Club Name: Mudslingers
Next Meeting: Please refer to the Facebook page, KSU Mudslingers
Club Contact Information: Facebook page, KSU Mudslingers
Maybe there is more to the “mud pies” and other creations that we made as kids. The ground provides many artistic opportunities and Mudslingers is one club that can help grow any artistic dream.
Mudslingers is a club whose name is a literal representation of the clubs actions. Mudslingers is a group of artistically driven students.
Simply put, the Mudslingers’ members sling mud. As a club, the members work with clay on a pottery wheel as well as other ceramic art projects.
While some clubs require a specific major or GPA, Mudslingers welcome every art driven student. The only requirement to become an official member of the club is a $10 payment in dues.
For just $10, Mudslingers provide the material and firing for each project. Art projects like making mugs and tea pots require the use of a kiln.
The ceramic studio in the Visual Arts Building has offered its kiln and materials to the members of Mudslingers as long as a Mudslingers officer is present.
Mudslingers’ goal is to promote knowledge about pottery and functional ceramics. Mudslingers President Katherine Moraller elaborates on this statement.
“Mudslingers promotes art knowledge [to KSU students] whether it is a hobby or not,” Moraller said. “We can show technical demonstrations like how to throw clay on a wheel, mold making and slip casting.”
Mudslingers hold various sales throughout the school year of art they have made. There will be pieces for sale in the Social Science lobby Nov. 14-16.
These campus sales help to fundraise for the national conference, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.
The NCECA provides artist talks, exhibitions and demonstrations. Mudslingers has two opportunities to go to expand their knowledge of art. This year the NCECA is located in Houston providing Mudslingers with a chance to travel.
Mudslingers give exposure of the arts to KSU and give students the opportunity to learn a new set of skills.
There are natural clay deposits all over Georgia and the South, clay is essentially mud and Mudslingers gives the opportunity to learn interesting things about what can be done with the natural materials outside.
With the main goal to educate KSU students, Mudslingers accepts members of all skill levels. For more information, please visit Facebook page: KSU Mudslingers.
