Children and Teens

NEW! Ceramics for Families (ages 5 & up)  

Wendy Morris        $260 per person      

Enjoy exploring handbuilding and sculpting with clay along with your child, grandchild, niece, nephew….  First-timers are welcome! Ages 5 and up. Children must be accompanied by a parent or adult family member.

Registration for this class begins on Tuesday, March 3 at 10:00am. *Please note that registration for all adult ceramic classes will be either in person or by phone only. Priority will be given to in-person registrations.

S15     6 sessions starting Thu. May 7     4:30-6:00pm

Let’s Throw a Pot (ages 9-13)

Colleen Vanderhoef             $200  

A workshop focusing on the basics of wheel throwing.  Various aspects of clay properties, glazing and design are explored. For beginning and intermediate students.  Some handbuilding techniques are also introduced.  Materials and firing fees included.
Registration for this class begins Tuesday, March 3 at 10:00am.

S74  6 sessions starting Mon. May 4       4:30–6:00pm

Ceramics (ages 6-9)

Colleen Vanderhoef $150

Learn basic pottery techniques: handbuilding, glazing and decoration. Individual instruction is provided with emphasis on developing the child’s creative imagination. Slab, coil and pinch pot projects will be among the techniques explored. Materials and firing fees included.

Registration for this class begins Tuesday, March 3 at 10:00am.

 S52   6 sessions starting Tues. May 5                4:30-5:30pm

Claymation (ages 8-11)

Kanitra Perrault                      $175 (plus $15 materials fee)

Claymation, or clay animation, is a type of stop-motion animation that uses frame-by-frame images to capture the motion of clay figures. In this exciting mixed media studio workshop, children will write the story, create and construct characters, design sets and photograph scenes. . . . 

Registration for this class begins Tuesday, March 3 at 10:00am.

S254    6 sessions starting Sat. May 9                                         1:00-2:30pm

Teen Wheel Throwing (ages 13-17)

Jim Shaughnessy                             $200

An on-site course focusing on the basics of wheel throwing. Various aspects of clay properties, glazing and design are explored. For beginning and intermediate students. Basic handbuilding will be covered. Class enrollment limited to 6 students. Materials and firing fees included.

THIS CLASS IS FULL! No new registrations will be accepted at this time.

S46         6 sessions starting Sat. May 9                               10:00-11:30am

Let’s Throw a Pot (ages 9-13)

Jim Shaughnessy    $200  

A workshop focusing on the basics of wheel throwing.  Various aspects of clay properties, glazing and design are explored. For beginning and intermediate students.  Some handbuilding techniques are also introduced.  Materials and firing fees included.

THIS CLASS IS FULL! No new registrations will be accepted at this time.

S45       6 sessions starting Sat. May 9                                           11:45am-1:15pm

NEW! Painting & Drawing (ages 6–9)

Lauren Ferraro              $140

The focus of this class is to introduce students to the basic principles of drawing and painting, upon which their artistic development builds. Dg skills will be introduced with emphasis on line, proportion, form and composition. Color work will follow. Join us for a creative adventure into a world of surprise and invention. 

Registration for this class begins Tuesday, March 3 at 10:00am.      

S192    6 sessions starting Mon. May 4 4:30–5:30pm

Cartooning (ages 6-9)

Kanitra Perrault                    $120

Make your cartoons come to life.  Create exciting super heroes, action figures and story ideas for your own comic strip.  You will learn how to draw dynamic facial expressions and figures-in-action sequences.  Just bring your ideas and see how quickly you will develop your own unique style.  All materials are included.

Registration for this class begins Tuesday, March 3 at 10:00am.

S255    6 sessions starting Thu. May 7     4:30-5:30pm

Anime/Manga (All Levels—Ages 8–13)

Kanitra Perrault                                 $130

Students will learn to illustrate in this worldwide popular style of cartooning. “Manga” means comics in Japanese and “Anime” is short for Japanese animation. Each child will receive individualized instruction to develop their artistic skills. They will look at popular characters for inspiration and then create their own. Materials needed: pencil, fine-point black sharpie, eraser, paper, color pencils, and markers.

Registration for this class begins Tuesday, March 3 at 10:00am.

S53       6 sessions starting Fri. May 8                          4:30-5:30pm