Artist Anthony Sonnenberg. Courtesy photo.
SANTA BARBARA — The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present “Wares!” artist Anthony Sonnenberg workshop:
Saturday, September 16, 10 – 11:30 am
Pop-Up Clay Play with Anthony Sonnenberg
Location: SBMA’s Family Resource Center, 1130 State Street, Santa Barbara
Free (reservation required)
Reserve at spot at tickets.sbma.net
Join WARES! exhibition artist Anthony Sonnenberg for a casual conversation, hands-on demo, and unique opportunity to create with clay and cardboard. Pinch, roll, repurpose, twist, glue, and build cross-cultural crowns with the help of Museum Teaching Artists, and explore the power of ornamentation. Dress for mess. Ages 18 and over.
Artist Anthony Sonnenberg explores expressions of power through decoration within various cultures. Opposing a denigrative association with the merely frivolous, decoration throughout history has performed a meaningful task of constructing and emanating power. Personal, social, and political power dynamics are expressed through decorative decadence and excess, be it, the over-embellished palace, the ecstatic candelabra, or the glamorous dress.
The artist’s work is featured in the SBMA exhibition WARES! Extraordinary Ceramics and the Ordinary Homethrough September 17.