprus, Bronx Art Space, White Box Annex, Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University, Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery and NJCU Visual Arts Gallery, and Gallery Aferro, among other institutions. She lives and works in New Jersey. www.doriscacoilo.com + Instagram: @ddorrrissss