UPCOMING ART CLASSES
as it happens
Studio Classes
Holiday Session: Nov 12 - Jan 21
Ceramic Techniques
Instructor: Marsha VanVlack
November 12 - January 21
January 22 - March 24
8 weeks of instruction over 10 weeks
Wednesdays 6:00-8:00
Activating both sides of the studio, Marsha will walk students through adding, hand-built attachments to wheel-thrown forms! This session will cover a plethora of techniques and showcase ways to add a little more pizazz to functional wares.
Students enrolled in the class will be encouraged to alter the pots they make with hand-built components such as slabs and coils. These additions can serve as layered texture and provide different functions for the pots being made throughout the course. Want to learn how to make a handle, spout or add textured decoration? This class is perfect for you!
Ceramic Handbuilding
Instructor: Marsha VanVlack
November 12 - January 21
January 22 - March 24
8 weeks of instruction over 10 weeks
Wednesday 2:00-4:00 OR Thursday 1:00-3:00
*please specify which day you're registering for by emailing marshavanvlack@gmail.com*
Students of all levels are welcome to join this class. Different methods of constructing works from clay will be covered to achieve a variety of results. These methods include but are not limited to coil-built, slab-built, and pinched pots. Experienced students will continue to develop their own skills and processes with assistance from the instructor.
While Marsha enjoys different methods of alternative firing, she will focus more on demonstrating how to make different shapes and textures to provide contrast during this session.
Ceramic Wheel Throwing
Instructor: Kimberly Grossman
November 12 - January 21
January 22 - March 24
8 weeks of instruction over 10 weeks
Wednesdays 2:00 - 4:00
All skill levels are welcome to join this class! Beginning with functional wares such as cups, bowls, and vases, Kimberly will walk students through the process of throwing on the potter's wheel. Students will gain confidence and hone their skills through each step of the making process as the instructor guides students through both assignments and self-directed projects.
Kimberly has prepared more advanced projects for returning students -- teaching about surface decoration and how repetition can enhance the cohesiveness of different forms.
Ceramic Sculpture
Instructor: Mark Corwine
November 12 - January 21
8 weeks of instruction over 10 weeks
Wednesdays 6:00-8:00
Students of all levels are welcome to join this class. Beginner students will learn to construct sculptural forms, and functional if they wish, with traditional handbuilding techniques. Experienced students will continue to develop their own skills and processes with assistance from the instructor.
In Mark’s own work, he utilizes metaphor as inspiration for conceptual meaning. With this in mind, he is able to speak a message to the viewer, and portray a sense of drama. Slips and glazes contrast with the red clay he uses thus increasing the variety in the color palette and help to emphasize different elements of the sculpture.
Winter Session: January 16 - March 19
Ceramic Handbuilding
Instructor: Marsha VanVlack
November 12 - January 21
January 22 - March 24
8 weeks of instruction over 10 weeks
Wednesday 2:00-4:00 OR Thursday 1:00-3:00
*please specify which day you're registering for by emailing marshavanvlack@gmail.com*
Students of all levels are welcome to join this class. Different methods of constructing works from clay will be covered to achieve a variety of results. These methods include but are not limited to coil-built, slab-built, and pinched pots. Experienced students will continue to develop their own skills and processes with assistance from the instructor.
While Marsha enjoys different methods of alternative firing, she will focus more on demonstrating how to make different shapes and textures to provide contrast during this session.
Ceramic Techniques
Instructor: Marsha VanVlack
November 12 - January 21
January 22 - March 24
8 weeks of instruction over 10 weeks
Wednesdays 6:00-8:00
Activating both sides of the studio, Marsha will walk students through adding, hand-built attachments to wheel-thrown forms! This session will cover a plethora of techniques and showcase ways to add a little more pizazz to functional wares.
Students enrolled in the class will be encouraged to alter the pots they make with hand-built components such as slabs and coils. These additions can serve as layered texture and provide different functions for the pots being made throughout the course. Want to learn how to make a handle, spout or add textured decoration? This class is perfect for you!
Wood Fired Pottery with Bill Moon
Instructor: Bill Moon
January 22 - March 24
8 weeks of instruction over 10 weeks
Thursdays 6:00-8:00
Limited to the first 10 students who enroll
Firing: October 27 & 28
Fire a wood kiln with Bill Moon! Open to intermediate and advanced ceramic artists, functional and sculptural. The class will make, bisque and glaze work at Wellsville Creative, and the final wood firing will be in Bill’s new catenary arch wood kiln. How to make work that is conducive to that wood fired magic will be discussed during class. Learn about flashing slips, wadding, and special wood-firing glazes such as shinos.
Due to the preparation that goes into wood firing, this class will be a hybrid of 4 classes held at WCAC, 4 classes at the kiln site, and 2 classes for independent work/ break weeks. Students who enroll will need to make the firing dates a priority, as everyone will be assigned a shift to help fire the kiln. Being a collaborative and community based experience, wood firing is special in that it brings everyone closer together through hard work and conversation around one common goal – to start a fire.
Ceramic Wheel Throwing
Instructor: Kimberly Grossman
November 12 - January 21
January 22 - March 24
8 weeks of instruction over 10 weeks
Wednesdays 2:00 - 4:00
All skill levels are welcome to join this class! Beginning with functional wares such as cups, bowls, and vases, Kimberly will walk students through the process of throwing on the potter's wheel. Students will gain confidence and hone their skills through each step of the making process as the instructor guides students through both assignments and self-directed projects.
Kimberly has prepared more advanced projects for returning students -- teaching about surface decoration and how repetition can enhance the cohesiveness of different forms.
