Senior Center Pottery Students Exhibit

All Things Senior Center
By
Nancy Drawe (Punky)

I am pretty sure that by now, you’re all getting the January “ho-hums” and are looking for something new and fun to do, especially on a Sunday afternoon. Well, I have just the thing for you! This Sunday, January 20, head on over to the Hopkinton Center for the Arts at 98 Hayden Rowe for the opening of “The Glaze Project.”

The Glaze Project is where 15 students from the Hopkinton Senior Center’s pottery class have spent the past year experimenting with low fire glazes in combination with cone 5 glazes. What an amazing accomplishment these students have made, some of which have never worked with pottery before. These are women of all ages, the oldest being 93, can you imagine? Working under the direction of pottery teacher Carol Mecagni, they all have created some wonderful pieces of glazed pottery such as figurines, garden hangings, vases, etc. All kinds of techniques were used such as painting under glazes, dipping in one glaze with a second glaze dipped over one half, glazing in natural tones, freeform style using a unique mixing of glazes, just to name a few. I have seen the projects the “students” create and am totally blown away! I actually wrote a column about this class in the past year or so. These beautiful works of art are already on display since the exhibit opened on January 16 and runs until January 29, but the opening reception is on Sunday from 2-3. Light refreshments will be served. I hope you will take the time to attend this opening and honor these artistic women who have spent the last year working hour after hour, each in their own unique style.

The project was funded by a grant from the Hopkinton Cultural Council, a local agency that is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural, a state agency.
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