Valentine Pottery Date Night Workshop
Get down and dirty with your Valentine at GAC! Hand-build your own clay creations side by side. No wheel, no pressure — just laughs, wine (BYOB!), and something special you’ll shape together.
Friday Morning Pottery with Anita Griffith and Robert Parrott
Discover the joy of working with clay in GAC’s ceramics classes and workshops. Open to all levels, our classes are welcoming spaces where beginners and experienced students alike can learn and grow. Skilled instructors provide guidance to help you develop and expand your abilities whether you’re designing, throwing on the wheel, handbuilding, or glazing. You’ll have the chance to create both functional pieces, like bowls and cups, as well as expressive sculptural works, all while exploring your own creative style. To make it easier to find the right fit, we’ve renamed our ceramics classes by day and time, so you can quickly choose what works best for your schedule. No matter which class you take, you’ll cover the same core material and enjoy the full pottery experience. All classes open to all levels except where indicated. Tuition includes 2 sessions of studio time per week.
Friday Afternoon Pottery with Justin Gerace
Discover the joy of working with clay in GAC’s ceramics classes and workshops. Open to all levels, our classes are welcoming spaces where beginners and experienced students alike can learn and grow. Skilled instructors provide guidance to help you develop and expand your abilities whether you’re designing, throwing on the wheel, handbuilding, or glazing. You’ll have the chance to create both functional pieces, like bowls and cups, as well as expressive sculptural works, all while exploring your own creative style. To make it easier to find the right fit, we’ve renamed our ceramics classes by day and time, so you can quickly choose what works best for your schedule. No matter which class you take, you’ll cover the same core material and enjoy the full pottery experience. All classes open to all levels except where indicated. Tuition includes 2 sessions of studio time per week.
Glaze Application Workshop
Now that you have made the pots – it is time to glaze! Avoid disappointments. Learn to apply glaze so that your work is looking its best. Glaze trail, dawn soap, resists, underglaze, stains – and more! Bring a notebook and some bisqueware that was made at GAC.
Thursday Night Ceramics with Louise Harter
Discover the joy of working with clay in GAC’s ceramics classes and workshops. Open to all levels, our classes are welcoming spaces where beginners and experienced students alike can learn and grow. Skilled instructors provide guidance to help you develop and expand your abilities whether you’re designing, throwing on the wheel, handbuilding, or glazing. You’ll have the chance to create both functional pieces, like bowls and cups, as well as expressive sculptural works, all while exploring your own creative style. To make it easier to find the right fit, we’ve renamed our ceramics classes by day and time, so you can quickly choose what works best for your schedule. No matter which class you take, you’ll cover the same core material and enjoy the full pottery experience. All classes open to all levels except where indicated. Tuition includes 2 sessions of studio time per week.
Clay For Tweens
Students will explore hand-building techniques including pinch, coil, and slab methods, while learning decorative surface approaches such as carving, stamping, and adding clay embellishments. Instruction will also include the use of the potter’s wheel. Glazing techniques will allow students to add color and create a smooth, finished surface. Classes will feature guided projects as well as time for students to develop their own creative ideas.
Kid’s Pottery: Alice in Wonderland Tea Party
Follow Alice’s adventures down the rabbit hole and create whimsical “Wonderland” pottery. Kids can create an enchanted tea party set with Alice, the Mad Hatter, the white rabbit and an enchanted teapot! Other characters to create include the Cheshire Cat, the Caterpillar on the mushroom and the Red Queen. Paint your fanciful creations in bright glazes and bold patterns to mirror the colorful story.
Wednesday Morning Ceramic Sculpture with Lisa Wolkow
For experienced students who would like to work sculpturally in clay, taking full advantage of everything that a ceramics studio can offer. Students will be introduced to ways of experimenting, working and thinking as sculptors, as well as techniques for constructing forms, building surfaces and firing. Students with a background in wheel work may want to explore hand building skills in conjunction with thrown forms.
Winter Pottery and Clay Sculpture for Kids
Discover the joy of kiln-fired pottery as you learn hand-building techniques and glazing. Create containers, imaginative sculptures, and seasonal projects like snow people, winter animals, heart boxes, and luminaries.
Tuesday Afternoon Ceramics with David Frank
Discover the joy of working with clay in GAC’s ceramics classes and workshops. Open to all levels, our classes are welcoming spaces where beginners and experienced students alike can learn and grow. Skilled instructors provide guidance to help you develop and expand your abilities whether you’re designing, throwing on the wheel, handbuilding, or glazing. You’ll have the chance to create both functional pieces, like bowls and cups, as well as expressive sculptural works, all while exploring your own creative style. To make it easier to find the right fit, we’ve renamed our ceramics classes by day and time, so you can quickly choose what works best for your schedule. No matter which class you take, you’ll cover the same core material and enjoy the full pottery experience. All classes open to all levels except where indicated. Tuition includes 2 sessions of studio time per week.