Fall 2024 OLLI Digital Catalog

Creative Fun with Clay (B218)

B – Fine Arts

Beginners and experienced students enjoy sculpting and ceramic techniques. Beginners work with the instructor alongside experienced students using simple coils, slabs and hand sculpting of figures, bas relief and ceramics. Emphasis on form and textures. Be creative; try what appeals to you. Please note additional fee mentioned above. Additional fee: $40 materials fee, payable to instructor.

This offering meets for a total of 13 session(s).

INSTRUCTORS: Joseph Germano, Isabel Kramen, Svetlana Lisanti

GERMANO, JOSEPH–Business degree, University of Pennsylvania. Retired from JPMorgan Chase credit card after 50 years managing and designing computer systems for various companies in the Philadelphia region. Hobbies include bonsai, ceramics, sculpture, art and gardening. Studied ceramics for two years at Absalom-Jones Art Studio.

KRAMEN, ISABEL–B.F.A., textile design, Moore College of Art. Designed original hand-painted and computer-generated textile patterns for clothing, carpet, upholstery and drapery lines. Owner, graphic design studio, designing promotional material for hospitals, businesses and the Miami Zoo. Now retired and enjoying life!

LISANTI, SVETLANA–B.A., modern languages, Brooklyn College, State University of New York. Lifelong love of ceramics dates back to age eight when she made her first ashtray for her father’s birthday. Between a career of teaching and running her own medical education business, she squeezed in ceramic studies at the Center for the Creative Arts, Absalom Jones Senior Center, and for the last three years at OLLI.

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