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Wet Ink is a space for sharing ideas, highlighting accomplishments, and building a stronger, more connected arts community. Our newsletter is dedicated to celebrating the people and practices that make up the vibrant world of art, architecture, design, and museum studies at CC— bringing together students, staff, faculty, alumni, and anyone who shares our enthusiasm for creative endeavors.

The newsletter image was created by Asa Mizock ’25 as part of a collaborative project in Technical Drawing in 2025. We love how it captures our art community on campus!

Check out our archive of images below related to all the happenings in and around the Department of Art that didn't quite fit in the newsletter format. 

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Wet Ink Extras - Vol 3

Digital Clay Residency

Assistant Professor Camila Friedman-Gerlicz recently participated in the Digital Clay Residency at the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Edgecomb, Maine. The Watershed Center is a small arts organization that hosts themed, two-week residencies throughout the summer, bringing together artists from around the world to explore new ideas and approaches to making. The residency brought together 17 ceramic artists who were all interested in using technology to make work out of clay. Participants represented a wide range of geographic locations, artistic backgrounds, and career stages, which made for an environment of rich collaboration and conversation. During the residency, the artists transformed a traditional ceramics studio into a tech hub by incorporating over fifteen different 3D printers, plotters, scanners, and other CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machines. Throughout the two weeks, Friedman-Gerlicz developed her own work while also observing, collaborating with, and learning from fellow artists.

Professor Camila Friedman-Gerlicz working on a 3d printed clay sculpture in a studio

Friedman-Gerlicz working on a clay 3D printed bowl

Professor Camila Friedman-Gerlicz and four other artists wearing PPE in a clay studio

Resident artists with the required PPE to spray soda ash in a soda firing

Finished ceramic pieces in a long table with people standing around it

The results of a soda firing that shows work from all the residents

A digitally printed ceramic sculpture on a turn table in a clay studio

Working on a 3d printed ceramic piece in the studio

A weathered barn with sheep inside

Three sheep sheltering from the rain on the farm adjacent to Watershed

A heavily wooded area with a digitally printed ceramic sculpture next to a fallen tree

A ceramic 3D printed vessel resting along the sculpture walk at Watershed

Wet Ink Extras - Vol 2

Art of the Boat

In Block 7, 2026, students traveled to remote southeastern Utah to the Yestermorrow Design School campus, where they lived and worked along the San Juan River while exploring the concept of building a wooden MacKenzie drift boat as both a printable matrix and a functional whitewater craft. The course engaged students in every phase of the process, from design development and hull carving to full boat construction, culminating in a multi-day river journey using the boats they built during the class.

Students on the river with their handmade boat
Students on the river with their handmade boat
Students on the river with their handmade boat
Students on the river with their handmade boat
Students on the river with their handmade boat
Students on the river with their handmade boat
Students on the river with their handmade boat
Students on the river with their handmade boat
Students on the river with their handmade boat
Students on the river with their handmade boat
Students on the river with their handmade boat
Students on the river with their handmade boat
Students on the river with their handmade boat
Students on the river with their handmade boat

Big Ink Visits CC

CC hosted Big Ink during Block 7, 2026! Artist Lyell Castonguay visited campus with his massive mobile press, The Big Tuna, inviting students to take part in the collaborative woodblock printing process. Participants carved individual blocks and later assembled them into a single, cohesive print, demonstrating the power of collective making and hands-on craftsmanship.

Students printmaking on a large press in the Worner Student Center
Students printmaking on a large press in the Worner Student Center
Students printmaking on a large press in the Worner Student Center
Students printmaking on a large press in the Worner Student Center
Students printmaking on a large press in the Worner Student Center
Students printmaking on a large press in the Worner Student Center
Students printmaking on a large press in the Worner Student Center

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