Pit Firing Demonstration with Justice Catron

Join ceramics artist Justice Catron for an outdoor demonstration of pit firing techniques. Pit firing is an ancient method for firing unglazed ceramics that produces interesting and unpredictable surfaces. The demonstration will happen in the open space just south of the Bank building on Highway KS-177.

While you're here, don't miss The Green - the new public park/rest stop developed by Matfield Green Works just across the street from the Bank. It's a great place for a picnic!

Justice Catron received a BFA in Studio Arts focusing in Ceramics from Kansas State University in May 2023 and will begin an MFA program in August 2025. Justice currently works at the Manhattan Arts Center as the Director of Visual Arts. He has interned and assisted at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. He has also exhibited at the Salina Arts Center, The Mark A. Chapman and William T. Kemper Galleries at Kansas State University, and the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Virginia. Born in Tahlequah, OK, his ethnic identity as a Cherokee is a paramount influence on his work, which he juxtaposes with his outward racial identity and the struggle inherent in that opposition.

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The Tallgrass Artist Residency is a program of the Kansas Arts Commission and is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. All programs are free and open the public. Learn more at https://tallgrassartistresidency.org/

You may also like the following events from Tallgrass Artist Residency:

• This Saturday, 28th June, 02:00 pm, Of the Prairie: A Community Storytelling Event with Jason Reed in Matfield Green
• Next month, 12th July, 02:00 pm, Regenerate! Singing Circle with Clay Gonzalez in Matfield Green

Also check out other Arts events in Matfield Green, Trips & Adventurous Activities in Matfield Green.