Workshop introducing Crete Chae Clay an outdoor sculpting mix w/ Lee Bell

Join us for a workshop introducing Crete Chae Clay an outdoor sculpting mix hosted by

artist Lee Bell of Black Lily Studio

Lee developed a portland based clay that is suitable for making garden, outdoor artwork

that does not need a kiln.

. We will provide a basic armature to create a dragonfly sculpture and all the materials

needed for this workshop. You may bring embellishments for your dragonfly such as

beads, glass or mosaic tiles that could be embedded into the crete chae clay to add even

more sparkle to your dragonfly. The class size caps for this workshop at 10 people, so

sign up early. If you enjoy this process in the workshop, there will be an opportunity to

purchase Lee's small booklet telling the story of Crete Chae Clay including the recipe and

examples of Lee's large outdoor sculptures featured throughout the south in exhibitions

and sculpture parks.

The Fabulous Arts Foundation in Partnership with the Johnson Singer Education Fund will

be hosting monthly workshops where we are welcoming members of the LGBTQIA+

community, allies, and family members to come in and create works of art with our master

instructors. All work made in the workshops will be installed at the Sarasota Art Museum

in July for an intergenerational art exhibition called "0-99 The Art of a Rainbow Life: Still

here, Still Becoming". We have themes for all age groups that join our workshops, but

know that your creativity is not bound to those themes. We hope they serve as inspiration

for ideation. We look forward to this initiative as a time to come together and tell our

stories through the power of art.

Lee Bell - https://www.blacklilystudio.com/

Lee is currently a 3D and Ceramics Professor at SCF.

Education

MFA-Ceramics May '94
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA
BFA-Ceramics May '91
Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

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Public Art Installations, Grants, Awards

Inspiration Way Sculpture exhibition Tamarac , FL 2024-2025 public installation

Ocala Sculpture exhibition Tuscawilla Park, Ocala, FL 2024-2026 public installation Port St Lucie, FL City Hall - Nouveau Crane installed 2023 -2025 solo art on loan Augusta Sculpture Trail, Augusta, Georgia January 2023-2025 public installation

City of Coral Springs , Public Art ( 2 ) Hera and Fernando March 2022 public installation City of Tamarac, Florida “Jemma” installed at city hall 2021 permanent collection

R B S exhibition, Rosemary Beach, Florida 2021-2022 public installation

Inspiration Way exhibit, Tamarac, Florida 2020-2021 People's choice award public installation

Omnium Gatherum, Alpharetta , Georgia 2019 Public Installation

Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition 2018 -Public Installation

Southeastern Guide Dogs Super Heroes on Parade 2017 (2 )Public Installations "Spotlight on Clay" American Craft exhibition Hanson Gallery Houston TX Best of show

Rosen Buyers Market of American Craft Philadelphia Pa Emerging Artist Award Florida Individual Artist state grant competition Honorable Mention

Sea Cows by the Sea Sarasota Public Art Presentation

National Society of Arts and Letters

Antonio Cirino Memorial Fellowship Fund Two consecutive years grants

Press and Publication

Port St Lucie, FL WQCS local news 2023

Crete Chae Clay - The Other Mud 2022

Rosemary Thymes 2022 Tamarac Talk 2021

Rosemary Thymes 2021 Sarasota Herald Tribune 2017

Sarasota Herald Tribune 2000

Niche Magazine Spring Issue 1999

Eclipse Magazine 1999,

Sarasota Herald Tribune 1996

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Artists Statement

My subject matter has remained rooted in themes of nature, feminine beauty

and animals. Sculpture's are created with the intent of bringing a figure to

life that is both whimsical and elegant simultaneously. A successful piece

exudes something of a life force in an apparent though ephemeral personality.

The paradox in the work that the up cycled material is commonly disposed of in

ways that effect the very creatures I am creating is important to me.

One artistic goal is for my work to speak, draw attention to the use of

recycled materials

(that are intentionally not obvious) :

That all works made from recycled material do not have to look like the

recycled parts they were crafted from in the final work.

I am saddened by what is happening to our wildlife and environment

and create my work in an intuitive manner of conversation

between up cycled / recycled materials mixed with compounded cement,

steel and a strong affinity: appreciation for all things in nature.

Host or Publisher Harvey Milk Festival DBA Fabulous Arts Foundation