Smokefire Spellcasting Workshop
A Halloween Wild Clay Workshop
Saturday, October 31
11:00 am to 1:30 pm
Free and open to the public—welcoming participants of all ages!
Create your own smokefired terracotta charm at Unison on Halloween!
This spellcasting workshop and pottery pitfiring is led by ceramic artist and poet Michael Medeiros, curator of Unison’s 2025 exhibition Wild Clay and creator of the Triennial: Art, Land & Future’s installation Flood Futures.
Participants will learn Michael’s smokefire writing technique and create terracotta charms that they’ll be able to take home at the end of the workshop.
Michael Medeiros is a public artist, writer and teacher based in Massachusetts. He holds MFAs in Creative Writing and Studio Art from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he taught foundations art and writing courses and was the managing editor of the national literary magazine jubilat. Recent exhibitions include his curated show Wild Clay at the historic Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, Fun Sized in Northampton, MA, the multi-city FABRIC Festival, and the traveling public potluck and birdluck gathering Dead Bird Dinner.
Unison’s programming is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
