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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

Ceramic Sculpture Adult Class
Instructor: Lisa Wolkow
Medium: Ceramics
Adult Class
adult with experience
September 25 - November 27
Wednesday, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $30
Tuition: $450.00
Member Tuition: $405.00
Available
Expression In Clay Adult Class
Instructor: David Frank
Medium: Ceramics
Adult Class
Adult all levels
September 17 - November 19
Tuesday, 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $30
Tuition: $450.00
Member Tuition: $405.00
Available
Halloween Crafts For Kids Workshop: Session B Youth  Workshop
Instructor: Carole Firth
Medium: Mixed Media, Ceramics
Youth Workshop
open to ages 9+
October 27
Sunday, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $15
Tuition: $30.00
Member Tuition: $27.00
Available
Clay For Tweens & Teens Youth Class
Instructor: Alice Chittenden
Medium: Ceramics
Youth Class
open to ages 10-14
September 18 - November 06
Wednesday, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $30
Tuition: $240.00
Member Tuition: $216.00
Available
Halloween Crafts For Kids Workshop: Session A Youth  Workshop
Instructor: Carole Firth
Medium: Mixed Media, Ceramics
Youth Workshop
open to ages 5+
October 27
Sunday, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $15
Tuition: $30.00
Member Tuition: $27.00
Available
Glaze Workshop Adult Workshop
Instructor: David Frank
Medium: Ceramics
Adult Workshop
Adult all levels
October 05
Saturday, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $5
Tuition: $52.00
Member Tuition: $46.80
Available
Creating With Clay Adult Class
Instructor: Alice Chittenden
Medium: Ceramics
Adult Class
Adult all levels
September 16 - November 25
Monday, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $30
Tuition: $450.00
Member Tuition: $405.00
Available
Explorations In Clay Adult Class
Instructor: Claudia Schiavone
Medium: Ceramics
Adult Class
Adult all levels
September 17 - November 19
Tuesday, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $30
Tuition: $450.00
Member Tuition: $405.00
Available
All About Pottery Adult Class
Instructor: Louise Harter
Medium: Ceramics
Adult Class
Adult all levels
September 19 - November 21
Thursday, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $30
Tuition: $450.00
Member Tuition: $405.00
Available
Friday Night Pottery Workshop: Session A Adult Workshop
Instructor: Claudia Schiavone
Medium: Ceramics
Adult Workshop
Adult all levels
September 27
Friday, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $15
Tuition: $55.00
Member Tuition: $49.50
Available
Fall Clay Wonderland Youth Class
Instructor: Carole Firth
Medium: Mixed Media, Ceramics
Youth Class
open to ages 5-9
September 19 - November 14
Thursday, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $15
Tuition: $240.00
Member Tuition: $216.00
Available
Friday Night Pottery Workshop: Session B Adult Workshop
Instructor: Claudia Schiavone
Medium: Ceramics
Adult Workshop
Adult all levels
November 15
Friday, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $15
Tuition: $55.00
Member Tuition: $49.50
Available
From Form To Function Adult Class
Instructor: Deborah Staub Luft
Medium: Ceramics
Adult Class
Adult all levels
September 16 - November 25
Monday, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $30
Tuition: $450.00
Member Tuition: $405.00
Available
Kids Pottery By Wheel & Hand Youth Class
Instructor: Alice Chittenden
Medium: Ceramics
Youth Class
open to ages 8+
September 16 - November 11
Monday, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $20
Tuition: $240.00
Member Tuition: $216.00
Available
Making Pottery - "Pas De Deux" Adult Class
Instructor: Anita|1563 Griffith
Medium: Ceramics
Adult Class
Adult all levels
September 20 - November 22
Friday, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Fee payable with tuition: $30
Tuition: $450.00
Member Tuition: $405.00
Available
Pottery for Kids Youth Class
Instructor: Carole Firth
Medium: Ceramics
Youth Class
open to ages 5+
September 17 - November 05
Tuesday, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Tuition: $180.00
Member Tuition: $162.00
Available
Pottery: The Wheel & More Adult Class
Instructor: Justin Gerace
Medium: Ceramics
Adult Class
Adult all levels
September 20 - November 22
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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