Portrait Bust in Clay Workshop with Steve Prince

In this intense three-day course students will explore the limitless processes of working with clay to create a representational self-portrait clay bust.  In this course students will learn basic anatomy structure and proportion to create a realistic clay head in 3-dimensions.  Upon completion of the class student work will be fired after they have sufficiently dried.  Students will receive busts 3-4 weeks post class.

Steve A. Prince is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, and currently resides in Williamsburg, Virginia. He is the Director of Engagement and Distinguished Artist in Residence at the Muscarelle Museum at William and Mary University. Prince received his BFA from Xavier University of Louisiana and his MFA in Printmaking and Sculpture from Michigan State University. Prince is a mixed media artist, master printmaker, lecturer, educator, and art evangelist. He has taught middle school, high school, community college, 4-year public and 4-year private, and has conducted workshops internationally in various media. Prince is an award-winning artist; the 2010 Teacher of the Year for the City of Hampton, a 2020 recipient of a VMFA (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts) Grant, and the 2020 Grand Prize Visual Art Winner of the Engage Art Competition. Prince has shown his art internationally in various solo, group, and juried exhibitions. He has participated in several residencies including Artist in Residence at Segura Arts Center at Notre Dame University, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Hyattsville, Maryland, the Atlanta Printmakers Studio, the University of Iowa Printmaking area, Texas A&M—Corpus Christi Printmaking area, and the University of Tennessee Printmaking area to name a few.