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Beginner - Intermediate
Meets Mondays, 6:30pm - 9:30pm, August 31 - November 23, 2026
Instructor: Brandon VanWormer
Through demonstrations, individual critiques, and extensive hands-on practice, students will learn the fundamentals of wheel throwing, hand...

Beginner - Intermediate
Meets Thursdays, 6:30pm - 9:30pm, September 3 - November 19, 2026
Instructor: Kyle Johns
Through demonstrations, individual critiques, and extensive hands-on practice, students will learn the fundamentals of wheel throwing, hand...

Beginner - Intermediate
Meets Tuesdays, 6:30pm - 9:30pm, September 1 - November 17, 2026
Instructor: Kyle Johns
Through demonstrations, individual critiques, and extensive hands-on practice, students will learn the fundamentals of wheel throwing, hand...

Beginner - Intermediate
Meets Wednesdays, 6:30pm - 8:30pm, September 2 - November 18, 2026 Via Zoom
Instructor: Anne Eder
Note: this is an online-only course and does not include access to the Ceramics Program facility.  Registration for this online-only...

Beginner - Intermediate
Meets Saturdays, 10:00am - 1:00pm, September 5 - November 28, 2026
Instructor: Adriana Sousa Estrella
This course uses the potter’s wheel as a tool for making functional pottery, as well as introducing ways the wheel can be used to...

Beginner - Intermediate
Meets Tuesdays, 6:30pm - 9:30pm, September 1 - November 17, 2026
Instructor: Forrest Sincoff Gard
Expand your knowledge of basic plaster mold-making for press-molding and slip-casting. Mold-making is an efficient method for quickly...

Beginner - Intermediate
Meets Mondays, 10:00am - 1:00pm, August 31 - November 23, 2026
Instructor: Sarah Carroll
This course uses the potter’s wheel as a tool for making functional pottery, as well as introducing ways the wheel can be used to create closed...

October 24 & 25, 2026
10am-4pm each day
All levels welcome

Registration will open on Friday, July 31 at 10:00am.

Michael Hunt and Naomi Dalglish of Bandana Pottery collaborate in making functional pottery. They combine coarse local clays, white slips and ash...

Beginner - Advanced
Meets Wednesdays, 10:00am - 1:00pm, September 2 - November 18, 2026
Instructor: Kyungmin Park
This studio course explores the creation of functional ceramic objects using both wheel-throwing and handbuilding techniques. Students will...

Beginner - Advanced
Meets Thursdays, 6:30pm - 9:30pm, September 3 - November 19, 2026
Instructor: Tom Hubbard
Inspired by the historic general store—a hub for all things useful and essential—this class will explore a range of hand-built ceramic forms such as...

Beginner - Advanced
Meets Tuesdays, 10:00am - 1:00pm, September 1 - November 17, 2026
Instructor: Diane Lulek
Celebration season is coming, so get ready for all the parties, dinners, and brunches! We will be making thematic table settings, including serving...

Beginner - Advanced
Meets Wednesdays, 6:30pm - 9:30pm, September 2 - November 18, 2026
Instructor: Mary Kenny
The term trompe l’œil—French for “to deceive the eye”—refers to an art tradition in which the artist skillfully fools the viewer into believing...

Intermediate - Advanced
Meets Fridays, 10:00am - 1:00pm, September 4 - December 4, 2026
Instructor: Denny McLaughlin
This Intermediate-Advanced class will look at all aspects of lidded vessels, from the technical to the aesthetic considerations in creating a...

Intermediate - Advanced
Meets Thursdays, 6:30pm - 9:30pm, September 3 - November 19, 2026
Instructor: Forrest Sincoff Gard
 In this course students will be able to take their mold making abilities to the next level! We will build on plaster and slip casting...

Intermediate - Advanced
Meets Thursdays, 10:00am - 1:00pm , September 3 - December 3, 2026
Instructor: Claudia Olds Goldie
In this Intermediate-Advanced class, students will learn to capture the unique connection between people and animals. Focus will be on...

Intermediate - Advanced
Meets Thursdays, 10:00am - 1:00pm, September 3 - December 3, 2026
Instructor: Ashton Keen
In the realm of pottery, discerning the success of one’s work or that of peers is essential for growth and development. This class, dedicated to...

Intermediate - Advanced
Meets Wednesdays, 6:30pm - 9:30pm, September 2 - November 18, 2026
Instructor: Nik Putnam
Explore computer-aided modes of clay working. Considering hand-machine collaboration, the class will introduce various methods for designing...

Intermediate - Advanced
Meets Wednesdays, 1:00pm - 4:00pm, September 2 - November 18, 2026
Instructor: Chenlu Hou
This advanced handbuilding course explores the relationship between two-dimensional imagery and three-dimensional form through paper cutting and...

Intermediate - Advanced
Meets Wednesdays , 6:30pm - 9:30pm , September 2 - November 18, 2026
Instructor: Ashton Keen
Join Ashton Keen, our 2024-26 Artist in Residence, for this course designed for Intermediate-Advanced students. This course encourages...

Intermediate - Advanced
Meets Tuesdays, 10:00am - 1:00pm, September 1 - November 17, 2026
Instructor: Paul Wisotzky
This class, intended for intermediate to advanced students, will focus on using various forms of altering to create functional pots that all...

Intermediate - Advanced
Meets Mondays, 6:30pm - 9:30pm, August 31 - November 23, 2026
Instructor: Matthew Katz with on-site Facilitator, Casey Zeng
Advancing Glazes is an intensive 12-week online lecture-based study combined with twelve weeks of access to...