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Josh De Weese, Professor of Art teaching Ceramics at Montana State University, will present Wild Clay Research: Sourcing Local Materials. DeWeese has exhibited and taught workshops nationally and internationally and his work is included in numerous public and private collections. Together with artist Dean Adams, he has co-founded the International Wild Clay Research Project, studying the use of indigenous ceramic materials and processes around the world, traveling to China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Chile, Brazil, and Italy. 

Josh will discuss the use of local materials, descriptions of the processing, and examples of the work produced. He will suggest ways people can begin to incorporate using local materials in the work they make and why it is relevant in our world today.