In this community workshop, participants will explore the possibilities of sgraffito and underglazing techniques. Giving personal stories, memories, and anecdotes a permanent place in clay. Working on pre-thrown greenware ceramic forms, you'll learn how to transform the surface of clay into a narrative canvas—scratching, layering, and painting to reveal imagery that reflects your lived experience. This workshop is open to all experience levels. Materials will be provided, but stories will come from you all. Feel free to bring family photos, mementos, plant clippings, etc. to incorporate into your vessel.

Dominique Maru is a movement artist, photographer, poet, and potter born and based in metro Atlanta. Approximated at the crossroads of the Southern, Caribbean, and migratory diasporic Black culture, Dominique uses their art to preserve their living memory through movement, photography, and clay. With a B.A. in Communications from the University of Southern California, their work explores the conversation between nature and the diasporic memory held within the body and home place.