Monday Night Ceramics with Deborah Staub Luft
Open to all levels, GAC’s ceramics classes and workshops support both beginners and experienced students. Skilled instructors guide you through designing, wheel throwing, handbuilding, and glazing, helping you develop both functional pieces, and expressive sculptural work while exploring your personal style.
Ceramics classes are named by day and time to make scheduling easy; all cover the same core material and offer the full Ceramics experience unless otherwise noted. Tuition includes two scheduled open studio sessions per week. Clay must be purchased in class ($32–$35 per bag; cash, check, or PayPal accepted). Lab and clay fees cover firings and glaze materials.
Please note: no class on 05/25
Kids’ Spring Pottery
Explore the fun of the pottery room! Children will learn a variety of clay techniques, including pinch, slab, coil, and more, while becoming familiar with pottery tools, stamping, and different glazes. Finished pieces will be fired in the kiln. Throughout the session, students will create spring-themed projects such as planters, Earth Day tree sculptures, trinket containers, outdoor hangings, animals, and even animal masks.
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.
Tuesday Afternoon Ceramics with David Frank
Open to all levels, GAC’s ceramics classes and workshops support both beginners and experienced students. Skilled instructors guide you through designing, wheel throwing, handbuilding, and glazing, helping you develop both functional pieces, and expressive sculptural work while exploring your personal style.
Ceramics classes are named by day and time to make scheduling easy; all cover the same core material and offer the full Ceramics experience unless otherwise noted. Tuition includes two scheduled open studio sessions per week. Clay must be purchased in class ($32–$35 per bag; cash, check, or PayPal accepted). Lab and clay fees cover firings and glaze materials.
Tuesday Night Ceramics with Claudia Schiavone
Open to all levels, GAC’s ceramics classes and workshops support both beginners and experienced students. Skilled instructors guide you through designing, wheel throwing, handbuilding, and glazing, helping you develop both functional pieces, and expressive sculptural work while exploring your personal style.
Ceramics classes are named by day and time to make scheduling easy; all cover the same core material and offer the full Ceramics experience unless otherwise noted. Tuition includes two scheduled open studio sessions per week. Clay must be purchased in class ($32–$35 per bag; cash, check, or PayPal accepted). Lab and clay fees cover firings and glaze materials.
Handbuilding with Clay: Create a Clay Circus 8/17-21 Week 9
In a circus there are ponies and horses and riders with plumes, dogs that jump through rings and acrobats on swings! We can add fabric and wire to make a tent, the flying trapeze and the tightrope.
Teen Pottery 8/10-14 Week 8
Students will learn wheel throwing techniques to make functional pottery on the pottery wheel, or by adding coils, slabs and pinching. Imaginative projects are also encouraged, and we will utilize a variety of tools to achieve texture and pattern.
Wheel Throwing Pottery: Session E Week 6 7/27-31
This class focuses on working on the potter’s wheel and is welcoming to all skill levels. Beginners will learn the fundamentals of throwing, while students with prior experience can refine their techniques and build new skills. Confidence and ability will grow throughout the session and as students develop at their own pace.
Wheel Throwing Pottery: Session F 8/3-7 Week 7
Students will learn wheel throwing techniques to make functional pottery on the pottery wheel, or by adding coils, slabs and pinching. Imaginative projects are also encouraged, and we will utilize a variety of tools to achieve texture and pattern.
Wheel Throwing Pottery: Session C 7/13-17 Week 4
This class focuses on working on the potter’s wheel and is welcoming to all skill levels. Beginners will learn the fundamentals of throwing, while students with prior experience can refine their techniques and build new skills. Confidence and ability will grow throughout the session and as students develop at their own pace.