Kids of all ages will enjoy playing in clay with their parents as they create holiday ornaments. Families will create keepsake ornaments in this fun and messy class. Class will be run as a two-hour open studio and families are encouraged to stay for as little or as long as they would like. Ornaments will fired be ready to pick up one week after the class. 

Instructor: Amy Lawrence
Ages: All Ages 

Sunday, December 1
10:00 am – noon

Learn how to make all of the elements needed to create your own teapot! We will be throwing on a pottery wheel and hand building to make a functional teapot. Spout, handle and lid construction will be covered. All pieces will be fired and ready to be picked up two weeks after class.

Instructor: Amy Lawrence
Ages: Adult (15+) / Intermediate (wheel throwing experience necessary) 

Sunday, December 15
9:00 am – noon

Supply List:
All supplies will be provided but feel free to bring any of your own tools that you would like to use.

Learn how to marble different kinds of clay together to create fun effects with different colors and clay bodies. We will be throwing on a pottery wheel and hand building making mostly functional pottery. Bring in your fun ideas, we can make anything! All pieces will be fired and given a clear coat of glaze ready to be picked up two weeks after class.

Instructor: Amy Lawrence
Ages: Adult (15+) / Intermediate 

Saturday, November 30
9:00 am – noon

Supply List:

All supplies will be provided but feel free to bring any of your own tools that you would like to use.

Create beautiful one of a kind ceramic pumpkins! Each student will receive a variety of closed forms or, if they are more advanced, can throw their own closed form with a little instruction. We will then carve them into pumpkins of all shapes and sizes. Pumpkins can be glazed in a variety of colors and will be ready to be picked up by the following Sunday!

Instructor: Amy Lawrence
Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels

Sunday, October 20
5 – 8 pm

Supply List:

All supplies will be provided but feel free to bring any of your own tools that you would like to use.

Learn the basics of under glazing, color theory, and mixing glazes. Explore underglazes mixing together your own colors. Design and glaze your own tiles and a planter or vase. Underglazes mix and apply more like a traditional paint able to be mixed and layered which makes under glazing not only a great skill to understand for any potter but a more approachable style of glazing for anyone new to pottery. Under glazed pottery will be given a clear coat and a mid-firing to make it completely functional.

Instructor: Amy Lawrence
Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels

Saturday, September 21
9:00 am – noon

Supply List:

All supplies will be provided but feel free to bring any of your own tools that you would like to use.

Learn the basics of scraffito practicing on pre-made green wear tiles and a vase or planter. Students will learn the basics of additive and subtractive scraffito practice use of negative and positive space and have a beautiful functional vase/planter. All pieces will be fired and given a clear coat of glaze ready to be picked up two weeks after class.

Instructor: Amy Lawrence
Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels

Saturday, October 5
9:00 am – noon

Supply List:

All supplies will be provided but feel free to bring any of your own tools that you would like to use.

Kids ages 11 – 15 will have fun exploring the tactile nature of clay. Instruction will encompass basic hand building, throwing on the wheel, and sculpture. In this 5 day intensive for young artists, students will learn about the basics of pottery, glazing and the transformation of their pieces from the heat of kiln. This will be a fun and educational class. All works will be fired in the Museum’s kiln. All materials are included.

Monday – Friday, October 7- 11
1:30 – 4:30 pm

Instructor: Karen Vetter
Ages: 11 and Up

Ready to make a sketchbook that is unique to your personal practice? This introductory class explores the french link bookbinding stitch in pursuit of making a one-of-a-kind customizable sketchbook. Fill it with your preferred paper or a variety of papers. A great way to repurpose extra paper and scraps while negating the need to purchase sketchbooks. Students will leave with a finished sketchbook.

Saturday, September 28
10 am – 2 pm

Instructor: Kellee Morgado
Ages: Adults (15+) / All Levels

Supply List:
-sack lunch
-24 sheets of your choice at size 8.5×11 or 11×17 – choose one size (final sketchbook size will be your desired sheets folded in half)

*additional supplies will be provided by the instructor

Learn to throw basic forms and then how to alter them into something extraordinary! Planters into hedgehogs, mugs into foxes, there are endless possibilities. Return to glaze you pieces and bring them to life on the 31st. All pottery will be fired and ready to be picked up two weeks after the class.

Instructor: Amy Lawrence
Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels

Saturdays, August 24 and 31
9:00 am – noon

Supply List:

All supplies will be provided but feel free to bring any of your own throwing or altering tools that you would like to use.