Upcoming & Past Workshops
Calendar of Events
Christmas Tree Making with Eva
Make your own Christmas Tree out of clay with Eva Mancini. No experience necessary! Tree will be ready to be painted with glaze in 2 weeks. Includes all materials and firings.
Christmas Tree Making with Eva
Make your own Christmas Tree out of clay with Eva Mancini. No experience necessary! Tree will be ready to be painted with glaze in 2 weeks. Includes all materials and firings.
Holiday Clay Print Ornaments
Holiday Clay Print Ornaments
Make a Holiday Ornament out of clay with your child's hand print. Cost is $15 per ornament and includes all materials. Come back in 2 weeks to paint the ornament or let one of our artists customize it for you at an additional cost.
Family Story Time with Connie
Family Storytime Workshop with Connie Nelson Laird Create Your Own Plate!
Connecting as a family often happens around food—so why not make it even more special with a handmade plate designed by you?
In this child-and-caregiver workshop, we’ll start with a lively reading of Little Pea and The Seven Silly Eaters, then roll up our sleeves to play with clay. Together, you’ll have the chance to design and create a one-of-a-kind plate—whether each person makes their own or you collaborate on a family piece.
✨ Plate possibilities are endless but could include:
• snack plate with spots for dip & dippables
• small serving plate
• sectioned plate for particular eaters…
$10 per person (includes storytime, snack + studio playtime, $20 per pound of clay for plate creations (includes use of clay & tools, 2 firings, plus glazing)
Plates will be fired and ready for you to return and glaze with your own unique color choices and designs in about 2 weeks.
Children of any age are welcome with their caregiver—come for the stories, connection and clay!
Japanese Pinch Pot Teacups with Jamas Brooke
Japanese Tea Cup Workshop Pinch and Hand-building with Jamas Brooke
This class will focus on the moment of contact with clay during the tea cup creation process. Pinching the clay can be as much a meditation as a grounding experience when the attention is given to the discipline and repetition of the process. Without any distraction so on becomes a participant in the process and also at on with it.
Students will be making 3 cups with 3 different clay bodies including wild clay. $70 includes all materials and firings. Participants will need to return after 2 weeks to glaze.
Youth Thanksgiving Break Camp
Join us on Monday or Tuesday or both for a fun filled afternoon of hand-building and painting pottery!
Youth Thanksgiving Break Camp
Join us on Monday or Tuesday or both for a fun filled afternoon of hand-building and painting pottery!
Holiday Handprints
Join us for a fun and memorable pottery workshop where you can create a unique keepsake with your child's hand print. Our artists will provide guidance. We have a wide range of pottery available which is sold separately. $10 fee will be applied to item purchased.
Stoneware Slab Platter Making Workshop
Create your own Stoneware Plank Slab Tray in this step by step workshop. Lots of fun patterns to choose from. No experience necessary. $50 for first tray and $30 for each additional one. Please allow 10 days for it to be fired. After which time you will need to return to the studio to glaze your piece(s). Glazing and second firing are included in price.
Vintage Christmas Tree Party
Join us for a special pottery painting experience! Your $10 non-refundable ticket secures your seat and includes complimentary refreshments. Please note: the cost of the ceramic piece you select to paint is separate and will be paid at the event.
Santa's Workshop: Youth Pottery Pizza Night
Kids' Holiday Gift Workshop: Pizza, Presents, and Painting!
Let the kids get creative and make one-of-a-kind holiday gifts for their parents! For just $15, your child gets pizza, ice cream, and fun entertainment while they paint. Note: The cost of the pottery or items they choose to paint as gifts is separate and will be paid at the event.
Angel Ornament Making
Hand-built Angel Ornaments with Mika Liechti-Hawkins
Make a pair of angel ornaments out of clay in this step by step workshop. No experience necessary! Angels will be ready to be painted with glaze in 2 weeks. Cost is $25 and includes all materials and firings.. Open to all ages.
Christmas Tree Making
Make your own Christmas Tree out of clay with Eva Mancini. No experience necessary! Tree will be ready to be painted with glaze in 2 weeks. Includes all materials and firings.
Jon Stein Advanced Pottery Wheel Techniques
Let's get those throwing skills in shape. Jon from Queen City Clay will cover ways of throwing efficiently and show how to get past the typical frustration points people experience on the wheel. As a group, we will learn to throw taller, thinner, and with more control. Texture will also be explored by applying stamps and shaping forms on the wheel.
Family Play with Clay Workshop: Storytime & Creating Together Monster Mash!!
Join us for Monster Making Fun! We’ll kick things off with a lively reading of a few favorite monster stories, then dive into a hands-on pinch-pot monster workshop with artist and teacher Connie Nelson Laird.
Ghost Making
Get into the Halloween spirit with a fun evening of ghost-making, and creepy crawly treats! All ages are welcome. There is a $20 fee for the ghost.
Graters and Spoonrests
Join artist Becky LaPadula as she guides you through making your own stoneware spoon rest and grater. Pieces will be ready to glaze in 2 weeks.
Pumpkin Making Workshop
Get into the spooky spirit by joining us to build and design your very own ceramic Jack-o-lantern. Intended for all ages and skill levels this 1 hour workshop will teach you essential hand building skills and leave you with a one of a kind fall creation.
Ghost Making
Get into the Halloween spirit with a fun evening of ghost-making, and creepy crawly treats! All ages are welcome. There is a $20 fee for the ghost.
Wear a costume and get $5 off a Halloween-inspired project!
Planning Pottery with Hannah Lencheck
Sometimes it’s fun to sit down at the wheel and see where the clay takes you - but sometimes you want to plan a piece out with more intention! Where do you start though? This workshop will explore planning a piece (or multi-piece project) through hand-drawn drafting activities, utilizing design principles, and sharing about personal planning practices amongst potters. Please note: This class does not include working with clay!
Maiolica Plate Workshop with Susan Snyder
Learn how to paint the patterns shown on the plates above in this step by step workshop. Open to all ages. Includes a 8” Hanging Plate , use of glazes and firing.
Family Play with Clay Workshop: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt!
Family Play with Clay Workshop: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt! 🐻
Join us for a bear-y fun morning of stories, imagination, and clay!
Children and their caregivers are invited to share in a playful creative adventure. We’ll read a few beloved bear-themed stories, go on a pretend bear hunt, and then bring our own clay bears to life in the studio!
This workshop is best suited for children ages 3 and up.
Cost:
• $10 per person attending (includes storytime, bear hunt, and hands-on studio time)
• $25 per pound of clay. Bears will be weighed and can be any size. Cost includes all materials firing, and glazing.
It is not required to keep your bear. Clay bears will be ready in about two weeks after the workshop for you to return and paint together!
Baby Bowls
Baby Belly Bowl
Create a one-of-a-kind ceramic bowl inspired by the beauty of pregnancy and the anticipation of baby with Connie Nelson-Laird on Thursday, August 21st from 5:00pm to 6:30pm.
This special workshop is open to individuals or couples who would like to craft a meaningful ceramic piece using a plaster belly cast as a starting point. Whether you’re currently expecting or have a mold from a previous pregnancy, you’re welcome to join us! If this date does not work for you. It is also available as a private event. $145 for couples, $125 for small groups.
Becky's Stoneware Slab Canister or Mug Workshop
Create your own Stoneware Plank Slab Mug in this step by step workshop. Lots of fun patterns to choose from. No experience necessary. $50 for first mug and $30 for each additional one. Please allow 10 days for the mugs to be fired. After which time you will need to return to the studio to glaze your piece(s). Glazing and second firing are included in price.
Karaoke Night
Join us for a fun evening of Karaoke with host Rebecca Itow. Open to all ages. No need to RSVP, it is free!
Baby Bowl Making Workshop
Baby Bowl Making Workshop
Create a one-of-a-kind ceramic bowl inspired by the beauty of pregnancy and the anticipation of baby.
This special workshop is open to individuals or couples who would like to craft a meaningful ceramic piece using a plaster belly cast as a starting point. Whether you’re currently expecting or have a mold from a previous pregnancy, you’re welcome to join us!
Workshop Fee: $125
Includes: Studio time and access to tools, instruction and guidance, bisque and glaze firings, and glazes to decorate your final piece
What to Expect: A 10-minute opening time set aside for connection and intention-setting, 20 minutes of instruction and 1 hour of supported studio time to create the belly bowl. Participants should plan to come back after about 2 weeks to glaze their piece on their own, any time the studio is open.
Please Note: Participants must bring a pre-made plaster belly cast to use as a mold form for their bowl.
Prefer a private session? Private sessions are available for $150.
All Ages Pottery Pizza Night
Come enjoy the last days of summer for our All Ages Pottery Pizza Night. Open to all ages. A $10 non-refundable ticket price reserves your spot for this special event and 2 slices of pizza and drink but does not cover the cost of the item you want to paint. Youth 10 and under is $7 and includes 1 slice. A $3 credit will be added towards their purchase. Additional refreshments will be served.
Handbuilding Workshop: Stoneware Slab Trays with Becky LaPadula
Create your own slab tray and dipping bowl in this step by step workshop! $50 for first tray, $30 for each additional one.
Breakfast Club: Clay and Cereal
Join us for a fun morning of cereal, cartoons and bowl making!
Animal Hand-building workshop
Join instructor Eva Mancini in this fun class where you will be creating your own animal! This workshop is open to all levels ages 13 and up. This class will meet on June 21, 28 and July 12 from 9am to 12pm. $150 covers all materials and glazing.
Dee Schaad Workshop
Create your own clay caricature in this fun hand-building workshop with artist Dee Schaad.
Treat your Mother this Mother's Day
Treat your Mother! Mother’s Day Event
Celebrate the special mothers in your life with a pottery painting event! A $10 non-refundable ticket reserves your spot. Enjoy refreshments, a 20% discount for moms on pottery, and a small floral bouquet. Choose your pottery piece and create a memorable gift or keepsake. Because this event is so popular we are offering two separate sittings: 1pm-3pm and 3:30pm- 5:30pm.
Family Story Time: Clay Mobiles
April Showers bring May Flowers! Join artist Connie Nelson Laird for a morning of making mobiles together inspired by signs of Spring. Rainbows, raindrops flowers, Spring creatures and all kinds of shapes can be cut out to be fired, painted and assemble into a mobile you can enjoy indoors or out! $35 per person.
Underglaze Transfers on Slab Vessels
Learn how to make a vessel out of slabs and decorate it with Underglaze transfers in this step by step workshop with artist Becky LaPadula. No experience necessary!
