ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — The Orange Beach Arts Center has announced they will be presenting clay artist and sculptor Nada Boner as the first featured artist for their Alabama Craft Artist Series. Boner will be teaching a ceramic sculpting workshop on May 15.

The Alabama Craft Artist Series will highlight artists from the state of Alabama who are well-respected in their field for an eye to detail and craftsmanship while using their respective traditional craft medium as their creative voice.

These artists will be coming to OBAC to help fulfill the educational mission of the Arts Center as they lead weekend workshops.

The Alabama Craft Artist Series will feature an Alabama artist each month conducting a workshop for both local residents and visitors to the Gulf Coast.

Boner is a ceramic sculptor based in Birmingham, Ala. Her work is as diversified as her life.

Having always loved the outdoors and people, her passion and focus is in organic ceramic sculpture, influenced by nature, reflecting the world around us. She aspires to capture a mere glimpse of God’s beauty in the form of human, floral and animal depictions.

Boner’s creations emphasize the use of the extremes of nature, fire, air and water.

Reduction glazing on clay is a delight to behold, unique and impossible to duplicate. Her unglazed stoneware sculptures show a crude vitality that captures one’s eye.

In this one-day workshop with Boner, students will have the opportunity to express their creative ideas and voices through the process of hand sculpting and hand-built colored clay.

The workshop will be held on May 15, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. No prior experience is required to participate.

The cost of the workshop is $120, which includes all supplies and firing of the clay.

Contact the Orange Beach Arts Center at (251) 981-2787 to sign up.