333: Ashleigh Christelis on integrating self-care into a creative life

Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an
interview with Ashleigh Christelis. Based in Johannesburg, SA
Christelis’s career includes a variety of ceramic bodies of work
and long-term teaching of ceramic classes in her local community.
In the interview we talk about learning through apprenticeship,
how COVID 19 has affected Johannesburg, and balancing work with
the need for rest and self-care. We also address the
complications of living with rheumatoid arthritis and bipolar
disorder. For more information visit
www.ashleighchristelisceramics.com.


 


On today’s Amaco Community Corkboard we have the Ceramic Arts
Reading Group. The group seeks mud artists of all
stripes, from the glaze riffraff to the
iron rabble, to form a ceramic
arts reading group for women and non-cis gender
men. This monthly reading group will
be dedicated to creative,
lively, and intellectually rigorous art
theory discussions. The group chooses
texts and material that are directly relevant and meaningful
to the personal art practices of the members. They encourage
you to join them to share and unravel ideas! Plant the
metaphorical seed and hatch the allegorical egg! For more
information on the reading group you can write
to them at ceramicartsreadinggroup@gmail.com (that's
ceramic arts, with an 's').