Uptown Clay

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Registration opens Mon Apr 20 at 10am for our spring session.

Adult Wheel

For new students we begin by orienting you to our facility and offer instruction on the process of creating pottery through wheel techniques, wedging, centering, forming a piece, trimming, handles, and glazing. After reviewing the basics we tailor the class to assist in guiding students in the development of their personal projects.

Tools, studio clay bodies, and glazes are included. We carry porcelain, white stoneware, and brown speckled clay.

Cost for the 8 week session is $480. Shorter sessions will be pro-rated accordingly.

Additional fees for our firing service are $0.04 per cubic inch per firing.

Students may purchase additional time to practice their technique and work on personal projects through our Online Scheduler.


Sunday Intro/Intermediate Level Class

Session Dates: Mar 15 - May 3

Session Dates: May 10 - June 28, off May 24 Memorial Day Weekend

Cost: 7 week session - $420


Instructor: Anna Campbell

Time: 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Time: 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm


Instructor: Alex Rodriguez

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm



MONDAY INTRO/INTERMEDIATE LEVEL CLASS

Session Dates: Mar 16 - May 4

Session Dates: May 11 - June 29, off May 25 Memorial Day Weekend

Cost: 7 week session - $420

Instructor: Sarah Bortel

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm


TUESDAY INTRO/INTERMEDIATE LEVEL CLASS 

Session Dates: Mar 3 - April 21

Session Dates: April 28 - June 16

Instructor: Tyler Lea

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

WEDNESDAY INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED WHEEL

Teap: Pieces, Parts + Proportions

Session Dates: Mar 4 - April 22

Session Dates: April 28 - June 16

Instructor: Jonathan Castro

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Thursday Intro/Intermediate Level Class

Session Dates: Mar 5 - April 23

Session Dates: April 29 - June 17

Instructor: Tyler Lea

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Friday Intro/Intermediate Level Class 

Session Dates: Mar 6 - April 24

Session Dates: May 1 - June 18

Instructor: Tyler Lea

Time: 1:00pm - 4:00 pm


Saturday Intro/Intermediate Level Class

Session Dates: Mar 7 - April 25

Session Dates: May 2- Jun 27


Instructor: Anna Campbell

Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Time: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm  




Makeup Policy: Make-up classess are not guaranteed. We will do our best to accommodate up to 1 make-up class per student per session. Make-up classes must happen during the current session. Students are not guaranteed a wheel for their make-up class.





Cancellation Policy: Refunds are available up to 48 hours before the first class minus a $50 processing charge. Refund requests from 48 hours to the start of the first class are available for 50% of the class fee.  Unfortunately, we cannot offer refunds once the class has started.









 

Registration opens Mon Apr 20 at 10am for our spring session.

Hand-building classes

 

For new students we begin by orienting you to our facility and offer instruction on the process of creating pottery through hand-building techniques such as pinching, coil, slab, kurinuki, sculpture and combining these forms. We tailor the class to assist in guiding students in the development of their personal projects and interests.

Tools, studio clay bodies, and glazes are included. We carry porcelain, white stoneware, and brown speckled clay.

Cost for the 8 week session is $480. Shorter sessions will be pro-rated accordingly.

Additional fees for our firing service are $0.04 per cubic inch per firing.

Students may purchase additional time to practice their technique and work on personal projects through our Online Scheduler.

 
 

Form + Function

INSTRUCTOR: VANESA CABEZAS

LET YOUR IMAGINATION TAKE FLIGHT AS VANESA GUIDES YOU THROUGH A VARIETY OF HAND-BUILDING TECHNIQUES, FROM SCULPTURAL TO DECORATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS. WE’LL EXPLORE USE OF TEXTURES, UNDERGLAZE, SGRAFFITO, BURNISHING, THE BODY AS A MOLD, COILS, AND SOLID SCULPTURES.

Deja volar tu imaginación mientras Vanesa te guía a través de una amplia variedad de técnicas de modelado manual. Desde elementos escultóricos hasta decorativos y funcionales, exploraremos el uso de texturas, engobes, esgrafiado, bruñido, el cuerpo como molde, rollos de arcilla y esculturas macizas.

Session Dates: Mar 10 - Apr 28

Session Dates: May 5 - June 23

Time:  Tuesdays, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Time:  Tuesdays, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

 
 

Figurative Sculpture

INSTRUCTOR: PETER BULOW

IN THIS COURSE, PETER SHARES HIS TECHNIQUES FOR FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE AND GUIDES PARTICIPANTS IN THE EXPLORATION OF FORM

Session Dates: Mar 5 - Apr 23

Session Dates: April 29 - June 17

Time:  Thursdays, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm


 
 



Registration opens Mon Apr 20 at 10am for our spring session.

Teen Wheel / Hand-building Class

In our teen group classes we begin with the basics of creating pottery through wheel techniques. For new students we begin by orienting you to our facility and offer instruction on the process of creating pottery through wheel techniques, wedging, centering, forming a piece, trimming, handles, and glazing. After reviewing the basics we tailor each classes to guide students with techniques based on their interests, moving into combining, altering forms, and hand-building.

Tools, studio clay bodies, and glazes are included. We carry porcelain, white stoneware, and brown speckled clay.

Cost for the 8 week session is $480. Shorter sessions will be pro-rated accordingly.

Additional fees for our firing service are $0.03 per cubic inch per firing.


Tuesday Teen Wheel Class

Instructor: Satto Lopez

Time: 4:30 - 6:30pm

Session Dates: Jan 6 - Feb 24, off Feb 17

Next Session: Mar 3 - Apr 28, off Apr 7 Spring Recess

Cost: 8 week session - $480 


Wednesday Teen Wheel Class

Instructor: Joanna DiBiase

Time: 4:30 - 6:30pm

Session Dates:: Jan 7 - Feb 25, off Feb 18

Next Session: Mar 4 - Apr 29, off Apr 8 Spring Recess

Cost: 8 week session - $480 


Makeup Policy: Make-up classess are not guaranteed. We will do our best to accommodate make-ups. Make-up classes must happen during the current session. Students are not guaranteed a wheel for their make-up class.

Cancellation Policy: Refunds are available up to 48 hours before the first class minus a $50 processing charge. Refund requests from 48 hours to the start of the first class are available for 50% of the class fee.  Unfortunately, we cannot offer refunds once the class has started.


Registration opens Mon Apr 20 at 10am for our spring session.

Children’s Hand-building

 FOR CHILDREN Ages 7-12

In our Children’s classes we explore creating unique functional and sculptural ceramic pieces using various hand-building and decorating techniques. All materials and firing fees are included in the class.

Bilingual instruction is available.

 

Thursday Hand-building Class

Session Dates: Mar 5 - Apr 30, off Apr 2 + 9 Spring Recess

Cost: 7 week session - $350

Session Dates: May 7 - June 25

Cost: 8 week session - $400

Instructor: Carmen Andrea, Bilingual Spanish

Time: 4:30 - 6:00pm 

 

Makeup Policy: Make-up classess are not guaranteed. We will do our best to accommodate a make-up class per student per session. Make-up classes must happen during the current session. Students are not guaranteed a wheel for their make-up class.

Cancellation Policy: Refunds are available up to 48 hours before the first class minus a $50 processing charge. Refund requests from 48 hours to the start of the first class are available for 50% of the class fee.  Unfortunately, we cannot offer refunds once the class has started.