{"id":4206,"date":"2012-10-23T14:01:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T21:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/?p=4206"},"modified":"2012-12-13T18:35:51","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T02:35:51","slug":"a-woman-with-clay-ceramics-sculptor-michelle-gregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/es\/4206\/arts-entertainment\/a-woman-with-clay-ceramics-sculptor-michelle-gregor\/","title":{"rendered":"A woman with clay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ceramics instructor Michelle Gregor works in the fine arts building at SJCC on Oct 16.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“Odalisque,” which refers to a reclining pose, created in 2011 by ceramics instructor Michelle Gregor. The piece is currently\u00a0on display in the SJCC art gallery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ceramics instructor Michelle Gregor works in the fine arts building at SJCC on Oct 16.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Photos by Andy Nguyen \/ TIMES STAFF<\/strong><\/p>\n

She creates sculptures in high-fire ceramic and bronze. She made an architectural sculpture to beautify the front of the Olympic Club on Sutter Street in San Francisco. Private homes, offices and gardens are decorated with her figurative sculptures.<\/p>\n

This Bay Area sculptor is Michelle Gregor, who has taught ceramics at San Jose City College since 2002. She also teaches 3-D design every spring semester.<\/p>\n

\u201cAcross every continent, from every corner of the world, human beings have made things out of clay,\u201d Gregor said.<\/p>\n

Gregor received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1984.<\/p>\n

After graduating, she explored many things about ceramics from many countries that she has visited, such as Greece.<\/p>\n

Seven years later, Gregor decided to go back to college at San Francisco State University, where she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree.<\/p>\n

\u201cGregor is an incredible artist, and I feel very fortunate to be in her class and study under her leadership. I take ceramics, and now it is part of my life,\u201d said Rosa Harrison, an advanced student of ceramics.<\/p>\n

Gregor became a familiar face in our region, for which she has made great accomplishments of her work around the Bay Area.<\/p>\n

Her first exhibition was the \u201cSenior Show\u201d when she received her BA degree at UCSC.<\/p>\n

She said it was a great honor to exhibit\u00a0in a ceramics show in Davis, Calif., in 2010 with Don Reitz, who has taught ceramics at University of Wisconsin, Madison for 26 years, and David Kuraoka, professor of art and head of the Ceramics Department at San Jose State University.<\/p>\n

\u201cGregor is a great professor. She explains everything clearly, and she is always willing to help us,\u201d said Bibiana Vega, beginning student of ceramics.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m having such a great time in this class that I will take the ceramics class the following semester.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have students in the Ceramics Department ranging from young people just out of high school, professional people with degrees in nursing and engineering, and mothers and fathers,\u201d Gregor said.<\/p>\n

She said she has students from Vietnam, Africa, the Middle East, Mexico and all over the world, and students from all ages with different abilities and disabilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what makes our college the most fantastic place to work. The diversity of students brings interesting perspectives to the classroom,\u201d Gregor said.<\/p>\n

She said she wants to introduce the best techniques to her students to learn from the great beauty and the great wealth of ceramics and treasure it.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy words of advice to the new student is to practice, whether you are inspired\u00a0or not,\u201d Gregor said, \u201cso at the end of the class, I hope that they have a real respect for the artworks of many different cultures and artworks throughout the history of time.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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