The doors to the ceramics program at the College of the Florida Keys (CFK) will re-open on Friday, Aug. 29 with an open house for students and the community, from 2 to 5 p.m. on the Key West campus. Guests can tour the ceramics studio facilities, register for membership and lessons, enjoy snacks, shop mud-pi pottery items for sale and meet the new artist-in-residence, Dennis Loucks.
The grand re-opening tours of the studio will showcase the hand-building, wheel-throwing and outdoor wood kiln areas. Students and members of the community can register for monthly memberships and continuing education courses at the event.
Loucks joined CFK in July as its new artist-in-residence. He is a ceramic artist and educator with a master’s degree in fine arts from the University of Miami and extensive experience in fine art and teaching. His artistic practice spans traditional wheel throwing to contemporary sculptural work that has been exhibited nationally.
“The community has been so welcoming to me, and I look forward to welcoming them as we fire up the ceramics practice together again,” said Loucks.More information is at cfk.edu/academics/continuing-education/, or from Loucks, at: dennis.loucks@cfk.edu or 305-296-9081, ext. 671.
