Ceramics Classes & Workshops

Pottery Classes and Workshops

Guilford Art Center’s ceramics studio offers adult classes, children’s after-school classes, Home School pottery, and weekend workshops. During the summer, we offer 9 weeks of clay and mixed media classes for children.

Create in our Fully-Equipped Pottery Studio

The studio is equipped with 12 wheels, a hand building table, 3 electric kilns, slab roller, extruder, outdoor downdraft gas kiln, raku kiln, and a glaze mixing room. We offer four clay bodies: white stoneware, brown stoneware, porcelain and red earthenware. There is a large selection of high and low temperature glazes, slips and washes for both high and low temperature firings.

Current Ceramics Classes & Workshops

Ceramics Classes
Instructor: Shawn Hansen
Medium: Ceramics
Adult Class
Adult all levels
June 27 - August 22
Friday, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $30
Tuition: $360.00
Member Tuition: $324.00
Available
Ceramics Classes
Instructor: Deborah Staub Luft
Medium: Ceramics
Adult Class
Adult all levels
July 02 - August 20
Wednesday, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $30
Tuition: $360.00
Member Tuition: $324.00
Available
Ceramics Classes
Instructor: Louise Harter
Medium: Ceramics
Adult Class
Adult all levels
June 26 - August 14
Thursday, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $30
Tuition: $360.00
Member Tuition: $324.00
Available
Ceramics Classes
Instructor: David Frank
Medium: Ceramics
Adult Class
Adult all levels
June 24 - August 12
Tuesday, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $30
Tuition: $360.00
Member Tuition: $324.00
Available
Ceramics Classes
Instructor: Claudia Schiavone
Medium: Ceramics
Adult Class
Adult all levels
June 24 - August 12
Tuesday, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $30
Tuition: $360.00
Member Tuition: $324.00
Available
Ceramics Classes
Instructor: Alice Chittenden
Medium: Ceramics
Adult Class
Adult all levels
June 23 - August 11
Monday, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $30
Tuition: $360.00
Member Tuition: $324.00
Available
Ceramics Classes
Instructor: Deborah Staub Luft
Medium: Ceramics
Adult Class
Adult all levels
June 30 - August 18
Monday, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $30
Tuition: $360.00
Member Tuition: $324.00
Available
Ceramics Classes
Instructor: Eve Schneider
Medium: Ceramics
Youth Class
open to ages 8-12
June 30 - July 03
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $20
Tuition: $180.00
Member Tuition: $162.00
Available
Ceramics Classes
Instructor: Alice Chittenden
Medium: Ceramics
Youth Class
open to ages 8-12
July 07 - July 11
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $10
Tuition: $225.00
Member Tuition: $202.50
Available
Ceramics Classes
Instructor: Alice Chittenden
Medium: Ceramics
Youth Class
open to ages 8-12
August 11 - August 15
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $10
Tuition: $225.00
Member Tuition: $202.50
Available
Ceramics
Instructor: Lexa McCrady
Medium: Mixed Media, Ceramics
Youth Class
open to ages 8-12
July 28 - August 01
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Tuition: $225.00
Member Tuition: $202.50
Available
Ceramics
Instructor: Lexa McCrady
Medium: Mixed Media, Ceramics
Youth Class
open to ages 8-12
August 18 - August 22
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Tuition: $225.00
Member Tuition: $202.50
Available
Ceramics Classes
Instructor: Alice Chittenden
Medium: Ceramics
Youth Class
open to ages 8-12
June 23 - June 27
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $10
Tuition: $225.00
Member Tuition: $202.50
Available
Ceramics Classes
Instructor: Alice Chittenden
Medium: Ceramics
Youth Class
open to ages 8-12
July 14 - July 18
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $10
Tuition: $225.00
Member Tuition: $202.50
Available
Ceramics
Instructor: Eve Schneider
Medium: Ceramics, Special Interest
Youth Class
open to ages 5-7
August 04 - August 08
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $20
Tuition: $225.00
Member Tuition: $202.50
Available
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Instructor: Jessica Reeve
Medium: Ceramics
Youth Class
Youth Ages 8+
March 29 - May 17
Saturday, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $20
Tuition: $240.00
Member Tuition: $216.00
Available
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Instructor: Carole Firth
Medium: Ceramics
Youth Class
open to ages 6+
March 25 - May 13
Tuesday, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $15
Tuition: $300.00
Member Tuition: $270.00
Available
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Instructor: Justin Gerace
Medium: Ceramics
Adult Class
Adult all levels
March 28 - May 30
Friday, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $30
Tuition: $450.00
Member Tuition: $405.00
Available

Our Location

Guilford Art Center is located at 411 Church Street (Route 77) in Guilford, CT, along the Connecticut shoreline.  

Our campus is conveniently located off I-95, exit 58, approximately 15 minutes north of New Haven and only minutes away from the historic Guilford Green.

Look for our sign directly across from the Guilford Police Station; follow the long entranceway to back to our colorful school, shop and gallery buildings.

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