Workshop – Material Experimentation with Sam Gold

Workshop
29 January - 1 December 2024
Sam Gold and a student sit at a table in a material experimentation workshop. Sam reaches across a student to grab the terracotta clay. Various sculptures from clay surround Sam and the student.
Sam Gold and a student sit at a table in a material experimentation workshop. Sam reaches across a student to grab the terracotta clay. Various sculptures from clay surround Sam and the student.

Join artist Sam Gold in exploring approaches to artistic experimentation in ACE's new series of practical workshops for secondary school artists.

When

Adelaide Contemporary Experimental

29 January to 1 December 2024

MATERIAL EXPERIMENTATION workshops support student artists in valuing experimentation over perfection, risk-taking over convention and redefining creative success.

This workshop with Sam Gold explores a somatic approach to sculpting with terracotta clay and is suitable for up to 20 student artists in years 9 to 12.


Date: Negotiated
Time: Negotiated
Duration: 3 hours
Location: Adelaide Contemporary Experimental
Cost: Full fee $1334 inc. GST
DfE School Cat 1-4 $1082 inc. GST

Feature Image: MATERIAL EXPERIMENTATION: Sam Gold (2023), workshop documentation, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Thomas McCammon.⁠

Experimentation of ideas and mediums drive contemporary art making. An artist’s ability to experiment and take risks will determine their potential for growth, concept development and creative output. Through persistent trial and error artists cultivate an intimate familiarity with their chosen medium: they unearth fresh perspectives, insights and unexpected connections between ideas and materials that give their work intricacy and depth.

Sam Gold is a queer and nonbinary South Australian who has become known for pinch-style coiled sculptures and vessels that push the structural and conceptual capacity of clay. Their work materialises a kinship between their physical body, their psychological and emotional self, and the clay body, allowing them to explore states of futility, failure, resilience and grit.

Read about ACE's booking and cancellation policy here.

Two hands poke at a small clump of terracotta clay to create a sculpture. A large block of clay sits on newspaper and various sculptures are sitting on a green cloth.
Two hands poke at a small clump of terracotta clay to create a sculpture. A large block of clay sits on newspaper and various sculptures are sitting on a green cloth.
MATERIAL EXPERIMENTATION: Sam Gold (2023), workshop documentation, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Thomas McCammon.⁠
Close up of 4 clay sculptures sitting on a piece of newspaper.
Close up of 4 clay sculptures sitting on a piece of newspaper.
MATERIAL EXPERIMENTATION: Sam Gold (2023), workshop documentation, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Thomas McCammon.⁠
A student sits and smiles as they sculpt their terracotta clay during Sam Gold's workshop.
A student sits and smiles as they sculpt their terracotta clay during Sam Gold's workshop.
MATERIAL EXPERIMENTATION: Sam Gold (2023), workshop documentation, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Thomas McCammon.⁠

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ACErlu tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka inparrinthi. Kaurna miyurna yaitya yarta-mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlurlu tampinthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi. Ngadlurlu tampinthi purkana pukinangku, yalaka.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the Kaurna people are the traditional custodians of the Adelaide Plains. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today. We acknowledge Elders past and present.

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